Ṭāriq ibn Ziyād

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Also Known As	Tarik ibn Zeyad
Died	c.720

ʿAlī

Muslim caliph

Muʿāwiyah I

Umayyad caliph

ʿUmar I

Muslim caliph

Qutaybah ibn Muslim

Arab general

Ibn al-Ashʿath

Arab general

ʿAmr ibn al-ʿĀṣ

Arab general

Khālid ibn al-Walīd

Arab Muslim general

al-Muhallab ibn Abī Ṣufrā

Arabian general

Narses

Syrian theologian

Alexander the Great

king of Macedonia

Genghis Khan

Mongol ruler

Philip II

king of Macedonia

Alexander I

emperor of Russia

Scipio Africanus the Younger

Roman general

Marcus Aurelius

emperor of Rome

Vespasian

Roman emperor

Trajan

Roman emperor

Heraclius

Byzantine emperor

Ptolemy I Soter

Macedonian king of Egypt

Mehmed II

Ottoman sultan

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