Major conflict642 CE

Battle of Nahavand

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Nahavand · Media · western Iran

Estimated casualties

Casualty figures unrecorded for this conflict.

Fought in 642 near Nahavand, the Rashidun army shattered the last major Sasanian field force under Yazdegerd III; called the 'Victory of Victories,' it ended organized Persian resistance to the Muslim conquest.

Belligerents2

Rashidun Caliphate
Sasanian Empire

ON THE MAPRashidun CaliphateSassanid Empire

Sources

Wikipedia: Battle of Nahavand
Britannica: Battle of Nahavand
Wikipedia — text reused under CC BY-SA 4.0

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