Battle of Nisbis

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Battle of Nisbis
Part of the Iberian War
Date 530
Location Nisbis, southern Turkey
Result Sassanid victory
Combatants
Sassanid Persians Byzantine Empire
Commanders
Kavadh I, al-Mundhir IV ibn al-Mundhir Belisarius
Strength
Unknown plus an unknown number of Lakhmids Unknown plus an unknown number of Ghassanid Arab allies
Casualties
Unknown Unknown
Iberian War
DaraNisbisCallinicum

The Battle of Nisbis took place between the armies of the Eastern Roman Empire under the command of General Belisarius and Sassanid Persians under Kavadh I in year 530 during the Iberian War. Kavadh I, with the aid of Lakhmids defeated Belisarius's forces resulting into a Sassanid victory after Persian defeat in the previous Battle of Dara.