Early conquests · 637
Conquest of Ctesiphon (Mada'in)
The Persian capital fell and its treasures were sent to Madinah. Yazdegerd III fled east and never returned.
Key facts
- When
- 637
- Where
- Near Baghdad, Iraq
- Sides
- Rashidun Caliphate vs Sasanian Empire
- Commanders
- Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas vs Yazdegerd III
- Result
- City taken
- Type
- Early conquests
- Chapter
- 1. The Rightly Guided Caliphs
Who led it
- 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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