Andarzaghar was a 7th-century
Sasanian
The Sasanian () or Sassanid Empire, officially known as the Empire of Iranians (, ) and also referred to by historians as the Neo-Persian Empire, was the last Iranian empire before the early Muslim conquests of the 7th-8th centuries AD. Named ...
general that fought against the Muslims during the
Islamic invasion of Iran. A native of
Asoristan, he belonged to a lower rank of land-owning magnates (''
dehqan
The ''dehqân'' ( fa, دهقان) or ''dehgân'' ( fa, دهگان), were a class of land-owning magnates during the Sasanian and early Islamic period, found throughout Iranian-speaking lands. The ''deqhans'' started to gradually fade away under t ...
'') who were centered around the villages and rural subdistricts of the province. He was originally in charge of protecting the borders of
Khorasan
Khorasan may refer to:
* Greater Khorasan, a historical region which lies mostly in modern-day northern/northwestern Afghanistan, northeastern Iran, southern Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan
* Khorasan Province, a pre-2004 province of Ira ...
, but was ordered by the Sasanian king to protect the western frontiers from the Arabs who were plundering Persia. In 633, Andarzaghar, along with
Bahman Jadhuyih
Bahman Jādhūyah/Jādūyah (also Jādhōē/Jādōē; New Persian: ), or Bahman Jādhawayh (Middle Persian: ''Vahūman Ĵādaggōw'') was an Iranian general of the Sasanians. He is mostly known to have led the Sasanians to victory against the Arabs ...
, with an army composed of Iranians and Christian Arabs, made a counter-attack against the army of
Khalid ibn al-Walid
Khalid ibn al-Walid ibn al-Mughira al-Makhzumi (; died 642) was a 7th-century Arab military commander. He initially headed campaigns against Muhammad on behalf of the Quraysh. He later became a Muslim and spent the remainder of his career in ...
at the
Walaja, but were defeated. Andarzaghar then fled, and died of thirst in the desert.
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* {{cite book , title = The Cambridge History of Iran, Volume 4: From the Arab Invasion to the Saljuqs , year = 1975 , publisher = Cambridge University Press , location = Cambridge , last = Zarrinkub , first = Abd al-Husain , chapter = The Arab conquest of Iran and its aftermath , pages = 1–57 , isbn = 978-0-521-20093-6 , url = https://books.google.com/books?id=hvx9jq_2L3EC
Generals of Yazdegerd III
Year of birth unknown
633 deaths
7th-century Iranian people
Dehqans