Battle of Buwaib

Battle of Buwaib
Part of the Muslim conquest of Sassanid empire
Date9 November 634
LocationBuwaib (north of Al-Hira), Euphrates, Iraq
Result Rashidun victory
Belligerents
Rashidun Caliphate
(Rashidun army)		 Sassanid Empire
(Sassanid army)
Commanders and leaders
Al-Muthanna ibn Haritha Mihran bin Badhan †
Strength
Unknown Unknown
Casualties and losses
Unknown Unknown

Battle of Buwaib (Arabic: معركة البويب‎) was fought between Sassanid Empire and Rashidun Caliphate soon after Battle of the Bridge.

Prelude

Battle of the Bridge was a decisive Sasanian victory which gave them a huge boost to expel invading Arabs from Mesopotamia. Thus, they advanced with a huge army to fight the remnants of the Muslim army near Kufa on the Euphrates.

Caliph Umar sent reinforcements to the region which are mainly the people who were fighting Muslims during the Ridda wars.[1]

Battle

Al-Muthanna ibn Haritha managed to force the upcoming Persian army to cross the river to a place where his soldiers who are divided into Brigades can encircle the numerically superior opponents.

The war ended with huge success to the Muslims in which they killed the Persian leader Mihran bin Badhan, and got momentum to further expand their wars against the Sassanids and their allies.[2]

References

  1. ↑ عطية القوصى (2006). "عصر الخلفاء الراشدين" (in Arabic). ktab INC.
  2. ↑ محمد بن سعد بن منيع الزهري (1995). "تكملة نواقص الطبقات الكبرى لابن سعد 1-2" (in Arabic). IslamKotob. p. 822.
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