From Fararod to Tabaristan: Continuity of the Islamic conquest in the northern front

Subject Areas : Epistemological and methodological researcher of historical research

BEHROZ CHOKAN ¹ , mohammadnabi Salim ² , mirzamohammad hasani ³

1 - PhD student, History of Islam, Shahrood Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shahrood, Iran.
2 - assistant professor,department of history,Islamic azad university. shahrood branch
3 - Assistant Professor, Department of History, Shahroud Branch, Islamic Azad University, Iran.

Received: 2023-06-12 Accepted : 2023-07-01 Published : 2023-05-22

Keywords: Political situation, Conquests, Tabaristan, Key words: Trans-Nahr, Umayyad and Abbasid period,

Abstract :

One of the reasons for the tendency of the Muslim Arabs to conquer Trans-Nahar and Khwarizm was that they were not able to conquer Tabaristan in the beginning of the conquests, and when they realized that the Chinese were connected with Tabaristan through Farad, and also, the presence of the Turks in the northeastern and southern regions of Tabaristan. Khwarazm doubled the difficulty of the conquests, they decided to seize the area of ​​Suq al-Jishi of Tabaristan in order to prevent the advance of the Chinese and Turks. But the geographical conditions of this region, such as: impassability, dense forests and swampy area, high humidity and continuous rains, as well as the resistance of the people, made the work of conquest difficult.This research, using the descriptive-analytical method and relying on library studies, tries to answer the question that the process of occupying the north and northeast of the Iranian plateau took place based on what process? Studies show that due to the threat of non-Muslim influence in strategic areas of Iran and the necessity of connecting the conquered areas to the route of conquests and emphasizing the territorial integrity of Iran, the Islamic Caliphate was able to control Fararod and Tabaristan areas by sending numerous troops and attracting the target areas. In a symmetric time frame, he took possession. However, despite the Umayyad campaigns, the Abbasids gained the fruits of their conquest of Tabaristan and tied the fate of this region to Khorasan and Mavarlanhar.