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Also Known As Tarik ibn Zeyad
Died c.720
ʿAlī: Arabic calligraphy
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Muʿāwiyah I
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Mosque of ʿAmr ibn al-ʿĀṣ
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Homs: mosque of Khālid ibn al-Walīd
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al-Muhallab ibn Abī Ṣufrā
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