Major conflict633 CE – 656 CE · 23 years

Arab Conquest of Persia

Persia · Mesopotamia · Sassanid Empire

Estimated casualties

200Ksingle estimate · no range published

The rapid collapse of the Sassanid Empire due to Arab conquest, establishing Islamic rule over the Persian lands.

Belligerents2

  • Arab Caliphate
  • Sasanian Empire

ON THE MAPRashidun CaliphateSassanid Empire

Conflict graph

SUB-CONFLICTS · 12

Sources

  1. Wikipedia — text reused under CC BY-SA 4.0

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32.00°N · 53.00°E · 633 CE – 656 CEWARS-ATLAS / CONFLICT / ARAB-CONQUEST-PERSIA

Cite as: Arab Conquest of Persia (633 CE – 656 CE). War Atlas. https://waratlas.org/c/arab-conquest-persia · Sources & methodology