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Khalid ibn al-Walid

592 - 642

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Khalid ibn al-Walid ibn al-Mughira al-Makhzumi (Arabic: خالد بن الوليد بن المغيرة المخزومي, romanized: Khālid ibn al-Walīd ibn al-Mughīra al-Makhzūmī; died 642) was a 7th-century Arab military commander. He initially led campaigns against Muhammad on behalf of the Quraysh. He later became a Muslim and spent the remainder of his career serving Muhammad and the first two Rashidun caliphs: Abu Bakr and Umar. Khalid played leading command roles in the Ridda Wars against rebel tribes in Arabia in 632–633, the initial campaigns in Sasanian Iraq in 633–634, and the conquest of Byzantine Syria in 634–638. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Khalid ibn al-Walid is the 14th most popular military personnel (down from 9th in 2019), the 11th most popular biography from Saudi Arabia (down from 8th in 2019) and the most popular Saudi Arabian Military Personnel.

Khalid ibn al-Walid is most famous for being the commander of the Muslim army during the Battle of Yarmouk.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Khalid ibn al-Walid ranks 14 out of 2,058. Before him are Bernard Montgomery, Adolf Eichmann, Charles XIV John of Sweden, Oda Nobunaga, Erwin Rommel, and Tokugawa Ieyasu. After him are Charles Martel, Prince Eugene of Savoy, Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, Spartacus, Vasily Zaitsev, and Romulus Augustulus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 592, Khalid ibn al-Walid ranks 1. After him are Zaynab bint Jahsh, and Itta of Metz. Among people deceased in 642, Khalid ibn al-Walid ranks 1. After him are Bilal ibn Rabah, Pope John IV, Cynegils, Tulga, Yeongnyu of Goguryeo, Pulakeshin II, Oswald of Northumbria, Tulayha, Aiulf I of Benevento, Domnall Brecc, and Eowa of Mercia.

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In Saudi Arabia

Among people born in Saudi Arabia, Khalid ibn al-Walid ranks 11 out of 354. Before him are Aisha (605), Khadija bint Khuwaylid (556), Fatimah (604), Uthman (574), Husayn ibn Ali (626), and Salman of Saudi Arabia (1935). After him are Hasan ibn Ali (624), Bilal ibn Rabah (580), Muawiyah I (603), Osama bin Laden (1957), Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib (548), and Ibn Saud (1875).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Saudi Arabia

Among military personnels born in Saudi Arabia, Khalid ibn al-Walid ranks 1. After him are Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas (595), Muhammad bin Qasim (695), Amr ibn al-As (580), Usama ibn Zayd (615), Uqba ibn Nafi (622), Ikrima ibn Abi Jahl (598), Abdallah ibn Sa'd (650), Yazid ibn Abi Sufyan (null), Abdul-Rahman ibn Abi Bakr (null), and Shurahbil ibn Hasana (583).

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