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One issue here comes to mind. If Muhammad was a Christian and established one particular group - say Miaphysite - then its likely to cause problems in areas where their not the majority. The initial Muslim conquests were helped by the fact that in many areas large minorities/majorities were...

I don't think the Persians every controlled the Hejaz. They did break Ethipoian control of Yemen but can't remember if they actually controlled it. - Checking wiki for a quick rough guide the country seems to be under Persian influence but only a couple of areas under direct control form ~570...

Don't think so. Unless your referring to the suggestion of Ethiopia [Axum I think it was at the time] maintaining control of the Yemen region and extending it up into the Hejaz? Even then I would think an outpouring of Arab expansion would be more likely to go north than south as its...

Not sure how accurate they are and it was some time ago but have seen some suggestions that while religious fevour played a part in the early Arab/Muslim conquests a surplus of manpower and also a desire for loot - and possibly also prestige and power also played a part. As such even a...