Seljuk Ghulams

Seljuk Ghulams

The Seljuk ghulams were elite slave-soldiers forged into a professional cavalry core, bound by pay, training, and proximity to power rather than blood or tribe. As a disciplined hinge of the Seljuk war machine, they delivered controlled violence that reshaped battlefields from Iran to Anatolia and left a template later empires would copy without apology.

Group Rank - 174

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Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga Brigades

Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga Brigades

The Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga brigades were decentralized mountain infantry formations that emerged as the dominant Kurdish fighting force during the 1991 uprising and later partnered with U.S. forces in the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Shaped by guerrilla warfare, clan loyalty, and survival after genocide, they combined local terrain mastery with political fragmentation to secure and hold northern Iraq.

Group Rank - 176

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Kurdish Peshmerga (Barzani & Talabani Forces)

Kurdish Peshmerga (Barzani & Talabani Forces)

The Kurdish Peshmerga are the armed forces of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, rooted in guerrilla traditions that emphasize mobility, local loyalty, and survival in mountainous terrain. Historically divided along Barzani (KDP) and Talabani (PUK) party lines, they have fought external threats and internal rivals alike while remaining central to Kurdish autonomy and defense.

Group Rank - 177

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Palmach (Haganah Elite Strike Force)

Palmach (Haganah Elite Strike Force)

The elite strike force of the Haganah, formed in 1941 to wage guerrilla war through sabotage, night raids, and rapid assaults during the final years of the British Mandate in Palestine. Hardened by scarcity and constant movement, its fighters helped shape the outcome of the 1948 war and left a lasting imprint on Israel’s military culture.

Group Rank - 178

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Fatimid & Ayyubid Mamluk Cavalry

Fatimid & Ayyubid Mamluk Cavalry

A professional cavalry brotherhood forged from enslaved youths, the Fatimid and Ayyubid Mamluk horsemen mastered discipline, mobility, and shock warfare to become the decisive military force of medieval Egypt and Syria.

Group Rank - 180

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Egyptian New Kingdom Chariot Corps

Egyptian New Kingdom Chariot Corps

The New Kingdom chariot corps turned speed into a weapon, using disciplined coordination and relentless mobility to carry Egyptian power far beyond the Nile.

Group Rank - 183

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Spanish Guerrilleros

Spanish Guerrilleros

A brotherhood of Spanish Guerrilleros rises from the hills and hollows of Iberia to bleed an empire one ambush at a time.

Group Rank - 186

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Spanish Conquistadores

Spanish Conquistadores

They advanced like a single starving organism made of steel, superstition, and the certainty that the world existed only to be taken.

Group Rank - 193

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THE SOLOMONIC KNIGHTS

THE SOLOMONIC KNIGHTS

The Solomonic Knights fought for seven centuries with blades, faith, and terrifying resolve, carving Ethiopia’s destiny into the highlands one battlefield at a time.

Group Rank - 199

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Irish Ranger Wing / SAS in Ulster

Irish Ranger Wing / SAS in Ulster

In the end, they were the men who made the darkness blink first. Not knights, not villains—just professionals in a dirty century, paid to make silence possible again.

Group Rank - 200

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