Bahra'
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The Bahra' were an Arab tribe that inhabited the middle Euphrates valley around the trade center and Arab Christian holy city of Resafa during the late Byzantine era, and later the Homs region of cent
Ruins of the basilica of St. Sergius in Resafa, which the Bahra' tribe were in charge of protecting as tribal federates of the Byzantine Empire
Khalid ibn al-Walid
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Khalid ibn al-Walid ibn al-Mughira al-Makhzumi was a 7th-century Arab military commander. He initially led campaigns against Muhammad on behalf of the Quraysh. He later became a Muslim and spent the r
The Khalid ibn al-Walid Mosque in Homs, Syria
Mount Uhud (pictured in 2009) where the battle took place
Islamic miniature of Iblis (top-left) watching over Khālid ibn al-Walīd and other Quraysh leaders discussing the second pledge at al-Aqabah, being spied on by the anti-Islamic zealot "the Monk" Abu ʿĀmir al-Rāhib.
The oasis town of Dumat al-Jandal (pictured in 2007). Khalid led an expedition against the city in 630, and may have led another expedition in 633 or 634, though modern historians have cast doubt about the latter campaign or Khalid's role in it.