Battle of Walaja

Battle of Walaja
	Part of the Islamic conquest of Persia; Campaigns of Khalid ibn al-Walid
	; Map showing the region in Iraq where Battle of Walaja was fought.
Date	May 633
Location	Mesopotamia (modern Iraq)
Result	Rashidun Caliphate victory
Belligerents
Rashidun Caliphate	Sasanian Empire,; Christian Arab allies
Commanders and leaders
Khalid ibn al-Walid	Andarzaghar †; Bahman Jadhuyih
Strength
15,000	15,000–30,000[page needed]
Casualties and losses
~2,000+[page needed]	20,000[page needed]

The Battle of Walaja (Arabic: 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.

Khalid defeated the Sasanian forces by using a variation of the double envelopment tactical manoeuvre, similar to the manoeuvre that Hannibal had used to defeat the Roman forces at the Battle of Cannae.

^ Crawford, Peter (2013-07-16). The War of the Three Gods: Romans, Persians and the Rise of Islam. Pen and Sword. ISBN 978-1-4738-2865-0. Perhaps only the defeat at Walaja and the fall of Hira saw to it that Yazdgerd and his generals began to take the business of the Arabs more seriously.
^ Akram 1970, p. 158.
^ ^a ^b ^c Akram 1970.
^ Crawford 2013, p. 104.

[1] Crawford, Peter (2013-07-16). The War of the Three Gods: Romans, Persians and the Rise of Islam. Pen and Sword. ISBN 978-1-4738-2865-0. Perhaps only the defeat at Walaja and the fall of Hira saw to it that Yazdgerd and his generals began to take the business of the Arabs more seriously.

[FOOTNOTEAkram1970158-2] Akram 1970, p. 158.

[FOOTNOTEAkram1970-3] Akram 1970.

[FOOTNOTECrawford2013104-4] Crawford 2013, p. 104.

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