Battle of Waj Rudh

642 battle

Battle of Waj Rudh

Part of Islamic conquest of Persia
| Date| 642/643

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Location|

Waj Rudh, Hamadan, Persia

Result|  Muslim victory
Belligerents
Rashidun Caliphate|  Sasanian Empire
Commanders and leaders
Nu'man|  Muta †
Farrukhzad
Isfandiyar
Varaztirots  †
Strength
Unknown|  Unknown
Casualties and losses
Low|  Heavy

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Muslim conquest
of Persia

Mesopotamia

* Chains
* River
* Walaja
* Ullais
* Hira
* Al-Anbar
* Ayn al-Tamr
* Husayd
* Muzayyah
* Saniyy
* Zumail
* Firaz
* 1st Babylon
* Namaraq
* Kaskar
* Bridge
* Buwaib
* al-Qādisiyyah
* Burs
* 2nd Babylon
* Ctesiphon
* Jalula

Khuzestan

* Shushtar
* Gundishapur
* Bayrudh

Central Persia

* Nahavand
* Spahan
* Waj Rudh
* Ray

Northern Persia

* Azerbaijan
* Tabaristan

Caucasus

* Armenia
* Albania
* Iberia
* Darband

Pars

* Bishapur
* Estakhr

Khorasan

* Oxus River
* Nishapur
* Herat
* Badghis

Other geographies

* Kerman
* Sakastan

The Battle of Waj Rudh[1] (Waay Rudha)[2] was fought in 642/643 between the Rashidun Caliphate under Nu'man, and the Sasanian Empire under the Dailamite Muta, the Parthian Farrukhzad and Isfandiyar, and the Armenian Varaztirots. The battle was fought in Waj Rudh, a village in Hamadan. The location was precisely theorized and occurred on a road junction between Hamadan and Qazvin.[2]

The Sasanians were defeated under heavy casualties, which included the death of Muta and Varaztirots. According to Tabari, the scale of the battle was said to have rivalled the battle of Nahavand,[3][2] As according to G. Rex Smith, this means Waj al-Rudh was the greatest calamity of Sassanid after Nahavand and battle of al-Qadisiyyah.[3]

## References

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1. ^ Parvaneh Pourshariati, The Decline and Fall of the Sasanian Empire, 248.
2. ^ a b c Kamal-ud-Din, Khwaja (1957). The Islamic Review Volume 45. Woking Muslim Mission and Literary Trust. p. 16. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
3. ^ a b Ibn Jarir at-Tabari, Muhammad (2015). The History of Al-Tabari Vol. 14 The Conquest of Iran A.D. 641-643/A.H. 21-23 (Ebook). Translated by G. Rex Smith. SUNY. ISBN 9781438420394. Retrieved 7 December 2021.

## Sources

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* Pourshariati, Parvaneh (2008). Decline and Fall of the Sasanian Empire: The Sasanian-Parthian Confederacy and the Arab Conquest of Iran. London and New York: I.B. Tauris. ISBN 978-1-84511-645-3.

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