Khosrow saw that it was more profitable to pander to the Christians of Syria than allow proto-Karaites to rule them and evicted the proto-Karaites in 617 when Muawiya was just 15.
The first Hijra is when the Persians betrayed the Jews. Nehemiah's [[Ma'amad]] or "Council of the Righteous" was evicted from the Holy Land and garrisoned themselves in Edessa. At the same time, a Zera Israel Ishmaelite converted from Marcionism to Judeo-Baptist Gnosticism called Iyas ibn Qabisha seeks refuge with those proto-Karaites having been ousted from Al-Hira by Azadbeh. Having already been raised to Mahmoudan status he joins their Ma'amad.
Muawiya's family garrisoned themselves in Edessa.
After invading Egypt in 619 Khosrow declared himself to be God of Gods and stripped all religious symbolism from his coins leaving only images of himself.
