They left their place of strength to march in the sun to rescue the fortress of Tiberius, because “Christian womanhood was imperiled” although the husband of said woman Raymond of Tripoli advised against it and said that even if the castle fell, he would ransom his wife. When the King gave the command to halt the columns in the hot sun Raymond dismounted and fell to his knees and shouted “the Kingdom is lost”.
Now kudos to Saladin for lighting the grass on fire around the advancing army. Its those little touches that sometimes make all the difference.
Defeated by thirst and the Sun (Raymond broke free with some of his knights) King Guy and Reynald de Chatillon were taken captive and King Guy was offered chilled water by Saladin. But Reynald had his head cut off by Saladin personally, who apologized to King Guy (who now looked like he feared for his life) and said “that was rude, but that man was too much to bear. But do not worry - A King does not kill a King.”
Alexander had it the opposite. ;)
In the west, we don’t hear a lot about Khaled bin Al-Waleed.
He was Muhammed’s War Commander, and campaigned against the Meccans, united Arabia, conquered Iraq, defeated Persia, and then defeated the Byzantines and Roman Syria.
In almost every battle he was outnumbered, sometimes on the order of 15-20 to 1, and used brilliant tactics, such as coordinated multiple envelopments, almost unheard of in that era.
He also knew the limits of his men, and would push them to the very edge of endurance, often appearing when and where he wasn’t expected at all.