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العربية
Medieval era · 642 CE

Battle of Nahavand

The Battle of Nahavand (Arabic: معركة نهاوند Maʿrakah Nahāwand, Persian: نبرد نهاوند Nabard-e Nahâvand), also spelled Nihavand or Nahawand, was fought in 642 between the Rashidun Muslim forces under An-Numan ibn Muqarrin and Sasanian army under King Yazdegerd III. Yazdegerd escaped to the Merv area, but was unable to raise another substantial army.

Battle of Nahavand
Battle of Nahavand · Eugène Flandin, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
When
642 CE
Where
Nahavand
Era
Medieval

Topics

Iran9,000 BCE – todaySasanian Empire180 CE – 654 CE

Before and after

Battle of Maserfield642 CEGoguryeo–Tang War645 CE – 668 CEShow on timeline

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