December 2nd, 931 AD
Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2004 5:50 pmPosted by our dear compatriot Khorshid on SMCCDI:
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[b]On December 2nd 931 AD, having already booted out occupation forces from Kashan, Hamedan and other central Iranian cities, the Iranian leader Mardaviz Zeyari (Khosrow III), the ruler of Mazandaran, Gorgan, Gilan and Rey, defeated the Abbasid Army near Isfahan and upon liberating the city declared it the capital of Iran. Moslem Arabs had occupied the city since 641.
The same day, addressing the people of Isfahan who’d come to greet and thank him, Mardaviz gave the following speech (summary):
“I come from Dailam (Gilan), the land of unconquerable people. My companions and I took up swords and risked our lives because we love our Motherland. On the Birthday of Light and Heat (“Azar-Roozâ€
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[b]On December 2nd 931 AD, having already booted out occupation forces from Kashan, Hamedan and other central Iranian cities, the Iranian leader Mardaviz Zeyari (Khosrow III), the ruler of Mazandaran, Gorgan, Gilan and Rey, defeated the Abbasid Army near Isfahan and upon liberating the city declared it the capital of Iran. Moslem Arabs had occupied the city since 641.
The same day, addressing the people of Isfahan who’d come to greet and thank him, Mardaviz gave the following speech (summary):
“I come from Dailam (Gilan), the land of unconquerable people. My companions and I took up swords and risked our lives because we love our Motherland. On the Birthday of Light and Heat (“Azar-Roozâ€