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UNESCO World Heritage Site. The name
Isfahan is
derived from
Middle Persian Spahān,
which is
attested by
various Middle Persian seals and inscriptions, including...
- The
Battle of
Spahan was
fought between the
Rashidun Caliphate and the
Sasanian Empire in 642. The
Arabs were
victorious during the battle,
where they...
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Spahan, also
known as
Parthau was a
Sasanian province in Late Antiquity, that lay
within central Iran,
almost corresponding to the present-day Isfahan...
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Circa 600, the
Hephthalites had been
raiding the S****anid
Empire as far as
Spahan in
central Iran. The
Hephthalites issued numerous coins imitating the coinage...
-
Caliphate and the
Persians consequently lost the
surrounding cities including Spahan (Isfahan). The
former S****anid provinces, in
alliance with
Parthian and...
- Fars. The
province bordered Khuzestan in the west,
Kirman in the east,
Spahan in the north, and
Mazun in the south. The
Middle Persian name of "Pārs"...
- 600, the
Hephthalites were
raiding the
Sasanian Empire as far as
Ispahan (
Spahan) in
central Iran. The
Hephthalites issued numerous coins imitating the coinage...
-
Provincial Capitals of Iran)
reports that
Yazdegerd had Jews
settled in
Spahan at Shushandukht's request, and she was the
mother of his son
Bahram V. According...
- the Arabs, and was in 643,
after having seen the loss of
Ctesiphon and
Spahan, Farrukhzad,
along with
Yazdegerd III, fled[clarify] from one
place to another...
- the west,
Abarshahr and
Sakastan in the northeast,
Paradan in the east,
Spahan in the north, and
Mazun in the south. The
capital of the
province was Shiragan...
