November 636 · Mesopotamia (Iraq) Theater
November 636
On the edge of the Mesopotamian plain, the Arab army under Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas faced the main Sasanian host with its war elephants and elite savaran cavalry, commanded by the great general Rostam. After several days of ferocious fighting — the Arabs learning to counter the elephants — the Persian line broke, Rostam was killed, and the Sasanian army was destroyed.
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