Battle of Nishapur
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| Battle of Nishapur | |||||||
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| Part of Muslim conquest of Persia | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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Rashidun Caliphate Kanārangīyāns | House of Karen | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Abdullah ibn Aamir Kanadbak |
Burzin Shah † Sawar Karin † | ||||||
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| Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
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| Heavy | Heavy | ||||||
The Battle of Nishapur was fought in 652[1] between the Karen family and the Rashidun Caliphate along with their allies, the Kanārangīyān family.
In 651, Yazdegerd III was murdered by Mahuy Suri, the marzban of Marw. Tabaristan was afterwards invaded by the Muslim Arabs, who were defeated at the battle of Ruyan by the Zoroastrian Dabboyids. Farrukhzad, the previously minister of Yazdegerd, and ruler of Tabaristan, managed to repel the Arabs with the aid of Gil Gavbara and make a treaty with them. The Arabs then invaded Khorasan, and made a treaty with the kanarang of Tus, Kanadbak. In the treaty Kanadbak agreed to pay tribute to the Arabs while still remaining in control of his territories in Tus. In order to strengthen the weakened Karen family, and to reclaim lost Karenid territory, Burzin, along with another Karenid named Sawar Karin, made resistance to the Arabs and tried to reclaim territory from the Kanārangīyān family.[2] In promise of regaining his lost territories, Kanadbak agreed to aid Abdullah in capturing Nishapur from the Karenid rebels.