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Battle of Bishapur (643–644)

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and besieged the fortified town for several weeks before the town was forced to surrender. He then made a peace treaty with the inhabitants of the city. Further waves of reinforcements arrived under Sariyah bin Zuinem, then followed by forces under Suhail bin Adi, and lastly Asim bin Amr arrived in
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of the Rashidun Caliphate on 11 November 644, the inhabitants of Bishapur, under the leadership of Shahrak's brother, declared independence, but were defeated.
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Peter Crawford (2014), "The War of the Three Gods: Romans, Persians and the Rise of Islam", Skyhorse Publishing.
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Another source, Kennedy, suggests that Shahrak himself was killed earlier, at the start of Muslim campaign in
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The Great Arab Conquests: How the Spread of Islam Changed the World We Live In
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The battle ended the siege by Maja'a bin Masud's troops of the former city of
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The date for this revolt remains disputed, as the Persian historian
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Hugh N. Kennedy (2007), "The great Arab conquests", Da Capo Press.
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Index

Islamic conquest of Persia
Fars
Rashidun
Sasanian Empire
Rashidun Caliphate
Shahrak

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Muslim conquest
of Persia

Mesopotamia
Chains
River
Walaja
Ullais
Hira
Al-Anbar
Ayn al-Tamr
Husayd
Muzayyah
Saniyy
Zumail
Firaz
1st Babylon
Namaraq
Kaskar
Bridge
Buwaib
al-Qādisiyyah

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