Tustar's Fall and Hurmuzan's Capture
سقوط تستر وأسر هرمزان
Nine hundred fell in the battle and six hundred captives were beheaded after; then a Persian sought aman to show the Muslims the breach — converted, stipended for himself and his son — and led Ashras ibn Awf of Shayban across Dujayl on a stone weir, up the city, and pointed out Hurmuzan. Forty volunteers under Majza'a ibn Thawr with two hundred behind entered by night, killed the guard and cried takbir on the wall; Hurmuzan fled to his treasury-citadel, Abu Musa crossed at dawn and possessed the city — 'none taught the Arabs our weakness but one who saw their rising fortune and our waning' — while the defector killed his own family and cast them into Dujayl. Hurmuzan asked aman; Abu Musa gave it only on Umar's judgment, and he came down on that.
At a glance
- Era
- The Rashidun Caliphate
- Review
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Connections
- Had participant
- الهرمزان· Abu Musa al-Ashari· Ashras ibn Awf
- Occurred at
- تستر
People and things also explored
Siege of Tustar· The March of al-Falalij and the Pursuit of Jaban at Tustar· The Asawira's Conversion Compact· The Battle of Nihawand (Fath al-Futuh)· The Conquest of al-Dinawar, Masabadhan and Mihrajanqadhaf· The Conquest of Qumm and Qashan· The Conquest of Ra's al-Ayn· Conquest of Sabur
Sources
- Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
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