Al-Qadisiyya

See also: Al-Qadisiya

Al-Qâdisiyya is city located on Right Bank of the Euphrate at 50km at the south of Najaf in Iraq in the province of Al-Qādisiyya.

History

Al-Qādisiyya was the theater of a decisive battle in the conquest of the Perse by Arabic towards 636. The Moslem troops of the Caliph `Omar carried out by Her `D ibn Abī Waqqās in spite of their numerical inferiority beat the army of the emperor Sassanides Yazdgard III carried out by Rostam Farrokhzād.

See also: Battle of Al-Qadisiyya

Commercial importance

Before the conquest of Persia by Arabic, Al-Qâdisiyya was only one small village close to the fortress of `Udhayb. Then the city knew a strong growth because it was on the road of Baghdad to Mecque.

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