MUHAMMAD BIN QASIM OPENING A NEW DOOR OF GLORY FOR MUSLIMS SUBMITTED BY: RIDA RASOOL HASHMI SUBMITTED TO: AYESHA CHAPRA DATE OF SUBMISSION: 10TH MAY 2010 SECTION: BS /SS 2 B ABSTRACT In this term paper I have discussed Muhammad Bin Qasim’s entire campaign of invading South Asia one of history’s major landmarks in changing the shape of the world making it as it is today. The following points are discussed in the term paper. 1. Introduction of Muhammad Bin Qasim. As a 17 year old Arab
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West Point and descendant of a Virginia family with a long military tradition. Patton became a keen student of the American Civil War (1861-1865)‚ especially its great cavalry leaders ‚ an interest that likely contributed to the strategy of bold ‚ highly mobile operations associated with his name. He began his army career as a cavalry lieutenant (1913) and was aide-de-camp to General John J. Pershing in Mexico (1916-1917) and in England (1917). After serving with the U.S Tank Corps in World War 1‚
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Suleiman the Magnificent The Ottoman Empire was an empire lasting from 1299 to 1923. Osman was leading the small Ottoman Empire in 1299 in western Anatolia and he was slowly extending his settlements away from his Muslim neighbors. It was not allowed for Muslims to kill other Muslims. He had a number of soldiers called the Ghazis who were brave‚ loyal and fearless. These solders helped Osman tread into unknown land and spread his rule. Osman’s name was becoming more known and after his death‚ people
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Caesar and his Legions The Gallic Wars Matthew Brown Com/150 Professor Charles Nelson 3/3/2012 Throughout history‚ few names have been able to stand the test of time. Through political achievements and bloody military conquests Julius Caesar rose to power in one of the greatest empires the world has ever seen. Caesar’s Gallic campaign is to this day one of the most successful military campaigns in history‚ adding enormous wealth and power not only to Rome but to himself. His legions loved
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Research Paper Hannibal’s Life and Conquest Hannibal is one of the greatest generals of his time. To better understand Hannibal and his crusades against the Romans you must know a bit about his family history. Hannibal was only 25 years old when he was put in command of the Carthaginian armies and the Carthaginian government in Spain. Even at a young age he knew his responsibilities‚ so he kept his father ’s plan of military conquest and his brother-in-law`s policy of strengthening Carthaginian
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It is quite common to go through life following the demands of society and refusing to be unique‚ allowing it to shape and characterise the lives within the society. In fact‚ society is even apt of delineating the lives amongst it. However Alexander III‚ King of Macedon‚ Pharaoh of Egypt‚ Supreme Commander in Chief of all Greeks and Emperor of Persia‚ was not a follower. He was the person leading society; the moulder‚ the shaper. Through his instantaneous reaction and actuation‚ he was able to make
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Mankind has come to a long and thorny path before becoming such as they are today. People made a big leap to lifestyle-like animals to a high-tech world in just a couple of hundred years. And despite the fact that now most of the world supports the world a couple of centuries ago‚ we could not imagine the solution of conflicts without bloodshed. Such aggressive character defines human because our ancestors had to be like that to survive in the harsh conditions. So on the question of which came first
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king conquered‚ the more secure his personal kingship became‚ and the more his resources for yet more conquest” (Lane Fox‚ p. 230‚ para. 1). This was true for Alexander‚ he had an uncanny hunger for conquest. He was able to persuade his army and cavalry to follow his pursuit until they reached territories unheard of to any of them. Alexander was forced to settle for his second best aspiration which was at the river Indus thought to be southern edge of the world‚ which is modern day Pakistan. It
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saddle so it was possible to sleep. This let the army move long distances while their enemies were still asleep‚ a fact that helped them get the element of surprise time and time again. Subotai demonstrated their mobility by leading the longest cavalry raid
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Contents: Introduction The Hundred Days and the Waterloo campaign‚ March-July 1815 Ireland and the outbreak of hostilities Irish soldiers and the Waterloo campaign Irish military experiences during the Waterloo campaign Ireland and the aftermath of hostilities Conclusion Appendices: (i) Irish Waterloo campaign veterans – 3rd Battalion‚ 1st Foot (ii) Irish Waterloo campaign veterans –
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