The Battle of Saqatiah

Then, there was the Battle of Saqatiah, which took place in 13 AH. Having suffered defeat in the Battle of Namariq, the Iranian army retreated to Kasker, where the Iranian commander, Narsi had already gathered a large army to counter the Muslim army. Abu Ubaid (ra) headed towards Kasker to take on this army. Narsi, the commander of the Iranian army at Kasker, had a high standing amongst the courtiers of the King. The commanders of the two flanks of the Iranian army – Banduyah and Tairuyah were close relatives of the Sasanian kings. News of the defeat at Namariq reached the Iranian king. Rostam was still making arrangements to send reinforcements in order to assist Narsi when Abu Ubaid (ra) advanced his army swiftly and arrived in the lower areas of Kaskar before the reinforcements could arrive, i.e. they attacked them, at a place which was known as Saqatiah.

After an intense battle and owing to the grace of Allah the Almighty, the Muslims were victorious in the Battle of Saqatiah. After the main battle had ceased, Hazrat Abu Ubaid (ra) sent smaller contingents to confront the enemy armies that were present in the surrounding areas of Kasker.

(Tarikh-ul-Islam bi-Ahad Hazrat Umar (ra), thesis by Syed Mir Mahmood Ahmad Nasir Sahib, pp. 12-13) (Tarikh al-Tabari, Vol. 2, pp. 364, Dar-ul-Kutub al-Ilmiyyah, Beirut, 2012)