Battle of Firaz

Battle of Firaz
Part of the early Muslim conquests , Muslim conquest of Persia
Datec. January 634
Location
Mesopotamia (now Iraq)
Result Rashidun victory[1]
Belligerents
Rashidun Caliphate Sasanian Empire
Byzantine 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.

  1. ^ Michael G. Morony, Iraq After the Muslim Conquest, (Gorgias Press, 2005), 225.[1]
  2. ^ 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]
  3. ^ Battle of firaz by Fredric p.miller
  4. ^ 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
  5. ^ 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