The Conquest of Qumm and Qashan

فتح قم وقاشان

Qumm → Qashan

In al-Baladhuri: when Abu Musa and Abdallah ibn Qays al-Ash'ari returned from Nihawand they went to al-Ahwaz and settled it, then came to Qumm and stayed upon it days before taking it; al-Ahnaf ibn Qays — his name al-Dahhak ibn Qays al-Tamimi — was sent to Qashan, took it by force, and joined them. It is also related that al-Ash'ari camped at Isbahan — or, Ibn Sa'd thinks, Qumm — offered them Islam which they refused, then jizya which they accepted by night, broke faith at morning, and he fought them until God gave him the mastery.

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The Rashidun Caliphate
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Persia & Central Asia
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al-Baladhuri relates that Abu Musa al-Ash'ari, when he withdrew from Nihawand, marched to al-Ahwaz and then came to Qum. He stayed there for days and then took it. 1

He sent al-Ahnaf ibn Qays to Qashan, which he took by force. In one account, al-Ash'ari came down at Isfahan and offered them Islam, and they refused. They made peace with him on the jizya, then broke faith, and he fought them and God gave him the upper hand over them. al-Baladhuri quotes Muhammad ibn Sa'd as thinking that this was about the people of Qum. 2

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Qumm· Qashan
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Abu Musa al-Ashari· al-Ahnaf ibn Qays

People and things also explored

Balkh's Sulh and al-Ahnaf's Khwarizm March· al-Ahnaf's Petition to Umar for Basra· al-Ahnaf's Sulh at Qasr al-Ahnaf and Marw al-Rudh· al-Ahnaf's Battle in Tukharistan· al-Aqra' ibn Habis Takes Juzjan· The Asawira's Conversion Compact· The Conquest of al-Dinawar, Masabadhan and Mihrajanqadhaf· The Conquest of Isbahan

Sources

  1. Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition) , p.436
  2. Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition) , p.437
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