He who is ashamed of slave origins is no true warrior.
奴隷の出自を恥じる者は真の戦士ではない。
Military Strategists
The Mamluk sultan who stopped the Mongol advance at Ain Jalut
The Mamluk sultan who stopped the Mongol advance at Ain Jalut (1260) and systematically eliminated Crusader strongholds from the Levant (1223-1277). Baybars rose from slavery to supreme power, defending the Islamic world against its two greatest threats simultaneously while building the foundations of Mamluk dominance for two centuries.
View this figure's profile
The Mamluk sultan who stopped the Mongol advance at Ain Jalut's Other Quotes
Related Quotes
I was originally a commoner, tilling the fields at Nanyang.
-- The legendary chancellor and military strategist of the Shu Han kingdom during China's Three Kingdoms period
唯才是挙、吾得而用之。
-- The dominant warlord of China's Three Kingdoms era
My victories have left sufficient offspring: Leuctra and Mantinea.
-- The Theban general who shattered Sparta's military supremacy at Leuctra
I wish to die as Mori Rintaro, a man of Iwami.
-- Mori Ogai
A cowardly pride and an arrogant sense of shame.
-- Atsushi Nakajima
敗れてなお誇り高く
-- Born in Okayama Prefecture in 1907, Kinue Hitomi