1. Biography - Deeds
Mithrobuzanes was a Persian official in the Achaemenid Empire (his name in Persian was Mihrburzin), satrap of Cappadocia of the Taurus during the reign of Darius III (336-330 B.C.). It has been argued that he was the son of Ariarathes, dynast of Pontus, but this is probably incorrect. Another equally unfounded theory is that he was the son of Sysines and grandson of Datames, who were dynasts or satraps of Cappadocia. With his troops he participated in the Battle of Granicus (334 B.C.), where he was killed, as reported by Arrian and Diodorus Siculus; the casualty lists, contained in their respective works, being quite inconsistent notwithstanding.1
Although none of these writers mention him among those who had taken part in the council of the Persian generals before the battle, he should have participated in it due to his high-ranking office.2
1. Son of Ariarathes: Marquart, J., Untersuchungen zur Geschichte von Eran I, (Göttingen 1896), p. 489ff., no. 116. Son of Sysines: Beloch, K.J., Griechische Geschichte 3.2 (Berlin-Leipzig 1923), p. 154-155. Death at the Battle of Granicus: Arr. Anab., 1.16. 3; Diod. Sic. 21.3.
2. Arr. Anab., 1.12.8-10. The view that he did participate is indirectly supported by Bosworth, A.B., A Historical Commentary on Arrian's History of Alexander, I. Commentary on Books I-III (Oxford 1980), p. 125.