Historic Battles / Early Islamic

Early Islamic battles

2 battles from 636 to 636 — who fought whom, what it decided, the cost, and where it happened on the map.

2 battles · Early Islamic

636Early Islamic

Battle of Yarmouk

Rashidun vs Byzantium

Part of the Muslim conquest of the Levant

Muslims take Syria

~45,000 Byzantines Yarmouk River, Syria

Theodore Trithyrius killed

Yarmouk River, Syria© OpenStreetMap contributors

636Early Islamic

Battle of al-Qadisiyyah

Rashidun vs Sasanians

Part of the Muslim conquest of Persia

Muslim conquest Persia

~30,000 Sasanians Qadisiyyah, Iraq

Rostam Farrokhzad killed

Qadisiyyah, Iraq© OpenStreetMap contributors