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Mihrajan (Khurasan)

مهرجان (خراسان)

A populous town with an earthen wall and a great suburb, watered by a river; two stages from Diwarah. 1

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Persia & Central Asia
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Overview

Mihrajan is a city with well-populated houses, a wall of earth and a thriving suburb (rabad). Its people drink from river water, and it lies two stages from Diwara, according to al-Idrisi. 2

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Site of
the conquest of Khurasan (30 AH)

People and things also explored

Abd Allah ibn Amir· al-Ahnaf ibn Qays· the conquest of Khurasan (30 AH)

Sources

  1. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols. , p. 692
  2. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols. , p.692
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Abd Allah ibn Amir

He came to Basra in the year 30 AH, then went out to Fars and conquered it, and sent Mujashi' ibn Mas'ud in pursuit of Yazdegerd. The index records his march to Khurasan and the conquests he made there in 31 AH. According to al-Baladhuri, he came to Basra in the year 29, when all of Fars had been conquered except Istakhr and Jur.