Khalid ibn Sa'id

Khalid ibn Sa'id
Khalid ibn Sa'id
Died	634 CE; Marj al-Saffar
Known for	Companion of Muhammad
Spouse(s)	Hamaniya ; Umm Hakim
Military service
Allegiance	Rashidun Caliphate
Battles/wars	Battle of Marj al-Saffar (634)

Khālid ibn Saʿīd (Arabic: خالد بن سعيد; d. 634 CE), was a companion to the Islamic prophet Muhammad and a general under the Rashidun Caliphate.[1]

He was one of the members of Banu Umayya of Quraysh.[1] Khalid converted to Islam before 613 CE along with his brother Amr.[2] And he migrated to Abyssinia along with his wife Hamaniya,[2] where he acted as Umm Habiba's wali when she married Muhammad while she was in Abyssinia.[3]

In 633 CE he was appointed commander of Syrian campaign by Abu Bakr.[4] In 634 CE he was married to Umm Hakim on the evening preceding battle of Marj al-Saffar, he was killed in the battle.[5]

References

Martindale, J. R. (1992-10-15). The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire 2 Part Set: Volume 3, AD 527-641. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-20160-5.
The Calcutta Review - Google Books. 1855. Retrieved 2014-01-18.
IslamKotob. Companions of the Prophet - IslamKotob - Google Books. Retrieved 2014-01-18.
Muir, Sir William (1883). Annals of the Early Caliphate: From Original Sources - Sir William Muir - Google Books. Retrieved 2014-01-18.
Balādhurī, Aḥmad ibn Yaḥyá (2002). The Origins of the Islamic State: Being a Translation from the Arabic Accompanied with Annotations, Geographic and Historic Notes of the Kitâb Futûḥ Al-buldân of Al-Imâm Abu-l ʻAbbâs Aḥmad Ibn-Jâbir Al-Balâdhuri. Gorgias Press. p. 182. ISBN 978-1-931956-63-5. OCLC 2475649.

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[:0-1] Martindale, J. R. (1992-10-15). The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire 2 Part Set: Volume 3, AD 527-641. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-20160-5.

[google1-2] The Calcutta Review - Google Books. 1855. Retrieved 2014-01-18.

[3] IslamKotob. Companions of the Prophet - IslamKotob - Google Books. Retrieved 2014-01-18.

[4] Muir, Sir William (1883). Annals of the Early Caliphate: From Original Sources - Sir William Muir - Google Books. Retrieved 2014-01-18.

[5] Balādhurī, Aḥmad ibn Yaḥyá (2002). The Origins of the Islamic State: Being a Translation from the Arabic Accompanied with Annotations, Geographic and Historic Notes of the Kitâb Futûḥ Al-buldân of Al-Imâm Abu-l ʻAbbâs Aḥmad Ibn-Jâbir Al-Balâdhuri. Gorgias Press. p. 182. ISBN 978-1-931956-63-5. OCLC 2475649.