page_title: Piruz Nahavandi
section_title: Tomb
hierarchical_section_title: Piruz Nahavandi / Tomb
caption_attribution_description: فارسی: آرامگاه ابولولو
context_page_description: Piruz Nahavandi, also spelled also spelled Pirouz Nahawandi or Firuz, also known by the teknonymy Abu Luʼluʼah, was a Persian Sasanian soldier that was captured in the Battle of al-Qādisiyyah in 636 CE when the Sasanians were defeated by the Muslim army of Umar ibn al-Khattab on the western bank of the Euphrates River. After he was brought to Arabia as a slave, he managed to assassinate Umar in the Hijri year 23. Nahavandi also has been reported as an expert blacksmith and carpenter. His name indicates that he is originally from the ancient city of Nahavand, a town in Iran.
context_section_description: Pirūz Nahavandi's "revered" tomb is located on the road from Kashan to Fins, constructed in an eleventh-century distinctive Persian-Khwarezmian dynastic architectural style, consisting of a courtyard, porch and conical dome decorated with turquoise coloured tiles, and painted ceilings. The original date of its construction is unknown, but in second half of fourteenth century it was fully restored and a new tombstone was placed over his grave."
caption: Tomb of Piruz Nahavandi
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