Sunday, 7 June 2020

The Greatest Generals & Warriors in Islamic History

▪ Khalid Ibn Al-Waleed ◌ؓ

Born: 585 C.E. in Makkah 
Died: 642 C.E. In Homs

《Saifullah "Sword of Allah" and the companion of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ Khalid R.A. never lost a Battle he took part in. Commander of the Muslims in the Conquests of Greater Syria & Persia.》


▪Al-Qa'Qa' Ibn 'Amr at-Tamimi ◌ؓ

《 Played a pivotal role in the Conquest of Persia & Greater Syria. He is 1 man that is equal to 1,000 men. A companion of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. 》



▪Usaamah Ibn Zayd ◌ؓ

Born: 615 C.E. in Makkah 
Died: 674 C.E. 

《 At the age of 18, he was placed as a Commander of the Muslim Army by the Prophet S.A.W which consisted of the most senior prominent of the companions 》

▪️Hamzah Ibn Abdul-Muttalib ◌ؓ

Born: 570 C.E. in Makkah 
Died: 624 C.E. in Uhud 

《 The uncle & brother ( breast-fed together ) of the Prophet S.A.W. A Lion of Allah & one of the greatest fighters the Arabs birthed 》

▪️Qutayba Ibn Muslim 

Born: 669 C.E. in Basra
Died: 716 C.E. in Ferghana 

《 The great Arab Commander of the Ummayid Caliphate, he was a governor of Khurasan & consolidated Muslim rule & expanded the Caliphates borders to include Transoxiana 》


▪️Khawlah Bint al-Azwar ◌ؓ

Born: 7th Century
Died: Unknown 

《 She fought side by side with her brother in the battles that took place in Greater Syria against the Byzantines. Played a key pivotal role in decisive Battle of Yarmouk. She led a group of women into battle 》 


▪Muhammad Ibn Qasim ath-Thaqafi

Born: 695 C.E. In Ta'if 
Died: 715 in Shaam

《 At the age of 18, conquered the land of Sindh. Ushering the spread of Islam into the Sub-continent 》 


▪Tariq Ibn Ziyad 

《 The Commander who Conquered the Iberian Peninsula ( Spain ) from the Visigoths. The Strait of Gibraltar is named after him 》 


▪Muhammad Tughril Beg Ibn Mikail

Born: 990 C.E. 
Died: 1063 C.E. 

《 Tughril Beg was the Turkiç founder of the great Seljuq Empire. He united the Turkiç warriors of the Great Eurasian Steppes & led them in conquest. Made the Abbasids as  figureheads 》


▪Sultan Muhammad Ibn Dawud Alp Arslan

Born: 1030 C.E.
Died: 1072 C.E. 

《 The Sultan of the Great Seljuq State, he defeated the Byzantines in the Battle of Manzikert. Ushering in the settlement of Anatolia 》 


▪Nūr ad-Dīn Mahmud Zengī

Born: 1118 C.E.
Died: 1174 C.E. in Damascus

《 The Warrior & Ruler of the Greater Syrian Province of the Seljuq Empire , he was a thorn on the side of the Crusaders. He was the uncle of the great Salahuddin Al-Ayyubi 》 


▪Sultan Salahuddin Yusuf Ibn Ayyub

Born: 1137 C.E. in Tikrit 
Died: 1193 C.E. in Damascus

《 The Sultan who liberated the city of Jerusalem from the Crusaders & once again brought Palestine under Muslim rule 》 


▪Al-Muzaffar Saifuddin Qutuz 

Born: Unknown 
Died: 1260 C.E. in Salihiya

《 Stopped and defeated the Mongol forces and halted their expansion to the west in the decisive Battle of Ain Jalut 》


▪Al-Malik al-Zahir Rukn al-Din Baybars

Born: 1223 C.E. in Cumania 
Died: 1277 C.E. in Damascus 

《 Became the 4th Sultan of Egypt in the Mamluk Dynasty. Among the Commanders that inflicted defeat on the Seventh Crusade. Played a key pivotal role in the Battle of Ain Jalut 》


▪Ertuğrul Ghazi 

Born: Unknown 
Died: 1280 C.E. 

《 Laid the foundation of what is later to be known as the Ottoman Empire. A Bey of Principality 》 


▪Berke Khan 

Born: Unknown 
Died: 1266 C.E

《 The Khan of the Golden Horde, he was a thorn on the side of Hulagu Khan & the Ilkhanate. Established the first Islamic governance in a khanate of the Mongol Empire 》 

▪Amir Timur "Tamerlane"

Born: 1336 C.E. in Kesh
Died: 1405 C.E. in Otrar

《 Timur "The Conquerer" was the founder of the Timurid Empire in Persia and Central Asia. He emerged as the most Powerful Ruler after defeating the Mamluks of Egypt & Syria & the emerging Ottomans 》 


▪Sultan Mehmet Al-Fateh II 

Born: 1432 C.E. in Edirne 
Died: 1481 C.E. in Hünkârçayırı 

《 The Sultan who Conquered the City of Constantinople in 1453 C.E. at the age of 21. Some would say he fulfilled the prophecy of the Messenger of Allah S.A.W. 》 


▪Zahīr ud-Dīn Muhammad Babur 

Born: 1483 C.E. in Andijan
Died: 1530 C.E. in Agra

《 Defeated the Sultan of Delhi. Founded and established the great Mughal Empire. 》 


▪Sultan Sülayman Al-Kanuni "The Magnificent"

Born: 1494 C.E in Trabzon
Died: 1566 C.E. in Szigetvár

《 Under this Sultan's rule, the Ottoman fleet dominated the seas from the Mediterranean, Red Sea & through the Persian Gulf. Expanded more into Eastern Europe 》


▪Imam Ahmed Ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi

Born: 1506 C.E. in Zeila
Died: 1543 C.E. in Wayna Daga

《 The Somali Imam & Sultan of the Adal Sultanate who embarked on a Conquest which brought three-quarters of Abyssinia under Muslim rule 》 


▪Muhi-ud-Din Muhammad Aurengzeb

Born: 1618 C.E. in Dahor
Died: 1707 C.E. Ahmednagar

《 During this Mughal Ruler's reign, the Empire reached its greatest extent. Ruling over nearly all of the Indian subcontinent 》


▪Imam Shamil

Born: 1797 C.E. in Gimry
Died: 1871 C.E. in Al-Madinah 

《 The leader of the resistance against Imperial Russia & the 3rd Imam of Dagestan 》 


▪️Omar al-Mukhțār "The Lion of the Desert"

Born: 1858 C.E. in Zawiyat Zanzur
Died: 1931 In Benghazi

《 The Lion of the Desert, he led the resistance against the Italian colonization of Libya. A teacher turned general 》 


▪Muhammad Ibn 'Abd El-Karim El-Khattabi

Born: 1882 C.E. in Adjir 
Died: 1963 in Cairo 

《 He led a large-scale revolt of Berber- speaking Rif tribes against French & Spanish Colonization. Established the Republic of the Rif 》 

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