Conquest of Tustar and the capture of al-Hurmuzan

Name: Conquest of Tustar and the capture of al-Hurmuzan
Start: 0638

فتح تستر وأسر الهرمزان

638 CE · 17 AH

Tustar: Yazdegerd, safe at Marw, kept stinging the Persians over their lost kingdom until they and the Ahwaz folk bound themselves to mutual aid. 'Umar ordered Sa'd to send a dense army with al-Nu'man ibn al-Muqarrin to pin al-Hurmuzan, and Abu Musa to send another under Sahl ibn 'Adi with al-Bara' ibn Malik, Majza'a ibn Thawr and 'Arfaja ibn Harthama — the campaign that ended with Ramhurmuz and Tustar taken and al-Hurmuzan a prisoner ¹.

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The Prophetic Era · The Rashidun Caliphate

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The conquest of Tustar and capture of Hormuzan: Yazdegerd, safe at Marw, kept stinging the Persians over their lost kingdom until they and the people of Ahwaz bound themselves to mutual aid. 'Umar wrote Sa'd to send a dense force under al-Nu'man b. Muqarrin to sit opposite Hormuzan and learn his situation, and wrote Abu Musa to send another under Sahl b. 'Adi with al-Bara' b. Malik, Mujazzi'a b. Thawr and 'Arfaja b. Harthama — so fell Ramhurmuz, then Tustar, and Hormuzan was taken ¹.

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Occurred at: Tustar
Had participant: al-Hurmuzan· al-Nu'man ibn Muqarrin· al-Bara' ibn Azib

People and things also explored

The March of al-Falalij and the Pursuit of Jaban at Tustar· Battle of Nahavand (21 AH)· The Battle of Nihawand (Fath al-Futuh)· The Battle of Uhud· Conquest of Qazvin and Zanjan (22 AH)· Conquest of Qazwin· Tustar's Fall and Hurmuzan's Capture· Siege of Tustar

Sources

al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir , p. 367-368

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The March of al-Falalij and the Pursuit of Jaban at Tustar

In al-Baladhuri: Khalid came to al-Falalij on his return from Baniqya — a Persian host there dispersed and he met no harm — then returned to al-Hira; hearing Jaban was at Tustar in a great host he sent against him al-Muthanna ibn Haritha al-Shaybani and Hanzala ibn al-Rabi' ibn Rabah al-Asadi of Banu Tamim — called Hanzala the Scribe — and when they reached him he fled.