The Biography of Khalid Ibn al-Walid

The Biography of Khalid Ibn Al Walid, by Agha Ibrahim Akram

If we had to remember only one epic, only one conqueror of genius in all of Islamic history, it would undoubtedly be him: Khâlid ibn al-Walîd , both spearhead and leader of orchestra of the first great Muslim conquests and precursor and model of all those who would continue his work between the Pyrenees and the Indus. One of the greatest military tacticians and strategists of all time, Peacemaker of Arabia, Conqueror of Iraq and Shâm , Slayer of Rome and Persia, Emeritus Champion of Single Combat, Winner of History and Titanic Yarmouk confrontation, the man of a hundred battles and a hundred victories was also one of the only undefeated warlords in history, alongside Genghis Khan and Alexander the Great.

Who was he? On more than five hundred pages, the author gives us a unique and fascinating account of the life of this born warrior: his relentless fight against Islâm then his repentance and his conversion to the Prophet (psl), his first facts of weapons at the service of his new faith, his primordial role in the consolidation of the nascent caliphate during the wars of apostasy and finally his dazzling conquests beyond Arabia, where he would make his legend.

Translated into French for the first time, the work of Pakistani military historian Agha Ibrahim Akram, an emeritus specialist in the first Muslim conquests, tells us about the life and campaigns of Khalid ibn al-Walid , his strokes of genius and his duels. , his brothers in arms and his intimate enemies. Essentially based on classical Islamic sources, from Ibn Hishâm to at-Tabarî , to which the author has added his own field research by visiting the battlefields of the Middle East, it is undoubtedly one of the most complete books on the Sword of Allah and its prowess!