{"slug": "khalid-ibn-al-walid", "label": "Khalid Ibn Al-Walid", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khalid_Ibn_Al-Walid", "wikidata": null, "qid": null, "description": null, "entries": 10, "years": 10, "span": [585, 642], "span_label": ["585 CE", "642 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 6}, {"title": "Births", "count": 2}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 2}], "related": [{"slug": "byzantine-empire", "label": "Byzantine Empire", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "iraq", "label": "Iraq", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "mesopotamia", "label": "Mesopotamia", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "rashidun-army", "label": "Rashidun army", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "sasanian-empire", "label": "Sasanian Empire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "january", "label": "January", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "jordan", "label": "Jordan", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "jordan-river", "label": "Jordan River", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "muhammad", "label": "Muhammad", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "rashidun-caliphate", "label": "Rashidun Caliphate", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "early-muslim-conquests", "label": "Early Muslim conquests", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "syria", "label": "Syria", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 585, "year_label": "585 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Khalid Ibn Al-Walid, general of the rashidun Caliphate (d. 642)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365938601#Births", "title": "585", "revid": 1365938601, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 592, "year_label": "592 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Khalid ibn al-Walid, Arab general (approximate date)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364754934#Births", "title": "592", "revid": 1364754934, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 632, "year_label": "632 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "September", "text": "September – Battle of Buzakha: An Islamic column (6,000 men) under Khalid ibn al-Walid defeats the Apostate rebels under Tulayha, near Ha'il (Saudi Arabia).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370178497#Arabia", "title": "632", "revid": 1370178497, "section": "Events › By place › Arabia"}}, {"year": 633, "year_label": "633 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April", "text": "April – Battle of Chains (Kuwait) and Battle of River (Iraq): A Muslim army (18,000 men) under Khalid ibn al-Walid invades Mesopotamia, and wins decisive victories.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1351044118#Arabia", "title": "633", "revid": 1351044118, "section": "Events › By place › Arabia"}}, {"year": 634, "year_label": "634 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Battle of Firaz: The Rashidun Arabs (15,000 men) under Khalid ibn al-Walid defeat the combined forces of the Byzantine Empire, Persian Empire and Arab Christians (at least 10 times larger than Khalid's army) in Mesopotamia (Iraq).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1299946990#Arabia", "title": "634", "revid": 1299946990, "section": "Events › By place › Arabia"}}, {"year": 635, "year_label": "635 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "January", "text": "January – Battle of Fahl: The Rashidun army, (30,000 men) under Khalid ibn al-Walid (known as the \"Drawn Sword of God\"), defeats the Byzantine forces led by Theodore Trithyrius, at Pella in the Jordan Valley (Jordan).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364906250#Arabia", "title": "635", "revid": 1364906250, "section": "Events › By place › Arabia"}}, {"year": 636, "year_label": "636 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "August 15", "text": "August 15–20 – Battle of Yarmouk: In engagements along the Yarmouk River, Muslim forces (25,000 men) of the Rashidun Caliphate, led by Khalid ibn al-Walid, decisively defeat the armies of the Byzantine Empire, effectively completing the Muslim conquest of Syria. It will be regarded as one of the most decisive battles in military history, marking the first great wave of Muslim conquests, after the death of Muhammad.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1267068315#Arabia", "title": "636", "revid": 1267068315, "section": "Events › By place › Arabia"}}, {"year": 637, "year_label": "637 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Battle of Hazir: Muslim Arab forces (17,000 men) under Khalid ibn al-Walid defeat the Byzantine army near Qinnasrin (Northern Syria). The cities of Beirut and Tyre are captured by Yazid ibn Abi Sufyan after a short siege.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1315736944#Arabian_Empire", "title": "637", "revid": 1315736944, "section": "Events › By place › Arabian Empire"}}, {"year": 638, "year_label": "638 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Arab-Byzantine War: The invading Rashidun army under Khalid ibn al-Walid moves into Anatolia, conquering (without strong Byzantine resistance) the cities of Kahramanmaraş, Caesarea Cappadociae, Sebastia, and Malatya (west of the Taurus Mountains). Arab forces march into Armenia, where they capture the cities Edessa and Amida up to the Ararat plain.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369557443#Arabian_Empire", "title": "638", "revid": 1369557443, "section": "Events › By place › Arabian Empire"}}, {"year": 642, "year_label": "642 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Khalid ibn al-Walid, Arab general (b. 592)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367634849#Deaths", "title": "642", "revid": 1367634849, "section": "Deaths"}}]}