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Battle of Firaz
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| Battle of Firaz | |||||||
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| Part of the early Muslim conquests, Muslim conquest of Persia | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Rashidun Caliphate |
 Sasanian Empire Byzantine Empire | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Khalid ibn al-Walid | Hormozd Jadhuyih[2] | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
| Rashidun army |
Sasanian army Byzantine army | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| ~15,000[3][4] | 150,000–300,000[4] | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Minimal[4] | 100,000[4] | ||||||
The Battle of Firaz (Arabic: مَعْرَكَة الْفِرَاض) also known as Battle of Firad,[5] took place around January 634 between the Rashidun Caliphate and the combined armies of the Sasanian Empire and the Byzantine Empire.[2] It ended with a Rashidun victory, concluding the first Arab invasion of Mesopotamia.
- ^ Michael G. Morony, Iraq After the Muslim Conquest, (Gorgias Press, 2005), 225.[1]
- ^ a b Parvaneh Pourshariati, Decline and Fall of the Sasanian Empire:The Sasanian-Parthian Confederacy and the Arab Conquest of Iran, (I.B.Tauris, 2008), 201-202. [2]
- ^ Battle of firaz by Fredric p.miller
- ^ a b c d Abu Ja'far Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari, Tarikh al-Rusul wa al-Muluk (History of the Prophets and Kings), Vol. I, p. 2027
- ^ Takirtakoglou, Konstantinos (2021), Rogers, Clifford J.; France, John; DeVries, Kelly (eds.), "The Battle of Firāḍ: The Day on Which Khālid b. al-Walīd Did [Not] Defeat Both Byzantines and Persians", Journal of Medieval Military History: Volume XIX, Boydell & Brewer, pp. 1–20, ISBN 978-1-80010-228-6, retrieved 2024-06-16
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