How did the Muslim conquest of Khorasan unfold?

The Muslim conquest of Khorasan took place during the final phase of the broader Muslim conquest of Sasanian Persia. This campaign led directly to the subsequent Islamization of the historical Khorasan region. Historically, Khorasan encompassed a vast area spanning parts of modern-day Iran, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan.

What we know

• The conquest of Khorasan occurred during the last phase of the Muslim conquest of Sasanian Persia. [2]
• The military conquest of Khorasan was followed by the Islamization of the region. [2]
• Khorasan was a historical eastern region in the Iranian Plateau encompassing parts of West and Central Asia. [4]

Where to go next

• the bigger pictureWhat was the broader Muslim conquest of Persia?
• what followedHow did Islamization follow the conquest?
• whereWhat territories were included in historical Khorasan?
• a case in pointWhat were the other campaigns in the early Muslim conquests?
• whenWhen did the Sasanian Empire establish Khorasan as an administrative division?
• an unexpected connectionHow does Bronze Age Central Asia connect to early Islamic administrative regions?The Greater Khorasan Civilization represents a Bronze Age interaction sphere in the exact same Central Asian geography that later became the medieval Islamic frontier of Khorasan.

Sources

• [1]Muslim conquest of Khorasan (Wikidata Q19897841) · CC0 1.0
• [2]Muslim conquest of Khorasan · CC BY-SA 4.0
• [3]Muslim conquests · CC BY-SA 4.0
• [4]Khorasan · CC BY-SA 4.0
• [5]Muslim conquest of Persia · CC BY-SA 4.0