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To give an accurate and exhaustive account of that period would need a far less brilliant pen than mine.
Khalid ibn al-Walid

Born: 592
Died: 642 (aged 50)
Bio: Abū Sulaymān Khālid ibn al-Walīd ibn al-Mughīrah al-Makhzūmī, also known as Sayf Allāh al-Maslūl, was a companion of the prophet Muhammad.