Calimehtar (King of Gondor)

Calimehtar was the thirtieth King of Gondor.
==Biography==
Calimehtar succeeded his father Narmacil II in TA 1856 who was killed by the Wainriders during the defeat of Gondor at the Battle of the Plains.Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth, Part Three: The Third Age, II: "Cirion and Eorl and the Friendship of Gondor and Rohan"The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B: The Tale of Years (Chronology of the Westlands), "The Third Age" Following this defeat the new King was forced to withdraw from all of Gondor's territories east of the Anduin river, save only Ithilien.
Calimehtar was a good friend and ally of the Northmen, whose leader Marhwini warned him in TA 1899 that the Wainriders were planning a new invasion of Gondor. To pre-empt this, Calimehtar assembled an army in Ithilien which he marched north, also sending cavalry over the Undeeps to harass the unguarded enemy positions there. Calimehtar and his Northmen allies finally met the Wainriders on Dagorlad where they defeated them. Narmacil II's death had been avenged. The victory of Gondor and its allies inspired the slaves in Rhovanion to revolt against their cruel Easterling masters.Unfinished Tales, Part Three: The Third Age, II: "Cirion and Eorl and the Friendship of Gondor and Rohan"
Following his victory, Calimehtar built the White Tower of Minas Anor.
He died in TA 1936 after a rule of eighty years and was succeeded by his son Ondoher.The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A: Annals of the Kings and Rulers, I: The Númenórean Kings, (iv): "Gondor and the Heirs of Anárion" He was two-hundred years of age.
==Etymology==
The name Calimehtar is a Quenya word that meant 'Swordsman of light'.
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Amharic 	ጫሊመህታር
Arabic 	كاليميهتار
Belarusian Cyrillic	Каліметар
Bengali 	কালীমেহটার
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Калиметар
Chinese 	卡力美塔
Georgian 	ჩალიმეჰთარ
Greek 	Καλιμεχταρ
Gujarati 	કાલિમહત્તર
Hebrew 	קאלימהטאר
Hindi 	चलिमेह्तर
Japanese 	カリメフタール
Kannada 	ಕ್ಯಾಲಿಮೆಹ್ತರ್
Kazakh 	Каліметар (Cyrillic) Kalimetar (Latin)
Korean 	칼리메흐타르
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Калимэтар
Macedonian Cyrillic	Калиметар
Marathi 	कलिमेहत्तर
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Калиметар
Nepalese 	कालिमेहट्टर
Pashto 	چالیمېهتار
Persian 	کالیمه‌تار
Punjabi 	ਕਾਲੀਮੇਹਰ
Russian 	Калимехтар
Sanskrit 	चलिमेह्तर्
Serbian 	Калиметар (Cyrillic) Кalimetar (Latin)
Sinhalese 	කාලිමෙතාර්
Tajik Cyrillic 	Калиметар
Tamil 	காலிமெஹ்தர்
Tatar 	Калиметар
Telugu 	కాలిమెహతారు
Urdu 	کالامحتر
Uzbek 	Kалиметар (Cyrillic) Kalimetar (Latin)
Yiddish 	קאַלימעהטאַר
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