| Battle of Burs | |||||||||
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| Part of the Muslim conquest of Sassanid Empire | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| Sassanid Empire | Rashidun Caliphate | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
| Busbuhra (DOW) | Zuhra bin al-Ḥawiyya | ||||||||
The Battle of Burs was a minor engagement in 636 AD at Burs or Birs Nimrud, now in central Iraq, during the Muslim conquest of the Sassanid Empire. The Rāshidūn commander, Zuhra ibn al-Ḥawiyya, defeated Busbuhra, the Sassanid commander of the town, in single combat, and the garrison offered little further resistance.[1]: 160
After his victory at the Battle of al-Qādisiyyah in summer 636, Saʿd ibn Abī Waqqās divided his army into five forces for the advance on Ctesiphon; they were commanded by Zuhra ibn al-Ḥawiyya, ʿAbdullah ibn al-Mutʼim, Shurḥabīl ibn as-Simt, Khālid ibn ʿUrfatah and Hāshim bin ʿUtba. The force under Zuhra met with some resistance at Burs, but this was soon overcome after he defeated Busbuhra, the garrison commander, in single combat.[1]: 160 [2]: 345