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Usāma ibn Zayd أُسَامَة بن زَيْد | |
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| Personal life | |
| Born | c. 615–618 |
| Died | c. 680 [1] |
| Parent(s) | Zayd ibn Harithah (father) Umm Ayman (mother) |
| Known for | companion of Muhammad |
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| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Military service | |
| Rank | Military commander to Muhammad (632) |
| Battles/wars | |
Usaamah ibn Zayd ibn Haritha al-Kalbi (Arabic: أسامة بن زيد بن حارثة الكلبي, romanized: ʾUsāma ibn Zayd ibn Ḥāritha al-Kalbī) was an early Muslim and companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
He was the son of Zayd ibn Haritha, Muhammad's adopted son, and Umm Ayman, a servant of Muhammad.[2]
Muhammad appointed Usama ibn Zayd as the commander of an expeditionary force which was to invade the region of Balqa in the Byzantine Empire to avenge the Battle of Mu'tah, in which Usama's father and Muhammad's adopted son, Zayd ibn Harithah, had been killed.[3] This campaign was known as the Expedition of Usama bin Zayd. Usama's campaign was successful and his army was the first Muslim force to successfully invade and raid Byzantine territory, thus paving the way for the subsequent Muslim conquest of the Levant and Muslim conquest of Egypt.
- ^ Muhammad al-Jarir al-Tabari, Al-Tarikh al-Rusul wa'l-Muluk. Translated by Ella Landau-Tasseron (1998). Volume 39: Biographies of the Companions and Their Successors (Albany: State University of New York Press), 65.
- ^ Baladhuri, vol.1, p. 96
- ^ Razwy, Sayed Ali Asgher. A Restatement of the History of Islam & Muslims. p. 283.