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After Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas came down at al-Mada'in, the Muslims completed the conquest of Jalula, Tikrit and Mosul, and then the people moved to Kufa. ¹

Abu Ma'shar and al-Waqidi report that the conquest of Jalula was in 19 AH under Sa'd. ² al-Baladhuri places the battle at the end of 16 AH. ³ The date is therefore disputed.

The Muslims were told that Yazdegerd had gathered a great host at Jalula. Sa'd sent Hashim ibn Utba with twelve thousand men. Hashim found the Persians had fortified themselves and dug a trench, and had placed their families and baggage at Khanaqin. Then the Muslims charged in one attack and routed them, and rode on their backs until darkness fell. ³

After that Hashim put Jarir ibn Abd Allah in charge at Jalula with a dense force of horse, and Yazdegerd moved out of Hulwan. The Muslims made peace with the people of Mahrudh and al-Bandanijin, and Jarir came to Khanaqin and killed those non-Arabs who remained there. ³

al-Baladhuri, quoting Hisham ibn al-Kalbi, says that the amir of the people at Jalula, on Sa'd's appointment, was Amr ibn Utba ibn Nawfal. ³