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| image           = Coin of Azilises.jpg
| caption         = Coin of Azilises, [[Gandhara]] mint
| succession      = [[Indo-Scythian]] king
| reign           = 57 – 35 BC
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| successor       = [[Azes II]]
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'''Azilises''' ([[Greek alphabet|Greek]]: {{lang|grc|[[wiktionary:Αζιλίσης|Αζιλίσης]]}} {{Transliteration|grc|Azilísēs}}, {{lang|grc|ΑΖΙΛΙΣΟΥ}} {{Transliteration|grc|Azilisou}} (epigraphic); [[Kharosthi]]: '''{{lang|pgd|[[wiktionary:𐨀𐨩𐨁𐨫𐨁𐨮|𐨀𐨩𐨁𐨫𐨁𐨮]]}}''' {{Transliteration|pgd|A-yi-li-ṣa}}, {{Transliteration|pgd|Ayiliṣa}}<ref name="Gardner">{{cite book |last=Gardner |first=Percy |author-link=Percy Gardner |date=1929 |title=The Coins of the Greek and Scythic Kings of Bactria and India in the British Museum |url=https://archive.org/details/cu31924022932382 |location=London |publisher=Gilbert & Rivington Ltd. |pages=[https://archive.org/details/cu31924022932382/page/n171/mode/2up 92]-[https://archive.org/details/cu31924022932382/page/n175/mode/2up 97] |isbn=978-0-900-83452-3 }}</ref>) was an [[Indo-Scythian]] king who ruled in the area of [[Gandhara]] circa 57-35 BCE.

==Name==
Azes's name is attested on his coins in the [[Greek alphabet|Greek]] form {{Transliteration|grc|Azilísēs}} ({{lang|grc|[[wiktionary:Αζιλίσης|Αζιλίσης]]}}) and the [[Kharosthi]] form {{Transliteration|pgd|Ayiliṣa}} ({{lang|pgd|[[wiktionary:𐨀𐨩𐨁𐨫𐨁𐨮|𐨀𐨩𐨁𐨫𐨁𐨮]]}}),<ref name="Gardner"/> which are both derived from the [[Saka language|Saka]] name {{lang|xsc|*Azalīźa}}, meaning "commander-in-chief".<ref>{{cite book |last=Harmatta |first=János |author-link=János Harmatta |editor-last1=Harmatta |editor-first1=János |editor-link1=János Harmatta |editor-last2=Puri |editor-first2=B. N. |editor-link2=Baij Nath Puri |editor-last3=Etemadi |editor-first3=G. F. |date=1999 |chapter=Languages and scripts in Graeco-Bactria and the Saka Kingdoms |title=History of civilizations of Central Asia |volume=2 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DguGWP0vGY8C |location=Delhi |publisher=[[Motilal Banarsidass|Motilal Banarsidass Publishing House]] |page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=9U6RlVVjpakC&pg=PA409 409] |isbn=978-8-120-81408-0}}</ref>

==Coinage==
Azilises issued some joint coins with [[Azes]], where Azes is presented as king on the obverse (ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΝ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ ΑΖΙΛΙΣΟΥ), and Azilises is introduced as king on the obverse in [[kharoshthi]] ("Maharajasa rajarajasa mahatasa Ayilisasa", "The great king, the king of kings, the great Azilises").<ref>{{cite book |last=Mitchiner |first=Michael |author-link= |date=1975 |title=Indo-Greek and Indo-Scythian Coinage |volume=2 |url= |location=Sanderstead |publisher=Hawkins Publications |page=132 |isbn=978-0-904-17309-3 }}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Yuezhi]]
*[[Greco-Bactrian Kingdom]]
*[[Indo-Greek Kingdom]]
*[[Indo-Parthian Kingdom]]
*[[Kushan Empire]]

==References==
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== Sources ==
* {{cite journal |last=Olbrycht|first=Marek Jan| title=The Sacral Kingship of the early Arsacids. I. Fire Cult and Kingly Glory|date=2016|pages=91–106|url=https://www.academia.edu/33754166|url-access=registration|journal=Anabasis. Studia Classica et Orientalia}}
* ''The Shape of Ancient Thought. Comparative studies in Greek and Indian Philosophies'' by Thomas McEvilley (Allworth Press and the School of Visual Arts, 2002) {{ISBN|1-58115-203-5}}
* ''The Greeks in Bactria and India'', W.W. Tarn, Cambridge University Press.

==External links==
* [http://www.coinarchives.com/a/results.php?results=100&search=Azilises Coins of Azilises]

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  | title = [[Indo-Scythians|Indo-Scythian Ruler]]
  | years = 57–35 BC
  | before = [[Azes I]]
  | after = [[Azes II]]
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[[Category:Indo-Scythian kings]]
[[Category:1st-century BC monarchs in Asia]]
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