The Muslim Conquest of Persia

The Muslim Conquest of Persia is the second volume in A.I. Akram's Islamic Military History Series, republished by Maktabah Book Sellers & Publishers with edited footnotes, anglicized terms, and redrawn maps. It narrates the fall of the centuries-old Sasanian Persian Empire to the armies of the early Muslim state, focusing on the pivotal battles of Qadisiyyah and Nihawand and the leadership of commanders including Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas and al-Qa'qa ibn Amr. Akram, a military officer by training, examines the campaigns from a strategic and tactical viewpoint, drawing on classical Arabic chronicles. Part of a six-book series covering the first century of Islamic military expansion, the book suits readers interested in the history of the Rashidun-era conquests and the collapse of the ancient Persian empire.