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Alp Arslan (The Heroic Lion)

آلپ ارسلان / Muhammed bin Davud Çağrı

Seljuk Empire (Turkmenistan)

1029 – 1072 (43 years old)

Second Sultan of the Seljuk Empire whose historic victory over Byzantine Emperor Romanos IV Diogenes at the Battle of Manzikert in 1071 opened Anatolia to Turkish settlement.

Merv, Turkmenistan

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Gang Gam-chan

강감찬

Goryeo Kingdom

0948 – 1031 (82 years old)

Revered military commander and civil official of the Goryeo Kingdom of Korea who defeated the Khitan Liao Empire's massive invasion at the Battle of Guju in 1019 at age seventy-one.

Gwanak-gu (Seoul), South Korea

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Guo Ziyi (Prince of Fenyang)

郭子儀

Tang Dynasty (China)

0697 – 0781 (84 years old)

Legendary Tang dynasty general and Prince of Fenyang who quelled the catastrophic An Lushan Rebellion, recaptured both capitals, and preserved the Tang Empire.

Qianxian (Xianyang), China

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Charles Martel (The Hammer)

Karl Martell / Carolus Martellus

Belgium

0688 – 0741 (53 years old)

Frankish statesman and military commander who defeated the Umayyad Caliphate at the Battle of Tours in 732, laying the foundation for the Carolingian Empire.

Saint-Denis (Paris), France

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Musa ibn Nusayr

موسى بن نصير

🌐 Rashidun Caliphate

c. 640 CE – c. 716 CE (76 years old)

Umayyad governor and military commander who completed the Islamic conquest of the Maghreb and co-directed with Tariq ibn Ziyad the conquest of the Visigothic Kingdom in Hispania (Andalusia).

Al-Ula (near Medina), Saudi Arabia

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Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas

سعد بن أبي وقاص

Hejaz (Saudi Arabia)

1 – 1 (79 years old)

Companion of the Prophet, archer, and supreme commander who crushed the Sasanian Persian Empire at the Battle of al-Qadisiyyah and captured Ctesiphon.

Medina, Saudi Arabia

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Kim Yu-sin

김유신 (태대각간)

Silla Kingdom

0595 – 0673 (78 years old)

Supreme general of the ancient Korean kingdom of Silla, master of the elite Hwarang warrior code, who unified the Three Kingdoms of Korea (Silla, Baekje, and Goguryeo) in the seventh century.

Gyeongju (Gyeongsangbuk-do), South Korea

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Amr ibn al-As

عمرو بن العاص

Hejaz (Saudi Arabia)

1 – 0664 (91 years old)

Master Arab general and statesman who led the Muslim conquest of Egypt, captured Alexandria from the Byzantine Empire, and founded Fustat (Cairo).

Cairo, Egypt

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Gyebaek

계백

🌐 Baekje Kingdom

c. 610 CE – 0660 (50 years old)

Heroic general of the ancient Korean kingdom of Baekje who made a legendary last stand with 5,000 suicide troops at the Battle of Hwangsanbeol against a 50,000-man Silla army.

Nonsan (Chungcheongnam-do), South Korea

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Li Jing (Duke of Weiguo)

李靖 / 李藥師

Sui Dynasty (China)

0571 – 0649 (78 years old)

Greatest general of the early Tang Dynasty whose lightning cavalry strikes pacified the southern kingdoms and crushed the Eastern Turkic Khaganate.

Liquan (Xianyang), China

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Abu Ubaidah ibn al-Jarrah

أبو عبيدة عامر بن الجراح

Hejaz (Saudi Arabia)

1 – 0639 (56 years old)

Supreme commander of the Rashidun army in the Levant hailed as the 'Trustworthy of the Nation' (Amin al-Ummah), who captured Damascus and Jerusalem.

Deir Alla (Jordan Valley), Jordan

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Eulji Mundeok

을지문덕

Goguryeo Kingdom

c. 560 CE – c. 620 CE (60 years old)

Celebrated military commander of the Korean kingdom of Goguryeo who annihilated Emperor Yang of Sui's 305,000-man invasion force at the Battle of Salsu in 612 CE.

Pyongyang, North Korea

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Flavius Aetius

Flavius Aetius

Roman Empire (Bulgaria)

1 – 0454 (63 years old)

Foremost general of the Western Roman Empire, celebrated as 'The Last of the Romans', who defeated Attila the Hun at the Battle of the Catalaunian Plains.

Ravenna, Italy

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Flavius Stilicho

Flavius Stilicho

Roman Empire

1 – 0408 (49 years old)

High-ranking Roman general of Vandal heritage who served as guardian of Emperor Honorius and repeatedly defeated Alaric and Radagaisus to defend Italy.

Milan, Italy

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Sima Yi (Emperor Xuan of Jin)

司馬懿 / 司馬仲達

Han Empire (China)

0179 – 0251 (72 years old)

Supreme general, regent, and strategist of Cao Wei who successfully countered Zhuge Liang's Northern Expeditions and paved the way for the Jin dynasty.

Luoyang, China

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Lu Xun (General)

陆逊 (伯言)

Eastern Han Dynasty

0183 – 0245 (62 years old)

Supreme commander and Chancellor of Eastern Wu who designed the surprise capture of Jingzhou and annihilated Liu Bei's massive invasion army with fire attacks at the Battle of Yiling in 222 CE.

Suzhou (Jiangsu), China

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Zhuge Liang

诸葛亮 (孔明)

Eastern Han Dynasty

c. 181 CE – 0234 (53 years old)

Legendary Chinese strategist and Chancellor of Shu Han known as 'The Crouching Dragon', revered across East Asia as the archetype of supreme tactical intelligence, loyalty, and engineering innovation.

Mian County (Hanzhong, Shaanxi), China

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Zhuge Liang (Wolong / Crouching Dragon)

諸葛亮 / 諸葛孔明

Han Empire (China)

0181 – 0234 (53 years old)

Legendary Chancellor and chief military strategist of Shu Han whose Longzhong Plan laid the blueprint for the Three Kingdoms and who invented the repeating crossbow.

Mianxian (Hanzhong), China

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