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Most of the Iraqi tribes are Christian …
Years: 532 - 675
Most of the Iraqi tribes are Christian at the time of the Islamic conquest.
They decide to pay the jizya, the tax required of non-Muslims living in Muslim-ruled areas, and are not further disturbed.
The Iranians rally briefly under their hero, Rustam, and attack the Arabs at Al Hirah, west of the Euphrates.
Here, they are soundly defeated by the invading Arabs.
The next year, in 635, the Arabs defeat the Iranians at the Battle of Buwayb.
Rustam is finally killed in May 636 at Al Qadisiyah, a village south of Baghdad on the Euphrates.
The Iranians, who outnumber the Arabs six to one, are decisively beaten.
From Al Qadisiyah the Arabs push on to the Sassanid capital at Ctesiphon (Madain).
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- Iranian peoples
- Arab people
- Persian people
- Zoroastrians
- Mesopotamia (Roman province)
- Persian Empire, Sassanid, or Sasanid
- Lakhmid kingdom of al-Hira
- Christians, Eastern (Diophysite, or “Nestorian”) (Church of the East)
- Christianity, Chalcedonian
- Ghassan, Kingdom of
- Roman Empire, Eastern: Heraclian dynasty
- Islam
- Rashidun Caliphate
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Years: 532 - 675
People
Groups
- Iranian peoples
- Arab people
- Persian people
- Zoroastrians
- Mesopotamia (Roman province)
- Persian Empire, Sassanid, or Sasanid
- Lakhmid kingdom of al-Hira
- Christians, Eastern (Diophysite, or “Nestorian”) (Church of the East)
- Christianity, Chalcedonian
- Ghassan, Kingdom of
- Roman Empire, Eastern: Heraclian dynasty
- Islam
- Rashidun Caliphate
Topics
Subjects
Regions
Subregions