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Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas

595 - 674

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Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas ibn Wuhayb al-Zuhri (Arabic: سَعْدُ بْنُ أَبِي وَقَّاصِ بْنِ وُهَيْبٍ اَلزُّهْرِيُّ, romanized: Saʿd ibn Abī Waqqāṣ ibn Wuhayb al-Zuhrī) was an Arab Muslim commander. He was the founder of Kufa and served as its governor under Umar ibn al-Khattab. He played a leading role in the Muslim conquest of Persia and was a close companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Sa'd was the seventh free adult man to embrace Islam, which he did at the age of seventeen. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas is the 119th most popular military personnel (down from 74th in 2019), the 51st most popular biography from Saudi Arabia (down from 34th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Saudi Arabian Military Personnel.

Sa'd ibn abi waqqas is most famous for his role in the Battle of Badr.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas ranks 119 out of 2,058. Before him are Claude Auchinleck, Hephaestion, Yevgeny Prigozhin, Konstantin Rokossovsky, Saigō Takamori, and Erich Hartmann. After him are Hamilcar Barca, Theodor Eicke, Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf, Gaius Julius Caesar, Ferdinand Schörner, and Miloš Obilić.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 595, Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas ranks 1. After him are Talhah, Zaynab bint Khuzayma, Asmā' bint Abi Bakr, and Gim Yu-sin. Among people deceased in 674, Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas ranks 1. After him are Sawda bint Zamʿa, Maymunah bint al-Harith, Abu Ayyub al-Ansari, Hassan ibn Thabit, and Seaxburh of Wessex.

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In Saudi Arabia

Among people born in Saudi Arabia, Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas ranks 51 out of 354. Before him are Al-Walid I (668), Abdullah I of Jordan (1882), Zubayr ibn al-Awam (594), Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib (567), Amr ibn Hishām (570), and Muhammad al-Baqir (677). After him are Sawda bint Zamʿa (589), Rayhana bint Zayd (600), Abu Ubaidah ibn al-Jarrah (582), Muhammad bin Qasim (695), Umm Kulthum bint Muhammad (603), and Zaynab bint Ali (626).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Saudi Arabia

Among military personnels born in Saudi Arabia, Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas ranks 2. Before him are Khalid ibn al-Walid (592). After him are 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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