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Amr ibn al-As ibn Wa'il al-Sahmi (Arabic: عَمْرِو بْنِ الْعَاصِ بْنِ وَائِل السَّهْمِي, romanized: ʿAmr ibn al-ʿĀṣ ibn Wāʾil al-Sahmī; c. 573 – 664) was the Arab commander who led the Muslim conquest of Egypt and served as its governor in 640–646 and 658–664.
ʿAmr ibn al-ʿĀṣ was the Arab conqueror of Egypt. A wealthy member of the Banū Sahm clan of the important tribe of Quraysh, ʿAmr accepted Islām in 629–630. Sent to Oman, in southeastern Arabia, by the Prophet Muḥammad, he successfully completed his first mission by converting its rulers to Islām.
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Apr 5, 2024 · Learn about the life, history, family, achievements and death of Amr ibn al-As, a Qurayshi leader who accepted Islam late and became a governor of Egypt. Discover his cunning, courage, eloquence and wisdom in various battles and situations.
Mosque of ʿAmr ibn al-ʿĀṣ, earliest Islāmic building in Egypt, erected in 641 by ʿAmr ibn al-ʿĀṣ, the leader of an invading Arab army. The mosque was built in Al-Fusṭāṭ, a city that grew out of an Arab army encampment on the site of present-day Cairo. Though originally a modest structure, it was.
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The Arab conquest of Egypt, led by the army of 'Amr ibn al-'As, took place between 639 and 642 AD and was overseen by the Rashidun Caliphate. It ended the seven-century-long Roman period in Egypt that began in 30 BC, and widely speaking Greco-Roman period that had lasted about a millennium.
From his moments of opposing the Prophet ﷺ in practically every battle of Islam, and his seeking to remove the one place of refuge for the Muslims in Abyssinia, Amr (ra) doesn’t just turn a...
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Jun 25, 2020 · Learn how the Islamic Prophet Muhammad and his successors expanded the Muslim Empire from Arabia to the Middle East and beyond. The article covers the battles, campaigns, and leaders of the early Muslim conquests, including Amr ibn al-As, who conquered Egypt in 641 CE.
