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Also Known As Tarik ibn Zeyad
Died c.720
ʿUmar I
Muslim caliph
ʿAlī: Arabic calligraphy
ʿAlī
Muslim caliph
Muʿāwiyah I
Umayyad caliph
Ibn al-Ashʿath
Arab general
Qutaybah ibn Muslim
Arab general
Mosque of ʿAmr ibn al-ʿĀṣ
ʿAmr ibn al-ʿĀṣ
Arab general
Homs: mosque of Khālid ibn al-Walīd
Khālid ibn al-Walīd
Arab Muslim general
al-Muhallab ibn Abī Ṣufrā
Arabian general
Narses
Syrian theologian
Alexander the Great
Alexander the Great
king of Macedonia
Genghis Khan
Genghis Khan
Mongol ruler
Philip II
Philip II
king of Macedonia
Alexander I
Alexander I
emperor of Russia
Scipio Africanus the Younger
Roman general
Marcus Aurelius
Marcus Aurelius
emperor of Rome
Bust of Vespasian, found at Ostia; in the Museo Nazionale Romano, Rome.
Vespasian
Roman emperor
Trajan
Trajan
Roman emperor
Heraclius
Heraclius
Byzantine emperor
Coin depicting Ptolemy I Soter
Ptolemy I Soter
Macedonian king of Egypt
Mehmed II
Ottoman sultan