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Sultan Muhammad al-Faatih
For eight centuries, the conquest of Constantinople, now Istanbul, Turkey, was a dream for the Muslim commanders. Ever since the era of the revered companion, Mu`aawiyah Ibn Abu Sufyaan, there had been many attempts to conquer it, but none had succeeded....
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Khalid Ibn Waleed (R)
Khalid Ibn Waleed Al Makhzumi. Khalid was one of the sahabah of rasulullah (saw) and was born into the Bani Makhzum clan of the Quraish. His clan were responsible for all matters of war of the Quraish so it was no wonder that he was one of the finest...
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Khayruddin Pasha Barbarossa
Khidr Ibn Yaqoub Reis or Khayruddin Pasha (1478-1546) also known as Barbarossa (red beard) in the west due to his red beard was born on the Island of Lesbos was one of the greatest naval admirals of the Uthmani (Ottoman) Khilafah and of Islam. He was...
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Siraj ud-Daulah
Siraj was born to Zain ud-Din Ahmed Khan (Mirza Muhammad Hashim) and Amina begum in 1733, and soon after his birth, Siraj's maternal grandfather, Alivardi Khan was appointed as the Deputy Governor of Bihar. Amina Begum was the youngest daughter of Nawab...
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Hazrat Hamza (R)
Hamza ibn ‘Abdul-Muttalib was a companion and paternal uncle of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. His kunyas were Abu Umara [2] ("أَبُو عُمَارَةَ") and Abu Yaala [3] ("أَبُو يَعْلَى"). He had the by-names Lion of God [4] (Arabic أسد الله) and the Lion of...
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Ala-ud-din Khilji
Ala-ud-din Khilji was the second ruler of the Turko-Afghan [2] [3] [4] Khilji dynasty in India. He is considered the most powerful ruler of the dynasty, [5] reigning from 1296 to 1316. [1] [6] His attack on Chittor in 1303 CE to capture the queen of Chittor,...
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Abdullah Ibn Zubair radhiallahu anhu
Abdullah Ibn Zubair radhiallahu anhu is a Sahaabi. His father was Zubair Ibn Awwam radhiallahu anhu, one of the Ashara Mubashara and the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam’s cousin, and his mother was Asma radhiallahu anha, the daughter of Abu Bakr radhiallahu...
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General Akhtar Abdur Rahman
Akhtar Abdur Rahman Khan b. 11 June 1924 – 17 August 1988), was an influential statesman and a four-star rank general officer who tenured as the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee from 1987–1988 and as Director-General Inter-Services Intelligence...
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Sultan Salahuddin Ayyubi
Salahuddin Ayyubi, popularly known in the West as Saladin, was a courageous and brilliant Muslim leader during the 12th century. His firm foundation in the religion and its prime values, leading to his commitment to the Islamic cause, enabled him to accomplish...
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Musa Ibn Nusair
Musa Ibn Nusair (640-716) was one of the great tabi'ee Umayyad generals of this Ummah and was in charge of fighting against the Berbel rebels and conquering the rest of North Africa and conquering Andalus or Spain for the Muslims. Hs father Nusair was...
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Shams-ud-din Iltutmish
Shams-ud-din Iltutmish was the third ruler of the Mamluk dynasty of Delhi of Turkic origin. [1] He was a slave of Qutb-ud-din Aibak and later became his son-in-law and close lieutenant. He was the Governor of Badaun when he deposed Qutub-ud-din's successor...
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Jalal Uddin Shah Khwarzam
Jalal ad-Din Mingburnu Jalal ad-Dunya wa ad-Din Abul-Muzaffar Manguberdi ibn Muhammad) or Manguberdi (Turkic for "Godgiven"), also known as Jalâl ad-Dîn Khwârazmshâh, was the last ruler of the Khwarezmian Empire. Following the defeat of his father, Ala...
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Saif ad-Din Ghazi
Saif ad-Din Ghazi I (died 1149) was the Emir of Mosul from 1146 to 1149. He was the eldest son of Zengi of Mosul, and the elder brother of Nur ad-Din. In 1146 Zengi was besieging the fortress of Qal Ja'bari when he was assassinated on September 15 by...
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Qutayba ibn Muslim
Qutayba ibn Muslim was an Arab commander of the Umayyad Caliphate army who became governor of Khurasan and distinguished himself in the conquest of Transoxiana (Arabic: Māwarāʾ al-Nahr) during the reign of al-Walid I (705–715). A capable soldier and administrator,...
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Shahab Uddin Ghori
Sultan Shahāb-ud-Din Muhammad Ghori (also spelled Ghauri, Ghouri) (Persian: سلطان شہاب الدین محمد غوری ), originally called Mu'izzuddīn Muḥammad Bin Sām (and also referred to by Orientalists as Muhammad of Ghor and famously known as just Ghori) (1150...
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Hazrat Saad Ibn Abi Waqqaas (R)
Saad Ibn Abi Waqqaas radhiallahu anhu was born in 578 CE and passed away in 664 CE (54AH) at the age of 86. He was closely related to the Prophet r’s mother, Aminah. Aminah’s father was a brother of Saad radhiallahu anhu’s grandfather and the Prophet...
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Lieutenant-General Shahid Aziz
Shahid Aziz is a Pakistani military author, intelligence writer, and retired three-star ranking general officer of the Pakistan Army. His military assignments included as the Chief of General Staff (CGS) from October 2001 to December 2003 and Commander...
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Malik Ambar
Malik Ambar (1549–13 May 1626) was an Ethiopian born in Harar, sold as a child by his parents due to poverty. He was eventually brought to India and remained enslaved by the people that bought him. Nevertheless in time he created an independent army that...
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Nadir Shah
Nadir Shah was the founder of the Afsharid dynasty. Because of his military genius, some historians have described him as the Napoleon of Persia [6] or the Second Alexander . [7] Nader Shah was a member of the Turkic Afshar tribe of northern Persia, [8]...
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Nuruddin Zangi
Mahmud Ibn Imaduddin Zangi or Nuruddin Zangi was one of the greatest rulers and Mujahids of his era and of Islam. This great mujahid of Islam was born in 1117 and was one of the sons of Imaduddin Zangi who was the founder of the Zaghid Dynasty that ruled...
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Tariq Ibn Ziyad
Tariq Ibn Ziyad led the main assault against Spain to capture it from the kuffar along with Musa Ibn Nusair. Tariq Ibn Ziyad was sent by Musa to explore Spain before its conquest and he did that and captured Gibraltar (Jabl Tariq or Mount of Tariq). He...
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Hazrat Amr Ibn Al Aas (R)
Another Great Muslim commander and sahabi was Amr Ibn Al Aas. Amr Ibn Al Aas was born born in the Banu Sahm clan of Quraish. He was a prominent merchant and one of the places he used to go to trade was Egypt, so he knew Egypt well. He converted to Islam...
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Uqba ibn Nafi
Uqba ibn Nafi (born 622, died 683 in Sidi Uqba, Algeria) was an Arab general who participated in Jihad under Muawiya radhiallahu anhu. He began the Islamic conquest of the Maghreb (North Africa), including present-day Algeria, Tunisia, Libya and Morocco....
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Sheikh Ahmad Yasin
The martyrdom of Sheikh Ahmad Yasin (Mar 22, 2004) by Jewish missiles fired into his wheelchair as he was returning from Fajr prayer was condemned by the South African government along with everyone except USA. The people of SA, who lost activists of...
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Imam Shamil
Imam Shamil was a political and religious leader of the Muslims of the Caucasus. He led the anti-Russian war 1817-1859 and was 3rd Imam of Daghestan and Chechnya. He fought with a small group of Mujahideen against the mighty Russian army. He is a hero...