Early conquests · 636
Battle of Qadisiyyah
Over several days the Persian army and its war elephants were broken, and Rustam was killed. The Persian capital Ctesiphon fell the next year.
Key facts
- When
- 636
- Where
- Near Kufa, Iraq
- Sides
- Rashidun Caliphate vs Sasanian Empire
- Commanders
- Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas vs Rustam Farrokhzad
- Result
- Decisive Muslim victory
- Type
- Early conquests
- Chapter
- 1. The Rightly Guided Caliphs
Who led it
- Umar ibn al-Khattabc. 584 to 644
The second caliph, called al-Faruq.
- Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqasc. 595 to 674
An early convert from the clan of the Prophet's mother.
The wider picture: Abu Bakr and Umar: the great conquests
Within twelve years the Muslims defeated both superpowers of the age. Byzantium lost Syria at Yarmouk and Egypt soon after. Persia lost Iraq at Qadisiyyah and its heartland at Nahavand. Jerusalem surrendered in 637 and Umar came in person to accept it.
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