After the Treaty of Hudaybiyyah

Treaty of Hudaybiyyah

The Treaty of Hudaybiyyah is the treaty that took place between the state of Medina and the Quraishi tribe of Mecca in March 628CE .-Background:...

, Muhammad

Muhammad

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 decided to send letters to many rulers of the world, inviting them to Islam

Overview

Muhammad, according to the usually told Islamic historiography, sent ambassadors with such letters to Heraclius

Heraclius

Heraclius was Byzantine Emperor from 610 to 641.He was responsible for introducing Greek as the empire's official language. His rise to power began in 608, when he and his father, Heraclius the Elder, the exarch of Africa, successfully led a revolt against the unpopular usurper Phocas.Heraclius'...

 the emperor of Byzantium

Byzantium

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, Chosroes II the emperor of Persia, the Negus

Negus

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 of Ethiopia

Ethiopia

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, Muqawqis

Muqawqis

Al-Muqawqis is mentioned in Islamic history as a ruler of Egypt, who corresponded with the Islamic prophet Muhammad. He is often identified with Cyrus, Patriarch of Alexandria, who administered Egypt on behalf of the Byzantine Empire. However, this identification is challenged as being based on...

 the ruler of Egypt

Egypt

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, Harith Gassani

Harith Gassani

Harith bin Abi Shamir Al-Gassani was an Arab Christian governor of Sham which was in the domain of the Byzantine Empire. He was a contemporary of the prophet Muhammad and King of Damascus now in modern day Syria. He received a letter from Muhammad where he was invited to Islam...

 the governor of Syria

Syria

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 and Munzir ibn Sawa

Munzir ibn Sawa Al Tamimi

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 the ruler of Bahrain

Bahrain

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. The account as transmitted by Muslim historians reads as follows:
The letter to Chosroes II is similar except that it refers to Magi

Magi

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ans instead of the Arians

Arianism

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