Major conflict636 CE

Battle of al-Qadisiyyah

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al-Qadisiyyah · Iraq

Estimated casualties

60Ksingle estimate · no range published

The decisive Arab victory over the Sassanid Empire, effectively ending Persian rule and opening Iraq to Islamic conquest.

Belligerents2

Arab Caliphate
Sasanian Empire

ON THE MAPRashidun CaliphateSassanid Empire

Sources

Wikipedia — text reused under CC BY-SA 4.0

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