Inarus
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Ienheru or Inarus, was the son of Psammetichus, presumably of the old Saite line. He held a kingship over the Libyans from Mareia (above Pharos). With help from Amyrtaeus, also from Saius, Inarus drove out the tax-collectors and collected mercenaries, thus starting a revolt in Egypt during the reign of King Artaxerxes I of Persia. The Athenians sent troops to aid him in 460, they were defeated by Megabyzus in 454. Artaxerxes I promised him safe conduct to Persia and assured him that he would not be executed. Artaxerxes I honored this promise for some five years but eventually, at the pleading of the Queen Mother Amestris, he had Inarus impaled and fifty Greeks beheaded. Megabyzus was so upset at the king's perfidy that he then raised a revolt in Syria.
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