MILITARY PERSONNEL

Usama ibn Zayd

615 - 678

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Usaamah ibn Zayd ibn Haritha al-Kalbi (Arabic: أسامة بن زيد بن حارثة الكلبي, romanized: ʾUsāma ibn Zayd ibn Ḥāritha al-Kalbī) was an early Muslim and companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. He was the son of Zayd ibn Haritha, Muhammad's adopted son, and Umm Ayman, a servant of Muhammad. Muhammad appointed Usama ibn Zayd as the commander of an expeditionary force which was to invade the region of Balqa in the Byzantine Empire to avenge the Muslim defeat at the Battle of Mu'tah, in which Usama's father and Muhammad's adopted son, Zayd ibn Harithah, had been killed. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Usama ibn Zayd has received more than 320,000 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Usama ibn Zayd is the 280th most popular military personnel (up from 378th in 2019), the 99th most popular biography from Saudi Arabia and the 5th most popular Saudi Arabian Military Personnel.

Usama ibn Zayd was a Muslim military commander who was captured by the Byzantines during the Battle of Yarmouk. He was eventually released and became a military advisor to the Umayyad caliph, Abd al-Malik.

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  • 26

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  • 4.92

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  • 2.91

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Usama ibn Zayd ranks 280 out of 2,058. Before him are Raimondo Montecuccoli, Gnaeus Julius Agricola, Hans-Joachim Marseille, Svetozar Boroević, Okita Sōji, and Werner Mölders. After him are Lothar Rendulic, Roman Shukhevych, Federico da Montefeltro, Titus Labienus, Nicolas Oudinot, and Maurice de Saxe.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 615, Usama ibn Zayd ranks 2. Before him is Zayd ibn Thabit. After him is Begga. Among people deceased in 678, Usama ibn Zayd ranks 3. Before him are Aisha, and Pope Donus.

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    Aisha

    COMPANION

    605 - 678

    HPI: 79.13

    Rank: 1

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    Pope Donus

    RELIGIOUS FIGURE

    610 - 678

    HPI: 66.38

    Rank: 2

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    Usama ibn Zayd

    MILITARY PERSONNEL

    615 - 678

    HPI: 64.39

    Rank: 3

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In Saudi Arabia

Among people born in Saudi Arabia, Usama ibn Zayd ranks 99 out of 354. Before him are Amr ibn al-As (580), Sa'id bin Zayd (593), Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyyah (637), Muhammad al-Jawad (811), Abu Ayyub al-Ansari (576), and Wahshi ibn Harb (700). After him are Asmā' bint Abi Bakr (595), Uqba ibn Nafi (622), Al-Wathiq (812), Abdullah ibn Salam (550), Adnan Khashoggi (1935), and Abul Kalam Azad (1888).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Saudi Arabia

Among military personnels born in Saudi Arabia, Usama ibn Zayd ranks 5. Before him are Khalid ibn al-Walid (592), Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas (595), Muhammad bin Qasim (695), and Amr ibn al-As (580). After him are 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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