At a glance
- Era
- The Rashidun Caliphate · The Early Abbasid Caliphate
- Region
- Persia & Central Asia
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Overview
Istakhr is the great city of Fars. According to al-Baladhuri, Abu Musa tried to take it and could not, and Uthman ibn Abi al-As tried and could not either. It and Jur remained the last of the conquests of Fars before the arrival of Abd Allah ibn Amir in 29 AH. 1
A building near the city
Al-Mas'udi reports that about a farsakh from it there is a great building that people know as the Mosque of Solomon. It was a fire temple, which Humayya the daughter of Bahman removed, and it fell into ruin when the fire was moved from it. He says he entered it and saw columns of stone and images that they claim are the images of the prophets, and that the wind never rests in it, night or day. 2
Connections
- Site of
- The Forced Taking of Istakhr
People and things also explored
Abd Allah ibn Amir· Mahak· Ubaydallah ibn Ma'tar al-Taymi· The Forced Taking of Istakhr
Sources
- Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi , p.550
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Istakhr”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/istakhr/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-17.