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Yazid ibn Abi Sufyan

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Yazid ibn Abi Sufyan ibn Harb ibn Umayya (Arabic: يزيد بن أبي سفيان بن حرب بن أمية, romanized: Yazīd ibn Abī Sufyān ibn Ḥarb ibn Umayya; died 639) was a leading Arab Muslim commander in the conquest of Syria from 634 until his death in the plague of Amwas in 639. Following the capture of Damascus around 635, he was placed in command of the city and its military district. After the death of the overall Muslim commander of Syria, Abu Ubayda ibn al-Jarrah, in 639, he was appointed by Caliph Umar (r. 634–644) the governor of Damascus, Jordan and Palestine. Yazid was the elder half-brother of Mu'awiya ibn Abi Sufyan, who was appointed as his successor over Damascus and Jordan by Umar and gradually became governor over all of Syria. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Yazid ibn Abi Sufyan is the 799th most popular military personnel (up from 865th in 2019), the 157th most popular biography from Saudi Arabia (up from 177th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Saudi Arabian Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Yazid ibn Abi Sufyan ranks 799 out of 2,058. Before him are Hans Karl von Diebitsch, John Hanning Speke, Gustav Horn, Count of Pori, Hans von Salmuth, Emiliano Mercado del Toro, and John French, 1st Earl of Ypres. After him are Soemu Toyoda, Cleombrotus, Hermann Priess, Jahangir Mirza, Hiroshi Ōshima, and Ernst Linder.

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In Saudi Arabia

Among people born in Saudi Arabia, Yazid ibn Abi Sufyan ranks 157 out of 354. Before him are Abdul-Aziz ibn Abdullah Al ash-Sheikh (1943), Abbad ibn Bishr (606), Al-Khayzuran (701), Suhayl ibn Amr (556), Umayya ibn Khalaf (null), and Ibn Shihab az-Zuhri (678). After him are Muslim ibn Aqil (650), Umayya ibn Abd Shams (null), 'Abd Allah ibn Rawahah (null), Nimr al-Nimr (1959), Sultan bin Salman Al Saud (1956), and Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais (1960).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Saudi Arabia

Among military personnels born in Saudi Arabia, Yazid ibn Abi Sufyan ranks 9. Before him are Muhammad bin Qasim (695), Amr ibn al-As (580), Usama ibn Zayd (615), Uqba ibn Nafi (622), Ikrima ibn Abi Jahl (598), and Abdallah ibn Sa'd (650). After him are Abdul-Rahman ibn Abi Bakr (null), and Shurahbil ibn Hasana (583).

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