Islam and Zoroastrianism

Family: Encounters with other traditions · 2 entries

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• Salman al-Farisi

  c. 568 CEA Persian seeker who passed through Zoroastrianism and Christianity before reaching Muhammad; freed from slavery in Medina, he is remembered for proposing the trench at the siege of 627.

• Khosrow II

  c. 570 CEThe last great Sasanian shah (590–628), whose armies took Jerusalem and reached Constantinople's walls before Heraclius broke his empire. The tradition records that he tore up the Prophet's letter — and died within months.

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