نوع مقاله : مقاله پژوهشی
نویسنده
دکتری تاریخ ایران پیش از اسلام
چکیده
The Caucasus region, of which Shirvan is a part, has long been a battleground for major empires such as the Assyrians, Urartians, Medes, Achaemenids, Seleucids, Parthians, Romans, Sassanids, and Arabs, witnessing numerous bloody conflicts throughout history. Each of these regional and local powers undertook significant military campaigns to conquer this area, experiencing intense battles in the process. Following the decline of the two great empires of the Sassanids and Byzantines, Muslim Arabs, inspired by the verses of the Quran and the teachings of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), and relying on the sacred religion of Islam, embraced the new doctrine of brotherhood and equality to expand their political borders eastward and westward. They encroached upon the territories of empires such as the Sassanids and Rome, extending their own borders into many of their subordinate regions. However, during the reign of the third caliph, this expansionist policy in the Caucasus encountered resistance from the local population, culminating in the Arabs' defeat in the Battle of Shirvan. This effectively halted their expansionist ambitions in the region, and the Caliph ordered the Arabs to maintain their positions without further aggression or advancement. Historical documents and texts contain numerous and varied reports of Muslim military campaigns in the Caucasus region. This article aims to explore and analyze the circumstances and conditions that led to the cessation of the Muslim Arabs' expansionist policy in the area, challenging its implications through descriptive and analytical methods.
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عنوان مقاله [English]
The Battle of Shirvan: The End of Muslim Arab Expansionism in the Caucasus
نویسنده [English]
- Nematolah Alimohammady
Ph.D in Pre-Islamic Iranian History
چکیده [English]
The Caucasus region, of which Shirvan is a part, has long been a battleground for major empires such as the Assyrians, Urartians, Medes, Achaemenids, Seleucids, Parthians, Romans, Sassanids, and Arabs, witnessing numerous bloody conflicts throughout history. Each of these regional and local powers undertook significant military campaigns to conquer this area, experiencing intense battles in the process. Following the decline of the two great empires of the Sassanids and Byzantines, Muslim Arabs, inspired by the verses of the Quran and the teachings of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), and relying on the sacred religion of Islam, embraced the new doctrine of brotherhood and equality to expand their political borders eastward and westward. They encroached upon the territories of empires such as the Sassanids and Rome, extending their own borders into many of their subordinate regions. However, during the reign of the third caliph, this expansionist policy in the Caucasus encountered resistance from the local population, culminating in the Arabs' defeat in the Battle of Shirvan. This effectively halted their expansionist ambitions in the region, and the Caliph ordered the Arabs to maintain their positions without further aggression or advancement. Historical documents and texts contain numerous and varied reports of Muslim military campaigns in the Caucasus region. This article aims to explore and analyze the circumstances and conditions that led to the cessation of the Muslim Arabs' expansionist policy in the area, challenging its implications through descriptive and analytical methods. The Caucasus region, of which Shirvan is a part, has long been a battleground for major empires such as the Assyrians, Urartians, Medes, Achaemenids, Seleucids, Parthians, Romans, Sassanids, and Arabs, witnessing numerous bloody conflicts throughout history. Each of these regional and local powers undertook significant military campaigns to conquer this area, experiencing intense battles in the process. Following the decline of the two great empires of the Sassanids and Byzantines, Muslim Arabs, inspired by the verses of the Quran and the teachings of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), and relying on the sacred religion of Islam, embraced the new doctrine of brotherhood and equality to expand their political borders eastward and westward.
کلیدواژهها [English]
- Battle of Shirvan
- Caucasus
- Sassanids
- Byzantium
- Third Caliph
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