Atlas of Battles

commander, 4 engagements

Battles of Piruz Khosrow

military leader

Piruz Khosrow is recorded as a commander at 4 placed engagements in the atlas between AD 629 and AD 642: 3 battles and 1 siege across 2 present-day countries, most in Iraq (3), Iran (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 781 km apart end to end, 260 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Muslim conquest of Persia (3).

Siege of CtesiphonBattle of al-QadisiyyahBattle of JalulaBattle of NahāvandSiege of CtesiphonBattle of al-QadisiyyahBattle of JalulaBattle of NahāvandBaghdadNajafKermanshahAl HillahKarbalaKhorramabadAl AmarahAl KutBaqubahAl Fallujah200 km32.933N, 44.833E
4 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

AD 629: 1 engagements1 in AD 629AD 636: 1 engagements1 in AD 636AD 637: 1 engagements1 in AD 637AD 642: 1 engagements1 in AD 642AD 629AD 642
4 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Siege of Ctesiphon, AD 629Battle of al-Qadisiyyah, AD 636Battle of Jalula, AD 637Battle of Nahāvand, AD 642AD 629AD 642
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
27 April AD 629Siege of CtesiphonCtesiphon, IraqShahrbaraz victory; Shahrbaraz becomes Shahanshah of the...
16 November AD 636Battle of al-QadisiyyahAl-Qādisiyyah, Iraq168 km SRashidun victory
March AD 637Battle of JalulaJalawla, Iraq307 km NRashidun victory
AD 642Battle of NahāvandNahavand, Iran307 km SRashidun victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.