Muslim conquest of Azerbaijan

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Muslim conquest of Azerbaijan
Part of the early Muslim conquests
Persia under Muslim control after various conquests, including the one of Azerbaijan (upper left corner)
Date 643–645 Location Adurbadagan (modern-day Azerbaijan in Iran), Balasagan and Arran (modern-day Republic of Azerbaijan) Result Muslim victory Territorial changes Incorporation of the Adurbadagan into the Rashidun Caliphate Expansion of the Rashidun into the region of Azerbaijan (Iran), the Caucasus and Armenia
Belligerents
Rashidun Caliphate	Sasanian Empire
Commanders and leaders
Umar ibn al-Khattab  X Uthman ibn Affan Al-Mughirah bin Shuba Hudhayfah ibn al-Yaman Bukayr ibn Abdallah	Yazdegerd III Isfandyadh Bahram VII

The Muslim conquest of Azerbaijan, being the historical region in northwestern Iran, was the military struggle that led to Adurbadagan's incorporation in the Rashidun Caliphate. In AD 643 (AH 22), after the occupation of Rey and Central Eranshahr, Umar ordered the conquest of Adurbadagan. The Rashidun Caliphate continued the conquest toward Adurbadagan first under the force of Al Mughirah bin Shubah.^[1] This was reported by Abu Jafar Tabari, quoting the report from Ahmad bin Thabit al Razi.