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Umar ibn al-Khattab[ a] ( Arabic: عُمَر بْن ٱلْخَطَّاب, romanized : ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb; c. 582/583 – 644 ), also spelled Omar, was the second Rashidun caliph, ruling from August 634, when he succeeded Abu Bakr ( r. 632–634) as the second caliph, until his assassination in 644. Umar was a senior companion and father ...
The existence of a Christian community in the city of Najran in present-day southwestern Saudi Arabia is attested by several historical sources of the Arabian Peninsula, where it recorded as having been created in the 5th century AD or perhaps a century earlier. According to the Arab Muslim historian Ibn Ishaq, Najran was the first place where ...
Islam. Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz ibn Marwan ( Arabic: عُمَر بْن عَبْد الْعَزِيز بْن مَرْوَان, romanized : ʿUmar ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn Marwān; c. 680 – February 720) was the eighth Umayyad caliph, ruling from 717 until his death in 720. He is credited to have instituted significant reforms to the Umayyad ...
Pact of Umar. Not to be confused with Umar's Assurance of safety to the people of Aelia, known as al-Uhda al-ʿUmariyya. The Pact of Umar (also known as the Covenant of Umar, Treaty of Umar or Laws of Umar; Arabic: شروط عمر or عهد عمر or عقد عمر) is a treaty between the Muslims and non-Muslims who were conquered by Umar ...
Fatima bint al-Khattab ( Arabic: فاطمة بنت الخطاب, romanized : Fāṭima bint al-Khaṭṭāb) was a Companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. She was the sister of Umar ( r. 634–644) and Zayd ibn al-Khattab. She was the youngest daughter of Khattab ibn Nufayl, who married her off with his nephew, Sa'id ibn Zayd. Fatima along ...
Umar was the second muslim Caliph and reigned during 634 to 644 CE. This article details the reforms of Umar's era.Umar undertook many administrative reforms and closely oversaw public policy, establishing an advanced administration for newly conquered lands, including several new ministries and bureaucracies, as well as ordering a census of all the Muslim territories.
Khantamah, Umar's mother; Hisham ibn al-Mughirah, maternal grandfather of Umar and brother of Walid ibn al-Mughira, who was the father of General Khalid ibn al-Walid. Khalid was thus a cousin of Umar's mother. Abu Jahl whose personal name was Amr bin Hisham was a brother of Umar's mother, and his maternal uncle. Umar had several brothers and ...
Family tree of Umar. ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb (c. 584 – 644), sometimes referred by Muslims as ʿUmar al-Fārūq ("the one who distinguishes between right and wrong"), was from the Banu Adi clan of the Quraysh tribe. He was a companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and became the second Caliph ( r. 634–644) following the death of Abu ...