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Muslim conquest of Persia
Part of the Muslim conquests
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Map of Persia and its surrounding regions on the eve of the Muslim invasions
Date 633–654[1]
Location Mesopotamia, Caucasus, Persia, and Greater Khorasan
Result Decisive Rashidun victory
Territorial
changes
Fall of the Sasanian Empire
Rise of several dynasties in Tabaristan
Belligerents
Sasanian Empire
Caucasian Albania (633–636)
Arab Christians (633–637)
Kanārangīyāns (633–651)
House of Ispahbudhan (633–651)
House of Mihran (633–651)
House of Karen (633–654)
Dabuyids (642–651)
Hephthalites (651–654) Rashidun Caliphate
Kanārangīyāns (after 651)
Commanders and leaders
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Yazdegerd III
Rostam Farrokhzad †
Mahbudhan
Huzail ibn Imran
Hormozd Jadhuyih
Anoshagan †
Andarzaghar
Bahman Jadhuyih †
Piruz Khosrow †
Jaban
Mihran Bahram-i Chubin
Hormuzan (POW)
Mardanshah †
Bahram
Isfandiyar Surrendered
Jalinus †
Mihran Razi †
Nakhiragan
Azadbeh
Farrukhzad Surrendered
Siyavakhsh †
Shahriyar bin Kanara †
Busbuhra (DOW)
Shahriyar of Derbent †
Farrukbandadh †
Grigor †
Mihran-i Hamadani †
Shahrvaraz Jadhuyih †
Karin †
Mushegh III †
Varaztirots †
Muta †
Narsi
Tiruyih
Kanadbak Surrendered
Ruzbih †
Shirzad
Mardanshah of Damavand Surrendered
Javanshir
Burzin Shah
Mahoe Suri Surrendered
Shahriyar
Siyah al-Uswari Surrendered
Aparviz Surrendered
Shahrag †
Faylakan
Yazdanfar Surrendered
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Abu Bakr(633-634)
Umar I
Ali Ibn Abi Talib
Khalid ibn al-Walid (633-634)
al-Muthanna ibn Haritha (WIA)
Abu Ubayd †
Saad ibn Abi Waqqas
Zuhra ibn Al-Hawiyya
Hashim ibn Uthba
Qa’qa ibn Amr
Abu Musa Ashaari
Ammar ibn Yasir
Nouman ibn Muqarrin
Hudhayfah ibn al-Yaman
Mugheera ibn Shuba
Usman ibn Abi al-Aas
Asim ibn Amr
Ahnaf ibn Qais
Abdullah ibn Aamir
Bukayr ibn Abdallah
Kanadbak (after 651)
Busbuhra (briefly)
Farrukhzad (only at Ray)
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v t e
Muslim conquest
of Persia
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v t e
Early Muslim expansion
The Muslim conquest of Persia, also known as the Arab conquest of Iran,[2], led to the end of the Sasanian Empire in 651 and the eventual decline of the Zoroastrian religion in Persia.
The rise of Muslims coincided with an unprecedented political, social, economic and military weakness in Persia. Once a major world power, the Sasanian Empire had exhausted its human and material resources after decades of warfare against the Byzantine Empire. The internal political situation quickly deteriorated after the execution of King Khosrow II in 628 AD. Subsequently, ten new claimants were enthroned within the next four years.[3] With conflict erupting between Persian and Parthian factions, the empire was no longer centralized.
Arab Muslims first attacked the Sassanid territory in 633, when general Khalid ibn Walid invaded Mesopotamia (Sassanid province of Asōristān; what is now Iraq), which was the political and economic center of the Sassanid state.[4] Following the transfer of Khalid to the Byzantine front in the Levant, the Muslims eventually lost their holdings to Sassanian counterattacks. The second invasion began in 636 under Saad ibn Abi Waqqas, when a key victory at the Battle of al-Qādisiyyah led to the permanent end of Sasanian control west of Iran. The Zagros mountains then became a natural barrier and border between the Rashidun Caliphate and the Sassanid Empire. Due to continuous raids by Persians into the area, Caliph Umar ordered a full invasion of the Sasanian empire in 642, which led to the complete conquest of the Sasanians around 651.a[›] Directing from Medina, a few thousand kilometres from the battlefields of Iran, Caliph Umar's quick conquest of Iran in a series of well-coordinated, multi-pronged attacks became his greatest triumph, contributing to his reputation as a great military and political strategist.[3]
Iranian historians have defended their forebears vis a vis Arab sources to illustrate that "contrary to the claims of some historians, Iranians, in fact, fought long and hard against the invading Arabs."[5] By 651, most of the urban centers in Iranian lands, with the notable exception of the Caspian provinces (Tabaristan) and Transoxiana, had come under the domination of the Arab armies. Many localities fought against the invaders; ultimately, none were successful. In fact, although Arabs had established hegemony over most of the country, many cities rose in rebellion by killing the Arab governor or attacking their garrisons. Eventually, military reinforcements quashed the insurgency and imposed Islamic control. The violent subjugation of Bukhara is a case in point: Conversion to Islam was gradual, partially as the result of this violent resistance; however, Zoroastrian scriptures were burnt and many priests were executed.[6] However, the Persians began to reassert themselves by maintaining Persian language and culture. Islam would become the dominant religion late in the medieval ages.[7][8]
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