Adrahil I was a Prince of Gondor who lived around TA 1944 in the land of Belfalas.
Biography[]
Adrahil was born sometime before TA 1944 and was of traceable Númenórean lineage. He served King Ondoher of Gondor as a general during the Wars of the Wainriders in the year 1944.[3]
Adrahil was descended from a Númenórean noble house that settled in Belfalas in the Second Age.[4] Because of this, it is assumed he was an ancestor of Imrazôr, Galador and the Princes of Dol Amroth.[5]
When King Ondoher led his army to face the Wainriders who threatened Gondor, Adrahil commanded the army's left wing. The soldiers of the right wing were under the command of the King's nephew Minohtar, while the centre was commanded by the king himself and his heir Artamir.
Ondoher's enterprise came to a devastating end: he was surprised by the Wainriders near the Black Gate, and his forces were overwhelmed. Adrahil's soldiers, however, were shielded from the attack and survived it. Ondoher and Artamir had both been killed, and Minohtar took charge, sending orders to Adrahil to withdraw with both his own command of the left wing and those at the rear of the right wing who had not yet been engaged.
Adrahil withdrew south into Ithilien to form a defensive line from Cair Andros to the Ephel Dúath. With these forces, he was to cover the approaches to Minas Anor. Adrahil at once messaged Eärnil to inform him of the disaster and of the position of the retreating Northern Army.
Adrahil's fate is uncertain; the Wainriders overwhelmed Minohtar's rearguard defence, but whether they penetrated to Adrahil's position is unknown. If he survived the initial assault, it seems likely that Adrahil would have joined with Eärnil in his counter-attack, seeing the ultimate defeat of the Wainriders at the Battle of the Camp.[6]
In other versions[]
In the chapter "Cirion and Eorl" of Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth, Adrahil is referred to as "Adrahil of Dol Amroth". However, since Dol Amroth would not be named as such until after the drowning of Amroth in TA 1981 this must be an anachronistic error on the part of the chronicler.[7]
Translations[]
Foreign Language | Translated name |
Amharic | 1 አድራሂል |
Arabic | أدريهيل الأول |
Armenian | Ադրահիլ I |
Belarusian Cyrillic | Адрахіл I |
Bengali | প্রথম আদ্রাহিল |
Bulgarian Cyrillic | Адрахил I |
Chinese | 阿德希尔一世 |
Dari | آدرهیل یکم |
Georgian | ადრაჰილი I |
Greek | Άδραχιλ Α΄ |
Gujarati | પ્રથમ આદ્રાહિલ |
Hebrew | אדראהיל הראשון |
Hindi | अद्राहिल प्रथम |
Japanese | アドラヒル 1世 |
Kannada | ಪ್ರಥಮ ಅದ್ರಾಹಿಲ್ |
Kazakh | І Адрахил (Cyrillic) I Adrahïl (Latin) |
Korean | 아드라힐 1세 |
Kyrgyz Cyrillic | Адраhил I |
Macedonian Cyrillic | Адрахил I |
Maori | Adrahil te Tuatahi |
Marathi | पहिला अद्राहिल |
Mongolian Cyrillic | Адрахил I |
Pashto | ادرهیل ۱ |
Persian | ادراهیل اول |
Punjabi | ਪਹਿਲਾ ਅਦਰਾਹਿਲ |
Russian | Адрахиль I |
Sanskrit | आद्रहिल् १ |
Serbian | Адрахил I (Cyrillic) Adrahil I (Latin) |
Sinhalese | පළමු ආද්රහිල් |
Tajik Cyrillic | Адрахил I |
Tamil | முதல் அதர்ஹில் |
Telugu | ప్రధమ ఆద్రాహిల్ |
Thai | อาดราฮิล 1 |
Ukrainian Cyrillic | Адрагіл I |
Urdu | آدراہیل پہلا |
Yiddish | אַדראַהיל דער ערשטער |
References[]
- ↑ Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth, Introduction, Part Three, II: "Cirion and Eorl and the Friendship of Gondor and Rohan"
- ↑ Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth, Introduction, Part Three, II: "Cirion and Eorl and the Friendship of Gondor and Rohan"
- ↑ Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth, Introduction, Part Three, II: "Cirion and Eorl and the Friendship of Gondor and Rohan"
- ↑ Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth, Introduction, Part Three, II: "Cirion and Eorl and the Friendship of Gondor and Rohan"
- ↑ Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth, Introduction, Part Three, II: "Cirion and Eorl and the Friendship of Gondor and Rohan"
- ↑ Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth, Introduction, Part Three, II: "Cirion and Eorl and the Friendship of Gondor and Rohan"
- ↑ Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth, Introduction, Part Three, II: "Cirion and Eorl and the Friendship of Gondor and Rohan", Note 39.