Islamic Historical Figures Quiz

Can you name these influential Muslim leaders?

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Lifespan	Description	Answer
570 - 632	The prophet; annexed most of Arabia into his new Islamic empire	Muhammad
573 - 634	Branching point for the Sunni faith; the first "Rightly Guided" Caliph; closest friend and father-in-law of the prophet	Abu Bakr
600 - 661	Branching point for the Shia faith; the first Imam; cousin and son-in-law of the prophet	Ali
585 - 642	"The Sword of Allah"; never lost a battle	Khalid ibn al-Walid
? - 720	Berber commander who led the Umayyad conquest of Spain; Gibraltar was originally named after him	Tariq ibn Ziyad
1137 - 1193	Founded the Ayyubid dynasty and retook Jerusalem in the 12th century during the Crusades	Salahuddin Ayyubi
1258 - 1326	The founder of the Ottoman Empire	Osman I
1336 - 1405	Sunni Turco-Mongol conqueror who never lost a battle despite being physically "Lame"	Timur
1432 - 1481	The Ottoman Sultan who conquered Constantinople	Mehmed II
1494 - 1566	"The Magnificent"; the longest reigning Sultan of the Ottoman Empire	Suleiman I
1900 - 1989	Ayatollah of Iran who led the overthrow of Reza Shah's monarchical regime	Ruhollah Khomeini
1937 - 2006	Revolutionary dictator of Iraq who invaded Kuwait; wanted to establish his hegemony over the Arab world	Saddam Hussein
1979 - 2011	Revolutionary leader of Libya; sought to unite Africa against Western influence	Muammar Gaddafi

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