The Siege of Herat in 643, was part of the Islamic conquest of Persia. Caliph Umar (634-644) launched an offensive against the Sassanid Persian Empire in 642 and by late 643 almost all of the Sassanid empire was conquered, except Khurasan and Armenia. A veteran military commander, Ahnaf ibn Qais, was appointed by Umar for the conquest of Khurasan, which in those time comprises most of present-day north eastern Iran, Afghanistan and Turkmenistan.

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  • 0643-01-01 00:00:00 (xsd:date)
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  • Rashidun Caliphate
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  • Sassanid Persian Empire
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  • Decisive Rashidun victory
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  • Rashidun Caliphate
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  • Sassanid Persian Empire
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  • 0643-01-01 00:00:00 (xsd:date)
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  • Decisive Rashidun victory
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  • The Siege of Herat in 643, was part of the Islamic conquest of Persia. Caliph Umar (634-644) launched an offensive against the Sassanid Persian Empire in 642 and by late 643 almost all of the Sassanid empire was conquered, except Khurasan and Armenia. A veteran military commander, Ahnaf ibn Qais, was appointed by Umar for the conquest of Khurasan, which in those time comprises most of present-day north eastern Iran, Afghanistan and Turkmenistan. By mid-644 Ahnaf had captured Khurasan and the last Sassanid emperor Yazdegerd III was defeated in his last struggle against Caliphate at the Battle of Oxus river, whereupon he fled to China. He returned to Bactria during Caliph Uthman's reign where he was once again defeated and eventually was murdered by a miller in 651. With him ended the last non-Muslim Persian dynasty.
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  • Siege of Herat
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  • Late 643
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  • Decisive Rashidun victory
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  • Herat captured by Muslims.
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  • The Siege of Herat in 643, was part of the Islamic conquest of Persia. Caliph Umar (634-644) launched an offensive against the Sassanid Persian Empire in 642 and by late 643 almost all of the Sassanid empire was conquered, except Khurasan and Armenia. A veteran military commander, Ahnaf ibn Qais, was appointed by Umar for the conquest of Khurasan, which in those time comprises most of present-day north eastern Iran, Afghanistan and Turkmenistan.
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  • Siege of Herat (643)
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  • Siege of Herat
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