In 651, Yazdegerd III was murdered by Mahuy Suri, the marzban of Marw. Tabaristan was afterwards invaded by the Muslim Arabs, who were defeated at the battle of Ruyan by the Zoroastrian Dabboyids. Farrukhzad, the previously minister of Yazdegerd, and ruler of Tabaristan, managed to repel the Arabs with the aid of Gil Gavbara and make a treaty with them. The Arabs then invaded Khorasan, and made a treaty with the kanarang of Tus, Kanadbak. In the treaty Kanadbak agreed to pay tribute to the Arabs while still remaining in control of his territories in Tus. In order to strengthen the weakened Karen family, and to reclaim lost Karenid territory, Burzin, along with another Karenid named Sawar Karin, made resistance to the Arabs and tried to reclaim territory from the Kanārangīyān family.[2] In promise of regaining his lost territories, Kanadbak agreed to aid Abdullah in capturing Nishapur from the Karenid rebels.
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Abdullah and Kanadbak started pillaging the areas of Nishapur, and fought heavily to capture the city. Sawar then tried to make peace with Abdullah, and told him that he would open the gates of Nishapur if the latter pardoned him.[3] Abdullah agreed, however, when the gates were opened, he entered the gate with his army, and started to plunder the city and killing citizens, until Kanadbak said to him: "O amir, once you have been victorious and triumphant forgiveness is a higher [virtue] than revenge and retribution." Abdullah then did as the latter said and restored the city to Kanadbak's domains.[4]
Pourshariati, Parvaneh (2008). Decline and Fall of the Sasanian Empire: The Sasanian-Parthian Confederacy and the Arab Conquest of Iran. London and New York: I.B. Tauris. ISBN978-1-84511-645-3.
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battle, nishapur, battle, during, second, timurid, succession, crisis, 1447, fought, between, karen, family, rashidun, caliphate, along, with, their, allies, kanārangīyān, family, part, muslim, conquest, persiadate652locationnishapur, iranresultmajor, rashidun. For the battle during the second Timurid succession crisis see Battle of Nishapur 1447 The Battle of Nishapur was fought in 652 1 between the Karen family and the Rashidun Caliphate along with their allies the Kanarangiyan family Battle of NishapurPart of Muslim conquest of PersiaDate652LocationNishapur IranResultMajor Rashidun Caliphate victoryBelligerentsRashidun CaliphateKanarangiyansHouse of KarenCommanders and leadersAbdullah ibn AamirKanadbakBurzin ShahSawar KarinStrengthUnknownUnknownCasualties and lossesHeavyHeavy Contents 1 Background 2 Battle 3 References 4 SourcesBackground editIn 651 Yazdegerd III was murdered by Mahuy Suri the marzban of Marw Tabaristan was afterwards invaded by the Muslim Arabs who were defeated at the battle of Ruyan by the Zoroastrian Dabboyids Farrukhzad the previously minister of Yazdegerd and ruler of Tabaristan managed to repel the Arabs with the aid of Gil Gavbara and make a treaty with them The Arabs then invaded Khorasan and made a treaty with the kanarang of Tus Kanadbak In the treaty Kanadbak agreed to pay tribute to the Arabs while still remaining in control of his territories in Tus In order to strengthen the weakened Karen family and to reclaim lost Karenid territory Burzin along with another Karenid named Sawar Karin made resistance to the Arabs and tried to reclaim territory from the Kanarangiyan family 2 In promise of regaining his lost territories Kanadbak agreed to aid Abdullah in capturing Nishapur from the Karenid rebels Battle editAbdullah and Kanadbak started pillaging the areas of Nishapur and fought heavily to capture the city Sawar then tried to make peace with Abdullah and told him that he would open the gates of Nishapur if the latter pardoned him 3 Abdullah agreed however when the gates were opened he entered the gate with his army and started to plunder the city and killing citizens until Kanadbak said to him O amir once you have been victorious and triumphant forgiveness is a higher virtue than revenge and retribution Abdullah then did as the latter said and restored the city to Kanadbak s domains 4 References edit Pourshariati 2008 pp 469 Pourshariati 2008 pp 274 Pourshariati 2008 pp 273 Pourshariati 2008 pp 272 275 276Sources editPourshariati Parvaneh 2008 Decline and Fall of the Sasanian Empire The Sasanian Parthian Confederacy and the Arab Conquest of Iran London and New York I B Tauris ISBN 978 1 84511 645 3 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Battle of Nishapur amp oldid 1149949758, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
