Abū ʿAbd Allāh Fayrūz al-Daylamī ( ar, فيروز الديلمي,

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: فیروز دیلمی, ''Firuz the

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'') was a

companion of the Islamic

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Muhammad Muhammad ( ar, مُحَمَّد; 570 – 8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam. According to Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet divinely inspired to preach and confirm the mo ...

. He belonged to the descendants (''

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'') of Persians that had been sent by Khosrow I to

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, conquered it, and drove out the Abyssinians. After Aswad Ansi claimed prophethood in Yemen, proceeded to invade Najran and much of Yemen, attacking Sana'a and the ruler of Yemen and Shahr, who along with the son of Badhan was killed in battle against Aswad, Fayruz was sent out by Muhammad to kill him. In reference to this, in al-Tabari's History, Muhammad was reported as saying, "He was killed by the virtuous man Fayruz b. al-Daylami." Fayruz died during the caliphate of

Uthman Uthman ibn Affan ( ar, عثمان بن عفان, ʿUthmān ibn ʿAffān; – 17 June 656), also spelled by Colloquial Arabic, Turkish and Persian rendering Osman, was a second cousin, son-in-law and notable companion of the Islamic prop ...

.Tabari, ''The History of al-Tabari'', Vol. 39: Biographies of the Prophet's Companions

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