battle between Arabs and the Sassanide Empire
Documented facts
- Date
- 642 (Julian)
- Precision
- Year
- Referenced location
- Nahavand
- Source coordinates
- 31.5830°, 44.5000°
- Part of
- Muslim conquest of Persia
Referenced participants
Documented participation does not establish opposing sides. Alliances absent from the sources are not reconstructed.
People and command
- Piruz Khosrow — documented command · Source ↗
- Mardanshah — documented command · Source ↗
- Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas — documented command · Source ↗
- Al-Nu'man ibn Muqrin — documented command · Source ↗
- Tulayha — documented command · Source ↗
- Amr ibn Ma'adi Yakrib — documented command · Source ↗
- Zubayr ibn al-Awwam — documented command · Source ↗
- Al-Nu'man ibn Muqrin — documented participation · Source ↗
- Tulayha — documented participation · Source ↗
- Amr ibn Ma'adi Yakrib — documented participation · Source ↗
- Piruz Khosrow — documented participation · Source ↗
- Mardanshah — documented participation · Source ↗
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