Al-Walid
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al-Walid may refer to:
- Waleed (name) (Arabic: وليد), an Arabic name meaning 'newborn'.
- Khalid ibn al-Walid, one of the two famous Arab generals of the Rashidun army during the Muslim conquests of the 7th Century.
- Al-Walid I, an Umayyad caliph who ruled from 705 - 715.
- Al-Walid II, an Umayyad caliph who ruled from 743 until 744.
- Ibrahim ibn al-Walid, an Umayyad caliph who ruled for a short time in 744.
- Averroes, an Andalusian-Arab philosopher, physician, and polymath.
- Abu al-Walid, an Arab Mujahid who fought in both Chechen Wars.
- Najiyah bint al-Walid, a sahaba of Muhammad.
- Abu al-Walid al-Dahdouh, a senior leader of the Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad.
- Al-Waleed bin Talal, a member of the Saudi Royal Family.
- Jonah ibn Janah, an important Hebrew grammarian and lexicographer of the Middle Ages.