The Muslim conquests of Afghanistan began during the Muslim conquest of Persia as the Arab Muslims expanded eastwards to Khorasan, Sistan and Transoxiana. Fifteen years after the battle of Nahāvand in
Minaret of Jam built by the Ghurid dynasty
Names of territories during the Caliphate
The Turk Shahi kingdom of Kabul in 700 AD
Mahmud receives a robe from Caliph Al-Qadir; painting by Rashid-al-Din Hamadani
Battle of Nahavand
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The Battle of Nahavand, also spelled Nihavand or Nahawand, was fought in 642 between the Rashidun Muslim forces under An-Numan ibn Muqarrin and Sasanian army under King Yazdegerd III. Yazdegerd escape
Muslim conquests of Afghanistan
…Afghanistan began during the Muslim conquest of Persia as the Arab Muslims expanded eastwards to Khorasan, Sistan and Transoxiana. Fifteen years after the battle of Nahāvand in 642 AD, they controlled all Sasanian domains except in Afghanistan. Fuller Islamization was not achieved until the period between 10th and 12th…
Painting of the Nahavand Castle, which was one of the last Sasanian strongholds.