Sword of Allah Khalid bin al Waleed : A Biographical Study of One of the Greatest Military Generals in History (A.I. Akram)
Description
ISBN: 9780954866525
Author: A.I. Akram
Publisher: Maktabah Booksellers and Publishers (2007)
Pages: 485 Binding: Hardcover with Dust Jacket 6 x 9 x 1.5"
Description from the publisher:
A Biographical Study of the Greatest Military General in History. Khalid bin Al-Waleed was one of the greatest generals in history, and one of the greatest heroes of Islam. And about Whom Abu Bakr (RA) said 'Women will no longer be able to give birth to the likes of Khalid bin Al-Waleed.' (Ibn Kathir, Al-Bidayah wan-Nihayah, The original title of the book, "The Sword of Allah: Khalid bin Al-Waleed, His Life and Campaigns" was written by the late Lieutenant-General A.I. Akram of the Pakistan Army, in October 1969. The author learnt Arabic in order to draw on the earliest historical sources and he visited every one of Khalid's battlefields in order to draw analyses from the viewpoint of military strategy, including reconciling conflicting historians' accounts