Zubayr ibn al-Awwam

Summary

Al-Zubayr ibn al-Awwam ibn Khuwaylid al-Asadi was an Arab Muslim commander in the service of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and caliphs Abu Bakr and Umar who played a leading role in the Ridda Wars against rebel tribes in Arabia in 632–633 and later participated in the early Muslim conquests of Sasanian Persia in 633–634, Byzantine Syria in 634–638, and the Exarchate of Africa in 639–643.