The emperor Maurice is murdered and Khosrow II of Persia invades Byzantium. A war of 26 years drains both empires of men and money.
How it touches Islam Surah ar-Rum was revealed in the middle of this war, and both worn-out empires lost their eastern lands to the Muslims soon after it.
The Byzantines have been defeated
Quran 30:2-4
Source: Quran, History ·
Borders come from Cliopatria, the open map of the Seshat Global History Databank (CC BY 4.0), and are approximate. Dates before 1000 BCE are estimates, and for the earliest prophets the Quran gives the order of events but not their years. Sources: the Quran, Sahih al-Bukhari and Muslim, the Seerah of Ibn Ishaq, Ibn Kathir's al-Bidaya wan-Nihaya, and standard histories. See also the villains of Islamic history, from Iblis to the Dajjal, and the library of people, nations, empires and places.
