Siege of Shushtar, the Glossary
The siege of Shushtar was fought from 641 to 642 between the Sasanian Empire and the invading Arab Muslims of the Rashidun Caliphate.[1]
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41 relations: Abu Musa al-Ash'ari, Achaemenid Empire, Ahvaz, Al-Baladhuri, Al-Bara' ibn Malik, Al-Nu'man ibn Muqrin, Al-Tabari, Ardashir I, Asawira, Assyrian people, Byzantine Empire, Ctesiphon, Darius the Great, Encyclopædia Iranica, Hormuzan, House of Suren, Iran, Iranian peoples, Iraq, Islam, Khuzestan province, Khuzistan Chronicle, Mahoe Suri, Marzban, Medina, Merv, Meshan, Muslim conquest of Khuzestan, Muslim conquest of Persia, Qatar, Ramhormoz, Rashidun Caliphate, Sasanian architecture, Sasanian Empire, Semiramis, Shiruya al-Uswari, Shushtar, Siyah al-Uswari, Syria, Umar, Yazdegerd III.
- 640s conflicts
- 642
- Muslim conquest of Persia
- Sieges involving the Sasanian Empire
Abu Musa al-Ash'ari
Abu Musa Abd Allah ibn Qays al-Ash'ari (Abū Mūsā ʿAbd Allāh ibn Qays al-Ashʿarī), better known as Abu Musa al-Ash'ari (Abū Mūsā al-Ashʿarī.) (died c. 662 or 672) was a companion of Muhammad and an important figure in early Islamic history.
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Achaemenid Empire
The Achaemenid Empire or Achaemenian Empire, also known as the Persian Empire or First Persian Empire (𐎧𐏁𐏂), was an ancient Iranian empire founded by Cyrus the Great of the Achaemenid dynasty in 550 BC.
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Ahvaz
Ahvaz (اهواز) is a city in the Central District of Ahvaz County, Khuzestan province, Iran.
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Al-Baladhuri
ʾAḥmad ibn Yaḥyā ibn Jābir al-Balādhurī (أحمد بن يحيى بن جابر البلاذري) was a 9th-century Muslim historian.
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Al-Bara' ibn Malik
Al-Barāʾ ibn Mālik al-Anṣārī (البراء بن مالك الأنصاري; died) was one of the Sahaba (companions of Muhammad), an Ansar belonging to the Banū al-Najjār branch of the Banu Khazraj.
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Al-Nu'man ibn Muqrin
An-Numan ibn Muqarrin (النعمان بن مقرن; died December 641) was a companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
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Al-Tabari
Abū Jaʿfar Muḥammad ibn Jarīr ibn Yazīd al-Ṭabarī (أَبُو جَعْفَر مُحَمَّد بْن جَرِير بْن يَزِيد ٱلطَّبَرِيّ; 839–923 CE / 224–310 AH), commonly known as al-Ṭabarī (ٱلطَّبَرِيّ), was a Sunni Muslim scholar, polymath, traditionalist, historian, exegete, jurist, and theologian from Amol, Tabaristan, present-day Iran.
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Ardashir I
Ardashir I (𐭠𐭥𐭲𐭧𐭱𐭲𐭥; transl), also known as Ardashir the Unifier (180–242 AD), was the founder of the Persian Sasanian Empire.
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Asawira
The Asawira (أساورة) were a military unit of the Rashidun and Umayyad Caliphate.
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Assyrian people
Assyrians are an indigenous ethnic group native to Mesopotamia, a geographical region in West Asia.
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Byzantine Empire
The Byzantine Empire, also referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire, was the continuation of the Roman Empire centered in Constantinople during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages.
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Ctesiphon
Ctesiphon (𐭲𐭩𐭮𐭯𐭥𐭭, Tyspwn or Tysfwn; تیسفون; Κτησιφῶν,; ܩܛܝܣܦܘܢThomas A. Carlson et al., “Ctesiphon — ܩܛܝܣܦܘܢ ” in The Syriac Gazetteer last modified July 28, 2014, http://syriaca.org/place/58.) was an ancient Mesopotamian city, located on the eastern bank of the Tigris, and about southeast of present-day Baghdad.
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Darius the Great
Darius I (𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎺𐎢𐏁; Δαρεῖος; – 486 BCE), commonly known as Darius the Great, was a Persian ruler who served as the third King of Kings of the Achaemenid Empire, reigning from 522 BCE until his death in 486 BCE.
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Encyclopædia Iranica
Encyclopædia Iranica is a project whose goal is to create a comprehensive and authoritative English-language encyclopedia about the history, culture, and civilization of Iranian peoples from prehistory to modern times.
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Hormuzan
Hormuzan (Middle Persian: Hormazdān, New Persian: هرمزان) was a Persian aristocrat who served as the governor of Khuzestan, and was one of the Sasanian military officers at the Battle of al-Qādisiyyah. Siege of Shushtar and Hormuzan are history of Khuzestan province.
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House of Suren
House of Suren or Surenas.
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Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI), also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Turkey to the northwest and Iraq to the west, Azerbaijan, Armenia, the Caspian Sea, and Turkmenistan to the north, Afghanistan to the east, Pakistan to the southeast, the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf to the south.
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Iranian peoples
The Iranian peoples or Iranic peoples are a diverse grouping of peoples who are identified by their usage of the Iranian languages (branch of the Indo-European languages) and other cultural similarities.
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Iraq
Iraq, officially the Republic of Iraq, is a country in West Asia and a core country in the geopolitical region known as the Middle East.
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Islam
Islam (al-Islām) is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion centered on the Quran and the teachings of Muhammad, the religion's founder.
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Khuzestan province
Khuzestan Province (استان خوزستان) is one of the 31 provinces of Iran.
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Khuzistan Chronicle
The Khuzistan Chronicle is an anonymous 7th-century Nestorian Christian chronicle. Siege of Shushtar and Khuzistan Chronicle are history of Khuzestan province.
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Mahoe Suri
Māhōē Sūrī, known in Islamic sources as Māhūy Sūrī, was an Iranian aristocrat, who served as the marzbān (general of a frontier province, "margrave") of Marv during the reign of the last Sasanian king of kings Yazdegerd III (r. 632–651).
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Marzban
Marzbān, or Marzpān (Middle Persian transliteration: mrzwpn, derived from marz "border, boundary" and the suffix -pān "guardian"; Modern Persian: مرزبان Marzbān) were a class of margraves, warden of the marches, and by extension military commanders, in charge of border provinces of the Parthian Empire (247 BC–224 AD) and mostly Sasanian Empire (224–651 AD) of Iran.
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Medina
Medina, officially Al-Madinah al-Munawwarah and also commonly simplified as Madīnah or Madinah, is the capital of Medina Province in the Hejaz region of western Saudi Arabia.
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Merv
Merv (Merw, Мерв, مرو; translit), also known as the Merve Oasis, was a major Iranian city in Central Asia, on the historical Silk Road, near today's Mary, Turkmenistan.
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Meshan
Meshan (Middle Persian: 𐭬𐭩𐭱𐭠𐭭) was a province of the Sasanian Empire.
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Muslim conquest of Khuzestan
The Muslim conquest of Khuzestan took place from 637/8 to 642, and ended with the acquisition of the rich Khuzestan Province by the Rashidun Caliphate. Siege of Shushtar and Muslim conquest of Khuzestan are history of Khuzestan province and Muslim conquest of Persia.
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Muslim conquest of Persia
The Muslim conquest of Persia, also called the Muslim conquest of Iran, the Arab conquest of Persia, or the Arab conquest of Iran, was a major military campaign undertaken by the Rashidun Caliphate between 632 and 654. Siege of Shushtar and Muslim conquest of Persia are 640s conflicts.
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Qatar
Qatar (قطر) officially the State of Qatar, is a country in West Asia. It occupies the Qatar Peninsula on the northeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula in the Middle East; it shares its sole land border with Saudi Arabia to the south, with the rest of its territory surrounded by the Persian Gulf.
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Ramhormoz
Ramhormoz (رامهرمز) is a city in the Central District of Ramhormoz County, Khuzestan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.
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Rashidun Caliphate
The Rashidun Caliphate (al-Khilāfah ar-Rāšidah) was the first caliphate to succeed the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
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Sasanian architecture
Sasanian architecture refers to the Persian architectural style that reached a peak in its development during the Sasanian era.
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Sasanian Empire
The Sasanian Empire or Sassanid Empire, and officially known as Eranshahr ("Land/Empire of the Iranians"), was the last Iranian empire before the early Muslim conquests of the 7th to 8th centuries.
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Semiramis
Semiramis (ܫܲܡܝܼܪܵܡ Šammīrām, Շամիրամ Šamiram, Σεμίραμις, سميراميس Samīrāmīs) was the legendary Lydian-Babylonian wife of Onnes and of Ninus, who succeeded the latter on the throne of Assyria, according to Movses Khorenatsi.
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Shiruya al-Uswari
Shiruya al-Uswari (شيروية الأسواري, in Middle Persian: Shērōē) was an Iranian nobleman, who was part of the Sasanian asvaran unit, but later defected together with a faction of the unit to the Rashidun Caliphate, where the unit became known as the Asawira.
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Shushtar
Shushtar (شوشتر) is a city in the Central District of Shushtar County, Khuzestan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.
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Siyah al-Uswari
Siyah, known in Arabic sources as Siyah al-Uswari ("Siyah the Aswar"; also spelled al-Aswari) was the commander of a faction of the Sasanian asbaran unit, but later defected to the Rashidun Caliphate, where he continued serving as the commander of the asbaran (which became known as the Asawira).
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Syria
Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant.
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Umar
Umar ibn al-Khattab (ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb), also spelled Omar, was the second Rashidun caliph, ruling from August 634, when he succeeded Abu Bakr as the second caliph, until his assassination in 644.
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Yazdegerd III
Yazdegerd III (𐭩𐭦𐭣𐭪𐭥𐭲𐭩; also Romanized Yazdgerd, Yazdgird) was the last Sasanian King of Kings of Iran from 632 to 651.
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See also
640s conflicts
- Arab conquest of Egypt
- Arab conquest of Fars
- Battle of Ansi
- Battle of Autun (640s)
- Battle of Heliopolis
- Battle of Maserfield
- Battle of Mount Jupil
- Battle of Nikiou
- Battle of Spahan
- Battle of Sufetula (647)
- Battle of Waj Rudh
- Emperor Taizong's campaign against Xueyantuo
- Emperor Taizong's campaign against the Western Regions
- First battle of Dongola
- Muslim conquest of Egypt
- Muslim conquest of Persia
- Siege of Alexandria (641)
- Siege of Babylon Fortress
- Siege of Gundishapur
- Siege of Shushtar
- Tang campaign against Karakhoja
- Tang campaign against Kucha
- Tang campaigns against Karasahr
- Tang campaigns against the Western Turks
642
- 642
- Battle of Maserfield
- Battle of Spahan
- Battle of Vatapi
- Battle of Waj Rudh
- First battle of Dongola
- Siege of Shushtar
- Tang campaigns against the Western Turks
- Western Paradise Illustration
Muslim conquest of Persia
- Arab conquest of Fars
- Battle of Badghis
- Battle of Bayrudh
- Battle of Bishapur (643–644)
- Battle of Istakhr (650–653)
- Battle of Kaskar
- Battle of Nahavand
- Battle of Namaraq
- Battle of Nishapur
- Battle of Oxus River
- Battle of Ray (651)
- Battle of Spahan
- Battle of Waj Rudh
- Battle of the Bridge
- Islamization of Iran
- Legacy and memory of the Iran–Iraq War
- Military conquests of Umar's era
- Muslim conquest of Azerbaijan
- Muslim conquest of Kerman
- Muslim conquest of Khorasan
- Muslim conquest of Khuzestan
- Muslim conquest of Mesopotamia
- Muslim conquest of Northern Persia
- Muslim conquest of Persia
- Muslim conquest of Sistan
- Shahriyar bin Kanara
- Siege of Gundishapur
- Siege of Herat (652)
- Siege of Shushtar
Sieges involving the Sasanian Empire
- Battle of Burs
- Constantius II's siege of Bezabde
- Fall of Hatra
- Sasanian conquest of Jerusalem
- Shapur II's siege of Bezabde
- Siege of Amida (359)
- Siege of Amida (502–503)
- Siege of Antioch (253)
- Siege of Caesarea Cappadocia (260)
- Siege of Caesarea Maritima (614)
- Siege of Constantinople (626)
- Siege of Ctesiphon (629)
- Siege of Dara (573)
- Siege of Dura-Europos (256)
- Siege of Edessa (544)
- Siege of Gundishapur
- Siege of Herat (652)
- Siege of Martyropolis (531)
- Siege of Nisibis (235)
- Siege of Nisibis (252)
- Siege of Nisibis (573)
- Siege of Onoguris
- Siege of Petra (541)
- Siege of Petra (549)
- Siege of Petra (550–551)
- Siege of Phasis
- Siege of Pirisabora
- Siege of Sanaa (570)
- Siege of Shushtar
- Siege of Singara (360)
- Siege of Theodosiopolis