The Biography of Uthman Ibn Affan R Dhun Noorayn

'UthmAn's conauests in the East 249
The reign of Yazdagird lasted for twenty years, of which four
were trouble-free, but the rest of the time was spent fleeing from
city to city for fear of Islam and the Muslims. He was the last of
the kings of Persia in this world.['] Glory be to the Almighty, the
true Sovereign, the Ever-Living, Eternal One Who will never die;
there is no god but He. All things will perish save His
Countenance, His is the power and to Him you will return.[']
The Messenger of AU2h @ said of the kings of Persia and
Byzantium:
*: Mi, &X&, 'iX Mi, s: &,
"When Caesar dies there will be no Caesar after him, and when
Chosroes dies, there will be no Chosroes after him. By the One
in Whose hand is my soul, you will certainly spend their wealth
for the sake of ~ll&."[~]
The Chisleians expressed their s
of Yazdagird
News of Yazdagird's killing reached a man from al-Ahwk
who was the patriarch of Marw, whose name was Eeliya'. He
gathered the Christians around him and said to them: The king of
Persia has been killed, the son of Shahriyiir the son of Kisra.
Shahriyiir was the son of the believing woman Shireen whose
rights and many acts of kindness to her fellow-Christians you
acknowledged. This king was connected to the Christians and
moreover the Christians gained a lot of glory and honour during
the reign of his grandfather Chosroes and before that, during the
reign of some other kings before them. He built monasteries for
them and supported them. So we should feel sorrow for the
['I Khilifat 'Uthrni by Dr. as-Sulami, p. 57
"I aI-lktifn' by al-KalVi, 4/419
['I Muslim, al-Fitan, no. 2918, 2919, Al-Bukhari (6629)