Al-Walid was the sixth Umayyad caliph ruling from October 705 until 715 CE. Al-Walid may also refer to: People Khalid ibn al-Walid (592–642), one of the two famous Arab generals of the Rashidun army during the Muslim conquests of the 7th Century Al-Walid I (668–715), Umayyad caliph who ruled from 705 to 715 Al-Walid II (709–744), Umayyad caliph who ruled from 743 until 744 Muslim ibn al-Walid (748–823), poet Ibrahim ibn al-Walid (died 750), Umayyad caliph who ruled for a short time in 744 Averroes (1126–1198), or Abul Walid Muhammad Ibn Aḥmad Ibn Rushd, Andalusian-Arab philosopher, physician, and polymath Abu al-Walid (1967–2004), Arab Mujahid who fought in both Chechen Wars Najiyah bint al-Walid, a sahaba of Muhammad Abu al-Walid al-Dahdouh (died 2006), senior leader of the Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad Al-Waleed bin Talal (born 1955), member of the Saudi Royal Family Jonah ibn Janah (990s–1050s), important Hebrew grammarian and lexicographer of the Middle Ages Walid ibn Utbah (died 624), son of Quraish leader Utba ibn Rabi'ah Walid ibn Utbah (died 624), son of Quraish leader Utba ibn Rabi'ah Places Al Waleed (town), a town in Anbar Province in Iraq Al-Waleed (camp) See also Waleed, an Arabic name