At a glance
- Identifiers
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- Review
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Figurative depictions of prophets are never shown in this museum.
Wars and campaignsBattlesConquest and its debates
Screening Room
- Format
- Film · About Islam
- Released
- 1981 CE · 1401 AH†
- Countries
- EG
- Languages
- ar (original)
- Approach
- historical drama
- Depiction of sacred figures
- The Prophet: Not shown · Companions: Shown · Imams: Not applicable
- Titles in other languages
- القادسيةAl-Qadisiyya
Where to watch officially: No official link recorded. · Listed, not endorsed.
Check it against the record:The battle of al-Qadisiyya
Overview
"Al-Qadisiyya" is a historical drama film released in 1981, produced in Egypt, directed by Salah Abu Seif. Its leading performers include Soad Hosny, Ezzat El Alaili, Mohammed Hassan El Joundi, Laila Taher and Kanaan Wasfy. An Egyptian film by Salah Abu Seif about the battle of al-Qadisiyya and the fall of the Sasanian Empire before the armies of the conquest; one of the classics of Egyptian historical drama about the conquests. 1 2
Context and reception
This work deals with the battle of al-Qadisiyya and the era of the rightly guided caliphs. It does not show the Prophet ﷺ in person.
Connections
- About
- The battle of al-Qadisiyya
- Set in
- The Rashidun Caliphate
- Features
- Soad Hosny· Ezzat El Alaili· Mohammed Hassan El Joundi· Laila Taher· Kanaan Wasfy· Badri Hassoun Farid· Hani Hani· Kanaan Ali
- Directed by
- Salah Abu Seif
- Written by
- Mahfouz Abdel Rahman· Ali Ahmad Bakathir· Salah Abu Seif
People and things also explored
Muawiya, Hassan and Hussein· Omar· Ali appoints the sons of al-Abbas and Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr as governors· Ali flogs the poet al-Najashi al-Harithi for drinking wine in Ramadan· Ali frees two men who each confessed to one killing and pays the diya from the treasury· Ali's rulings on the apostate and the zindiq, and the ways he killed them· Ali's judgment: Shurahah flogged and stoned after confessing zina· Ali's oversight of his governors: inspectors, complaints and discipline
Sources
- Wikidata
- IMDb
- elCinema
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Al-Qadisiyya”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/screen/al-qadisiyya-1981/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-17.