Mar 24

Two Iranians Initial Efforts Against the Arabs

On 24 March AD 721 (during Nowruz celebrations of that year, which would be held in eastern part of Iran, like before, despite the Arab rule), Pushan, one of the Sassanid princes, claimed he was the Shah and that he wished to restore the Sassanid Empire, and a group joined him, but he could not do much. This uprising happened 80 years after the battle of Nahavand which resulted in the defeat of Iranian army from the Arabs.     4 years after Pushan, in March AD 725, (again during Nowruz), another Sassanid prince by the name of Khosrau, a grandson of Yazdgerd III, declared himself the Shah in the city of Marv (Khorasan). This prince was also unsuccessful though he had gathered, in addition to a group of Iranians, and some emigrant Turks. Historians have described the failure of these two princes as the result of their selfish behavior and have added that if they had united in their plans they may have had some success. The independence seeker Iranians and their armed revolts became more serious after the death of Harun Al-Rashid, and finally succeeded.           Translation by Rowshan Lohrasbpour (AmordadNews writer)