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Khalid
Khalid (Khalid ibn al-Walid), d. 642, Arab warrior. He assisted the Meccans in attacking (625) Muhammad and the inhabitants of Medina after the battle of Badr. Khalid and the Meccans were victorious in the battle of Ohud but did not follow up their victory. In 629, Khalid accepted Islam. He became the chief Muslim general in the conquest of Syria, Egypt, Iraq, and Persia. Muhammad gave him the title "The Sword of God." |
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Khālid
Khālid ♂ (Arabic) ‘Undying, eternal’. Khālid ibn-al-Walīd (d. 642) was the military strategist principally responsible for the spread of Islam by force in its early days.
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PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Khālid." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Khālid." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O41-Khlid.html PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Khālid." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O41-Khlid.html |
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