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Al-Walid

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Al-Walid
الوليد
Calligraphic representation of
Al-Walid name
PronunciationWalid,
Waleed
GenderMale
Origin
Word/nameSemitic (Arabic)
MeaningNewborn
Region of originArabia (Middle East)

Al-Walid may refer to:

People

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  • Khalid ibn al-Walid (592–642), one of the two famous Arab generals of the Rashidun army during the Muslim conquests of the 7th Century
  • Al-Walid I (668–715), Umayyad caliph who ruled from 705 to 715
  • Al-Walid II (709–744), Umayyad caliph who ruled from 743 until 744
  • Muslim ibn al-Walid (748–823), poet
  • Ibrahim ibn al-Walid (died 750), Umayyad caliph who ruled for a short time in 744
  • Averroes (1126–1198), or Abul Walid Muhammad Ibn Aḥmad Ibn Rushd, Andalusian-Arab philosopher, physician, and polymath
  • Abu al-Walid (1967–2004), Arab Mujahid who fought in both Chechen Wars
  • Najiyah bint al-Walid, a sahaba of Muhammad
  • Abu al-Walid al-Dahdouh (died 2006), senior leader of the Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad
  • Al-Waleed bin Talal (born 1955), member of the Saudi Royal Family
  • Jonah ibn Janah (990s–1050s), important Hebrew grammarian and lexicographer of the Middle Ages
  • Walid ibn Utbah (died 624), son of Quraish leader Utba ibn Rabi'ah Walid ibn Utbah (died 624), son of Quraish leader Utba ibn Rabi'ah

Places

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See also

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