Sword of Allah : Khalid bin al-Waleed

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Sword of Allah : Khalid bin al-Waleed

Sword of Allah : Khalid bin Al-Waleed (Raz) A Biographical Study of One of the Greatest Military Generals in History. Khalid bin Al-Waleed (Raz) was the hero of Islam, he led several battles and was always victorious. He conquered the apostates, especially Musailamah Al-Kadhab (the Liar) and restored order and peace to the Arabian Peninsula; also he devised military tactics, which, by the help of Allah, made him defeat the huge Roman army. When he- died, ‘Umar bin Al-Khattab (R) cried and said: “Women would never give birth to one-like you.” The author learnt Arabic in order to draw on the earliest historical sources also he visited every one of Khalid’s battlefields in order to draw analyses from the viewpoint of military strategy also including reconciling conflicting historians’ accounts.

Muslim history is replete with great military achievements and glorious Feats of arms. In the annals of war there are no battles that surpass, in brilliance and decisiveness, the battles of Islam; no commanders who surpass, in courage and skill, the gifted generals of Islam.