Biography on caliph umar

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    Umar Ibn Khattab Biography

    Umar Ibn Khattab was a different leader from his predecessor, Abu Bakr, who served as the first caliph of the Rightly Guided Caliphsor Rashidun Caliphate. A significantly younger man, born in 585 in Mecca, he was the initial choice of the Council of Medina to replace the Prophet Muhammad as the caliphof Islam in 632. In the end, as elders command respect in Islam, Umar convinced the council to elect the more senior Abu Bakr.

    Caliph

    Derived from the Arabic for 'follower', this was the name given to leaders of Islam after the death of the Prophet Muhammad.

    While Abu Bakr was a calming influence, humble, taking a small salary and keeping his day job of milking cows, Umar was an intimidating man. A warrior with a reputation for a short temper, he was also a heavy drinker of alcohol before his conversion to Islam in 615.

    Fig. 1 - Engraving of Umar entering Jerusalem

    Umar Ibn Khattab failed to agree with the ideas of the Prophet init

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    Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz

    Umayyad caliph from 717 to 720

    Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz ibn Marwan (Arabic: عُمَر بْن عَبْد الْعَزِيز بْن مَرْوَان, romanized: ʿUmar ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn Marwān; c. 680 – February 720) was the eighth Umayyadcaliph, ruling from 717 until his death in 720. He is credited to have instituted significant reforms to the Umayyad central government, by making it much more efficient and egalitarian. His rulership is marked by the first official collection of hadiths and the mandated universal education to the populace.

    He dispatched emissaries to China and Tibet, inviting their rulers to accept Islam. It was during his three-year reign that Islam was accepted by huge segments of the populations of Persia and Egypt. He also ordered the withdrawal of the Muslim forces in various fronts such as in Constantinople, huvud Asia and Septimania. However despite this, his reign witnessed the Umayyads gaining many new territories in the Iberian

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    Umar

    2nd Rashidun caliph from 634 to 644

    "Omar" redirects here. For other people with the name, see Omar (name). For other uses, see Omar (disambiguation).

    Umar ibn al-Khattab[a] (Arabic: عُمَر بْن ٱلْخَطَّاب, romanized: ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb; c. 582/583 – 644), also spelled Omar, was the second Rashidun caliph, ruling from August 634, when he succeeded Abu Bakr (r. 632–634) as the second caliph, until his assassination in 644. Umar was a senior companion and father-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Umar has been called instrumental in the expansion of the Islamic world beyond Arabia.

    Umar initially opposed Muhammad, who was his distant Qurayshite kinsman and later became his son-in-law. However, after his conversion to Islam in 616, Umar became the first Muslim to openly pray at the Kaaba. He participated in nearly all the battles and expeditions under Muhammad, who bestowed upon him the title al-Fārūq for his sound judgments. Followi