Yeh Ghazi/ Great Muslim field commanders

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Yeh Ghazi episode 5

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Part4 YouTube - Zaid Hamid:BrassTacks-Yeh Ghazi Episode5; Sa'ad Ibn Abi Waqqas (R.A) Part4

 

[Imran Khan]

thanks jana keep it up

 

[Awesome]

Without any disrespect to this great commander, let us not forget Alexander or Julius Caesar. Both these commanders are rated the highest military leaders ever by all the analysts the world over.

There is little doubt that Khalid (RA) was a superb military commander. However, it is a fact that at the Uhad, even though considered a victory for the Meccans (Hazrat Khalid bin Waleed was fighting against the Muslims), the advantages were not fully exploited and this gave Muslims the chance to recover fully within a year.

Alexander on the other hand would not have left the job unfinished. We are all Muslims but in our zeal, we should not get carried away and include "history of mankind" in our praise. Among the Muslims, Hazrat Ali also never lost a battle and in the famous battle of Badar 14 of the 70 Meccans killed were by the sword of Hazrat Ali (RA). It can be debated as to who would have won if Hazrat Khalid bin Waleed ( RA) and Hazrat Ali (RA) fought against each other on roughly equal terms.

My Islamic history may be a little rusty but I think Khalid Bin Walid was the one who exploited the Muslim weakness at Uhud and then he wanted to finish the job but was ordered not to by Abu Sufiyaan.

Anyway, God was against him then, we can excuse him for it .

I don't consider Alexander to be a great General, but he was a great leader. The boy had guts. There are myths of supernatural help given to Alexander which if true, will shed a whole new light on to it. Records describe UFO's assisted him in destroying Tyre.

Julius Ceasar I like.

The greatest General, for Badar, Trench and heck even Uhud (the plan was solid) I'd give that title to the holy Prophet himself. I think Badr wouldn't have been won if the wells weren't dried up and the Quraish made to march all the way to them.

 

[BATMAN]

In this sense (no Muslim commanders) I believe Genghis Khan did quite marvelous job.
Being isolated by his tribe in his early life he managed to reunite most of China and started claiming his victories. We must remember that he never went to any military school, neither he ever longed to be a warrior or conqueror. He grew up as a nomad, herding horses and cattle. Nature made him the leader of many under privileged people of grasslands. He got sucked into war life by merely responding to the hostilities of stronger tribes and nations, who considered him a mere herder and easy target.
In beginning none of his men were crafts men or educated. His infantry was made of herdsmen and his weapon were rough made swords and they didn’t had Arabic horses either. They were so ignorant of outer world that they didn’t knew any formal cooking. Infect, Genghis Khan never knew of what is the geography of the world around the grassland.
He started his westward conquests because his trade caravan/ambassador was robbed and killed, not for the sole reason to destroy civilizations, he was at war and came from distance and had limited soldiers and food and faced special circumstances. He approached his enemies with lighting speed and travelled light. He had lot internal of enemies ready to betray him at any opportunity because they came from tribes which were once defeated by the great Khan but he had won many faithful, who believed in his leadership.
IMO, it is difficult to match commanders of different times but I believe most of them won their conquests because opponent had incapable commander. I think same went with Genghis Khan.
Alexander had only one notable victory under his belt and that of Persians, rest was mostly an easy march. He also knew Geography and was educated. He was commanding a professional military and himself was a trained to be a soldier and leader from his early childhood. He had the kick start which was missing in case of G.Khan.
Khalid bin Walid; all of his victories and battles were notable. His enemy was always stronger.
For various reasons I praise Salahudin Ayyubi most. He won victories because of his wisdom. His enemies feared from his personality more than his army. He earned his commandment.
What I find most distinguished in Salahudin was that he came from an ordinary background, being a non Egyptian he rose as King of Egypt. Himself, he lead a simple life and owned nothing. He died as a poor man but under his leadership Egyptian economy grew impressively.

 

[ejaz007]

Without any disrespect to this great commander, let us not forget Alexander or Julius Caesar. Both these commanders are rated the highest military leaders ever by all the analysts the world over.

There is little doubt that Khalid (RA) was a superb military commander. However, it is a fact that at the Uhad, even though considered a victory for the Meccans (Hazrat Khalid bin Waleed was fighting against the Muslims), the advantages were not fully exploited and this gave Muslims the chance to recover fully within a year.

Alexander on the other hand would not have left the job unfinished. We are all Muslims but in our zeal, we should not get carried away and include "history of mankind" in our praise. Among the Muslims, Hazrat Ali also never lost a battle and in the famous battle of Badar 14 of the 70 Meccans killed were by the sword of Hazrat Ali (RA). It can be debated as to who would have won if Hazrat Khalid bin Waleed ( RA) and Hazrat Ali (RA) fought against each other on roughly equal terms.

I still hold on to my claim and I do not make claims based on religion. I shall try to search some links on the web and then post if I can find some. I have so far not come across any counter claim to this. In Uhud muslims were denied victory because of the counter attack of forces led by Hazrat Khalid.

As far as Alexander is concerned he was great, indeed great but not to the extent. Caesar lost a battle when his commanders left him durign a battle against Roman empire when he assembled a force in favor of Queen against the empire.

 

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Ghazi Episode5; Sa'ad Ibn Abi Waqqas (R.A) Part1

 

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Part 2. (Hazrat Saad Ibne Abi Waqas)

 

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Yeh Ghazi Episode 6: Amr Ibn Al-'As (R.A)

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