Best Pre--1900 Islamic War Leader

Which Islamic Leader was the best?


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Onyx

Banned
Didnt Suleymen strangled his vizier with a bow after he was told that the Turks lost in Vienna
Akbar (ITS A TRAP!)
Babur
Babairs
Saladin
Timur
 
I cant believe I didnt notice this before, but where is Babur? Won against very steep odds, in some cases tougher than what Akbar had to face, and built the empire that Akbar had to go about reconquering in the first place. His grandson was probably the better ruler, but on the battlefield babur was no slouch either.
 
Didnt Suleymen strangled his vizier with a bow after he was told that the Turks lost in Vienna
Akbar (ITS A TRAP!)
Babur
Babairs
Saladin
Timur

I doubt anyone needed to tell him, since he was in command when the Ottomans failed to take Vienna. Why that would prompt him to strangle his vizier, who was nowhere near Vienna at the time...
 
I would give the title to Tariq Ibn Zayid. His legacy in the form of Al-Andalus is about as good as can come out of a conquest. I consider best commander to include what happened after the guns stopped (or in this case the swords ceased slicing).
 

Hashasheen

Banned
My thinking exactly. Muhammed had his moments on the battlefield, but was not a tactical genius in quite the same way that others on this list, such as Khalid ibn al-Walid. But he was charismatic, and able to motivate his followers and rally others to his cause, and he had momentum (and a bit of luck). For instance, his armies (not sure if the Prophet himself was present) were repulsed from Taif in 630, but shortly thereafter joined the muslim cause. Now, such traits are useful for general and politican alike, but are not quite enough to make him the best battlefield commander.
Indeed, and the way he dealt with the Jewish tribes in Medina when they backstabbed him effectively armed his entire army while crippling them into obsucrity.
 
Many great generals such as Abu Ubaidah ibn Al-Jarrah who defeated many strong Roman armies, and conquered Syria, or Amr-ibn Al-As who conquered Egypt and took North Africa for Islam are being looked over
 
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