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MILITARY PERSONNEL

Uqba ibn Nafi

622 - 683

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ʿUqba ibn Nāfiʿ ibn ʿAbd al-Qays al-Fihrī al-Qurashī (Arabic: عقبة بن نافع بن عبد القيس الفهري القرشي, romanized: ʿUqba ibn Nāfiʿ ibn ʿAbd al-Qays al-Fihrī), also simply known as Uqba ibn Nafi, was an Arab general serving the Rashidun Caliphate since the reign of Umar and later the Umayyad Caliphate during the reigns of Mu'awiya I and Yazid I, leading the Muslim conquest of the Maghreb, including present-day Libya, Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco. He is credited with establishing Umayyad rule in North Africa. Uqba was the nephew of Amr ibn al-As. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Uqba ibn Nafi has received more than 300,542 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Uqba ibn Nafi is the 423rd most popular military personnel (up from 436th in 2019), the 102nd most popular biography from Saudi Arabia (up from 103rd in 2019) and the 6th most popular Saudi Arabian Military Personnel.

Uqba ibn Nafi was a Muslim general who conquered much of North Africa. He is most famous for conquering the city of Kairouan, which became the capital of the Islamic province of Ifriqiya.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Uqba ibn Nafi ranks 423 out of 1,468Before him are Archduke Karl Ferdinand of Austria, Alexander von Falkenhausen, Heinrich von Vietinghoff, Günther Lütjens, Xu Huang, and Alfred von Waldersee. After him are Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba, Gan Ning, Mitsuru Ushijima, Karl Silberbauer, Muqali, and John of Austria the Younger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 622, Uqba ibn Nafi ranks 2Before him is Mukhtar al-Thaqafi. After him are Mizizios and Tulga. Among people deceased in 683, Uqba ibn Nafi ranks 5Before him are Yazid I, Pope Leo II, Emperor Gaozong of Tang, and Umm Salama. After him is Kʼinich Janaabʼ Pakal.

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In Saudi Arabia

Among people born in Saudi Arabia, Uqba ibn Nafi ranks 102 out of 251Before him are Umm Kulthum bint Ali (630), Abdullah ibn Saba' (700), Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (1928), Nayef bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud (1933), Idris I of Morocco (743), and Imru' al-Qais (501). After him are Abdullah ibn Salam (550), Ghazi of Iraq (1912), Al-Wathiq (812), Abbas I of Egypt (1816), Jabir ibn Abd Allah (607), and Abd Manaf ibn Qusai (430).

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Saudi Arabia

Among military personnels born in Saudi Arabia, Uqba ibn Nafi ranks 6Before him are Khalid ibn al-Walid (592), Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas (595), Abraha (600), Amr ibn al-As (580), and Muhammad bin Qasim (695).