Battle of al-Qadisiyyah · Nabard-e Qadesiyeh

Culture of origin: Iranian · Historical

Holiday sources: Iran

Al-Qadisiyyah was fought between the armies of the Rashidun Caliphate and the Sasanian Empire, beginning, by the common view, on 16 November 636 and lasting three days. The Sasanian general Rostam Farrokhzad died in the fighting and his army fell into disarray. The defeat left the Sasanians unable to hold their capital, Ctesiphon, and opened the way to Nahavand and the end of the Sasanian Empire by 651.