THE BATTLE OF BUWAIB (634 4.D.) Hazrat Umar (Rad.A) was ^hwksd at the defeai of the Muslim army. He vent special messengers to vaiinu232 Politic^ and cultural History of Islam exhorted the Muslim* to prepare for the Holy war against ^’ new reinforcement Vas sent to Muthanna’s army. In this army a number of Christian Arabs were also included.< The Persiansalso gathered a large armV. This time Rustam. the ^m^m”*^ The Persian armies, appointed Mehran Hamdamas the commander because he had travelled Arabia and knew the Arab.an way of fighting.
The Muslim, arrny, under the command of Muthanna, met the Persians at Bmvaib. The Muslims invited the Persians to uoss he river and they ,ccepted it. The number of Muslim army was a little more than 20,000 while the Persians ^^\^^ bigger in number, were estimated as two hundred thousand* A fierce battle took place. Muslims fought desperately and after a*un ,ght, the Persian, were defeated. They ^<”^*^£ crcsi Ae river Euphrates because the bridge oum uy destroyed by the M^ns. There -as a total d»»^’” *’*^ annv The commander of the am- Mehran was slam mft.sbatt e and not less than a hundreds of thousand men ^** rTrt of the field. As a result of this victor)’, the whole of western part ot Persians bmpire (now iraq) fell into Muslim hands.
