Cultural and Social Consequences of the Conquest of Isfahan by the Arabs

The Conquest of Iran by Mulim Arabs is considered as one of the important historical events, which followed by extensive consequences. In addition to transformations that happened integratedly in all the Iranian land, there were various other evolutions emerged both in the local and regional levels. The current study is about Isfahan city invasion status by Muslim Arabs and its cultural and social consequences based on the written statements by Muslim historians and geographists in the beginning centuries after Hijrat. Our efforts have been on clarifying the reality of this important historical event by comparing different narratives with each other and deal with cultural and social consequences of it in Isfahan region. According to the various references, Isfahan had a considerable place in Iranian defense and stability against the Arab’s invasion, and this city was one of the prominent centers of the mountainous land in collecting and gathering the army and warfare. After attacking Isfahan by the Arabs, some parts, such as “Djay” were conquered through peace and some parts, such as “Qeh” were conquered through war. After invasion of Isfahan, its people gradually turned to Islam, and by the migration of Arabs to this region, the center of Isfahan was transferred from “Djay” to “Yahudiyyeh