Public Figures & Cultural Luminaries
Filterable archive covering centuries of intellectual, artistic, and moral contributions to the human story.
Sir ibn Abi Bakr
(ุณูุฑ ุจู ุฃุจู ุจูุฑ ุงููู
ุชููู)
Greatest field commander of Sultan Yusuf ibn Tashfin, whose military campaigns unified fractured Taifa kingdoms and captured Seville, Cordoba, and Badajoz in 1091.
Bohemond I of Antioch
(Bohemond de Hauteville)
Norman prince and supreme military strategist of the First Crusade who captured Antioch through bribery and routed Kerbogha's relief army to found the Principality of Antioch.
Kilij Arslan I
(I. Kฤฑlฤฑรง Arslan)
Second Sultan of the Seljuk Sultanate of Rum who was the first Muslim commander to face the First Crusade, wiped out the Peoples' Crusade in 1096, and established Konya as the capital of Anatolia.
Godfrey of Bouillon
(Godefroy de Bouillon)
Leader of the First Crusade and first ruler of the Kingdom of Jerusalem who took the title 'Advocate of the Holy Sepulchre' and won the Battle of Ascalon.
Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar (El Cid)
(Rodrigo Dรญaz de Vivar)
Castilian military leader and folk hero of the Reconquista who served both Christian and Muslim lords, never lost a battle, and conquered Valencia.
Malik Shah I
(ุฌูุงู ุงูุฏููุฉ ู
ุนุฒ ุงูุฏููุง ูุงูุฏูู ู
ููุดุงู)
Third and greatest Sultan of the Great Seljuk Empire whose reign, alongside Grand Vizier Nizam al-Mulk, represented the military and cultural zenith of medieval Islamic civilization.
Robert Guiscard (The Cunning)
(Robert Guiscard / Robert de Hauteville)
Norman adventurer and conqueror who established the Duchy of Apulia and Calabria, drove Byzantium and Saracens from southern Italy, and sacked Rome.
Alp Arslan
(ุขูุจ ุฃุฑุณูุงู (ู
ุญู
ุฏ ุจู ุฏุงูุฏ))
Second Sultan of the Great Seljuk Empire whose historic victory over Byzantine Emperor Romanos IV at the Battle of Manzikert in 1071 opened Anatolia to Turkish settlement.
Alp Arslan (The Heroic Lion)
(ุขููพ ุงุฑุณูุงู / Muhammed bin Davud รaฤrฤฑ)
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.
Yahya ibn Umar al-Lamtuni
(ูุญูู ุจู ุนู
ุฑ ุงููู
ุชููู)
First supreme military commander of the Almoravid movement, chosen by spiritual founder Abdallah ibn Yasin, who conquered Sijilmasa and unified the Saharan tribes.
Gang Gam-chan
(๊ฐ๊ฐ์ฐฌ)
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.
Jawhar al-Siqilli
(ุฌููุฑ ุงูุตููู)
Brilliant Fatimid general of Sicilian origin who conquered North Africa and Egypt, founded the royal capital city of Cairo (Al-Qahirah) in 969 CE, and constructed the world-renowned Al-Azhar Mosque.
Guo Ziyi (Prince of Fenyang)
(้ญๅญๅ)
Legendary Tang dynasty general and Prince of Fenyang who quelled the catastrophic An Lushan Rebellion, recaptured both capitals, and preserved the Tang Empire.
Charles Martel (The Hammer)
(Karl Martell / Carolus Martellus)
Frankish statesman and military commander who defeated the Umayyad Caliphate at the Battle of Tours in 732, laying the foundation for the Carolingian Empire.
Musa ibn Nusayr (ู ูุณู ุจู ูุตูุฑ)
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).
Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas
(ุณุนุฏ ุจู ุฃุจู ููุงุต)
Companion of the Prophet, archer, and supreme commander who crushed the Sasanian Persian Empire at the Battle of al-Qadisiyyah and captured Ctesiphon.
Kim Yu-sin
(๊น์ ์ (ํ๋๊ฐ๊ฐ))
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.
Amr ibn al-As
(ุนู
ุฑู ุจู ุงูุนุงุต)
Master Arab general and statesman who led the Muslim conquest of Egypt, captured Alexandria from the Byzantine Empire, and founded Fustat (Cairo).