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Name: Conquests of Uthman

Type: Event

Start: 640 AD

End: 655 AD

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Expansion during the rule of Uthman in the Rashidun Caliphate.

Chronology

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  • January 646: The Arabs reached Iberia about 645 and forced its eristavi (prince), Stephanoz II (637-c. 650), to abandon his allegiance to Byzantium and recognize the Caliph as his suzerain.
  • January 647: Arab commander Amr ibn al-As reconquers Alexandria from the Byzantines.
  • January 647: The Muslim sources place the actual conquest of the country in 645/646, under the command of Habib ibn Maslama al-Fihri.
  • January 651: Under Abu'l-Awar, the Arabs returned in 650 and installed a garrison of 12,000 on part of the island.
  • January 654: An Arab emir was installed in Tbilisi about 653.
  • January 654: In 652-653 CE, the Arabs under Abdallah ibn Amir conquered the whole of Tokharistan and captured the city of Balkh, as part of the Muslim conquests of Afghanistan.
  • January 655: Armenia conquered by Rashidun Caliphate.

    • 1. Conquest of Armenia

    The Muslims had conquered Byzantine Armenia in 638-639.

    2. Arab conquest of Armenia

    Was the conquest of Armenia by the Rashidun Caliphate.

    3. First Muslim Invasion of the Maghreb

    Was the Muslim conquest of Tripolitania.

    4. Arab plunder of Cyprus

    Was an Arab invasion of Cyprus.

    5. Muslim conquest of Cyprus, Crete and Rhodes

    Conquest of Cyprus, Crete and Rhodes by the Rashidun Caliphate.

    6. Conquest of Azerbaijan

    Was the conquest of Azerbaijan by the Rashidun Caliphate.

    7. Conquest of Khorasan

    Was the conquest of Khorasan by the Rashidun Caliphate.

    8. First Arab-Khazar War

    Was a war between the Khazar Kahaganate and the Rashidun Caliphate.

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