In retaliation, Shapur II led an expedition through Bahrain, defeated the combined forces of the Arab tribes of Taghleb, Bakr bin Wael, and Abd Al-Qays and advanced temporarily into Yamama in central Najd.
Shapur II - ninth King of the Sassanid Empire from 309 to 379
King Shapur II visited his parents’ estate and was impressed with Qardagh’s handsome appearance and athleticism.
He collected an army on the coast of Fars, he first began to pacify the Arab tribes and secure the borders of the empire.
He was known to be a great general who had many victories against the Persian king Shapur II, but was finally captured along with Arsaces II and flayed, his body displayed at the gates of the castle where Arsaces II was kept captive.
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Lesser Armenia was reunited with the kingdom of Greater Armenia under the Arshakuni king Tiridates III in AD 287, until the temporary conquest of Shapur II in 337.