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Battle of al-Qadisiyyah
636 CE battle during the Muslim conquest of Persia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Battle of al-Qadisiyyah[lower-alpha 2] (Arabic: مَعْرَكَة ٱلْقَادِسِيَّة, romanized: Maʿrakah al-Qādisīyah; Persian: نبرد قادسیه, romanized: Nabard-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.
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Battle of al-Qādisiyyah | |||||||||
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Part of the Muslim conquest of Persia | |||||||||
![]() Depiction of the battle from a manuscript of the Persian epic Shahnameh | |||||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||||
Rashidun Caliphate |
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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 |
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Units involved | |||||||||
Rashidun army | Sasanian army | ||||||||
Strength | |||||||||
30,000[5]–40,000 | 30,000-40,000[lower-alpha 1](medieval estimate) | ||||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||||
Heavy[7] | Heavy[7] | ||||||||
Location within modern-day Iraq |
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]