Sagartians

The Sagartians (Latin: Sagartii; Ancient Greek: Σαγάρτιοι Sagártioi; Old Persian: 𐎠𐎿𐎥𐎼𐎫𐎡𐎹 Asagartiya "Sagartian";[2] Elamite: 𒀾𒐼𒋼𒀀𒋾𒅀 Aš-šá-kar-ti-ia, Babylonian: 𒆳𒊓𒂵𒅈𒋫𒀀𒀀 KURSa-ga-ar-ta-a-a[3]) were an ancient Iranian tribe, dwelling in the Iranian plateau.

Ptolemy (6.2.6) locates them in Media, while Stephanus of Byzantium claims that there was a peninsula in the Caspian Sea called Sagartía.

It is unclear whether they are identical to the Zikirti mentioned by Sargon II as inhabitants of northern Zagros in the late 8th century BC.

They may have been granted the district of Arbela by Median king Cyaxares as a reward for their aid in the capture of Niniveh.

[4] According to Herodotus (3.93), the Sagartians belonged to the 14th taxation Province of the Achaemenid Empire.