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Amr ibn al-As

580 - 664

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Amr ibn al-As ibn Wa'il al-Sahmi (Arabic: عَمْرِو بْنِ الْعَاصِ بْنِ وَائِل السَّهْمِي, romanized: ʿAmr ibn al-ʿĀṣ ibn Wāʾil al-Sahmī; c. 573 – 664) was the Arab commander who led the Muslim conquest of Egypt and served as its governor in 640–646 and 658–664. The son of a wealthy Qurayshite, Amr embraced Islam in c. 629 and was assigned important roles in the nascent Muslim community by the Islamic prophet Muhammad. The first caliph Abu Bakr (r. 632–634) appointed Amr as a commander of the conquest of Syria. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Amr ibn al-As has received more than 506,164 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Amr ibn al-As is the 195th most popular military personnel (down from 158th in 2019), the 64th most popular biography from Saudi Arabia (down from 50th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Saudi Arabian Military Personnel.

Amr ibn al-As was a general in the Muslim army during the conquest of Egypt. He is most famous for leading the conquest of Alexandria, which was the last major city in Egypt to be conquered by the Muslims.

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  • 40

    Languages Editions (L)

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Amr ibn al-As ranks 195 out of 1,468. Before him are Anton Denikin, Wilhelm List, Wilhelm Burgdorf, Erhard Milch, Yue Fei, and Jean-de-Dieu Soult. After him are Mikhail Frunze, Maximilian von Weichs, Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly, Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine, Tadamichi Kuribayashi, and Parmenion.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 580, Amr ibn al-As ranks 5. Before him are Bilal ibn Rabah, Abu Sufyan ibn Harb, 'Abd al-Rahman ibn 'Awf, and Maximus the Confessor. After him are Theophylact Simocatta, Wei Zheng, Abu Darda, Abd-Allah ibn Jahsh, Fabia Eudokia, and George of Pisidia. Among people deceased in 664, Amr ibn al-As ranks 2. Before him is Xuanzang. After him are Eorcenberht of Kent, Deusdedit of Canterbury, and Swithhelm of Essex.

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In Saudi Arabia

Among people born in Saudi Arabia, Amr ibn al-As ranks 64 out of 251. Before him are Musaylimah (600), Ibn Ishaq (704), Sawda bint Zamʿa (589), Al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf (661), Zainab bint Muhammad (600), and Umm Kulthum bint Muhammad (603). After him are Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik (674), Abdullah ibn Umar (610), Ja'far ibn Abi Talib (589), Anas ibn Malik (612), Mukhtar al-Thaqafi (622), and Sumayyah bint Khabbat (550).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Saudi Arabia

Among military personnels born in Saudi Arabia, Amr ibn al-As ranks 4. Before him are Khalid ibn al-Walid (592), Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas (595), and Abraha (600). After him are Muhammad bin Qasim (695) and Uqba ibn Nafi (622).

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