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... drew on Byzantine craftsmen and incorporated Byzantine and Sassanid artistic conventions, particularly the use of mosaics and o...
...c governance. Most significantly, he replaced Byzantine and Sassanid coinage that had circulated in the former imperial territor...
...irst battle of the Iraq conquests and demonstrated that the Sassanid Empire, weakened by decades of war with Byzantium, could be...
...he early Islamic conquests — the fall of the capital of the Sassanid Persian Empire. After the decisive Battle of al-Qadisiyyah,...
... territorial expansion in Islamic history. He conquered the Sassanid Empire, took the Levant and Egypt from Byzantines, establis...
...e between the Muslim army under Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas and the Sassanid Persian army under Rustam Farrokhzad. Despite being heavily...
The last emperor of the Sassanid Persian Empire, who fled east as the Muslim armies advanced...
The commander-in-chief of the Sassanid Persian army at the decisive Battle of al-Qadisiyyah (15-16...
... retreat while crossing a bridge over the Euphrates against Sassanid forces. His bravery cost him and many companions their live...
...nguage, minted the first Islamic coins (replacing Byzantine/Sassanid designs), and built the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem.