Jalula
جلولاء
site east of the Tigris; in al-Baladhuri Yazdgard's last levy under Khurrazad brother of Rustam was routed there by Hashim ibn Utba's twelve thousand at the end of year 16.
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- Era
- The Rashidun Caliphate
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
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Overview
Jalula is a place east of the Tigris. Al-Baladhuri reports that the army of Yazdegerd, led by Kharzad the brother of Rustam, took refuge in it, and Hashim ibn Utba defeated them with twelve thousand men at the end of the year 16 AH. 1
Sources
- Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition), p.366-370
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