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Abu Ubayda ibn al-Jarrah
Abu Ubayda ibn al-Jarrah was an early companion of Muhammad and one of the leading commanders of the Rashidun conquest of Syria. He commanded the Arab armies, with Khalid ibn al-Walid, at the Battle of the Yarmuk in 636, and as governor of Syria received the surrender of Damascus, Homs and other cities. He died in the plague of Amwas in 639.
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