Muslim Conquest of Persia - End of The Sassanid Dynasty

End of The Sassanid Dynasty

Yazdegerd III, after being defeated at the Battle of Oxus river in 644 CE/AD, was unable to raise another army and became a hunted fugitive. Following the battle he fled to Central Asia to the court of the Khan of Farghana. From there Yazdegerd went to China. Nevertheless Yazdegerd III kept on returning to Persia to exert his influence over the notables and chiefs of Persia. He thus remained a motivating force behind the Persian rebellion. During Caliph Uthman's reign Yazdegerd III came back to Bactria and Khurasan rebelled against the Caliphate. Abdullah ibn Aamir crushed the rebellion and defeated Yazdegerd's forces. He fled from one district to another until a local miller killed him for his purse at Merv in 651. For many decades to come, this was the easternmost limit of Muslim rule.