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Battle of Buwayb
Part of the Arab–Byzantine Wars and
Islamic conquest of Persia
Date635
Location
Buwayb, near Kufa, Mesopotamia
Result Decisive Muslim victory[1]
Belligerents
Rashidun Caliphate
(Rashidun Arabs)
Christian Arabs
Sassanid Persian Empire
Commanders and leaders
Al-Muthanna Mihran-i Hamadani [2]
Piruz Khosrow
Azadbeh Banegan
Bahman Jadhuyih

Battle of Buwayb, was fought between the armies of Sasanian Empire commanded by Mihran-i Hamadani against the Rashidun Caliphate and Christian Arabs[3] commanded by Al-Muthanna in 635.[4]






References

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  1. ^ Muhammad, W. Montgomery Watt, The Cambridge History of Islam, Volume IA, ed. P.M. Holt, Ann Katherine Swynford Lambton, Bernard Lewis, (Cambridge University Press, 1970), 60-61.
  2. ^ Parvaneh Pourshariati, Decline and Fall of the Sasanian Empire, (I.B. Tauris, 2008), 468
  3. ^ Michael G. Morony, Iraq After the Muslim Conquest, (Gorgias Press, 2005), 225.
  4. ^ A Global Chronology of Conflict: From the Ancient World to the Modern Middle East, Vol. I, ed. Spencer C. Tucker, (ABC-CLIO, 2010), 200-201.