Piruz Nahavandi

Pīrūz Nahāvandi (Persian: پیروز نهاوندی‎‎, Firuzan or Piruzān), known in Arabic as ‘Abū-Lū‘lū‘ah (Arabic: أبو لؤلؤة‎‎) was a Persian Sasanian soldier who served under the commander Rostam Farrokhzad, but was captured in the Battle of al-Qādisiyyah in 636 CE when the Sasanians were defeated by the Muslim army of Caliph `Umar ibn al-Khattāb on the western bank of the Euphrates River. After he was brought to Arabia, he managed to assassinate Umar in the Hijri year 23 (644–645).

After his capture, Pirūz was given as a slave to al-Mughira ibn Shu'ba. In addition to his military skills, Pirūz was apparently a skilled carpenter and artisan. According to one report he was involved in the design of a vertical-axis windmill. His master allowed him to live in his own household in the Islamic capital of Medina (although according to Ibn Sa'd, Mughira ibn Shu'ba, his owner who was also the governor of Basra, had written to 'Umar from Kufa; and then 'Umar had given Mughira special permission to send Pirūz to Medina, since captives were not permitted to live in Medina).

According to a Sunni Sahih Bukhari hadith, which recounts the assassination and Umar's last days in detail, the companion Amr ibn Maymun described Nahavandi as a "kafir". In the same hadith, Umar also describes Nahavandi as a non-Muslim: "All the Praises are for Allah Who has not caused me to die at the hand of a man who claims himself to be a Muslim."Al-Tabari described Nahavandi as a Christian. Nahavandi has also been referred to with the epithet al-Majusi, indicating Zoroastrian beliefs.

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