Battle of Nahavand

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battle military conflict

The Battle of Nahavand was a decisive 7th-century clash in which the Rashidun Caliphate effectively broke Sassanian power in Persia, paving the way for the Islamic conquest of Iran.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Battle of Nahavand canonical	5
Battle of Nihawand	1

Statements (37)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle ⓘ military conflict ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Victory of Victories ⓘ
belligerent	Rashidun Caliphate ⓘ Sasanian Empire ⓘ
category	Battles involving the Rashidun Caliphate ⓘ Battles involving the Sasanian Empire ⓘ
chronologicalOrder	one of the later major battles of the Muslim conquest of Persia ⓘ
combatant	Arab Muslim forces ⓘ Sasanian Persian forces ⓘ
commander	Rashidun forces of Medina ⓘ surface form: Rashidun Caliphate commanders al-Nuʿman ibn Muqarrin ⓘ
conflict	Arab–Sasanian wars ⓘ surface form: Rashidun Caliphate–Sasanian Empire conflicts
date	642 ⓘ
era	Rashidun Caliphate ⓘ surface form: Rashidun Caliphate period
followedBy	Muslim advances deeper into the Iranian plateau ⓘ
geographicalConsequence	Muslim control extended further into central Iran ⓘ
historicalRegion	Jibal ⓘ
legacy	often described by Muslim historians as a turning point in the fall of the Sasanian Empire ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay	Iran ⓘ
opposingCommander	Sasanian generals ⓘ
outcome	effective collapse of Sasanian military power in western Persia ⓘ opened way for Islamic conquest of Iran ⓘ
partOf	Muslim conquest of Persia ⓘ surface form: Islamic conquest of Iran Muslim conquest of Persia ⓘ
place	Nahavand ⓘ
politicalConsequence	consolidation of Rashidun control over western Persia ⓘ weakening of Sasanian imperial authority ⓘ
predecessorEvent	Battle of Jalula ⓘ Battle of Qadisiyyah ⓘ
primaryOpponents	Arab Muslims vs. Sasanian Persians ⓘ
religiousContext	early Islamic expansion ⓘ
result	decisive Rashidun Caliphate victory ⓘ
significance	decisive battle in the Muslim conquest of Persia ⓘ marked the effective end of organized Sasanian resistance in much of Persia ⓘ
timePeriod	7th century ⓘ
typeOfWarfare	land battle ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Umar ibn al-Khattab → battleDuringRule → Battle of Nahavand ⓘ

Early Islamic period → significantEvent → Battle of Nahavand ⓘ

Abu Musa al-Ashari → participatedIn → Battle of Nahavand ⓘ

Muslim conquest of Persia → keyBattle → Battle of Nahavand ⓘ

Early Muslim conquests → hasPart → Battle of Nahavand ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Nihawand

Yazdegerd III → notableEvent → Battle of Nahavand ⓘ