- As though, there in Waj Rudh and across its open plain, they were wool-fleeced sheep (1) upon whom (2) the jagged rents of cleaving blades (3) had fallen.
The Conquest of al-Rayy
Nuʿaym ibn Muqarrin left Yazid ibn Qays al-Hamdani as his deputy in Hamadhan and marched with the armies until he reached al-Rayy. There he encountered a great host of idolaters (4). Battle was joined at the foot of Mount al-Rayy; the enemy stood firm for a while and then fled. Nuʿaym ibn Muqarrin (5) inflicted a tremendous slaughter upon them—so great that they had to be counted with stalks of reed—and the Muslims seized an immense booty, almost equal to what they had taken at al-Madaʾin (6). Abu al-Farrukhan sued for peace over al-Rayy, and Nuʿaym granted him a written guarantee of safety (7). Afterward Nuʿaym wrote to ʿUmar announcing the victory and forwarding the khums; all praise and bounty belong to Allah.
The Conquest of Qumis
When the courier arrived bearing news of the conquest of al-Rayy and its one-fifth share, ʿUmar wrote to Nuʿaym ibn Muqarrin instructing him to dispatch his brother Suwayd ibn Muqarrin to Qumis. Suwayd set out, met no resistance, took the district peacefully, encamped there, and issued its people a document of safety (8) and a treaty of peace.
The Conquest of Jurjan
After Suwayd had camped in Qumis, people from various towns—including Jurjan, Tabaristan, and others—approached him seeking peace on the basis of the jizyah. He concluded peace with all of them and wrote for the inhabitants of each town a document of safety and reconciliation. Al-Madāʾinī relates that Jurjan was conquered in the year 30 AH during the caliphate of ʿUthmān—Allah knows best.
Here begins the account of the conquest of Adharbayjan
When Nuʿaym ibn Muqarrin had taken Hamadhan and then al-Rayy, he had earlier dispatched Bukayr ibn ʿAbd Allah ahead of him from Hamadhan to