The article the translation of which follows is a research, based on original resources, to shed light on Iran-Egypt relations in the first three centuries AH. The topics discussed here include: the effective role of the Yemeni Iranians in the army of ¨Amr ibn-al-¨As in the conquest of Egypt, 19-20 AH, and the temporary and permanent residence of a number of these people there; the decisive role of Khorasani people in toppling the Umayyad dynasty and their pursuit of Marwn, the last Umayyad khalifah, all the way to Egypt; the common spread of Persian words and Iranian divan (Privy council) jargon in the eastern dominions of Islamic khilafah; the migration of groups of Iranians to Egypt and their settlement in that country; the spread of trade by Iranians to North Africa; the Iranian domination of an Egyption province and the establishment of an autonomous dynasty there; the spread of divanocray and other Iranian systems of government in the eastern Parts of Islamic Khilafah; etc.
Gest, R. and Salehi, N. (2002). Relations between Iran and Egypt from the Advent of Islam to the Fatimid Period. History of Islam, 3(Issue 10), 184-204.
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Gest, R. , and Salehi, N. . "Relations between Iran and Egypt from the Advent of Islam to the Fatimid Period", History of Islam, 3, Issue 10, 2002, 184-204.
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Gest, R., Salehi, N. (2002). 'Relations between Iran and Egypt from the Advent of Islam to the Fatimid Period', History of Islam, 3(Issue 10), pp. 184-204.
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Gest, R., Salehi, N. Relations between Iran and Egypt from the Advent of Islam to the Fatimid Period. History of Islam, 2002; 3(Issue 10): 184-204.