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First encounters between Kurds and Muslims
The first encounter between Kurds and Muslim armies took place in 637 AD. Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas, who, after conquering Ctesiphon, sent an army under the command of his nephew, Hashim ibn Utbah, to Jalulah, where the remainder of the Persian army was stationed. After several bloody battles, the Persians were defeated and pursued by the Muslim commander, Al-Qa'qa'a ibn Amr at-Tamimi all the way into Hulwan, where the first encounter occurred between the Muslim armies and Kurds were made when this fortress on the dividing line between provinces of Jibal and the Iraqi plains was conquered.

In 642 AD, the Caliph Umar ordered Azra bin Qays from Hulwan to conquer Shahrazur, which he failed to in attempt. Afterwards, Utba bin Farqad was dispatched at the head of a large force. After bloody battles and fierce fighting around this Kurdish city, it was brought under submission, with a lot of the inhabitants killed. Many of the Muslim forces also died, either on the battlefield or by the stings of notorious scorpions of that city.

In the years 639-644 AD, the Kurds and Persians defended Ahwaz, Fasa and Darabgird together against the invading Muslim forces. The Kurds suffered as much as the Persians in life and property. Some Kurds took over Middle Karkha river basin in the region of Saymara and Masabadhan during the Caliphate of Umar, who in response dispatched Qays bin Salma al-Ashja'i to subdue these Kurds whom he fought and killed fiercely.