Khalid Bin Al-Waleed

Khalid Bin Al-Waleed: Sword of Allah is a biographical study by A.I. Akram, a Pakistani army officer who learned Arabic specifically to consult primary sources such as Ibn Hisham, al-Tabari, and al-Baladhuri, and who visited the battle sites he describes. It reconstructs the military career of Khalid ibn al-Waleed, the Companion the Prophet Muhammad is reported to have called 'a sword among the swords of Allah,' from his pre-Islamic battles against the Muslims through his campaigns in Arabia, the Levant, and Iraq under Abu Bakr and Umar. Akram analyses the tactics and strategy behind Khalid's undefeated record as a commander, reconciling conflicting classical accounts. Published as a single hardback volume by Maktabah Publications (the same house behind Akram's Muslim Conquest of Egypt and Muslim Conquest of Persia titles), it suits readers of early Islamic military history and Sahabah biography.