 Khalid, by now, was at the height of his career, he was famous and loved by his men, for the Muslim community he was a national hero, and was publicly known as Sayf-ullah ("Sword of Allah"). An event happened shortly after Khalid's capture of Marash (Kahramanmaraş), in the autumn of 638, he came to know of Ash'as, a famous poet and warrior on Persian front, reciting a poem in praise of Khalid and receiving a gift of 10,000 dirhams from him, apparently from the state treasury.
