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Under the Sasanian Empire, Ray (Middle Persian: 𐭫𐭣𐭩) was located near the center of the empire. It was the base of the powerful House of Mehran and the House of Spandiyad , two of the Seven Great Houses of Iran during the Sasanian period.
Shah Rukh or Shahrukh Mirza (Persian: شاهرخ, Šāhrokh; [note 1] 20 August 1377 – 13 March 1447) was the ruler of the Timurid Empire between 1405 and 1447. He was the son of the Central Asian conqueror Timur (Tamerlane), who founded the Timurid dynasty in 1370.
Rayy was one of the capital cities of the Parthian empire (3rd century bce –3rd century ce). It was captured by the Muslim Arabs in 641 ce. During the reign of the Muslim caliph al-Mahdī in the 8th century, the city grew in importance until it was rivaled in western Asia only by Damascus and Baghdad.
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The Timurid Empire was a late medieval, culturally Persianate [6] Turco-Mongol empire [7] [8] that dominated Greater Iran in the early 15th century, comprising modern-day Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, much of Central Asia, the South Caucasus, and parts of contemporary Pakistan, North India and Turkey.
By R. Rante. LAMM (UMR 6572 CNRS-Universite de Provence) Abstract. The models of the fortified city changed during the centuries. It is with the penetration of Hellenism in Central. Asia that one can remark a considerable change about urban and military features.
Jan 1, 2000 · During the first years of Muslim rule, Ray was a military outpost for the conquest and the control of the eastern provinces of the Islamic empire. Accordingly, this major politico-military site was occupied by a governor and his army contingent.
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Rayy was a major hub of medieval Iran, located at the nodal point for communica tions in all directions - towards Isfahan, Baghdad, Tabriz, Khurasan, and Mazandaran across the Elburz.
