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Zuhra's corps set off as the advance guard and occupied Najaf where they waited for the rest of the troops to catch up. The advance corps then crossed the [[Euphrates]] and proceeded along the road to Ctesiphon. On reaching Burs on the western bank of the Hilla branch of the Euphrates, they encountered a small Sassanid force who resisted and forced them to retreat towards Babylon.

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Zuhra then waited at Burs for the main army to join him. The next stage was Babylon on the far bank of the Euphrates, a fortified city where it was learned there was a large concentration of Sassanid forces. Babylon was strategically important and the gateway to Suwad, the land between the Euphrates and the [[Tigris]]. 
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[[Category:Conflicts in 637]]
[[Category:Sieges involving the Sasanian Empire|Ctesiphon]]
[[Category:Battles involving the Rashidun Caliphate]]
[[Category:Muslim conquest of Persia]]
[[Category:637 in Asia]]
[[Category:Ctesiphon]]