# List of battles involving the Rashidun Caliphate

This is the list of battles involving the Rashidun Caliphate ranked chronologically from 632, with the first caliph Abu Bakr As-Siddiq, to the last caliph in 661, Ali ibn Abi Talib.
Here is a legend to facilitate the reading of the outcomes of the battles below:
    Victory
    Defeat
    Another result*
*e.g. result unknown or indecisive/inconclusive, result of internal conflict inside the Rashidun Caliphate, status quo ante bellum, or a treaty or peace without a clear result.

## Abu Bakr As-Siddiq (632–634)

| Battle | Date | Date | Opponents | Result | Sources |
| Battle | Start | End | Opponents | Result | Sources |
| Wars of Apostasy ||||||
| Battle of Zhu Qissa | July 25, 632 | July 30, 632 | Rebel apostates | Victory | $^,$$^,$ |
| Battle of Abraq | Mid-August 632 | Mid-August 632 | Rebel apostates | Victory | $^,$ |
| Battle of Buzakha | September 632 | September 632 | Rebel apostates | Victory | $^,$$^,$ |
| Battle of Zafar | October 632 | October 632 | Rebel apostates | Victory | $^,$$^,$ |
| Battle of Ghamra | 632 | 632 | Rebel apostates | Victory | $^,$$^,$ |
| Battle of Daumat-ul-Jandal | June 14, 633 | September 10, 633 | Rebel apostates | Victory | $^,$$^,$ |
| Battle of Dibba | November 633 | November 633 | Rebel apostates | Victory | $^,$$^,$ |
| Battle of Al-Yamama | 633 | 633 | Rebel apostates | Victory | $^,$$^,$ |
| Battle of Nujair | 633 | 633 | Rebel apostates | Victory | $^,$$^,$ |
| Battle of Naqra | 632 | 633 | Rebel apostates | Victory | $^,$$^,$ |
| Muslim conquest of Persia ||||||
| Battle of the Chains / Kazima | April 633 | April 633 | Sassanian Empire Arab Christians | Victory | $^,$$^,$ |
| Battle of the River | April 633 | April 633 | Sassanian Empire Arab Christians | Victory | $^,$$^,$ |
| Battle of Walaja | May 633 | May 633 | Sassanian Empire Arab Christians | Victory | $^,$$^,$ |
| Battle of Husayd | 633 | 633 | Sassanian Empire Arab Christians | Victory | $^,$$^,$ |
| Battle of Ullais | May 633 | May 633 | Sassanian Empire Arab Christians | Victory | $^,$$^,$ |
| Siege of Al-Hira | May 633 | May 633 | Sassanian Empire Arab Christians | Victory | $^,$$^,$ |
| Siege of al-Anbar | July 633 | July 633 | Sassanian Empire Arab Christians | Victory | $^,$$^,$ |
| Battle of Ayn al-Tamr | July 633 | July 633 | Sassanian Empire Arab Christians | Victory | $^,$$^,$ |
| Battle of Muzayyah | November 633 | November 633 | Sassanian Empire Arab Christians | Victory | $^,$$^,$ |
| Battle of Muzieh | November 633 | November 633 | Sassanian Empire Arab Christians | Victory | $^,$$^,$ |
| Battle of Sanni | November 633 | November 633 | Sassanian Empire Arab Christians | Victory | $^,$$^,$ |
| Battle of Zumail | November 633 | November 633 | Sassanian Empire Arab Christians | Victory | $^,$$^,$ |
| Battle of Firaz | December 633 | December 633 | Sassanian Empire Byzantine Empire Arab Christians | Victory | $^,$$^,$ |
| 1st Battle of Babylon | June 634 | July 634 | Sassanian Empire | Victory | $^,$$^,$ |
| Byzantine–Arab Wars ||||||
| Expedition of Usama bin Zayd | June 632 | June 632 | Byzantine Empire Ghassanid Kingdom | Victory | $^,$$^,$ |
| Battle of Dathin | February 4, 634 | February 4, 634 | Byzantine Empire | Victory | $^,$$^,$ |
| Battle of Marj Rahit | April 24, 634 | April 24, 634 | Ghassanid Kingdom Byzantine Empire | Victory | $^,$$^,$ |
| Battle of al-Qaryatayn | June 634 | June 634 | Ghassanid Kingdom | Victory | |
| Battle of Sanita-al-Uqab | 634 | 634 | Byzantine Empire | Victory | |
| Battle of Bosra | June–July 634 | June–July 634 | Ghassanid Kingdom Byzantine Empire | Victory | $^,$$^,$ |
| Battle of Ajnadayn | July 30, 634 | August 634 | Byzantine Empire | Victory | $^,$$^,$ |
| Battle of Fahl | December 634 | January 635 | Byzantine Empire | Victory | $^,$$^,$ |

## Umar ibn al-Khattab (634–644)

| Battle | Date | Date | Opponents | Result | Sources |
| Battle | Start | End | Opponents | Result | Sources |
| Muslim conquest of Persia ||||||
| Battle of Namaraq | 634 | 634 | Sassanian Empire | Victory | $^,$$^,$ |
| Battle of Kaskar | 634 | 634 | Sassanian Empire | Victory | $^,$$^,$ |
| Battle of Saqatia | 634 | 634 | Sassanian Empire | Victory | $^,$$^,$ |
| Battle of the Bridge | October 13, 634 | October 13, 634 | Sassanian Empire | Defeat | $^,$$^,$ |
| Battle of Buwaib | November 635 | November 635 | Sassanian Empire | Victory | $^,$$^,$ |
| Battle of al-Qadisiyya | November 16, 636 | November 19, 636 | Sassanian Empire | Victory | $^,$$^,$ |
| Battle of Burs | 636 | 636 | Sassanian Empire | Victory | $^,$$^,$ |
| 2nd Battle of Babylon | December 636 | December 636 | Sassanian Empire | Victory | $^,$$^,$ |
| Battle of Sura | 636 | 637 | Sassanian Empire | Victory | $^,$$^,$ |
| Battle of Deir Kab | 636 | 637 | Sassanian Empire | Victory | $^,$$^,$ |
| Battle of Kusa | January 637 | January 637 | Sassanian Empire | Victory | $^,$$^,$ |
| Siege of Ctesiphon | January 637 | March 637 | Sassanian Empire | Victory | $^,$$^,$ |
| Battle of Jalula | April 637 | April 637 | Sassanian Empire | Victory | $^,$$^,$ |
| First Hormizd-Ardashir battle | 637/38 | 637/38 | Sassanian Empire | Victory | |
| Second Hormizd-Ardashir battle | 638 | 638 | Sassanian Empire | Victory | |
| Ram-Hormizd battle | between 638 and 641 | between 638 and 641 | Sassanian Empire | Victory | |
| Battle of Nahavand | 642 | 642 | Sassanian Empire | Victory | $^,$$^,$ |
| Siege of Gundishapur | 642 | 642 | Sassanian Empire | Victory | |
| Siege of Shushtar | 641 | 642 | Sassanian Empire | Victory | $^,$$^,$ |
| Battle of Ispahan | 642 | 642 | Sassanian Empire | Victory | $^,$$^,$ |
| Battle of Waj Rudh | 643 | 643 | Sassanian Empire | Victory | $^,$$^,$ |
| Battle of Bayrudh | 643/4 | 643/4 | Sassanian Empire | Victory | |
| Battle of Bishapur (643–644) | 643–644 | 643–644 | Sassanian Empire | Victory | $^,$ |
| Conquest of Sistan | 643–665 | 643–665 | Sassanian Empire Nezak Huns | Victory | |
| Byzantine–Arab Wars ||||||
| Battle of Marj al-Dibaj | September 634 | September 634 | Byzantine Empire | Victory | $^,$ |
| Siege of Damascus | September 634 | September 4, 635 | Byzantine Empire | Victory | $^,$$^,$ |
| Battle of Marj al-Saffar | January 23, 635 | January 23, 635 | Byzantine Empire | Victory | $^,$$^,$ |
| Battle of Marj ar-Rum | March 635 | March 635 | Byzantine Empire | Victory | $^,$$^,$ |
| 1st Siege of Emesa / Homs | December 635 | January 636 | Byzantine Empire | Victory | $^,$$^,$ |
| Battle of Yarmouk | August 15, 636 | August 20, 636 | Byzantine Empire Ghassanid Kingdom | Victory | $^,$$^,$ |
| Siege of Jerusalem | January 637 | End of April 637 | Byzantine Empire | Victory | $^,$$^,$ |
| Battle of Qinnasrin | 637 | 637 | Byzantine Empire | Victory | $^,$$^,$ |
| Battle of Hazir | June 637 | June 637 | Byzantine Empire | Victory | $^,$$^,$$^,$ |
| Siege of Aleppo | June 637 | October 637 | Byzantine Empire | Victory | $^,$$^,$ |
| Battle of the Iron Bridge | October 30, 637 | October 30, 637 | Byzantine Empire | Victory | $^,$$^,$ |
| 2nd Siege of Emesa / Homs | 638 | 638 | Byzantine Empire | Victory | $^,$$^,$ |
| Siege of Latakia / Laodicea | 638 | 638 | Byzantine Empire | Victory | $^,$$^,$ |
| Siege of Germanicia | Autumn 638 | Autumn 638 | Byzantine Empire | Victory | $^,$$^,$ |
| Siege of Pelusium | End of 639 | Early 640 | Byzantine Empire | Victory | $^,$$^,$ |
| Siege of Bilbeis | March 640 | March 640 | Byzantine Empire | Victory | $^,$$^,$ |
| Bataille de Héliopolis | July 640 | July 640 | Byzantine Empire | Victory | $^,$$^,$ |
| Siege of Babylon Fortress | October 640 | April 6, 641 | Byzantine Empire | Victory | $^,$$^,$ |
| Siege of Alexandria | June 641 | November 641 | Byzantine Empire | Victory | $^,$$^,$ |
| Indo-Muslim Wars ||||||
| Battle of Rasil | Early 644 | Early 644 | Rai Dynasty | Victory | $^,$$^,$ |
| Muslim-Makurian Wars ||||||
| First Battle of Dongola | 642 | 642 | Kingdom of Makuria | Defeat | $^,$$^,$ |

## Uthman ibn Affan (644–656)

| Battle | Date | Date | Opponents | Result | Sources |
| Battle | Start | End | Opponents | Result | Sources |
| Muslim conquest of Persia ||||||
| Battle of Kerman | 644 | 644 | Sassanian Empire | Victory | $^,$ |
| Battle of Istakhr | 650-651 | 650-651 | Sassanian Empire | Victory | |
| Battle of Ray (651) | 651 | 651 | Sassanian Empire | Victory | |
| Battle of Oxus River | 651 | 651 | Sassanian Empire Göktürk Khaganate | Victory | $^,$ |
| Battle of Nishapur | 652 | 652 | Rebels of the House of Karen | Victory | $^,$$^,$ |
| Siege of Herat | 652 | 652 | Rebels of the House of Karen Hephthalites | Victory | $^,$$^,$ |
| Battle of Badghis | 654 | 654 | Rebels of the House of Karen Hephthalites | Victory | |
| Byzantine–Arab Wars ||||||
| Siege of Theodosiopolis | 645/646 | 645/646 | Byzantine Empire Khazar Khaganate | Victory | |
| Siege of Dvin | 645/646 | 645/646 | Byzantine Empire | Victory | |
| Battle of Nikiou | 646 | 646 | Byzantine Empire | Victory | $^,$$^,$ |
| Battle of Sufetula | 647 | 647 | Byzantine Empire | Victory | $^,$$^,$ |
| Battle of the Masts | 655 | 655 | Byzantine Empire | Victory | $^,$$^,$ |
| Muslim-Makurian Wars ||||||
| Second Battle of Dongola | 651 | 652 | Kingdom of Makuria | Defeat | $^,$$^,$ |

## Ali ibn Abi Talib (656–661)

| Battle | Date | Date | Opponents | Result | Sources |
| Battle | Start | End | Opponents | Result | Sources |
| First Fitna ||||||
| Battle of the Camel | 4 December 656 | 4 December 656 | Forces of Muʿawiya & Aisha | Victory | $^,$$^,$ |
| Battle of Siffin | July 657 | July 657 | Forces of Muʿawiya | Indecisive | $^,$$^,$ |
| Battle of Nahrawan | 17 July 658 | 17 July 658 | Kharijites | Victory | $^,$$^,$ |