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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 the second Rashidun Caliph and reigned during 634–644. Umar's caliphate is notable for its vast conquests. Aided by brilliant field commanders, he was able to incorporate present-day Iraq, Iran, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Syria, Jordan, Palestine, Lebanon, Egypt, and parts of Afghanistan, Turkmenistan and south western Pakistan into the Caliphate.
Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz ibn Abdallah ibn Abdallah ibn Umar ibn al-Khattab: 785-786 Dismissed Appointed by the caliph al-Hadi [68] Ishaq ibn Sulayman ibn Ali: From 786 First cousin twice removed of the caliph Harun al-Rashid, who appointed him [69] Abd al-Malik ibn Salih ibn Ali: First cousin twice removed of Harun al-Rashid, who appointed him [70]
Umar's Assurance (Arabic: العهدة العمرية, romanized: al-ʿUhda al-ʿUmariyya), is an assurance of safety given by the Caliph Umar ibn al-Khattab to the people of Aelia, the Late Roman name for Jerusalem. Several versions of the Assurance exist, with different views of their authenticity.
Ruqayya bint Umar: Luhya (a woman from Yemen whose marital status with Umar is disputed; al-Waqidi said she was Umm Walad, meaning a slave woman) [3] Abd al-Rahman ibn Umar (the middle or youngest) Fukayha (as Umm Walad) [9] Zaynab bint Umar (youngest child of Umar) mother unknown: Another son of Umar was az-Zubayr ibn Bakkar, called Abu ...
According to Anver M. Emon, "There is intense discussion in the secondary literature" about the Pact's authenticity, with scholars disagreeing whether it originated during the reign of Umar b. al-Khattab ['Umar I] or was "a later invention retroactively associated with Umar -- the caliph who famously led the initial imperial expansion -- to ...
In AD 643 (AH 22), after the occupation of Rey and Central Eranshahr, Umar ordered the conquest of Adurbadagan. The Rashidun Caliphate continued the conquest toward Adurbadagan first under the force of Al Mughirah bin Shubah. [1] This was reported by Abu Jafar Tabari, quoting the report from Ahmad bin Thabit al Razi.
After returning to Medina from the Campaign of Wadi al-Qura, Muhammad sent Umar ibn al-Khattab with 30 men, against a branch of the tribes of Hawazin at Turbah, a distance of 4 nights march from Medina. Turbah was on the way to Sana and Najjran. [7] Umar's troop travelled by night and hid by day.