Conflict: Islamic Conquests
Combatants: Rashiduns vs. Sassanid Persians
Location: Iraq
Outcome: Rashidun victory
Over the course of a three-day battle, an army of 30,000 Rashidun Arabs defeated a Persian Sassanid army of 50,000. This opened the way for the Siege of Ctesiphon, the capitol of the Sassanid Empire.
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A few months later, the Rashidun Arabs again defeated the Persians at Jalula.
The Arabs quelled most Persian resistance in the newly conquered lands between 640 and 650.
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Sources:
Dupuy, Trevor N., Johnson, Curt, & Bongard, David L. (1992). The Harper's Encyclopedia of Military Biography. New York: Castle Books (HarperCollins).
Dupuy, R. Ernest & Dupuy, Trevor N. (1993). The Harper's Encyclopedia of Military History. New York: HarperCollins.
Eggenberger, David (1985). An Encyclopedia of Battles: Accounts of Over 1,560 Battles from 1479 B.C. to the Present. New York: Dover Publications, Inc.
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