List of Muslim soldiers

A Muslim soldier is a Muslim who has engaged in war, or is trained in the art of war. Some of the more contemporary belong to state or national military forces and are more accurately described as soldiers. Some of the older entries may be more accurately be described as warriors, and some as militia. Entries in this chronological list are accompanied by dates of birth and death, branch of Islam, country of birth, field of study, campaigns fought in, and a short biographical description.

Muslim military leaders

This list includes notable conquerors, generals, and admirals from early Islamic history to the 20th century.

500s


Sword of Caliph Umar, with later hilt.
Prophet Muhammad
Hamza ibn Abdul Muttalib
Abu bakr As-Siddiq
Umar bin al-Khattab
Usman ibn Affan
Ali bin Abi Talib
Khalid ibn al-Walid
Saad Bin Abi Waqas
Zirrar ibn al-Azwar
Qa'qa ibn al-Amr
Usama ibn Zaid
Jafar ibn Abi Talib
Abu Sufyan ibn Harb
Abu Ubayda ibn al-Jarrah
Zayd ibn Harithah
Bilal
Amr ibn al-'As

600s
Hasan ibn Ali
Husayn ibn Ali
Musa bin Nusair, (640-716). An Umayyad governor and general in North Africa.
Al-Hajjaj bin Yousef, (661-714). Umayyad administrator of Iraq.
Muhammad bin Qasim, (695-715). An early Arab General who captured Sindh in Pakistan.
Um Umara. Female fighter.
Nusaybah Bint k’ab Al Maziniyyah. Female fighter who fought at the Battle of Uhud with the army of Muhammad after converting to Islam.
Khawla bint al-Azwar, (d. 639). Female fighter who fought alongside the Rashidun army at the Battle of the Yarmuk against the Roman Byzantine Empire. She is Zirrar ibn al-Azwar's sister.
Wafeira. Female fighter who fought alongside khawla at the Battle of the Yarmuk.
Umar II, Umayyad Caliph

700s
Tariq ibn-Ziyad, (d. 720) . An Umayyad Amazigh general, who swept Hispania with Muslim army.
Abdul Rahman Al Ghafiqi
Zaid ibn Ali - Arab, fought the Banu Umayyad
Muhammad ibn Qasim captured Sind and Multan in Pakistan
Yahya ibn Zayd - Arab, fought the Banu Umayyad
Muhammad ibn Abdullah (Nafs-az-Zakiyah) - Arab, fought the Abbasids
Ibraheem ibn Abdullah - Arab, fought the Abbasids
Isma'il ibn Jafar - Arab, fought the Banu Umayyad





800s
Abu 'Abdullah al-Shi'i, an Ismaili Da'i and a soldier, built a Katama Berbers army and helped found Fatimid Caliphate in North Africa.

900s
Mahmud of Ghazni, (971—1030). Ruler of Ghazni.
Jawhar as-Siqilli, commander of Fatimid forces. Founded Cairo and built Al-Azhar Mosque.

1000s
Avicenna
Alp Arslan
Togrul, Founder of the Seljuq Dynasty



1100s


Saladin and Guy of Lusignan after Battle of Hattin
Muhammad of Ghor
Zengi
Muḥammad Shahābuddīn Ghorī
Nur ad-Din Zangi, (1118–1174). A Syrian ruler and military leader who fought in the Crusades.
Saif ad-Din Ghazi I, Muslim leader during crusades
Saladin - 1138, Sunni, Kurd, Crusades
Shirkuh, Muslim Kurd leader during crusades

1200s
Qutb-ud-din Aybak built the Qutub Minar
Razia Sultana, Indian princess
Mu'in ad-Din Unur
Al-Kamil Sunni Kurd leader
Baibars, fought with Crusaders and Mongols
Saif ad-Din Qutuz, fought with Crusaders and Mongols
Qalawun, fought with Crusaders
Khalil
Ghiyas ud din Balban
Ala ud din Khilji , Indian king who fought with the Mongols
Uthman I, Founder of the Ottoman Dynasty
Berke Khan, Fought with Mongols
Aybak, Founder of the Mamluk Dynasty
Saif ad-Din Qutuz1300s
Tamerlane (1370,1405). Conqueror and founder of the Timurid dynasty.
Ala ud din Khilji
Bayezid I Victor of Battle of Nicopolis
Zheng He (1371–1433) Chinese mariner, explorer, and fleet admiral

1400s
Qutaibah bin Muslim,
Sher Shah 1472.
Hayreddin Barbarossa (1475–1546). Ottoman Admiral.
Zahiruddin Babur Conqueror and founder of the powerful Mughal Empire
Selim I
Suleiman the Magnificent
Mehmed II also known as Mehmed the Conqueror
Sharifa Fatima. Female Zaidi chieftain of Yemen who conquered Sana'a.

1500s
Humayun (Mughal King)
Akbar (Mughal King) Son of Humayun.

1600s
Shah Jahan Ruler of the Mughal Empire 1628 - 1658
Aurangzeb 6th Mughal Emperor whose reign lasted from 1658 until his death in 1707. Indian and Afghan Muslims applaud him a Caliph.

1700s
Hyder Ali - (1722–1782).
Imam Shamil, (1797–1871). An Avar (modern day Dagestan) who is considered both a political and religious leader for Chechens, Dagestanis, and Circassians.
Tipu Sultan. (1750–1799).
Syed Ahmad Shaheed Great Muslim of the sub-continent(Pak-India-Bangladesh)
Shah Ismail Shaheed


800s
Abdel Kadir, (Abd al-Qādir al-Jazā'irī). (1808–1883). Algerian militant against the French occupation.
Bakht Khan, Indian Muslim commander during Indian war of independence
Husein Gradaščević, leader of Great Bosnian uprising
Muhammad Ahmad, (1844–1885). a Muslim religious leader and militant in Anglo-Egyptian Sudan.
Omar Mukhtar, (1862–1931).
Nadir Shah, (aka Nadir Qoli Beg and Tahmasp-Qoli Khan). (1688–1747). A Shah of Iran and a military leader.
Bai Chongxi, (1893–1966). A Chinese General of the Republic of China (ROC).
Abd el-Krim, ('Abd al-Karim Al-Khattabi). (1882–1963). Berber leader fighting against the French and Spanish occupations in Northern Morocco.
Hakim Ajmal Khan
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
Begum Hazrat Mahal, Indian Queen who fought for independence from the British
Syed Ahmad Shaheed Great Muslim of sub-Continent (Pak-India-Bangladesh)
Shah Ismail Shaheed

1900s
Muhammad Ataul Ghani Osmani, 1st Commander-in-Chief of the Bangladesh Armed Forces and led the Mukti Bahini during the Bangladesh Liberation War
Shamim Alam Khan, General, 1938- , Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of Pakistan
Sudirman, (1916–1950)
Abdul Haris Nasution
Gamal Abdel Nasser
King Abdulaziz bin Abdulrahman Al Saud - founder of modern Saudi Arabia
Noor Inayat Khan, intelligence operative for the British in WWII
Ziaur Rahman, leading Sector Commander during the Bangladesh Liberation War and later became the President of Bangladesh
Mohiuddin Jahangir, recipient of Bir Sreshtho
Raja Aziz Bhatti, recipient of Nishan-e-Haider
Major Tufail Muhammad Shaheed, recipient of Nishan-e-Haider
Captain Muhammad Sarwar Shaheed, recipient of Nishan-e-Haider
Matiur Rahman, recipient of Bir Sreshtho
Khaled Mosharraf, leading Sector Commander during the Bangladesh Liberation War
K M Shafiullah, Chief of Army Staff of the Bangladesh Army
Nur Khan, Commander-in-Chief of the Pakistan Air Force
A. K. Khandker, first Chief of Staff of the Bangladesh Air Force
Muhammad Mahmood Alam, air commodore of the Pakistan Air Force
Hassan Nasrallah, Commander in Chief of Hizbollah
Hamidur Rahman, recipient of Bir Sreshtho
Muammar al-Gaddafi
Bashar Al-Assad
Ahmed Shah Massoud
Ayub Khan Military ruler of Pakistani Islamic Government.
Major Aziz Bhatti (A brave Soldier of Pakistan martyred in the Pak-Indo war 1965).
Zia-ul-Haq (Ruler of Pakistani Islamic Government).
Hawaldar Lalak jan Pakistani Soldier.
Abd al-Qadir al-Husayni
Hasan Salama
Saad El Shazly, Egyptian Chief of Staff during the Yom Kippur War
Ahmad Ismail Ali, Commander-in-Chief of Egypt's army during the Yom Kippur War
Abdel Ghani el-Gamasy, Director of operations for all forces participating in the 1973 Yom Kippur War
Abdul Munim Riad, Chief of Staff of the Egyptian Armed Forces
Mohammed Aly Fahmy, Commander of the Egyptian Air Defense Command during the Yom Kippur War
Abdul Munim Wassel, Commander of the Egyptian 3rd Army during the Yom Kippur War
Abd-Al-Minaam Khaleel, Commander of the Egyptian 2nd Army during the Yom Kippur War
Abdul Hamid, Indian soldier
Atif Dudaković, general of Bosnia-Herzegovina Army
Afsir Karim, Major General of the Indian Army,
Mohammed Abdullah Hassan, the "Mullah" who fought imperialism in Somalia
Rashid Minhas,Captin of Pakistan Air Force

Unclassified
Ali Sadikin
Sukarno
Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
Tahir ibn Husayn
Wiranto