Siege of Ctesiphon

When

Jan 637 – Mar 637

Kind

Siege

Coordinates

33.09° N, 44.58° E

Description

637 Arabian Rashidun army captures of the Sassanian capital

Part of the Muslim conquest of Persia

The siege of Ctesiphon took place from January to March 637, shortly after the Rashidun Caliphate defeated the Sasanian Empire in the Battle of al-Qadisiyyah. As it had served as the Persian capital city since the Parthian period, the Rashidun victory at Ctesiphon was one of the most significant events of the Muslim conquest of Persia; Muslim rule was consolidated over all of Mesopotamia.

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• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Siege of Ctesiphon: The Rashidun army (15,000 men) under Saʿd ibn Abi Waqqas occupies the Persian capital of Ctesiphon, after a two-month siege”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Arabic), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “فتح المدائن: جيش الخلفاء الراشدين بقيادة سعد بن أبي وقاص يدخل المدائن عاصمة الفرس بعد حصار شهرين”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Persian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “محاصره تیسفون: ارتش راشدین (15000 نفر) به فرماندهی سعد بن ابی وقاص، پایتخت ایران تیسفون را پس از محاصره دو ماهه اشغال می کند”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

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