Least wanted leaders

Two of the nasties from history, but looking at everything they were which one of them would you least want as your leader, and why?

Oh dear I didn't realise I had put this on a poll.

They were both very good generals, but as rulers not so much. They didn't really care about the people. They would just conquer lands and not establish new governmental systems in them. For this reason they were often forced to reconquer their lands after inevitable rebellions. This is why the Mongol and Timurid empires didn't last too long.

Originally posted by Scholar7 Their are plenty of people who would not make great leaders.  I would choose Genghis over Tamerlane, mainly cause I think Khan is more of a bad-ass than Tamerlane.

Well of course he (Timur) was a little "Lame."



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timur

Regards,

This is a difficult question. If we look at both of them, many things are similar, including their names, both birth names mean iron(Temujin and Timur). They were both born holding blood clots. Both became great leaders after being at a low point, though Genghis Khan had come from a higher social standing than Tamerlane, with connections he utilised to raise himself up. Both did care for their respective fighters, unlike what some people have said. Tamerlane was definitely the greatest self made man. They were both intelligent. I'm going to need more time, it's far too close to call just yet for me.

 

Originally posted by opuslola And, you well know that all of your reasons, rely mostly upon the opinions of historians now mostly dead. Regards,

Not to mention everything else said about them on here, if you think about it. I guess we're going to have to rely on what we think we know for this one.

Edited by ALLAN - 28-May-2011 at 22:45