 Although the basic outline of this account might be called into question because of Xenophon's desire to portray Cyrus as a master of tact and diplomacy, there is simply no other account that has survived explaining how the Gutians became followers of Cyrus and were in submission to him, as stated in the Cyrus Cylinder.Xenophon has support from the Nabonidus Chronicle, where Gobryas (Ugbaru), in agreement with the "Cyropaedia", is called the governor of Gutium and the leader of the army of Cyrus in the capture of Babylon.Steven Hirsch concludes, "So Xenophon is right to claim that Cyrus enlisted the support of one Gobryas, a Babylonian vassal who was instrumental in the capture of Bablon.