General · Asia
Khalid ibn al-Walid
died 642
Khalid ibn al-Walid was an early Muslim commander who fought first against Muhammad’s community and then for it. He led cavalry in the campaigns that took Syria from the eastern Roman Empire. Muslim tradition attaches his name especially to the long action in the Yarmuk valley.
Battles
- Battle of the Yarmuk
18 August 636 · Yarmuk · Israel · Jordan