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Ctesiphon (al-Mada'in), Also al-Mada'in, Taysafun, Salman Pak

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CityAlso al-Mada'in, Taysafun, Salman Pak

Ctesiphon (al-Mada'in)المدائن

The Persian capital whose king tore up the Prophet's ﷺ letter, and whose palace still stands.

Twin-city capital of the Parthian and Sasanian kings on the Tigris; its great brick arch, the Taq Kisra, still stands. Khosrow II tore up the Prophet's ﷺ letter here. In 637 Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas entered it, and Salman al-Farisi later governed it and is buried nearby.

What does the hadith say?

Sahih al-Bukhari 64

What happened here?

Who lived here?

Salman al-FarisiHudhayfah ibn al-YamanKhosrow IKhosrow IIYazdegerd IIIShapur I

Who else is linked?

Sa'd ibn Abi WaqqasPersian EmpireSasanian PersiaRashidun CaliphateThe Persians

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