The Siege of Ctesiphon 637: How the Arabs Conquered Persia's Jewel

In 637 AD, the Arab Muslim army under Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas faced the might of the Sassanian Empire at the Battle of al-Qadisiyya. After a three-day clash, the Persian general Rostam Farrokhzad was killed, and the road to Ctesiphon lay open. But the fall...