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Battle of Ullais, the Glossary

The Battle of Ullais (معركة أليس) was fought between the forces of the Rashidun Caliphate and the Sasanian Persian Empire in the middle of June 633 AD in Iraq, and is sometimes referred to as the Battle of Blood River since, as a result of the battle, there were enormous amounts of Persian Sasanian and Arab Christian casualties.^[1]

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Abu Bakr

Abd Allah ibn Abi Quhafa (23 August 634), commonly known by the kunya Abu Bakr, was the first caliph, ruling from 632 until his death in 634.

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Achaemenid Empire

The Achaemenid Empire or Achaemenian Empire, also known as the Persian Empire or First Persian Empire (𐎧𐏁𐏂), was an ancient Iranian empire founded by Cyrus the Great of the Achaemenid dynasty in 550 BC.

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Adi ibn Hatim

Adi ibn Hatim al-Tai was a leader of the Arab tribe of Tayy, and one of the companions of Muhammad.

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Agha Ibrahim Akram

Lieutenant General Agha Ali Ibrahim Akram (Urdu:; 22 September 1923 — 4 March 1989), better known as A. I. Akram, was a Pakistani three-star general, military strategist, historian, diplomat, and one of Pakistan's most influential military historians.

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Al-Baladhuri

ʾAḥmad ibn Yaḥyā ibn Jābir al-Balādhurī (أحمد بن يحيى بن جابر البلاذري) was a 9th-century Muslim historian.

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Al-Hira

Al-Hira (translit Middle Persian: Hērt) was an ancient city in Mesopotamia located south of what is now Kufa in south-central Iraq.

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Al-Muthanna ibn Haritha

Al-Muthanna ibn Haritha al-Shaybani (المثنى بن حارثة الشيباني) was a Muslim Arab general in the army of the Rashidun Caliphate.

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Al-Qa'qa ibn Amr

Al-Qaʿqāʿ ibn ʿAmr ibn Mālik Al-Tamīmī (القعقاع بن عمرو بن مالك التميمي الراعي) was an Arab Muslim commander and general in the Rashidun army who belonged to the tribe of Banu Tamim.

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Al-Tabari

Abū Jaʿfar Muḥammad ibn Jarīr ibn Yazīd al-Ṭabarī (أَبُو جَعْفَر مُحَمَّد بْن جَرِير بْن يَزِيد ٱلطَّبَرِيّ; 839–923 CE / 224–310 AH), commonly known as al-Ṭabarī (ٱلطَّبَرِيّ), was a Sunni Muslim scholar, polymath, traditionalist, historian, exegete, jurist, and theologian from Amol, Tabaristan, present-day Iran.

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Allah

Allah (ﷲ|translit.

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Anbar (town)

Anbar (al-Anbār, Anbar) was an ancient and medieval town in central Iraq.

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Anno Domini

The terms anno Domini. (AD) and before Christ (BC) are used when designating years in the Julian and Gregorian calendars.

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Arab Christians

Arab Christians (translit) are ethnic Arabs, Arab nationals, or Arabic speakers, who follow Christianity.

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Arabs

The Arabs (عَرَب, DIN 31635:, Arabic pronunciation), also known as the Arab people (الشَّعْبَ الْعَرَبِيّ), are an ethnic group mainly inhabiting the Arab world in West Asia and North Africa.

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Asim ibn Umar

Asim ibn Umar ibn al-Khattab (translit; –c. 689) was the son of Jamila bint Thabit and Umar ibn al-Khattab, the second Rashidun caliph.

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Bahman Jaduya

Bahman Jādhūyah/Jādūyah (also Jādhōē/Jādōē; New Persian: بهمن جادویه), or Bahman Jādhawayh (Middle Persian: Vahūman Ĵādaggōw) was an Iranian general of the Sasanians.

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Banu Bakr

The Banu Bakr bin Wa'il (بنو بكر بن وائل), or simply Banu Bakr, today known as Bani Bakr an Arabian tribe belonging to the large Rabi'ah, a branch of Adnanite tribe.

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Battle of al-Anbar

The Battle of Al-Anbar (معركة الأنبار) was between the Muslim Arab army under the command of Khalid ibn al-Walid and the Sasanian Empire. Battle of Ullais and Battle of al-Anbar are 630s in the Rashidun Caliphate, 633, Battles involving the Rashidun Caliphate, Battles involving the Sasanian Empire, Battles of Khalid ibn Walid and Muslim conquest of Mesopotamia.

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Battle of al-Qadisiyyah

The Battle of al-Qadisiyyah (Maʿrakah al-Qādisīyah; Nabard-e Qâdisiyeh) was an armed conflict which took place in 636 CE between the Rashidun Caliphate and the Sasanian Empire. Battle of Ullais and Battle of al-Qadisiyyah are 630s in the Rashidun Caliphate, Battles involving the Rashidun Caliphate, Battles involving the Sasanian Empire and Muslim conquest of Mesopotamia.

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Battle of Ayn al-Tamr

The Battle of Ayn al-Tamr (معركة عين التمر) took place in modern-day Iraq (Mesopotamia) between the early Muslim Arab forces and the Sassanians along with their Arab Christian auxiliary forces. Battle of Ullais and Battle of Ayn al-Tamr are 630s in the Rashidun Caliphate, 633, Battles involving the Rashidun Caliphate, Battles involving the Sasanian Empire, Battles of Khalid ibn Walid and Muslim conquest of Mesopotamia.

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Battle of Hira

The Battle of Hira (معركة الحيرة) was fought between the Sasanian Empire and the Rashidun Caliphate in 633. Battle of Ullais and Battle of Hira are 633, Battles involving the Rashidun Caliphate, Battles involving the Sasanian Empire, Battles of Khalid ibn Walid and Muslim conquest of Mesopotamia.

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Battle of Mu'tah

The Battle of Mu'tah (translit, or غَزْوَة مُؤْتَة) took place in September 629 (1 Jumada al-Awwal 8 AH), between the forces of Muhammad and the army of the Byzantine Empire and their Ghassanid vassals. Battle of Ullais and Battle of Mu'tah are Battles of Khalid ibn Walid.

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Battle of the Bridge

The Battle of the Bridge or the Battle of al-Jisr (معركة الجسر) (نبرد پل) was fought at the bank of the Euphrates river between Arabs led by Abu Ubaid al-Thaqafi, and the Persian Sasanian forces led by Bahman Jaduya. Battle of Ullais and Battle of the Bridge are Battles involving the Rashidun Caliphate, Battles involving the Sasanian Empire and Muslim conquest of Mesopotamia.

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Battle of Walaja

The Battle of Walaja (معركة الولجة) was fought in Mesopotamia (Iraq) in May 633 between the Rashidun Caliphate army under Khalid ibn al-Walid and Al-Muthanna ibn Haritha against the Sassanid Empire and its Arab allies. Battle of Ullais and Battle of Walaja are 630s in the Rashidun Caliphate, 633, Battles involving the Rashidun Caliphate, Battles involving the Sasanian Empire, Battles of Khalid ibn Walid and Muslim conquest of Mesopotamia.

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Ctesiphon

Ctesiphon (𐭲𐭩𐭮𐭯𐭥𐭭, Tyspwn or Tysfwn; تیسفون; Κτησιφῶν,; ܩܛܝܣܦܘܢThomas A. Carlson et al., “Ctesiphon — ܩܛܝܣܦܘܢ ” in The Syriac Gazetteer last modified July 28, 2014, http://syriaca.org/place/58.) was an ancient Mesopotamian city, located on the eastern bank of the Tigris, and about southeast of present-day Baghdad.

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Duel

A duel is an arranged engagement in combat between two people with matched weapons.

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Euphrates

The Euphrates (see below) is the longest and one of the most historically important rivers of Western Asia.

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Governor

A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, ranking under the head of state and in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of a state's official representative.

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Hatim al-Tai

Hatim al-Tai (حاتمالطائي, 'Hatim of the Tayy tribe'; died 578), full name Ḥātim bin ʿAbd Allāh bin Saʿd aṭ-Ṭāʾiyy (حاتمبن عبد الله بن سعد الطائي) was an Arab knight, chieftain of the Tayyi tribe of Arabia, ruler of Shammar, and poet who lived in the last half of the sixth into the beginning of the seventh century.

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Ibn Kathir

Abu al-Fida Isma'il ibn Umar ibn Kathir al-Dimashqi (translit), known simply as Ibn Kathir, was an Arab Islamic exegete, historian and scholar.

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Iraq

Iraq, officially the Republic of Iraq, is a country in West Asia and a core country in the geopolitical region known as the Middle East.

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Khalid ibn al-Walid

Khalid ibn al-Walid ibn al-Mughira al-Makhzumi (died 642) was a 7th-century Arab military commander. Battle of Ullais and Khalid ibn al-Walid are Battles of Khalid ibn Walid.

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Light cavalry

Light cavalry comprised lightly armed and armored cavalry troops mounted on fast horses, as opposed to heavy cavalry, where the mounted riders (and sometimes the warhorses) were heavily armored.

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Military of the Sasanian Empire

The Sasanian army was the primary military body of the Sasanian armed forces, serving alongside the Sasanian navy.

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Muslim conquest of Persia

The Muslim conquest of Persia, also called the Muslim conquest of Iran, the Arab conquest of Persia, or the Arab conquest of Iran, was a major military campaign undertaken by the Rashidun Caliphate between 632 and 654.

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Muslim conquest of the Levant

The Muslim conquest of the Levant (Fatḥ al-šām; lit. "Conquest of Syria"), or Arab conquest of Syria, was a 634–638 CE invasion of Byzantine Syria by the Rashidun Caliphate. Battle of Ullais and Muslim conquest of the Levant are 630s in the Byzantine Empire.

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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Ullais

Also known as Battle of Vologesias.

Battle of Ullais, the Glossary

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630s in the Byzantine Empire

630s in the Rashidun Caliphate

633

Battles of Khalid ibn Walid

Muslim conquest of Mesopotamia

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