Istakhr
إصطخر
Fars's great city; in al-Baladhuri, assaulted vainly by Abu Musa and Uthman ibn Abi al-As — it and Jur the last of Fars untaken at Abdallah ibn Amir's arrival in 29.
Depth
At a glance
- Era
- The Rashidun Caliphate · The Early Abbasid Caliphate
- Region
- Persia & Central Asia
- Review
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Connections
- Site of
- The Forced Taking of Istakhr
People and things also explored
عبد الله بن عامر· Mahak· Ubaydallah ibn Ma'tar al-Taymi· The Forced Taking of Istakhr
Sources
- Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
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islam.museum contributors. “Istakhr”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/istakhr/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-13.