'Amr ibn al-'As
573 – 664
Arab

Military leader. He won the Holy Land of Palestine for Islam and also opposed Ali, the founder of the Shiite branch of the religion.

Contemporaries
fl. c. 625–c. 706Wu Zetian
600–664Xuanzang
?–656Uthman
574–622Shotoku Taishi
581–644Omar
602–680Muawiyah I
570–632Mohammed
?–638Honorius I
605–633Fatima
521–597St. Columba
484–577St. Brendan
fl. 650Bhartrihari
fl. c. 550–c. 650Aneirin
?–661Ali
?–651St. Aidan
613–678Aishah
573–634Abu-Bakr