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Battle of Firaz
Part of the early Muslim conquests
Date
c. January 634
Location
Mesopotamia (now Iraq)
Result
Rashidun victory[1]
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 (Arab sources)[4]
Casualties and losses
Minimal (Arab sources)[4]
100,000 (Arab sources)[4]
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The Battle of Firaz (Arabic: مَعْرَكَة الْفِرَاض) 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]
^ abParvaneh 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
^ abcdAbu Ja'far Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari, Tarikh al-Rusul wa al-Muluk (History of the Prophets and Kings), Vol. I, p. 2027
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