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The [[Achaemenid Army]] was in great distress in the deserts of [[Gedrosia]]. In this expedition, he is said to have lost much of his army in the desert, marking a remarkable defeat and retreat of the [[Persians]].<ref name=Rawlinson>{{Cite book |last=Rawlinson |first=George |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LPN4DwAAQBAJ&q=cyrus+defeated+gedrosia |title=The Persian Empire |date=2018-03-15 |publisher=Endymion Press |isbn=978-1-5312-9575-2 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=M ́Clintock |first=John Strong, James |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tazdDwAAQBAJ&q=cyrus+defeated+gedrosia |title=Cyclopaedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature: Volume II |date=2020-04-17 |publisher=BoD – Books on Demand |isbn=978-3-8460-5025-5 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last1=Garvin |first1=James Louis |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XYFGAQAAIAAJ&q=cyrus+defeated+gedrosia |title=The Encyclopedia Britannica |last2=Hooper |first2=Franklin Henry |last3=Cox |first3=Warren E. |date=1929 |publisher=Encyclopedia Britannica Company, Limited |language=en}}</ref> | The [[Achaemenid Army]] was in great distress in the deserts of [[Gedrosia]]. In this expedition, he is said to have lost much of his army in the desert, marking a remarkable defeat and retreat of the [[Persians]].<ref name=Rawlinson>{{Cite book |last=Rawlinson |first=George |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LPN4DwAAQBAJ&q=cyrus+defeated+gedrosia |title=The Persian Empire |date=2018-03-15 |publisher=Endymion Press |isbn=978-1-5312-9575-2 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=M ́Clintock |first=John Strong, James |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tazdDwAAQBAJ&q=cyrus+defeated+gedrosia |title=Cyclopaedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature: Volume II |date=2020-04-17 |publisher=BoD – Books on Demand |isbn=978-3-8460-5025-5 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last1=Garvin |first1=James Louis |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XYFGAQAAIAAJ&q=cyrus+defeated+gedrosia |title=The Encyclopedia Britannica |last2=Hooper |first2=Franklin Henry |last3=Cox |first3=Warren E. |date=1929 |publisher=Encyclopedia Britannica Company, Limited |language=en}}</ref> | ||
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There is no evidence of Cyrus subjugating [[Gedrosia]], and it has been described by various historians that it was most likely under [[Darius the Great]] when this region came under Persian control.<ref name=Britannica>{{Cite book |last1=Kellogg |first1=Day Otis |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=va8jAQAAMAAJ&q=cyrus+defeated+gedrosia |title=The Encyclopædia Britannica: A-ZYM |last2=Baynes |first2=Thomas Spencer |date=1903 |publisher=Werner |language=en}}</ref> The difficulties faced by [[Cyrus the great]] were also observed during the Gedrosrian campaign of [[Alexander the Great]].<ref name="Clifford 1907"/> | |||