MILITARY PERSONNEL

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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Khalid ibn al-Walid has received more than 4,805,793 page views. His biography is available in 63 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 61 in 2019). Khalid ibn al-Walid is the 9th most popular military personnel (up from 13th in 2019), the 8th most popular biography from Saudi Arabia (up from 11th 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 9 out of 2,058. Before him are Timur, Joan of Arc, Charles de Gaulle, Karl Dönitz, Erwin Rommel, and Charles Martel. After him are Spartacus, Adolf Eichmann, Oda Nobunaga, William Wallace, Jochi, and Ptolemy I Soter.

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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, Tulga, Oswald of Northumbria, Yeongnyu of Goguryeo, Cynegils, Pulakeshin II, 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 8 out of 354. Before him are Umar (585), Fatimah (604), Ali (601), Uthman (574), Abu Bakr (573), and Husayn ibn Ali (626). After him are Aisha (605), Khadija bint Khuwaylid (556), Osama bin Laden (1957), Salman of Saudi Arabia (1935), Hasan ibn Ali (624), and Muawiyah I (603).

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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), Abdallah ibn Sa'd (650), Ikrima ibn Abi Jahl (598), Yazid ibn Abi Sufyan (null), Shurahbil ibn Hasana (583), and Abdul-Rahman ibn Abi Bakr (null).

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