What the records say
- When
- 636
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 32.39° N, 44.34° E
- Description
- 636 battle
Battle of Burs
636 battle
The Battle of Burs was a minor engagement in 636 AD at Burs or Birs Nimrud, now in central Iraq, during the Muslim conquest of the Sasanian Empire. The Rāshidūn commander, Zuhra ibn al-Ḥawiyya, defeated Busbuhra, the Sasanian commander of the town, in single combat, and the garrison offered little further resistance.
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