Battle·Rashidun
Battle of Nahavand
- Date
- 642 CE21 AH1,384 years ago
- Place
- Nahavand, western Iran
- People
- Nu'man ibn Muqarrin, Yazdegerd III
Muslim forces under Nu'man ibn Muqarrin defeated a large Sasanian army near Nahavand in western Iran in 642 CE. The Muslim sources call the battle the Victory of Victories. After the defeat, Muslim forces took control of most of western Persia. The Sasanian king Yazdegerd III fled eastward and was killed in 651 near Merv.
Why it matters
The defeat ended organized Sasanian resistance in the west and opened the Iranian plateau to Muslim expansion.