Spahan, also known as Parthau was a Sasanian province in Late Antiquity, that lay within central Iran, almost corresponding to the present-day Isfahan...

The Battle of Spahan was fought between the Rashidun Caliphate and the Sasanian Empire in 642. The Arabs were victorious during the battle, where they...

reportedly born between 512 and 514 at Ardestan, a town located in the Spahan province in central Iran. The town, dating back to the Achaemenid period, thrived...

and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Isfahan is derived from Middle Persian Spahān, which is attested to by various Middle Persian seals and inscriptions,...

Fars. The province bordered Khuzestan in the west, Kirman in the east, Spahan in the north, and Mazun in the south. The Middle Persian name of "Pārs"...

Azerbaijan or Bahleh in Urmia. However, the naming of districts in Chuzistan, Spahan, Ray, Hamadan, or Chorasan as Pahla or Pahlu is also evidence of the Parthian...

northeast, Paradan in the east, Spahan in the north, and Mazun in the south. The capital of the province was Shiragan. The province allegedly functioned as some...

Sijistan) was a Sasanian province in Late Antiquity, that lay within the kust of Nemroz. The province bordered Kirman in the west, Spahan in the north west,...

the west, Gurgan in the east, and Spahan in south. The main cities of the province were Amol and Chalus. The province functioned as some kind of vassal...

and killed the marzban of Carmania in 643 AD. In 644 AD, upon the fall of Spahan, a number of notables fled to Carmania and Muslim forces raided the towns...

Caliphate and the Persians consequently lost the surrounding cities including Spahan (Isfahan). The former Sassanid provinces, in alliance with Parthian and...

canton of Arzan itself. In the fourth century, 12,000 Persians from Istakhr, Spahan and other regions were settled in Nisibis to act as mainly military garrisons...

accession to the throne, Bahram served as governor of the southeastern province of Kirman. There he bore the title of Kirmanshah (meaning "king of Kirman")...

years the main marzbān regions were Armenia, Beth Aramaye, Pars, Kirman, Spahan, Adurbadagan, Tabaristan, Nishapur, Tus, Sakastan, Mazun, Harev, Marv and...

Sasanian dynasty under near collapse and loses centralization. Battle of Spahan Arabs defeat Persians. Battle of Maserfield 5 August – Penda of Mercia defeats...

Provincial Capitals of Iran) reports that Yazdegerd had Jews settled in Spahan at Shushandukht's request, and she was the mother of his son Bahram V. According...

re-captured by the Turks, who seemingly also conquered the eastern Sasanian province of Kadagistan. Shayegan 2004, pp. 462–464. Vevaina & Canepa 2018, p. 1110...

executions of several Jewish leaders. This resulted in the Jewish community of Spahan publicly retaliating by flaying two Zoroastrian priests alive, leading in...

Circa 600, the Hephthalites had been raiding the Sassanid Empire as far as Spahan in central Iran. The Hephthalites issued numerous coins imitating the coinage...

"spah" or "sepah" (meaning "army") and therefore it is related to the word "spahan" or "sepahan" (meaning a place for the army), which is the etymological...

600, the Hephthalites were raiding the Sasanian Empire as far as Ispahan (Spahan) in central Iran. The Hephthalites issued numerous coins imitating the coinage...

the Arabs, and was in 643, after having seen the loss of Ctesiphon and Spahan, Farrukhzad, along with Yazdegerd III, fled[clarify] from one place to another...

mentioned in his inscriptions; Ardashir, governor of Qom; Varzin, governor of Spahan; Tiyanik, governor of Hamadan; Ardashir, governor of Neriz; Narseh, governor...

said to have founded the city Eran-asan-kerd-Kawad in Media; Fahraj in Spahan; and Weh-Kawad, Eran-win(n)ard-Kawad, Kawad-khwarrah, and Arrajan in Pars...

administrative centre of the province of Gay. It provided for interactions between different provinces of Eranshahr, in particular Gay in Spahan, Ram-Ohrmazd, Ormazd-Ardashir...

400; according to folklore, he was born in Rusan, close to the city of Spahan. He was the son of shah Yazdegerd I (r. 399–420) and Shushandukht, a daughter...

Ctesiphon. After Ardashir killed and terminated Shadh-Shapur, the governor of Spahan, after fighting him, headed towards Khuzestan and killed the governor of...

Muslim conquest of Central Persia (Muslim conquest of Persia) Battle of Spahan – 642 – Muslim conquest of Central Persia (Muslim conquest of Persia) Battle...

the people should goe naked...they vende most of the linene they bring to Spahan after a most base peddlinge, and unmarchante like manner...carying it up...

and sent him to repel the Turko-Hephthalites, who had raided as far as Spahan in central Iran. Smbat, with the aid of an Iranian prince named Datoyean...