09 Nov 07
Watching the "Kingdom of Heaven", Saladin commanded an army of Saracens 200,000 men in all. Saladin, I have read, is Kurdish, one of the hated peoples of the Arab world..., Anyway, there are others... Ali Baba of Damascus, also a caliph. I would have to look more into this.
09 Nov 07
Originally posted by KeplerSaladin
Sultan Baibars, Akbar (i don't know if he would count - he started a muslim but then made his own religion), Nadir Shah and Ahmad Khan are some possibilities.
But Baibars the Panther is a good choice also. Didn't he start life as a Mongol or Tatar?
I think he was captured and made a slave.
He loved to drink fermented mares milk.
09 Nov 07
Originally posted by Red NightBaibars was a Mameluke, a slave soldier, of Mongol ancestry. A bit ironic considering he defeated the Mongols when they tried to attack Egypt.
Saladin
But Baibars the Panther is a good choice also. Didn't he start life as a Mongol or Tatar?
I think he was captured and made a slave.
He loved to drink fermented mares milk.
A couple of Chinese muslims to add. Lan Yu, a Ming general who defeated the Mongols. Zheng He, not a general but an admiral and also from the Ming dynasty
09 Nov 07
Originally posted by DoctorScribblesMoses when he led the Muslims out of India into the Promise Land about three hundred years after the Great War where China and Canada fought for the trade routes that Columbus discovery to Africa after digging the Panama Canal linking the Caspian Sea with Lake Superior about two hundred years ago.
Who is the greatest Muslim General of all time?
09 Nov 07
Originally posted by slappy115Man. That was like the crack version of a Discovery Channel marathon. I feel smarter!
Moses when he led the Muslims out of India into the Promise Land about three hundred years after the Great War where China and Canada fought for the trade routes that Columbus discovery to Africa after digging the Panama Canal linking the Caspian Sea with Lake Superior about two hundred years ago.