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    The siege of Shushtar was fought from 641 to 642 between the Sasanian Empire and the invading Arab Muslims of the Rashidun Caliphate. Shushtar was an ancient...
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    they entered Shushtar. The brother of Hormuzan, Shahriyar, is said to have been a part of the Asawira. According to Pourshariati, the story of the Asawira...
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    Abu Musa al-Ash'ari (category Year of birth unknown)
    connection with the early Muslim conquest of the Sasanian Empire. In the Siege of Shushtar (642) he distinguished himself as a military commander. The Persian...
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    Al-Bara' ibn Malik (category People of the Muslim conquest of Persia)
    of Persia. He died around 641-642 of wounds he received during his siege in Shushtar against the Sasanian Empire. Al-Barā has become a role model of conducting...
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  • Majza'a ibn Thawr al-Sadusi (category People of the Muslim conquest of Persia)
    attended 80 military battles during his life. He died during the Siege of Shushtar (641/642), in a battle with the Sassanian commander Hormuzan, although...
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  • Zubayr ibn al-Awwam (category People of the Muslim conquest of the Levant)
    are records about Zubayr involvement in this battle of Nahavand. Later, after the siege of Shushtar, the Sassanid's chief commander, Hormuzan was captured...
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    warrior, Al-Bara' ibn Malik, to the siege of Shushtar. After the lengthy Siege of Shushtar, Hormuzan, supreme commander of Sassanid imperial army are finally...
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  • Asawira (category Military units and formations of the medieval Islamic world)
    Isfahan and Khuzestan, and served in the aswaran unit. During the siege of Shushtar (641–642), they defected to the Arabs, and settled in Basra, where...
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  • Muslim conquest of Egypt Siege of Shushtar (641–642) – Muslim conquest of Persia Siege of Gundishapur (642) – Muslim conquest of Persia Siege of Tripoli (644)...
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  • Siyah al-Uswari (category Year of birth unknown)
    of Iran, the Sasanian king Yazdegerd III (r. 632–651) sent 300 men under Siyah al-Uswari to defend Khuzestan. However, during the siege of Shushtar (641-642)...
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  • Lists of battles Before 301 301–1300 1301–1600 1601–1800 1801–1900 1901–2000 2001–current Naval Sieges See also This is a List of battles from 301 A.D...
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  • Arfajah (category People of the Muslim conquest of Persia)
    Ramhormoz and escape towards Shushtar, which then chased by the Muslim armies that ended in the lengthy Siege of Shushtar, which is where Hormuzan finally...
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    History of the Coptic Orthodox People and the Church of Egypt by Robert Morgan - 2016 La Libye by PINTA Pierre - 2005 Dictionary of Battles and Sieges [3 Volumes]...
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    constructions that were erected in Ahvaz, Shushtar, and the north of Andimeshk. During the early years of the reign of Shapur II (AD 309 or 310–379), Arabs...
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    Hormuzan (category Year of birth unknown)
    prisoner by the Muslims after the fall of Shushtar in 642. Two years later, he was accused of the assassination of the Rashidun caliph Umar, and was killed...
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  • 451 Battle of the Blarathon – 591 – Byzantine–Sasanian War of 572–591 (Roman–Persian Wars) and Sasanian civil war of 589–591 Siege of Shushtar – 641 – 642...
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  • Gonbad-e Qābus Lut Desert Isfahan Pasargadae Persepolis Ardabil Shushtar Soltaniyeh Susa Bazaar of Tabriz Takht-e Soleyman Tchogha Zanbil Kashan (Persian Garden)...
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    southern Sasanian coast. The factories of Susa, Gundeshapur, and Shushtar were famously known for their production of silk, and rivaled the Chinese factories...
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  • Romans in Persia (category Provinces of the Roman Empire)
    History of Dams, London: Peter Davies, pp. 56–61, ISBN 0-432-15090-0 Legio VI Ferrata Kramers, J. H. (2010), "Shushtar", in Bearman, P., Encyclopaedia of Islam...
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    Band-e Kaisar (Caesar's dam) is one of the remnants of Roman engineering located near the ancient city of Shushtar. According to another source (Lactantius)...
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    Amir Kabir (category Prime ministers of Iran)
    Karkheh and a bridge at Shushtar, and laid plans for the development of Mohammara. He also took steps to promote the planting of American cotton near Tehran...
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    and from Shushtar to Behbahan) became Bakhtiyari land. In 1566, Shah Tahmasp I (r. 1524–1576) selected the Astarki chieftain Tajmir as ilkhan of the Bakhtiyari...
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  • Mandaic language (category Languages of Iran)
    The phonology of Neo-Mandaic is divergent from other Eastern Neo-Aramaic dialects. Three dialects of Neo-Mandaic were native to Shushtar, Shah Vali, and...
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    the Mozaffarid northern front. By March 1393 Timur had advanced down to Shushtar and Dizful, installing a Sarbadar as governor there. He also freed 'Imad-Din...
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    1870, when the local governor of Shushtar massacred the Mandaeans against the will of the Shah.: 6  Mandaean Mandi of Baghdad Door entrance to the Mandi...
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    Iranians broke the siege of Abadan. Much of the city, including the oil refinery, which was the world's largest refinery with a capacity of 628,000 barrels...
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    Shapur I (redirect from Shapur I of Persia)
    hundred upon thousands of Roman citizens to the Sasanian empire. He used these captive Roman citizens to build a dyke near Shushtar, called "Caesar's dyke"...
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  • Majnoon Island) IRGC commander; Khuzestani Arab. Hassan Danaeifar - (1962, Shushtar) IRGC commander, civil engineer, diplomat and politician; Khuzestani Arab...
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    territories of Kuhgiluya, Khuzestan and Golpayegan in the 13th century and annexed Shushtar, Hoveizeh and Basra in the 14th century. One of these dynasties...
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  • the famous cities of Iran due to the Iran-Iraq war and the city's liberation from the siege of Iraqi forces. In the past, the city of Susangerd was a village...
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