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People: Valdemar I of Denmark
Topic: Byzantine Civil War of 1341-47

Khorasan, as the second largest province of …

Years: 651 - 651

Khorasan, as the second largest province of the Sassanid Persian Empire, stretches from what present north eastern Iran, Afghanistan and Turkmenistan.

Its capital is Balkh in Bactria, in present northern Afghanistan.

The mission of conquering Khurasan in 651 is assigned to Ahnaf ibn Qais.

Ahnaf marches from Kufa and takes a short and less frequent route via Rayy and Nishapur.

Rayy is already in Muslim hands and …