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{{Short description|Sassanid governor of Yemen during the reign of Khosrow II}}
{{Short description|Sassanid governor of Yemen during the reign of Khosrow II}}
'''Bādhān ibn Sāsān''' (in {{lang-ar|باذان ابن ساسان}}; also '''Bādhām''' {{lang|ar|باذام}} in [[Historiography of early Islam|Islamic historiography]]) was a [[Persians|Persian]] [[abna']] leader and the [[Sasanian Empire|Sasanian]] governor of [[Sasanian Yemen|Yemen]] during the reign of [[Khosrow II]] (r. 590-628). He became a [[Muslim]] and a companion of Islamic prophet [[Muhammad]] upon witnessing a prophecy of his come true in real time.{{sfn|Fayda|1992|pp=283-284}}
{{Unreliable sources|date=July 2013}}
'''Bādhān ibn Sāsān''' (in {{lang-ar|باذان ابن ساسان}}; also '''Bādhām''' {{lang|ar|باذام}} in [[Historiography of early Islam|Islamic historiography]]) was a [[Persians|Persian]] [[abna']] leader and the [[Sasanian Empire|Sasanian]] governor of [[Sasanian Yemen|Yemen]] during the reign of [[Khosrow II]] (r. 590-628) who became a [[Muslim]] and a companion of the prophet [[Muhammad]] upon witnessing a prophecy of his come true in real time.<ref name="Alim">[https://www.alim.org/history/prophet-companion/16/ Abdullah ibn Hudhafah as-Sahmi]</ref> He ruled from [[Sana'a]].


==Biography==
According to Islamic tradition, during his rule, [[Muhammad]] had started preaching the new faith of [[Islam]]. Badhan sent reports about this new faith to Khosrow. Muhammad had sent a letter to Khosrow inviting him to convert to Islam. Khosrow tore up the letter and ordered Badhan to send some men to [[Medina]] to bring Muhammad to Khosrow himself in [[Ctesiphon]]. Badhan sent two men for this task. When these two men met Muhammad and demanded he come with them, Muhammad refused. Instead, he prophesied that Khosrow had been overthrown and murdered by his son [[Kavadh II]], his stomach torn just like he had torn Muhammed's letter and that one day almost
During the reign of Khosrow II, Badhan was appointed as the Sasanian governor of [[Sana'a]].{{sfn|Bosworth|2012}} According to Islamic tradition, during his rule, [[Muhammad]] had started preaching the new faith of [[Islam]]. Badhan sent reports about this new faith to Khosrow. Muhammad had sent a letter to Khosrow inviting him to convert to Islam. Khosrow tore up the letter on seeing his name written after the name of Muhammad in the letter and ordered Badhan to send some men to [[Medina]] to bring Muhammad to Khosrow himself in [[Ctesiphon]]. Badhan sent two men for this task. When these two men met Muhammad and demanded he come with them, Muhammad refused. Instead, he prophesied that Khosrow had been overthrown and murdered by his son [[Kavadh II]], his stomach torn just like he had torn Muhammed's letter and that one day almost
all Persians/Iranians will convert to Islam (become Muslims).He also prophesied that if Badhan converted to Islam he would be able to keep his throne.<ref name="Passing information about Badhan">[http://www.witness-pioneer.org/vil/Articles/companion/abdullah_ibn_hudhafah_as_sahmi.htm Passing information about Badhan]</ref> The two men returned to Badhan with the news regarding Khosrow. Badhan waited to ascertain the truthfulness of this disclosure. When it proved to be true, Badhan converted to Islam.<ref name="Passing information about Badhan"/><ref name= "Dialogue">{{cite book|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=J5RGlpx0j8sC&q=badhan+ibn+sasan&pg=PA193|title= Debating Muslims: Cultural Dialogues in Postmodernity and Tradition|author= [[Michael M.J. Fischer]], Mehdi Abedi|publisher= [[University of Wisconsin Press]]|year= 1990|isbn= 9780299124342|pages= 193, 194}}</ref> The two men and the Persians living in Yemen and outside Yemen followed the example of Badhan and also converted to Islam. Thereafter, Badhan sent a message to Muhammad, informing him of his conversion to Islam. He sent messages to various parts of Yemeni Arab settlers of different kingdoms of they had trade link at that time,<ref>[http://www.cyberistan.org/islamic/chosroes.html Chosroes and Badhan]</ref> such as Persian outposts in [[Ceylon]], [[Malay Peninsula|Malaya]], Malayana, Bettella ([[Potala]]), etc. and purportedly ordered [[mosque]]s to be built in those places.{{citation needed|date=December 2012}}
all Persians/Iranians will convert to Islam (become Muslims). He also prophesied that if Badhan converted to Islam he would be able to keep his throne. The two men returned to Badhan with the news regarding Khosrow. Badhan waited to ascertain the truthfulness of this disclosure. When it proved to be true, Badhan converted to Islam.<ref name= "Dialogue">{{cite book|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=J5RGlpx0j8sC&q=badhan+ibn+sasan&pg=PA193|title= Debating Muslims: Cultural Dialogues in Postmodernity and Tradition|author= [[Michael M.J. Fischer]], Mehdi Abedi|publisher= [[University of Wisconsin Press]]|year= 1990|isbn= 9780299124342|pages= 193, 194}}</ref> The two men and the Persians living in Yemen and outside Yemen followed the example of Badhan and also converted to Islam. Thereafter, Badhan sent a message to Muhammad, informing him of his conversion to Islam. He sent messages to various parts of Yemeni Arab settlers of different kingdoms of they had trade link at that time,<ref>[http://www.cyberistan.org/islamic/chosroes.html Chosroes and Badhan]</ref> such as Persian outposts in [[Ceylon]], [[Malay Peninsula|Malaya]], Malayana, Bettella ([[Potala]]), etc. and purportedly ordered [[mosque]]s to be built in those places.{{citation needed|date=December 2012}}


Badhan was succeeded briefly by his son Shahr, who was killed in battle against [[Al-Aswad Al-Ansi]], an apostate who had declared himself as a prophet when Muhammad became ill after his final pilgrimage to [[Mecca]]. Ansi attacked San'a and Shahr was killed. He married Shahr's widow and declared himself ruler of Yemen.<ref name= "Dialogue"/><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=_2gZWTSBPyYC&dq=badhan+yemen&pg=PA92 Encyclopaedia of Islam, By Mufti M. Mukarram Ahmed, Muzaffar Husain Syed, pg.91-92, 241]</ref>
Badhan died in 632, and was succeeded briefly by his son Shahr, who was killed in battle against [[Al-Aswad Al-Ansi]], an apostate who had declared himself as a prophet when Muhammad became ill after his final pilgrimage to [[Mecca]]. Ansi attacked San'a and Shahr was killed.{{sfn|Fayda|1992|pp=283-284}} He married Shahr's widow and declared himself ruler of Yemen.<ref name= "Dialogue"/>


==See also==
==See also==
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== Sources ==
== Sources ==
{{sfn whitelist |CITEREFFayda1992}}
* {{cite book|last= Zakeri|first= Mohsen|title=Sāsānid Soldiers in Early Muslim Society: The Origins of ʿAyyārān and Futuwwa|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VfYnu5F20coC|year=1995|publisher=Otto Harrassowitz|location=Wiesbaden|isbn=978-3-447-03652-8}}
* {{cite book|last= Zakeri|first= Mohsen|title=Sāsānid Soldiers in Early Muslim Society: The Origins of ʿAyyārān and Futuwwa|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VfYnu5F20coC|year=1995|publisher=Otto Harrassowitz|location=Wiesbaden|isbn=978-3-447-03652-8}}
* {{cite encyclopedia | article = Abnāʾ | last = Bosworth | first = C. E. | authorlink = | url = http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/abna-term | editor-last = | editor-first = | editor-link = | encyclopedia = Encyclopaedia Iranica, Vol. I, Fasc. 3 | pages = 226–228 | location = | publisher = | year = 1983 | isbn =}}
* {{cite encyclopedia | article = Abnāʾ | last = Bosworth | first = C.E. | authorlink = | url = http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/abna-term | editor-last = | editor-first = | editor-link = | encyclopedia = Encyclopaedia Iranica, Vol. I, Fasc. 3 | pages = 226–228 | location = | publisher = | year = 1983 | isbn =}}
* {{cite encyclopedia | article = ARABIA ii. The Sasanians and Arabia | last = Potts | first = Daniel T. | authorlink = | url = http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/arabia-ii-sasanians-and-arabia | editor-last = | editor-first = | editor-link = | encyclopedia = Encyclopaedia Iranica | pages = | location = | publisher = | year = 2012 | isbn = }}
* {{cite encyclopedia | article = ARABIA ii. The Sasanians and Arabia | last = Potts | first = Daniel T. | authorlink = | url = http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/arabia-ii-sasanians-and-arabia | editor-last = | editor-first = | editor-link = | encyclopedia = Encyclopaedia Iranica | pages = | location = | publisher = | year = 2012 | isbn = }}
*{{cite encyclopedia |last1=Bosworth |first1=C.E. |author-link=Clifford Edmund Bosworth |editor1-last=Bearman |editor1-first=P. |editor1-link=Peri Bearman |editor2-last=Bianquis |editor2-first=Th. |editor2-link=Thierry Bianquis |editor3-last=Bosworth |editor3-first=C.E. |editor3-link=Clifford Edmund Bosworth |editor4-last=van Donzel |editor4-first=E. |editor4-link=Emeri Johannes van Donzel |editor5-last=Heinrichs |editor5-first=W.P. |editor5-link=Wolfhart Heinrichs |title=Bādhām, Bādhān |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Islam, Second Edition |doi=10.1163/1573-3912_islam_SIM_8385 |year=2012 |isbn=9789004161214}}
*{{TDV Encyclopedia of Islam |last1=Fayda |first1=Mustafa |title=BÂZÂN |url=https://islamansiklopedisi.org.tr/bazan |volume=5 |pages=283-284 }}


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==External links==
* [http://www.yemen-explorers.com/yemen.htm Yemen Explorers]
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=eQvhZaEVzjcC&dq=badhan+yemen&pg=PA70 Yemen, By Daniel McLaughlin pg.9 & 70]
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=r_80rJHIaOMC&dq=badhan+yemen&pg=PA418 pg.418] [[Ar-Raheeq Al-Makhtum]]


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Bādhān ibn Sāsān (in Arabic: باذان ابن ساسان; also Bādhām باذام in Islamic historiography) was a Persian abna' leader and the Sasanian governor of Yemen during the reign of Khosrow II (r. 590-628). He became a Muslim and a companion of Islamic prophet Muhammad upon witnessing a prophecy of his come true in real time.[1]

Biography

During the reign of Khosrow II, Badhan was appointed as the Sasanian governor of Sana'a.[2] According to Islamic tradition, during his rule, Muhammad had started preaching the new faith of Islam. Badhan sent reports about this new faith to Khosrow. Muhammad had sent a letter to Khosrow inviting him to convert to Islam. Khosrow tore up the letter on seeing his name written after the name of Muhammad in the letter and ordered Badhan to send some men to Medina to bring Muhammad to Khosrow himself in Ctesiphon. Badhan sent two men for this task. When these two men met Muhammad and demanded he come with them, Muhammad refused. Instead, he prophesied that Khosrow had been overthrown and murdered by his son Kavadh II, his stomach torn just like he had torn Muhammed's letter and that one day almost all Persians/Iranians will convert to Islam (become Muslims). He also prophesied that if Badhan converted to Islam he would be able to keep his throne. The two men returned to Badhan with the news regarding Khosrow. Badhan waited to ascertain the truthfulness of this disclosure. When it proved to be true, Badhan converted to Islam.[3] The two men and the Persians living in Yemen and outside Yemen followed the example of Badhan and also converted to Islam. Thereafter, Badhan sent a message to Muhammad, informing him of his conversion to Islam. He sent messages to various parts of Yemeni Arab settlers of different kingdoms of they had trade link at that time,[4] such as Persian outposts in Ceylon, Malaya, Malayana, Bettella (Potala), etc. and purportedly ordered mosques to be built in those places.[citation needed]

Badhan died in 632, and was succeeded briefly by his son Shahr, who was killed in battle against Al-Aswad Al-Ansi, an apostate who had declared himself as a prophet when Muhammad became ill after his final pilgrimage to Mecca. Ansi attacked San'a and Shahr was killed.[1] He married Shahr's widow and declared himself ruler of Yemen.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Fayda 1992, pp. 283–284.
  2. ^ Bosworth 2012.
  3. ^ a b Michael M.J. Fischer, Mehdi Abedi (1990). Debating Muslims: Cultural Dialogues in Postmodernity and Tradition. University of Wisconsin Press. pp. 193, 194. ISBN 9780299124342.
  4. ^ Chosroes and Badhan

Sources