Abu Ubayda ibn al-Jarrah
Companion of Muhammad and military leader (583–639) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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ʿĀmir ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-Jarrāḥ (Arabic: عامر بن عبدالله بن الجراح; 583–639 CE), better known as Abū ʿUbayda (Arabic: أبو عبيدة) was a Muslim commander and one of the Companions of the Prophet. He is mostly known for being one of the ten to whom Paradise was promised. He remained commander of a large section of the Rashidun Army during the time of the Rashid Caliph Umar and was on the list of Umar's appointed successors to the Caliphate, but died in the Plague of Amwas in 639 before Umar.
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