Battle of al-Qadisiyyah

Battle of al-Qādisiyyah
Part of the Muslim conquest of Persia

Depiction of the battle from a manuscript of the Persian epic Shahnameh
Date16–19 November 636
Location31°35′N 44°30′E / 31.583°N 44.500°E / 31.583; 44.500
Result Rashidun victory
Territorial
changes
Arab rule is extended over modern-day Iraq
Belligerents
Rashidun Caliphate Sasanian Empire
Commanders and leaders
Sa`d ibn Abī Waqqās
Khalid bin Arfatah[1]
Al-Muthanna ibn Haritha
Al-Qa'qa' ibn Amr al-Tamimi
Asim ibn 'Amr al-Tamimi
Abdullah ibn al-Mu'tam
Shurahbil ibn Simt
Zuhra ibn al-Hawiyya
Jarir ibn Abd Allah al-Bajali
Tulayha
Amru bin Ma'adi Yakrib
Rostam Farrokhzād 
Bahman Jadhuyih 
Hormuzan
Jalinus [2]
Shahriyar bin Kanara [3]
Mihran Razi
Piruz Khosrow
Kanadbak
Grigor II Novirak [4]
Tiruyih
Mushegh III [4]
Javanshir
Nakhiragan
Units involved
Rashidun army Sasanian army
Strength
30,000[5]–40,000 30,000-40,000[a](medieval estimate)
Casualties and losses
Heavy[7] Heavy[7]
Al-Qādisiyyah is located in Iraq
Al-Qādisiyyah
Al-Qādisiyyah
Location within modern-day Iraq

The Battle of al-Qadisiyyah[b] (Arabic: مَعْرَكَة ٱلْقَادِسِيَّة, romanizedMaʿrakah al-Qādisīyah; Persian: نبرد قادسیه, romanizedNabard-e Qâdisiyeh) was an armed conflict which took place in 636 CE between the Rashidun Caliphate and the Sasanian Empire. It occurred during the early Muslim conquests and marked a decisive victory for the Rashidun army during the Muslim conquest of Persia.

The Rashidun offensive at Qadisiyyah is believed to have taken place in November of 636. The leader of the Sasanian army at the time, Rostam Farrokhzad, died in uncertain circumstances during the battle. The subsequent collapse of the Sasanian army in the region led to a decisive Arab victory over Sasanian power, and the incorporation of territory that comprises modern-day Iraq into the Rashidun Caliphate.[8]

Arab successes at Qadisiyyah were key to the later conquest of the Sasanian province of Asoristan, and were followed by major engagements at Jalula and Nahavand. The battle allegedly saw the establishment of an alliance between the Sasanian Empire and the Byzantine Empire, with claims that the Byzantine emperor Heraclius married off his granddaughter Manyanh to the Sasanian king Yazdegerd III to symbolize the alliance.[citation needed]

  1. ^ Crawford 2013, p. 138.
  2. ^ Pourshariati 2011, p. 157.
  3. ^ Pourshariati 2011, p. 232-233, 269.
  4. ^ a b Pourshariati 2011, p. 232-233.
  5. ^ Dupuy & Dupuy 1996, p. 249.
  6. ^ Daryaee 2014, p. 37.
  7. ^ a b Morony 1986.
  8. ^ Lewental 2014.


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