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About Yazid ibn Abi Sufyan
Yazid ibn Abi Sufyan ibn Harb ibn Umayya was one of the principal commanders of the Muslim conquest of Syria from 634 until his death in the plague of Amwas in 639. Following the capture of Damascus around 635, he was placed in command of the city and its military district. After the death, during the same plague, of the overall Muslim commander of Syria, Abu Ubayda ibn al-Jarrah, in 639, he was appointed by Caliph Umar the governor of Damascus, Jordan and Palestine.
Everything about Yazid ibn Abi Sufyan →- Occupation
- military leader, Amir, companions of the Prophet
- Position held
- Governor of the Levant
- Died
- 639, November 639, 639