What was the Battle of al-Qadisiyya?

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The Battle of al-Qadisiyya, 15 AH / 636 CE, was won by Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas, who defeated Rustam of Persia and then took al-Mada'in. The Sasanian state ended with it. ¹

Disputing the count of raids and sariyas

The maghazi arithmetic disputes: Ibn Ishaq's twenty-six raids versus the twenty-seven that split Wadi'l-Qura from Khaybar; nine pitched battles common to both lists with al-Waqidi adding Wadi'l-Qura and al-Ghaba for eleven; and the sariya counts ranging from thirty-five to al-Waqidi's forty-eight (in al-Tabari's chain) to sixty-six.

What was the Battle of al-Qadisiyya?

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Disputing the count of raids and sariyas