Battle of Dhi Qar

Battle of Dhi Qar ; معركة ذي قار
Date	604-11
Location	Sasanian Empire (Dhi Qar, Southern Iraq)
Result	Arab victory
Belligerents
Sassanid Persia ; Pro-Sasanian Arabs	Banu Bakr; Banu Ijl; Banu Yashkur; Banu Dhuhl; Banu Qays; Banu Taym ibn Tha'labah; Abd al-Qays; Banu Tamim;
Commanders and leaders
Iyas ibn Qabisah al-Ta'i ; Hamrez al-Tasatturi † ; Al-Nu'man bin Zara'a † ; Khalid bin Yazid al-Buhrani † ; Khanabarin † ; Hamarz † ; Hormuzan	Hani' bin Qubaisah ; Hantala bin Tha'laba al-Ajli ; Abd Amr bin Bashar al-Dhubai'y ; Jabala bin Ba'ith al-Yashkury ; Al-Harith bin Wa'la al-Thahli ; Al-Harith bin Rabi'a al-Taimi
Strength
2,000 Persian soldiers, with 3,000 Arabs	2,000-5,000
Casualties and losses
Almost all the army lost	Minimal

The Battle of Dhi Qar (Arabic: يوم ذي قار), also known as the War of the Camel's Udder, was a pre-Islamic battle fought between Arab tribes and the Sassanid Empire in Southern Iraq. The battle occurred after the death of Al-Nu'man III by the orders of Khosru II.

The dating of the event is disputed. The Encyclopædia Iranica entry on the subject says:

"According to certain Muslim traditions, the battle took place in the year 1/623 or 2/624... Ebn Ḥabīb... dated it earlier, between 606 and 622, but modern scholars have narrowed this range to 604-11"

The battle of Dhū-Qār is reported in many classical works of Arabic history and literature. The longest, but not necessarily most representative, version is Bishr ibn Marwān al-Asadī's Ḥarb Banī Shaybān maʻa Kisrá Ānūshirwān (Arabic: حرب بني شيبان مع كسرى آنوشروان).

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