651

Events

• Yazdegard III is killed in Merv by his followers, ending both Persian resistance to the Moslem conquest, and the Sassanid dynasty.
• The Moslems invade Afghanistan and capture Herat.
• The bakt between Egypt and Makuria is signed

Births

• Li Ssu-Hsun , Chinese painter (died 716)

Deaths

• August 31 - Saint Aidan, missionary and first bishop of Lindisfarne
• Yazdegard III, last king of the Sassanids (killed by followers)