It was here, south of the ancient city of Kufa, where Arab Muslim forces clashed with the mighty Sasanian Empire around A.D. 636. The battle was a decisive victory for the Rashidun Caliphate ...

Their analysis places the battle site 30km south of Kufa in the Najaf Governorate. During their survey work, the team ...

(CNN) — Archaeologists have identified the site of an ancient battle in what is now ... out the Darb Zubaydah pilgrimage route from Kufa in Iraq to Mecca in Saudi Arabia, using declassified ...