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Hormuzan (Middle Persian: Hormazdān, New Persian: هرمزان) was a Persian aristocrat who served as the governor of Khuzestan, and was one of the Sasanian...

died summer 657) was a son of Caliph Umar (r. 634–644). His killing of Hormuzan, whom he suspected of involvement in his father's assassination in 644...

Umar's instructions, attacked Hormuzan, while Utbah ibn Ghazwan, aided by Nouman ibn Muqarin, attacked Ahvaz and forced Hormuzan into a peace treaty, under...

time when Hormuzan, a nobleman of high status, had arrived to Hormizd-Ardashir after suffering several defeats to the Arabs in Asoristan. Hormuzan used the...

by the Arabs. Hormuzan was eventually defeated and asked for peace, which the Arabs accepted in return for tribute. However, Hormuzan soon broke the...

Sasanian forces in Babylon are said to have been commanded by Piruz Khosrow, Hormuzan, Mihran Razi and Nakhiragan. Whatever the reason, it is in fact that the...

synonymity with the ethnographic category nomad. Al-Tabari wrote that in 639, Hormuzan, a Sasanian general originating from a noble family, battled against the...

overcame Hormuzan and his guards, killing all the Sassanid soldiers who intended to kill Khalid during the duel in the process, along with Hormuzan. During...

distinguished himself as a military commander. The Persian commander, Hormuzan, had withdrawn his forces to the fortified city of Shushtar. The Caliph...

ibn Imran Hormuz Anoshagan Andarzaghar Bāhman † Pirouzan Jaban Mihran Hormuzan (POW) Mardan Shah Bahram Isandi Karinz ibn Karianz Wahman Mardanshah Jalinus †...

Commanders and leaders Farrukhzad Mihran Razi † Piruz Khosrow Varaztirots Hormuzan Hashim ibn Utba Al-Qa'qa'a ibn Amr at-Tamimi Tulayha Strength 20,000 12...

al-Ash'ari from Basra, who drove the Persian satrap Hormuzan out of Ahvaz. Susa later fell, so Hormuzan fled to Shushtar. There his forces were besieged...

merged their forces to face Hormuzan. Then they later defeated Hormuzan, who led the Sassanid resistance before in Ahvaz. Hormuzan then flee from Ramhormoz...

army during the battle of al-Qādisiyyah. Mihran, along with Nakhiragan, Hormuzan and Piruz Khosrow, including the rest of the survivors, regrouped at Bavel...

was about 4 km long. The Sassanid Persians' right wing was commanded by Hormuzan, the right centre by Jalinus, the rear guard by Piruzan, and the left wing...

history.) to face them. Hurqus managed to crush Yazdegerd's army under Hormuzan in Ahvaz (now known as Hormizd-Ardashir). The massive spoils of war which...

Siege of Shushtar (641/642), in a battle with the Sassanian commander Hormuzan, although other sources reported that he was slain during the campaign...

help, Umar sent Hurqus who played a significant role in the defeat of Hormuzan, particularly in the conquest of Ahvaz. Hurqus remained active until the...

wife of Yazdegerd III (Maria) Jay Abdo as satrap Iyad Abu Al-Shamat as Hormuzan Jamal Abbasi as Musaylimah Mohammad Al Rashi as Abu Lu'lu'a Firuz Suzan...

recorded how Zubayr ibn al-Awwam and Anas ibn Malik convinced Umar to pardon Hormuzan, despite Umar earlier intent to execute the Persian general for the death...