Before one battle, this general tricked an enemy army into exhausting itself by making it hurriedly march the 50 miles between Kazima and Hufeir twice.
This man solved the problem of supplying an army crossing a desert with water by having his men drink water stored in their camels' stomachs. Before one battle, this general tricked an enemy army into exhausting itself by making it hurriedly march the 50 miles between Kazima and Hufeir twice. This man was officially dismissed from his command for bestowing a large sum of money on the poet Ash'as for a poem praising his deeds. While passing through the Cilician Gates, Emperor (*) Heraclius is reported to have lamented the loss of Syria, due largely to the leadership of this general, who had defeated his forces at the battles of Ajnadyn and Yarmouk. For 10 points, identify this Arabian general responsible for the Muslim conquest of Arabia and beginning the conquest of Persia and Syria.
This man solved the problem of supplying an army crossing a desert with water by having his men drink water stored in their camels' stomachs.
Khālid ibn al-Walīd (accept Drawn Sword of God or Sayf Allāh al-Maslūl)