When the Byzantine or Eastern Roman emperor Heraclius ejected the Persians in 630 AD, he expelled the city's Jews.

: When the Persians meet one another in the roads, you can see whether those who meet are of equal rank.

When war erupts, Chaereas successfully storms the Persian stronghold of Tyre on behalf of the Egyptian rebels, and then wins a naval victory against the Persians, after which the lovers are finally reunited.

When the Athenian emissaries delivered an ultimatum to the Spartans the next day, they were amazed to hear that a task force was in fact already en route ; the Spartan army was marching to meet the Persians.

When the Persians heard that the Allied fleet was approaching, they set sail from Samos towards the Ionian mainland.

When Nisibis was ceded to the Persians in 363, Ephrem the Syrian left his native town for Edessa, where he founded the celebrated School of the Persians.

When the Persians arrived at Thermopylae in mid-August, they initially waited for three days for the Allies to disperse.

When the Athenian emissaries delivered an ultimatum to the Spartans the next day, they were amazed to hear that a task force was in fact already en route ; the Spartan army was marching to meet the Persians.

When they arrived the Greeks found that the Persians were already there, and Eurybiades ordered a retreat, although the Euboeans begged him to stay.

When the Persians invaded Greece after putting down the Ionian revolt in 493 BC, many city-states quickly submitted to them fearing a loss of trade.

When, on 10 January 503, the city of Amid ( modern Diyarbakır ) was captured by the Persians after a three months ' siege and all its citizens put to the sword or carried captive, a panic seized the whole district, and the Christian inhabitants of many neighbouring cities planned to leave their homes and flee to the west of the Euphrates.

When a small Greek force holding the pass of Thermopylae was defeated, the Athenians evacuated Athens, which was taken by the Persians.

When Histiaeus learned of this he left Byzantium, and his troops attacked Chios, blockaded Thasos and then attempted to land on the mainland to attack the Persians.

When they saw these men, the Persians thought that they were compatriots freed by the enemy and arranged festivities in celebration.

The chapter is formed of three independent narratives, which place Daniel at the court of Cyrus, king of the Persians: " When King Astyages was laid to rest with his ancestors, Cyrus the Persian succeeded to his kingdom.

" When the Persians, led by Darius the Great, campaigned against the Scythians, the Thracian tribes in the Balkans surrendered to Darius on his way to Scythia, and only the Getae offered resistance.

When the Russo-Persian war broke out in 1804, Alexander fought alongside the Persians and had permanent contacts with the opposition in Georgia.

“ When the Jews saw that the Persians persisted in obstructing their prayer, they invented invocations into which they admixed passages from their prayers ( the piyyut ) … and set numerous tunes to them ”.

“ When the Persians rebuked them for this, the Jews sometimes asserted that they were singing, and sometimes over their situations .” When the Muslims took over and allowed Jews dhimmi status, prayer became permissible unto the Jews, and the piyyut had become a commendable tradition for holidays and other joyous occasions.

When the Persians were expelled, the Portuguese commander Rui Freire urged the people of Khor Fakkan to remain loyal to the Portuguese crown and established a Portuguese customs office as well.

When the Safavids under Ismail I decided to convert everyone residing in current day Iran from Sunni to Shiite Islam in 1501, they started arranged attacks and massacres against the Sunni Persians who refused to convert.

When the Persian king Cyrus defeated Croesus ( 546 BC ) the Ionic Greek cities of Anatolia and the adjacent islands became Persian subjects and remained such until the Persians were defeated by the Greeks at the Battle of Salamis ( 480 BC ).

When the besieged garrison of Kaunas surrendered in 1915, 20, 000 Russians became prisoners.

When Philip besieged Aumale in Normandy, Richard grew tired of waiting and seized the manor, although the act was opposed by the Church.

When King Gustav Vasa finally besieged and conquered the city three years later, an event which ended the Kalmar Union and the Swedish Middle Ages, he noted every second building in the city was abandoned.

When informed of the ominous situation at Chattanooga, Grant relieved Maj. Gen. Rosecrans from duty and placed Maj. Gen. Thomas in charge of the besieged Army of the Cumberland.

When the Carthaginians learned of this they abandoned negotiations and the city was immediately besieged, beginning the Third Punic War.

When King Stephen besieged Newbury Castle in 1152, according to William's biographer, he used the young William as a hostage to ensure that John kept his promise to surrender the castle.

When Andries Bicker and Cornelis de Graeff, the great regents of the city of Amsterdam refused some mayors he appointed, he besieged Amsterdam.

When Hygelac's ( aka Chlochaicus ) brother Hæthcyn was fighting with the Swedes, Hygelac ( aka Chlochilaicus ) arrived one day too late at Hrefneshold to save his brother Herebeald, but managed to rescue the surviving Geatish warriors, who were besieged by the Swedish king Ongentheow had three sons named

When the Ostrogoths conquered Rimini in 493, Odoacer, besieged in Ravenna, had to capitulate.

When Antigonus Gonatas, the son of the latter, besieged and captured Athens ( 261 ), Philochorus was put to death for having supported Ptolemy II Philadelphus of Egypt, who had encouraged the Athenians in their resistance to Macedonia.

When the enemy besieged Rome, Camillus slew most invaders at the Marcian heights, setting fire to their palisades during the windy hours of dawn.

When Yuri refused to surrender the Mongols besieged Ryazan.

When the Turks besieged Vienna in the spring of 1683 Louis XIV did nothing to help the defenders.

When its caliph al-Mustasim refused to submit to the Mongols, Baghdad was besieged and captured by the Mongols in 1258, an event considered as one of the most catastrophic events in the history of Islam, and sometimes compared to the rupture of the Kaaba.

When Ma Chao heard that Liu Bei had besieged Liu Zhang in Chengdu, he killed Yang Bai to prove his loyalty and sent a secret letter to Liu Bei, requesting to join him.

When Guan Yu was later besieged by Cao Cao's army in Xiapi, it was Zhang Liao who persuaded him to surrender.

When Ambiorix and the Eburones rebelled in 53 BC, the remaining Nervii joined the uprising and besieged Quintus Tullius Cicero – brother of the orator – and his legion in their winter camp until they were relieved by Caesar in person.

When the play opened, the theatre was besieged by almost 2, 000 protesters, furious at what they considered blasphemy.

When they besieged the city of Sempach, troops from Zurich, Lucerne and the Forest Cantons marched out and defeated the Austrians at the Battle of Sempach.

When a coastal cities or fortresses were besieged from the landward side, the besiegers would often blockade the seaward side as well.

When John III of Nicaea besieged Constantinople in 1236, Geoffrey II came to the aid of the Latin Empire with 100 knights, 800 archers and 6 vessels.

When food and supplies at the hospital begun to dwindle, a large convoy carrying doctors and supplies set out for the besieged hospital.

When the city of Fan ( a district of present day Xiangfan, Hubei ) was besieged by Guan Yu and the first relief force led by Yu Jin was vanquished by a natural disaster, Xu was sent with a second relief force to help protect the city.

When Cao Cao heard that Yan Province had fallen into Lü Bu's hands, he turned back and besieged Lü Bu at Puyang.