Battle of Namaraq was a conflict between Muslims and Persians that occurred in Namaraq, near modern day Kufa

Kufa

Kufa is a city in Iraq, about south of Baghdad, and northeast of Najaf. It is located on the banks of the Euphrates River. The estimated population in 2003 was 110,000....

 (Iraq). During the Khilafat of Hazrat Abu Bakr, Muslim

Muslim

A Muslim, also spelled Moslem, is an adherent of Islam, a monotheistic, Abrahamic religion based on the Quran, which Muslims consider the verbatim word of God as revealed to prophet Muhammad. "Muslim" is the Arabic term for "submitter" .Muslims believe that God is one and incomparable...

s under the command of Musana and Khalid bin Walid conquered Hira

Hira

Hira or the Cave of Hira is a cave about from Mecca, on the mountain named Jabal Al-Nūr in the Hejaz region of present day Saudi Arabia...

, a part of the Persian Empire. The Persians became furious and determined to recover Hira from the Muslims. Rustam, a famous Persian general was sent with a large army to fight against the Muslims. Khalid bin Walid had already left for Syria

Syria

Syria , officially the Syrian Arab Republic , is a country in Western Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the West, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east, Jordan to the south, and Israel to the southwest....

 so Musana had to fight alone. Hazrat Umar sent Abu Ubaid with reinforcements. In the battle that followed the Persians were defeated.