Jalula, Battle of The

The Battle of Jalula is fought between the Sassanid Empire and the Rashidun Caliphate soon after conquest of Ctesiphon.

After the capture of Ctesiphon, several detachments are immediately sent to the west to capture the forts at the border of the Byzantine empire.

Several strong Persian armies are still active northeast of Ctesiphon at Jalula and north of the Tigris at Tikrit and Mosul.

The greatest threat of all is the Persian concentration at Jalula.

After withdrawal from Ctesiphon, the Persian armies gather at Jalula, a place of strategic importance from where routes lead to Iraq, Khurasan and Azerbaijan.

The Persian forces at Jalula are commanded by General Mihran.

His deputy is General Khurrazad, a brother of General Rostam Farrokhzād, who had commanded the Persian forces at the Battle of Qadisiyyah.

As instructed by the Caliph Umar, Saad ibn Abi Waqqas reports to Umar.

The Caliph decides to deal with Jalula first; his plan is first to clear the way north before any decisive action against Tikrit and Mosul.

Umar appoints Hashim ibn Uthba to the expedition to Jalula.

Some time in April 637, Hashim marches at the head of 12,000 troops from Ctesiphon and after defeating the Persians at the Battle of Jalula, lays siege to Jalula for seven months, until it surrenders on the usual terms of Jizya.

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