Abu Raja' al-Farisi

Abu Raja al-Farisi, a narrator who relates from his father, from his grandfather, an account of the Battle of al-Qadisiyya in al-Baladhuri's "Futuh al-Buldan". ¹

He relates that his grandfather was present at al-Qadisiyya while still a Magian, and that when the Arabs shot the Persians with arrows, the Persians cried "duk duk", meaning the spindles, and then those spindles undid their affair. The report describes the strength of the Muslim archers and the weakness of the Persian arrows. ¹

• The data do not give Abu Raja's name or his grandfather's name; a second source is needed.