babak hi parthian shot i'm wondering what your objection is to al tabari's account of babak riding to his execution on an elephant and why you say he was betrayed by al afshin when al afshin was the prominent abbasid general who defeated babak best wishes hi galador he was betrayed by afshin since both were iranian and were fighting for a common cause i e to end the arab rule in iran i believe most comprehensive article has been written by professor gh h yousefi for encyclopaedia iranica link and choose the entry b number b bak khorram regards talk