Muhammad's letters to the Heads-of-State
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After the Treaty of Hudaybiyyah
Treaty of Hudaybiyyah
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, Muhammad
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 decided to send letters to many rulers of the world, inviting them to Islam

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Muhammad, according to the usually told Islamic historiography, sent ambassadors with such letters to Heraclius
Heraclius
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 the emperor of Byzantium
Byzantium
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, Chosroes II the emperor of Persia, the Negus
Negus
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 of Ethiopia
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, Muqawqis
Muqawqis
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 the ruler of 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
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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
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ans instead of the Arians
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