Rustam Farrokhzad (Persian General)

Rustam Farrokhzad adalah effective military regent dari Sassanid Persian Empire dan panglima dari its forces di pivotal Battle dari al-Qadhisiyyah. Ia adalah dari noble Ispahbudhan family dan memiliki served as regent untuk weak Sassanid rulers. When Muslim army under Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas advanced ke dalam Irak, Yazdegerd III ordered Rustam ke lead Persian response. Rustam commanded army reportedly including war elephants dan vastly outnumbering kaum Muslimin. The battle lasted three atau four days. On final day, kaum Muslimin managed ke hamstring war elephants, neutralizing their effectiveness. Rustam adalah killed di fighting — some accounts say oleh al-Qa'qa' ibn Amr al-Tamimi, others oleh Hilal ibn Ullafah. His death broke Persian morale dan army routed, crossing Euphrates di chaos dan suffering enormous losses di river. The battle dari Qadhisiyyah became one dari most terkenal military victories di sejarah Islam dan effectively ended Sassanid military power, opening Irak dan then Persia itself ke Muslim rule.