It unequivocally was

it wasn't. it was still a fringe movement, especially for someone who isn't a middle easterner

You assert this with no reason

i gave you the reasons

You did not, you said he conquered a shithole, the entire world was a shithole at that point

no?

Compared to today yes

the desert was always poorer than everywhere that's... well, not desert. lol.

read yazdegerd III's letter to umar

civilized people literally regarded arabs as lizard eating sand dwelling shitskins

This is the same as any civilization regarding any other civilization. This still isn't even on the level of anecdotal evidence, it's entirely speculation. When you say "I can't explain this" it's simple, he just converted.

Every religion has this story

yes, i can't explain why he converted

what convinced him

It was a charismatic movement

Why did the entire area convert?

which entire area?

The Arabs

i'd reckon either because of legitimate zelaoutry or political reasons

muhammad had a sort of "kill all pagans policy"

Mass convertion tends to lend credibility to charismatic, that's what I'm saying

when he destroyed the idols in mecca and nothing bad happened i'm sure that left an impression on the pagan arabs

If all of India converted, I'd possibly believe it

sure, but this dude was a king in hindu india

It was literally only him who converted

if all of india converted i'd definitely believe it, lol

India had such a large population, some others must have seen it no?

his astronomers saw it supposedly

and then when muslim traders came to malabar they explained what happened to the king

so he went to visit muhammad for himself and converted

That's not a minor thing, it was only the king and his close men according to the tradition. I'm asking for something substantial outside of the oral tradition

idk man, it's pretty scary to me

What could have happened is he heard of a great conqueror, on his way there someone explained that the moon split according to Muhammad, and all of this converted him.

That story has the same backing as this

>on his way there someone explained that the moon split according to Muhammad

but if he didn't see him split it this would disprove islam, no?

Why would it disprove Islam?

The entire world didn't see it split

If him not seeing it disproves it, the rest of the world must as well

I'm pretty sure the moon split could somehow be explained astronomically or scientifically, and if not I'm pretty sure it's not as we think it was.

Do we have any precise description of how the moon looked like btw?