After the decisive victory at Nahavand, all the Persian governors and cities on their own choose to switch sides to the Arabs to maintain their status.
Many even welcomed the Arabs cause the Arabs could protect em while Yazdgard III could not.
Many even welcomed the Arabs cause the Arabs could protect em while Yazdgard III could not.
It was primarily very peaceful & mostly was the Persian elite seeing an opportunity to climb the political ladder by siding with the more powerful Arabs, who they clearly saw were going to be the next major empire.
Kennedy doesn't even consider it a real conquest.
They kept everything they had, the rulers stayed the same, all that happened was they payed taxes to the Arabs instead of the Sassanian.
In fact they paid less taxes now, and even helped the Arabs.
They kept everything they had, the rulers stayed the same, all that happened was they payed taxes to the Arabs instead of the Sassanian.
In fact they paid less taxes now, and even helped the Arabs.
There wasn't any actual sieges, and much of the local governors just immediately stated making peace with the Arabs without fighting.
The remaining Sassanian armies just ended up switching sides and converted to Islam.
The remaining Sassanian armies just ended up switching sides and converted to Islam.
This was pretty much the same story with every city as the Muslims arrived.
Any city that was not yet under Islamic rule yet, was just abandoned as people preferred to live in the more prosperous newly built Muslim cities.
Any city that was not yet under Islamic rule yet, was just abandoned as people preferred to live in the more prosperous newly built Muslim cities.
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