Arab armies defeated the Sasanians in the 630s and 640s, and Iran became part of the Islamic caliphate. These pages cover the conquest, the slow spread of Islam, Iranian revolts and the role Iranians played in the Abbasid revolution of 750.
| Period | 633–820 CE |
|---|---|
| Covers | From the fall of the Sasanians to the first Iranian dynasties |
Pages in this era
- Salman the Persian
- Why the Sasanian Empire Fell
- The Battle of the Bridge (634)
- The Battle of al-Qadisiyyah
- Rostam Farrokhzad
- The Fall of Ctesiphon
- The Battle of Jalula
- The Battle of Nahavand: “Victory of Victories”
- The Conquest of Fars, Khorasan and the East
- Peroz III and the Sasanian Exiles in China
- Iranian Resistance: Tabaristan and the Dabuyids
- Zoroastrians after the Arab Conquest
- Iran under the Umayyads
- The Mawali and the Shu’ubiyya Movement
- Abu Muslim and the Abbasid Revolution
- The Death of Abu Muslim and the Iranian Revolts
- The Barmakids: Persian Viziers of Baghdad
- Al-Ma’mun in Merv and the Civil War
- Tahir ibn Husayn
- Imam Reza and the Origins of Mashhad
- Babak Khorramdin’s Revolt
- Persian Influence on the Abbasid Caliphate
- The Birth of New Persian
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