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Declared Holy War
EVENT
This list only includes public declarations of holy war which either did, or could conceivably, have resulted in actual deaths.
See also: Declared Holy War Against Israel and Declared Holy War Against the United States
- Abd al-Hafid, against France (11-Jan-1908)
- Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed, against Ethiopia (9-Oct-2006)
- Ahmed Gragn, against Ethiopian Christians (1520)
- Muhammad Ahmad bin Abd Allah, against Egypt (12-Aug-1881)
- Ahmat Ismael Bichara, against Christians in Africa and Europe (2008)
- Gen. Shunroku Hata, against China (3-Feb-1940)
- Haj Amin al Husseini, against England (11-Nov-1951)
- Amanullah Khan, against Afghan rebels (Aug-1924)
- Ustadz Malik of the Moro National Liberation Front, against the Philippines (Apr-2007)
- Pope Martin V, against Bohemia (1420)
- Eloy Gutierrez Menoyo, against Cuba (29-Oct-1961)
- Sultan Doud Murra, against France (1904)
- Sultan Mehmed V, against Allied forces (14-Nov-1914)
- North Korea, against South Korea (3-Jul-1950)
- North Korea, against South Korea (Jan-2010)
- North Korea, against South Korea (23-Dec-2010)
- North Korea, against South Korea (Mar-2012)
- Mohammad Shah Qajar, against Imperial Russia (1910)
- Peru President Fernando Terry, against the Shining Path (8-Jul-1984)
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
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| Omar al-Bashir |
Politician |
1-Jan-1944 |
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President of Sudan |
| Babur |
Royalty |
14-Feb-1483 |
26-Dec-1530 |
Mughal Emperor |
| King Ferdinand II |
Royalty |
10-Mar-1452 |
23-Jan-1516 |
King of Spain, bankrolled Columbus |
| Emperor Hirohito |
Royalty |
29-Apr-1901 |
7-Jan-1989 |
Emperor of Japan 1926-89 |
| Saddam Hussein |
Head of State |
28-Apr-1937 |
30-Dec-2006 |
President of Iraq, 1979-2003 |
| Queen Isabella |
Royalty |
22-Apr-1451 |
26-Nov-1504 |
Bankrolled Columbus, persecuted Jews |
| Chiang Kai-Shek |
Head of State |
31-Oct-1887 |
5-Apr-1975 |
President of Nationalist China |
| Hamid Karzai |
Head of State |
24-Dec-1957 |
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President of Afghanistan |
| Ayatollah Khomeini |
Religion |
24-Sep-1902 |
3-Jun-1989 |
Leader of Islamic Republic of Iran |
| Moses |
Religion |
c. 1392 BC |
c. 1272 BC |
Ten Commandments |
| Muammar Qaddafi |
Head of State |
1942 |
20-Oct-2011 |
Dictator of Libya |
| Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani |
Head of State |
25-Aug-1934 |
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President of Iran, 1989-97 |
| Muqtada al-Sadr |
Military |
12-Aug-1973 |
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Militant Shiite Iraqi cleric |
| Saladin |
Royalty |
c. 1137 |
4-Mar-1193 |
Retook Jerusalem in 1187 |
| King Ibn Saud |
Head of State |
1876 |
9-Nov-1953 |
Founder of Saudi Arabia |
| Haile Selassie |
Royalty |
23-Jul-1892 |
27-Aug-1975 |
Last Emperor of Ethiopia |
| Tamerlane |
Royalty |
9-Apr-1336 |
19-Feb-1405 |
Conquered Hindustan |
| Pope Urban II |
Religion |
c. 1035 |
29-Jul-1099 |
Roman Catholic Pope, 1088-99 |
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