Battle of Ray | |||||||
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Part of Islamic conquest of Persia | |||||||
Picture of the Ray Castle, constructed under the Parthian Empire, the kinsmen of the Mihran family. | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Rashidun Caliphate House of Ispahbudhan |
Sasanian Empire House of Mihran | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Al-Nu'aym Farrukhzad | Siyavakhsh † | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
Low | Heavy |
The Battle of Ray was fought between the Sasanians and the Rashidun Caliphate in 651.[1] It was also part of the rivalry between the Ispahbudhan family and the Mihran family.