MILITARY PERSONNELS from Afghanistan

Top 2

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Afghan Military Personnels of all time. This list of famous Afghan Military Personnels is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.

1. Muhammad bin Bakhtiyar Khalji (1101 - 1206)

With an HPI of 56.97, Muhammad bin Bakhtiyar Khalji is the most famous Afghan Military Personnel.  His biography has been translated into 23 different languages on wikipedia.

Ikhtiyār al-Dīn Muḥammad Bakhtiyār Khaljī, also known as Bakhtiyar Khalji, was a Turko-Afghan military general of the Ghurid ruler Muhammad of Ghor, who led the Muslim conquests of the eastern Indian regions of Bengal and parts of Bihar and established himself as their ruler. He was the founder of the Khalji dynasty of Bengal, ruling Bengal for a short period, from 1203 to 1227 CE. Khalji's invasions of the Indian subcontinent between A.D. 1197 and 1206 led to mass flight and massacres of monks, and caused damage to the traditional Buddhist institutions of higher learning in Northern India. In Bengal, Khalji's reign was responsible for the displacement of Buddhism. The leading centre of teaching for Mahayana Buddhism was Nalanda. At the end of the 12th century, Bakhityar Khilji demolished the Monastery in a brutal sacking. But some historians don't agree and reason that Bakhtiyar's attacks weren't on the Buddhist viharas, and the actual Buddhist sites were already abandoned or in declining state. His rule is said to have begun the Muslim rule in Bengal, most notably those of Bengal Sultanate and Mughal Bengal. Bakhtiyar launched an ill-fated Tibet campaign in 1206 and was assassinated upon returning to Bengal. He was succeeded by Muhammad Shiran Khalji.

2. Islam Bibi (1974 - 2013)

With an HPI of 39.12, Islam Bibi is the 2nd most famous Afghan Military Personnel.  Her biography has been translated into 26 different languages.

Islam Bibi (Pashto: د اسلام چاچی; 1974 – 4 July 2013) was a female police officer in Afghanistan in the Helmand province Headquarters and also a pioneer in the fight for feminism. She was the highest ranking policewoman at the time of her death in Afghanistan and led operations against the Talibans. She received numerous death threats and was assassinated on 4 July 2013.