• Nahavand (Persian: نهاوند) is a city in the Central District of Nahavand County, Hamadan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the...
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    The Battle of Nahavand (Arabic: معركة نهاوند Maʿrakah Nahāwand, Persian: نبرد نهاوند Nabard-e Nahâvand), also spelled Nihavand or Nahawand, was fought...
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    Nahāvand Castle (Persian: قلعه نهاوند) was an ancient castle from Sasanian Persia that was located in what is now the city of Nahavand in Hamedan province...
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    commander of the forces of Kufa, and was ordered to march to Nahavand. Abu Musa was to march to Nahavand from Busra, while Nouman ibn Muqarrin marched from Ctesiphon...
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  • participated in the Battle of al-Qadisiyyah, Battle of Jalula, and the Battle of Nahavand on the Muslim side. He along with Amr ibn Ma'adi Yakrib were praised by...
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    their summer palaces in Hamedan as well. In the year 633 when the war of Nahavand took place and Hamadan came into the hands of the invading Arabs, at times...
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  • in the Muslim conquest of Khorasan. Amr was killed during the Battle of Nahavand in 642 CE. Amr had several swords that became the subjects of certain legends...
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    Nahavand County (Persian: شهرستان نهاوند) is in Hamadan province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Nahavand. At the time of the 2006 National Census,...
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    of the battle of Nahāvand, the caliphate heard the Sassanid armed forces from Mah, Qom, Hamadan, Ray, Isfahan, Azerbaijan, and Nahavand has gathered in...
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  • forces from Mah, Qom, Hamadan, Ray, Isfahan, Azerbaijan, and Nahavand had gathered in Nahavand to counter the Arab invasion. Caliph Umar responded by assembling...
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  • Ḩājjīābād) is a village in Khezel-e Sharqi Rural District, Khezel District, Nahavand County, Hamadan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was...
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    of catching the Ottomans off balance. Reaching Ottoman-occupied town of Nahavand via Luristan, Nader put the Turks here to flight towards Hamadan, where...
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  • Province, Turkey Nahavand or Antiochia in Persis, also Antiochia in Media and Antiochia of Chosroes, later Laodicea in Media, now Nahavand Bushehr, previously...
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    language Cities Ecbatana (Hamadan) Rhagae (Shahre Rey, Tehran) Laodicea (Nahavand) Battles involving Lydia Eclipse of Thales Battles involving Persia Persian...
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  • Greece Laodicea (Mesopotamia), in Iraq Laodicea in Media, former name of Nahavand, Iran Laodicea in Phoenicia, former name of Beirut, Lebanon Laodicea (cnidarian)...
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    of catching the Ottomans off balance. Reaching Ottoman-occupied town of Nahavand via Luristan, Nader put the Turks here to flight towards Hamadan, where...
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    rule of Parthian and Sassanian Empires. The seat of the dynasty was at Nahavand, about 65 km south of Ecbatana (present-day Hamadan, Iran). Members of...
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  • Fadl al-Nahawandi, was a 10th-century Muslim Sufi mystic who lived in Nahavand, Iran. He is known amongst followers of Sufism as a trustworthy spiritual...
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    Arab/Muslim army had already begun invading Persia. The Muslims defeated them at Nahavand and Yazdgird was slain by a miller in Merv in 652, bringing an end to the...
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    According to some historical accounts, Abu Lu'lu'a was a Zoroastrian from Nahavand (Iran), though other reports describe him as a Christian. A highly skilled...
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    pass Murche-Khort Isfahan Zarghan First Ottoman War West Persian Campaign Nahavand Malayer Tahmasp's Campaign Yerevan Mesopotamian Campaign Siege of Baghdad...
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  • as ‘Abbāsābād) is a village in Solgi Rural District, Khezel District, Nahavand County, Hamadan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was...
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  • Husainābād) is a village in Gamasiyab Rural District, in the Central District of Nahavand County, Hamadan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was...
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  • Kufa around the year 19 AH (640 AD) and participated in the battle of Nahavand against the Sassanid army. However, as he became famous in Kufa due to...
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  • List of paintings and plots by Eugène Flandin and Pascal Coste, French painter and architects in 1840. This collection contains 200 images, 130 paintings...
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  • al-Kharezmi Nizam al-Mulk Vizier of the Seljuk Empire October 14, 1092 Nahavand Seljuk Empire Order of Assassins Thoros Lord of Edessa March 9, 1098 Edessa...
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  • western Iran Nahavand Laodicea in Persis, Antiochia Nahavand, Nahāvand (نهاوند), Nahavend, Nahawand, Nehavand, Nihavand, Nehavend, Mah-Nahavand, Laodicea...
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  • as Dowlafābād) is a village in Solgi Rural District, Khezel District, Nahavand County, Hamadan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was...
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    Abu Lu'lu'a (category People from Nahavand)
    According to some historical accounts, Abu Lu'lu'a was a Zoroastrian from Nahavand (Iran), though other reports describe him as a Christian. A highly skilled...
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  • Siege of Gundishapur Muslim Arabs take city from Sasanians. Battle of Nahavand Muslim Arabs gain a major victory over the Persian Empire, Sasanian dynasty...
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