| lordmandeep said: What about Khalid ibn al-Walid or the Sword of God. He was a General who sided with the Prophet Mohammed when Islam was created. He helped secure Islam in Arabia then conquered Iraq, captured Syria and Damascus, Jerusalem and most of the Holy land. I am not Muslim, however he was never defeated and was able to defeat the Byzantine and Persian Empires in conflicts. He was actually so talented he even defeated the Prophet Mohammed in a battle. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khalid_ibn_al-Walid People wonder how Islam spread so fast and he was a big reason. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khalid_ibn_al-Walid |
Very good pick =)
Although I wouldn't actually call the Empire that he invaded the Byzantine Empire - rather I would take it further and say that he was the one who smashed the spine of the Eastern Roman Empire, and that the Byzantine Empire emerged afterwards as a successor state. The Western Empire was said to have fallen earlier, but in actuality, it was still Roman (it still had a senate and was culturally identical) - just run by certain Germanic Kings who were running the west in the name of the Eastern Roman Emperor. It was only after the Islamic armies defeated the Southern part of the Roman Empire and the Visigothic Kingdom that the culture and state of the Roman Empire was truly defeated.
I describe myself as a little dose of toxic masculinity.
