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Omar (c.581-644) The second Mohammedan caliph. He was born about 581. Before the year 617 he opposed the Prophet, but later became one of Islam's ablest supporters. Omar is called the organizer of Mohammedan power. From a mere sect he raised Islam to a great empire.
John Clark Ridpath, Ridpath's History of the World, Vol. II (New York: Merrill & Baker, 1897) 469. (Entrance of Omar the Great into Jerusalem, Drawn by O. Fikentsher)
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