A very detailed and fully referenced text about the management, organization and mode of operation of the Islamic military in the battles that the Muslim community engaged in under the leadership of the Holy Prophet [s].
- Military Management in the Battles of the Prophet (s)
- Translator’s Introduction
- Author’s Introduction
- Preface
- Scope Of Research
- A Chronological Introduction And Description Of The Most Important Sources
- The Most Important Historians
- 1. Abu Bakr Muhammad Ibn Muslim Bin ‘Ubaydallah Bin Shihāb al-Zuhri (51-124 A.H.)
- 2. Abu ‘Abdillah Muhammad Ibn Is’hāq Bin Yasār al-Mutallabi (85-151 A.H.)
- 3. Abu Abdillah Muhammad Ibn Umar al-Wāqidi (130-207 A.H.)
- 4. Abu al-Rabi’ Sulaymān Bin Musā Ibn Sālim al-Kalā’i al-Himyari
- 5. Abu al-Fath Muhammad Ibn Muhammad Ibn ‘Abdillah Ibn Sayyid al-Nās152
- The Arab Military Before Islām
- Leadership And Command
- Etiquettes of Leadership
- A) Intellectual Traits
- B) Practical Traits
- 1. Principles of Warfare
- 2. Pre-emptive Warfare (Harb al-Wiqāyah)
- 3. Lightning Strikes and Blitzes
- 4. Pursuing and Chasing After Fleeing Enemy Soldiers
- 5. Attacks and Onslaughts
- 6. Deception and Trickery
- 7. Superiority in Battle
- 8. Swiftness and Speed in Battle
- 9. Revolutionary and All-inclusive War
- 10. Psychological Warfare
- C) Physical And Spiritual Traits
- Staff Headquarters
- 1. The Department Of Planning And Scheduling:
- a) Planning the policy for the participation of the Ansār in battle
- b) Methods of Negotiation
- c) Designing a Program in order to Know the Enemy
- d) Creating a Plan to Gain Control of the Most Important Routes and Courses
- e) Appointing a Deputy in Madina
- f) Reviewing of the Supreme Commander of the Army
- g) Placing the Capable Individuals in Appropriate Positions
- h) Preserving the Unity and Integration of the Army
- i) Discipline
- j) Determining the Number of Soldiers in the Army
- k) Organization and arrangement of the troops
- 2. The Administrative Council
- 3. The Department Of Doctrinal Guidance
- 1. The Department Of Planning And Scheduling:
- The Department of Intelligence And Security
- The Intelligence Department
- Operations Personnel
- First: Department of Operations
- 1. Objective
- 2. Sending military missions and commanding the army in battle
- 3. Studying what was important and necessary
- 4. Preserving the goal
- 5. Exhortation to fight
- 6. The flag and banner
- 7. Code words and identification
- 8. Being prepared for war
- 9. General mobilization
- 10. Taking the appropriate counter-measures
- 11. The routes taken by the forces
- 12. The area of assembly and mobilization
- 13. The area of encampment and setting up base
- 14. Keeping the operations secret and covert
- 15. Specification and assessment of the battle ground
- 16. Co-operation
- 17. Invasion and attack
- 18. Display of strength and might
- 19. Forewarning prior to battle
- 20. The order to commence the war
- 21. Combat
- 22. Organization of the battle
- 23. Battles fought in order to capture forts (Harb al-Husun)
- 24. Battles with barriers (and impediments)
- 25. Battles in cities and towns (Harb al-Mudun)
- 26. Daily reports
- First: Department of Operations
- An analysis of the battles on the various front-lines
- Department Of Supplies And Reinforcements
- A) Department Of Supplies And Reinforcements
- The Rear
- 1) Types of supplies and support:
- 2) The main points of relief support
- 3) Places of rest for the army
- 4) Modes of transport
- 5) Foods and rations
- 6) Sources for procuring the food
- 7) Water
- 8) Sources of nourishment
- 9) Shelter, tents and clothes
- 10) Storing foodstuffs
- 11) Clearing the field of operations
- 12) Trade and agriculture
- 13) Welcoming the soldiers
- 14) The minimum age for being accepted into the army
- 15) Teaching and education
- 16) Securing relief support in pre-emptive battle
- 17) Securing reinforcements when capturing fortresses
- 18) Difficulties in securing supplies
- 19) The division for training and exercise
- B) Department Of War Booty
- C) Department Of Medical Services
- The Rear
- Conclusion
- A) Department Of Supplies And Reinforcements
- Bibliography
