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العربية
Medieval era · 633 CE – 654 CE

Muslim conquest of Persia

The Muslim conquest of Persia, also known as the Arab conquest of Iran, occurred between 633 and 651 CE, when the Rashidun Caliphate conquered the Sasanian Empire as part of the early Muslim conquests, which began under the Islamic prophet Muhammad in 627/628.

Muslim conquest of Persia
Muslim conquest of Persia · Michel Bakni, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
When
633 CE – 654 CE
Where
Arab Iraq
Era
Medieval

Topics

Iran9,000 BCE – todayIraq2,350 BCE – todaySasanian Empire180 CE – 654 CE

Before and after

Ridda Wars632 CE – 633 CEBattle of al-Anbar633 CEShow on timeline

Text from the Wikipedia article Muslim conquest of Persia, CC BY-SA 4.0