The Greatest Generals of World
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Why would we deny Chandragupta was not a great leader...?Ashoka was also a great leader
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The Sword of Allah refers to Khalid ibn al-Walid, the prophet Mohammad's top general. Khalid commanded over 100 battles and never lost, making him the most undefeated general in history. He usually fought in the front lines either as a cavalry commander or as a champion dueler.
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This is a flame bait. No need for these sort of comments.
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Empire of Chandragupta was less then 10% of empires of Genghis Khan and Napoleon and Temur, How can you rank him greatest general(conqueror)
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True but Arabs defeated Romans and Persian with devine power not with war strategy or tactics.
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lol don't flame bait man.....General Akhther Abdur Rehman could be considered one of the best Intelligence Director as he ran Operation Cyclone with help of CIA and and KGB could not do much to sabotage it (KGB was MUCH MUCH BIGGER then ISI)...anyway George S Patton is also a great General.
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HAZRAT KHALID-BIN-WALEED IN MY VIEW
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Actually another great figure in the annals of history has much more in common with Dhul Qurnain than Alexander and that is Cyrus the Great.
Regarding the greatest generals, i believe Khalid bin Waleed (RA) was amongst the best.
As a warrior, as a tactician and as a strategist Khalid bin Waleed (RA)was peerless, to have all these qualities in a single man is extremely rare.
He fought hundreds of duels against the best enemy fighters and prevailed, he never lost a battle in which he was the commander and he was never outfoxed and outmaneuvered by any enemy army in any theater of war.
One should examine that Khalid (RA) faced the best generals and tacticians of his time and roundly defeated them all.
Heraclius was a great roman emperor and all his best laid plans could not counter Khalid's sheer genius.
The daring and entirely unexpected advance through the Syrian desert, the three pronged converging attack at night on an unsuspecting enemy garrison, the grand strategic retreat to Yarmuk where Heraclius's great plan was laid to waste etc. there are countless examples of Khalid's complete grasp of all aspects of war.
He was not only unbeaten but made soldiers out of the tribal minded Arabs who under his command beat the two mightiest armies of the world. He trained many officers and generals of the Muslim army in the art of war.
The concept of mobility and strategic/tactical maneuvering as practiced by Khalid was truly the mark of a genius.
The legacy of Khalid was such that the Muslim Armies always knew they were going to win if Khalid was in command and that is the highest tribute one can pay to any general.
Despite being extremely critical of smallest mistakes and being very strict even the great Caliph Umar (RA) did not have the heart to stop the women from weeping (public wailing and weeping was banned by Umar (RA) since such things were taken to extreme by arabs as that time) when Khalid (RA) passed away...instead Umar said this
Let the women of the Banu Makhzum say what they will about Abu Sulaiman (Khalid), for they do not lie, over the likes of Abu Sulaiman weep those who weep
This to me is one of the greatest tributes to Khalid (RA) from a man who was the most hard to please amongst the great caliphs of Islam and who was most opposed to idolization of any individual no matter how great.
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Pitting Alexander's forces against Ghenghis Khan is like watching the Zulu war between Great Brittain and the Zulu nation, the superior fire power of the Brittish will defeat the numerical superior forces of the Zulus.
seriously.. I wish people with some sense of history would comment before opening their mouth..
Dude...Ever heard of Battle of Isandlwana - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ?
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Non sense
Read full paragraph , point of discussion is better fire power not victory or defeat
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100% Khalid bin Waleed ...... No Doubt in it ..
Search Internet abt him ....
One of the greatest , the World is ever seen ,,,
Search Internet abt him ....
One of the greatest , the World is ever seen ,,,
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What do mean by "devine power"?
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Empire of Chandragupta was less then 10% of empires of Genghis Khan and Napoleon and Temur, How can you rank him greatest general(conqueror)
Genghis Khan or Temur empire consisted of mostly sparsely populated hilly areas.
Anyway Chandragupta's empire was surely bigger than Napoleon's.U can campare for it urself.
File:Chandragupta Maurya Empire.gif - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Napoleon:
http://www.cit.gu.edu.au/~wiseman/Roman/FE1812.gif
