Siege of Ctesiphon (637): Difference between revisions

| image = File:001125-TaqKasra-Iraq-IMG 7914-2.jpg

| caption = The Palace of the Shah

| place = [[Ctesiphon]], [[Sasanian EmpireIraq]]

| result = [[RashidunCtesiphon]] victoryoccupied by [[Rashidun]]

| combatant1 =[[File:Black flag.svg|22px]] [[Rashidun Caliphate]]<br>([[Rashidun army]])

| combatant2 =[[File:Derafsh Kaviani flag of the late Sassanid Empire.svg|18px]] [[Sasanian Empire]]<br>([[Sasanian army]])

| commander1 =[[File:Black flag.svg|22px]] [[Sa`d ibn Abī Waqqās]]<br>[[File:Black flag.svg|22px]] [[Khalid ibn Waleed]]<br>[[File:Black flag.svg|22px]] [[Asim ibn 'Amr al-Tamimi]]<br>[[File:Black flag.svg|22px]] [[Al-Qaqa ibn Amr al-Tamimi]]<br>[[File:Black flag.svg|22px]] [[Khalid ibn Urfuta]]<br>[[File:Black flag.svg|22px]] [[Hashim ibn Utba]]<br>[[File:Black flag.svg|22px]] Zuhra ibn Al-Hawiyya{{WIA}} {{refn|name=Zuhra ibn Al-Hawiyya|group="note"}}

| commander2 =[[File:Derafsh Kaviani flag of the late Sassanid Empire.svg|18px]] [[Yazdegerd III]]<br>[[File:Derafsh Kaviani flag of the late Sassanid Empire.svg|18px]] [[Mihran Razi]]<br>[[File:Derafsh Kaviani flag of the late Sassanid Empire.svg|18px]] [[Farrukhzad]]

The '''Siege of Ctesiphon''' or the '''Fallsiege of Ctesiphon''' took place from January to March, 637 between the forces of [[Sasanian Empire]] and [[Rashidun Caliphate]]. [[Ctesiphon]], located on the eastern bank of the [[Tigris]], was one of the great cities of Persia, the imperial capital of the [[Parthian Empire|Parthian]] and Sassanid Empires. The Muslims managed to capture Ctesiphon ending the Persian rule over [[Mesopotamia]].