Battle of Nahavand

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The Battle of Nahavand was a decisive 7th-century clash in which the Rashidun Caliphate effectively broke Sassanian power in Persia, paving the way for the Islamic conquest of Iran.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
military conflict ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Victory of Victories ⓘ
belligerent Rashidun Caliphate ⓘ
Sasanian Empire ⓘ
category Battles involving the Rashidun Caliphate ⓘ
Battles involving the Sasanian Empire ⓘ
chronologicalOrder one of the later major battles of the Muslim conquest of Persia ⓘ
combatant Arab Muslim forces ⓘ
Sasanian Persian forces ⓘ
commander Rashidun Caliphate commanders ⓘ
al-Nuʿman ibn Muqarrin ⓘ
conflict Rashidun Caliphate–Sasanian Empire conflicts ⓘ
date 642 ⓘ
era Rashidun Caliphate period ⓘ
linked to: Rashidun Caliphate
followedBy Muslim advances deeper into the Iranian plateau ⓘ
geographicalConsequence Muslim control extended further into central Iran ⓘ
historicalRegion Jibal ⓘ
legacy often described by Muslim historians as a turning point in the fall of the Sasanian Empire ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Iran ⓘ
opposingCommander Sasanian generals ⓘ
outcome effective collapse of Sasanian military power in western Persia ⓘ
opened way for Islamic conquest of Iran ⓘ
partOf Islamic conquest of Iran ⓘ
Muslim conquest of Persia ⓘ
place Nahavand ⓘ
politicalConsequence consolidation of Rashidun control over western Persia ⓘ
weakening of Sasanian imperial authority ⓘ
predecessorEvent Battle of Jalula ⓘ
Battle of Qadisiyyah ⓘ
primaryOpponents Arab Muslims vs. Sasanian Persians ⓘ
religiousContext early Islamic expansion ⓘ
result decisive Rashidun Caliphate victory ⓘ
significance decisive battle in the Muslim conquest of Persia ⓘ
marked the effective end of organized Sasanian resistance in much of Persia ⓘ
timePeriod 7th century ⓘ
typeOfWarfare land battle ⓘ

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Umar ibn al-Khattab → battleDuringRule → Battle of Nahavand ⓘ
Early Islamic period → significantEvent → Battle of Nahavand ⓘ
Abu Musa al-Ashari → participatedIn → Battle of Nahavand ⓘ
Muslim conquest of Persia → keyBattle → Battle of Nahavand ⓘ
Early Muslim conquests → hasPart → Battle of Nihawand ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Nahavand
Yazdegerd III → notableEvent → Battle of Nahavand ⓘ
Battle of Jalula → followedBy → Battle of Nahavand ⓘ
Islamization of Persia → significantEvent → Battle of Nahavand ⓘ
al-Nuʿman ibn Muqarrin → notableBattle → Battle of Nahavand ⓘ
al-Nuʿman ibn Muqarrin → commandedAtBattle → Battle of Nahavand ⓘ
al-Nuʿman ibn Muqarrin → deathInBattle → Battle of Nahavand ⓘ
Muslim conquest of Armenia → follows → Battle of Nihāwand ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Nahavand
Nihawand → knownFor → Battle of Nihawand ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Nahavand
Nihawand → eventLocation → Battle of Nihawand ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Nahavand
Umayyad army → conflict → Battle of Nahavand ⓘ
Sasanian Persian forces → notableBattle → Battle of Nahavand (642) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Nahavand
Arab–Sasanian wars → notableBattle → Battle of Nahavand ⓘ
Arab–Sasanian wars → decisiveBattle → Battle of Nahavand ⓘ
Piruz Nahavandi → victimOf → Battle of Nahavand (aftermath, enslavement) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Nahavand
Victory of Victories → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Nahavand ⓘ
Nahavand → hasHistoricalSignificance → Battle of Nahavand ⓘ