Battle of Dhi Qar
| Battle of Dhi Qar | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Sasanian Persia |
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| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Iyas ibn Qabisah al-Ta'i Hamrez al-Tasatturi † Al-Nu'man bin Zara'a † Khalid bin Yazid al-Buhrani † Khanabarin † Hamarz † Hormuzan |
Hani' bin Qubaisah Hantala bin Tha'laba al-Ajli Abd Amr bin Bashar al-Dhubai'y Jabala bin Ba'ith al-Yashkury Al-Harith bin Wa'la al-Thahli Al-Harith bin Rabi'a al-Taimi | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 2,000 Persian soldiers, with 3,000 Arabs | 2,000–5,000 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Almost all the army lost | Minimal | ||||||
The Battle of Dhi Qar (Arabic: يوم ذي قار), also known as the War of the Camel's Udder, was a pre-Islamic battle fought between Arab tribes and the Sasanian Empire in Southern Iraq. The battle occurred after the death of Al-Nu'man III by the orders of Khosru II.
The dating of the event is disputed. The Encyclopædia Iranica entry on the subject says:
"According to certain Muslim traditions, the battle took place in the year 1/623 or 2/624... Ebn Ḥabīb... dated it earlier, between 606 and 622, but modern scholars have narrowed this range to 604–11."
The battle of Dhū-Qār is reported in many classical works of Arabic history and literature. The longest, but not necessarily most representative, version is Bishr ibn Marwān al-Asadī's Ḥarb Banī Shaybān maʻa Kisrá Ānūshirwān (Arabic: حرب بني شيبان مع كسرى آنوشروان).