Battle of Walaja, 633
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| Khalid ibn al-Walid versus Andarzaghar: A Rashidun army under Khalid seeks to annihilate a Sassanid army under Andarzaghar before a second Sassanid army can arrive. Can Khalid decisively defeat Andarzaghar in a way that is not just a pyrrhic victory? Click on the images below to view.
 This is yet another important stepping stone to Muslim conquest of the Middle East, each one more remarkable than the last.
This battle is touted as the East’s answer to Cannae, both of which involve commanders using a double envelopment maneuver to annihilate a larger army. It is said that Khalid had never heard of Hannibal and his execution of the double envelopment maneuver is certainly unique to Hannibal’s at Cannae.
 After I announced Season V, I held a poll asking viewers to vote on which animation they would like to see released first. Tyre, Cowpens and Six Days’ took an early lead but Walaja somehow beat them all. I was shocked to see such interest in a medieval, non-European battle. The result was abandoning two animations halfway done while I hurried to finish Walaja.
I am glad that this battle did not feature an intense debate over numbers and casualties as I went through with Yarmuk. Sources were relatively few for this battle so I have personally filled in a few holes that arose in my research with common sense. I have no doubt that any of them will arouse suspicion or even be noticed.
- Jonathan Webb
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4 Comments to “Battle of Walaja, 633”
the arabs defeated byzantines and destroyed persians in only 15 years. moreover the arabs divided their forces and attacked them in the same time. their religious motivation played a significant role in these campaigns. but we must know that before arab-muslim invasion, the persians and byzantines fought each other nearly 20 years. it was the last roman-persian wars and ended in 628. very before the beginning of muslim invasion.. so we can say that both powerful empires were tired and exhausted by fighting each other. in my opinion, this situation brought rapid and easy victories to arabs.
By Burak on Jan 3, 2010 at 11:03 pm
an important information about khalid.
in mohammed (prophet of islam) area, khalid opposed him and islam. in 625 the battle of uhud was mohammed’s second battle. meccan pagans wanted to teke revenge and collected a massive army to annihilate muslims. khalid was the commander of mecca right wing with his own mobile guard. at the beginning of battle muslims pushed meccans back and seemed as victorios. but khalid attacked muslim from behind. the muslims was between two fire at the time. because the retreating meccans who saw khalid’s attack came back. and the muslims were beaten. also mohammed injured. it was the only battle that mohammed was beaten. and it was because of khalid.
By Burak on Jan 3, 2010 at 11:08 pm
Mohammed (PBUH) loss due to evasion of the archers which he commanded to stay on mount uhud, other wise khalid would of loss.
By Sideburnz on Jan 11, 2010 at 3:22 am
yes right. the archers lost their position. but it is important to utilize this chance
and khalid did it..
By Burak on Jan 12, 2010 at 1:24 pm