This channel is the personification of objectivity. The words you use are carefully chosen. No exageration and no down playing. To the point and entertaining, also informative. I honestyly do like to watch your videos.
@@ahmaduomar5517how could she be called the mother of the faithful if she rebelled against Caliph Ali (AS), besieged Basrah and caused bloodshed between Muslims for the first time in Islamic history? May allah forgive her for the sins she has committed. Her actions still hurts the ummah to this very day!
@ahmaduomar5517 that literally makes them objective. You muslims arent the only people on earth. What you call a historical figure isnt what everyone calls them.
Being a huge fan of older Total War titles and Europa Universalis 4 watching your videos really brings me the same fascination as playing those games. Felling into these battles, feeling the drama occurring within these empires. It‘s like watching and playing the best gameplay ever. And the fact that all of this is actual history really gives me the chills. Great work. I rarely enjoy any other UA-cam channel mire than yours. The best combination of war and history. I don‘t earn that much but your channel is the first that makes me consider becoming a patreon. Love your channel, for many years already ❤
Fascinating documentary! The early Muslim expansion truly shaped the course of history in Europe, North Africa, and Central Asia. It's incredible to delve into the historical intricacies and understand the impact of this transformative period. Kudos to the creators for providing such insightful content!
And even south asia and south east asia you like even indonesia and india and pakistan have more muslim than middle east , north africa and central asia i do not try comparsion just saying how impact are there in different region
@@Faisal-pb5guit i do not deny like how it helping formation spain and pourtugal islamization of central asia a lot of nomad tribe like turks ,khazak ,ubezk and etc timurid sultanute also turk migration in minor asia and rise ottoman empire
This is the most impressive non subscription history channel i have come across so far the visual is really great and how you guys use sound effect efficiently the information is also really great and accurate pure fact no personal opinions and really fast upload i would support you guys if I have more money keep up all the work!❤(my english is really bad btw probably not a good wording)
Note: For a generation, the Second Fitna stopped Muslim expansion in Central Asia. The lack of centrally appointed governors led to intertribal warfare among the Arab settlers in Khorasan, with local princes refusing to pay tribute and even launching raids into the region by the Hephthalite princes.The Mudari leader Abd Allah ibn Khazim al-Sulami established himself as the de facto ruler of Khorasan until 691, when the victorious Umayyads encouraged his rivals to revolt, ultimately leading to his death. Prior to that, he had massacred about 8,000 of his rivals from the Rabi'a and Bakr ibn Wa'il tribes. The surviving members of Abd Allah's followers
@@EM-tx3ly Arabs are very tibal and uniting them was the most difficult task for the early islamic caliphate, it took prophet Muhammad 20 years to unite them and after they were united they disbanded again the moment he died, that led to the Ridda wars in an effort to unite them again by the rashidun caliphate and it was a very bloody conflict.
This channel is the embodiment of objectivity. Every word is carefully chosen-no exaggeration, no downplaying. It’s direct, entertaining, and informative. Honestly, I really enjoy watching your videos..
I make min wage, and the perspective of me going back to college is getting thinner and thinner,I need every euro i can get but even then im still tempted to join the membership on your channel. Your videos are always amazing, well edited and detailed. You guys are doing a fantastic job, thx again for all your uploads ! youll always have my like my share and my cheap subscription !
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@@rafitohornero3850 it’s definitely profitable if your not a school type and don’t plan on making money back. I had a great situation helped keep my costs down but not everyone is lucky. Try to take a few community college classes on welding or electrical work to see if you’re up for it. Then after getting a certificate get an apprenticeship.
I Love early islamic history and their formation into an expansive empire, truly remarkable. I also find it fascinating how small tribes once united by a charismatic leader end up conquering most of the world. i.e Muslims, Mongols, Persians,Roman, Greeks etc they were all small tribes until a visionary had bigger dreams. Also find it fascinating that the tribes were made to fight amongst one another by the established empire at the time because they knew their unification would cause trouble.
Regarding Uthman's burning of the quran: As for Othman’s collection, may God be pleased with him, it is narrated in Al-Bukhari that Hudhayfah bin Al-Yaman, may God be pleased with him, came to Medina from the invasion of Armenia, and he entered upon Othman, who was the Commander of the Faithful at that time, before he entered his house, and said: Reach out to this nation before it perishes. He said: What about that? He said... in the Book of God, and he mentioned to him the differences of people in the recitations and their disputes and the appearance of some of them as infidels of others, and other things... So Othman gathered the Muhajireen and the Ansar and consulted with them about that, and they agreed to combine it according to what was authentic and proven in the famous recitations from the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, and to leave out what He changed it, and his opinion was sound and successful, so he commissioned a group of companions to collect it, and they gathered it into one Qur’an, and they made copies of it, so Othman sent them to the cities, and they remained with him. Copy in Medina, this is the last plural. Ali bin Abi Talib, may God be pleased with him, said: If I had been the governor at the time of Uthman, I would have done the same thing with the Qur’an Othman did. God knows. Related materials 93
In the end the original and real Koran has been lost, and what we have today is a copy out of thousands burned by Othman and he kept the only version that suits his narrative.
About the death of zubayr ibn al awwam I like to correct the fact he was assassinated by ( Amr ibn Jarmouz) when he was praying the same way umar was Traitorously murdered , he said he wanted to travel with zubayr and when the time if prayer came he killed him from behind something he proudly admitted himself to ali, which tgen Ali told him " you shouldn't be proud of what you did, I heard from the prophet that the murdere of zubayr will be guaranteed hell, you lost your after life"... Zubayr wasn't trying to flee when he got killed, thats the nonsense chia like to make up to disrespect a great warrior who since day 1 when he accepted Islam at the age of 14 to his death at over 62 years of age has always been known for his courage that was on the border of suicidal.... Zubayr was famous for his skills as a first class warrior and just being one of the best warriors of his time, the guy participated in over a 100 millitary campaigns since the age of 14 and survived through all of them and (jarmouz) was well aware of that he was scared to fight him head on, he knew it was suicide to fight zubayr like that so he opted for the cowardly way of back stabing a 62 year old zubayr while he was prostrating in prayer......
Also worth noting before zubayr abandoned the battle he told his son Abdullah ibn zubayr (the future caliph) to pay all of his debt in his place as if instinctively he knew he didn't have much longer to live
Zubair didn't flee rather he felt guilty he was fighting other Muslims, Zubair was the disciple of the Prophet and true believer, and knew everything and prophet warned him about Fitna
yes exactly Ali(ra) reminded him of a hadith and that led to him abandoning the battle,, hence he was saved and he is amongst the 10 promised paradise by the prophet(saw)@@calm123
The killer of Umar is well known amongst grand scholars, of ahlul sunnah, that his name is "Abu lu' lu' al majusi", is that the same guy according to what you stated?
Your effort in the video is great, but there's a significant adoption of weaker narratives because they are more dramatic, such as Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr's participation in the siege of Uthman, or that Uthman favored his relatives, or that the compilation of the Quran faced huge controversy, even though the more reliable and stronger narratives can be found in the same book, which is the History of Tabari. I hope there will be a broader consideration of different narratives and accuracy in the future.
These long-form videos are perfect. I need to watch them multiple times anyways to make sure I absorb all the information available! This channel is truly one of the best at historical narrative.
Despite my meager income and the dwindling likelihood of my returning to college, I am still considering subscribing to your channel as a member. As always, your videos are top-notch in every manner. Thank you so much for all of your uploads; you guys are just rocking it! My cheap membership, likes, and shares will always be with you!
Love the channel, thanks for compiling the 24-episode playlist into a 3-and-a-half-hour documentary. Makes it a lot easier to rewatch the series. I've been very grateful of your modern episodes as well with ukraine and palestine, it is newsworthy the events you report on
Just watched history of Kieven Russ. Ñow im here for this one. Absolutely appreciate the time it takes to make long ones like this. Also ive download Mageena Tv 📺. Browsed through it and ill purchase a subscription next pay day. Very thorough sets of documentary and a diverse range. Funny thing ive got youtube premium and two phones. So on this phone im watching this. On other phone watching member only playlists. Keep up ghe great work
Your channel epitomizes objectivity, delivering insightful and entertaining content without exaggeration. Kudos for delving into transformative periods like the early Muslim expansion and shaping our understanding of history!
I don't know how you guys have produced and continue to produce so much animated video so quickly. And this is mostly pre-2023-AI-BOOM. It's incredible.
I know lots about Christendom military history, but no, not as much of Islamic military history, so this has been an eye-opener. I do love this channel, the hours of work that must go into every part must be immense as the detail that it goes into every video is unique.
Yo this was so good! Thanks for filling in the gaps for me on a lot of stuff. I wish you would have talked about how Othman came into power, as thats a highly debated topic.
It was actually smooth because he won an election in the council of 6 also he was a senior companion of the prophet and son in law. You can check this in the last season
As always the extent of research to do those videos is insane, big respect. As I started reasently doing more research on history of the middle east region before the coming of Islam (a part of history I didn't know a lot about) , because of your video on the battle of (dhi qar) which is a battle that not a lot arabes or Muslim know about much less people for outside that culture, becose of your video I stanbled upon a very interesting and insane pre Islamic event that happened just before the birth of the last prophet of Islam and it is (the Basus War) or (the basus civil war) which lasted for 40 years because of a story of honor. That civil war gives you an idea of how dangerous living in the desert was before Islam came and on the mindset the arabes had back then and how leaving in that environment hardened them which no doubt unintentionally prepared in their early lighting quonquest against the persian, Romans and pagan arabs. What Trigger that civil war and the events that followed are both epic and helarious at the same time but also, sad, funny and badass. When I started reading about it I couldn't stop. .
The arabs wars were skirmshes Only those who were clients to the Sassanids or the Romans had kinda of an organized military, also the himyrite kingdom in yeman and their wars with aksumites
@@BESTINTHEWORLD0007 Then riddle me this How did the Arabs of Hejaz region ( not clients of Byzantium nor Sassanids) were able to defeat the Christian Arabs of Iraq and Levant also defeated their lords too Skirmishes were the marks of the Bedouins but the leaders of early Muslim conquests were town dwellers whom were traders before Islam travelled to Levant Egypt Persia etc The mass body of Arab conquests were Arab Bedouins whom were made into a standing army
@@sambarnett6996they did cover Arab expansion and i believe these invasion were more significant compared to conquests of Spain considering the population and wealth of those indian Empires.
@@SafavidAfsharid3197و من قال لك انه كان فتح عربي كان فتح اسلامي كان يوجد عرب و فرس و أمازيغ و قوميات اخر الاسلام لا يعترف بالقومية القومية و الاسلام اعداء
I am leaning towards Shia Islam after studying more and more Islamic History. It seems as though one side was power hungry and the other was upholding Islamic Principles
Okay but why does shia islam nowadays Pray differently then the prophet (sas) and they dance and punch themselves praising Hussain and Hassan. They don't really follow Ali (ra) nor the prophet (sas).
@@mansa-musa653 Despite the Prophet Muhammed (PBUH) praying more than 40,000 times in front of multiple Sahaba, Muslims still disagree on how to pray. Shias and Maliki Sunnis both pray with their hands down while the other 3 Sunni Madhabs of Hanbali, Hanafi, and Shaf'i all pray differently, despite all their Imams studying Jafar al-Sadiq (AS.) As for the topic of "Latmiya" Shias do not "dance" and "punch" themselves in praise of Hussein and Hassan (AS.) I advise you to seek knowledge instead of parroting false TikTok narratives that are meant to further divide Muslims. "Allah will exalt in degree those of you who believe, and those who have been granted knowledge." [58:11] Please do not speak on topics you have absoloutely no knowledge of either. And do not pursue that of which you have no knowledge. Indeed, the hearing, the sight and the heart - about all those [one] will be questioned. [17:36] May Allah guide both of us.
Politically there was 3 parts not 2, 1 part was those who support Ali unconditionally for his relation the second part was those who their blood was boiling for Othman death specially his clan (banu Umayah) the third part was neutral and asking for stoping the fight like abdullah bin omar، all party have thier respected view but the Shiasm developed over time and unlike the sunnah who are carful in recording Hadith and rating it as authentic or weak, the Shia was following their emotion and believing any one who tell a Hadith from prophet relates without question, so they invented many things in islam like wilaiah and making it a pillar in islam even tho its not mentioned in Quran, they also have in thier books that Quran is corrupted as the verses of Wilaiah was there, they also believe that all prophet Mohammad companions has leaved islam except 3 !!, they also believe that his wives has betrayed him, so they have very dark view and all of that because of politics even tho the companions was human being not angels, and everyone of them was carful for the Muslims future and that why Abu baker accepted to be the caliphate as if they leave it for Ansar then the Arabs will not follow them as they only followed Quraish historically
@@sqadوYou are wrong. The four Sunni schools of thought all agree that there are prayers of dawn, noon, afternoon, sunset, and evening prayers. As for the method of performing them, there are slight differences, such as moving the finger when pronouncing the Shahada or the position of the hand. For your information, if you follow any Sunni school of thought, your prayers are valid according to all Sunni schools of thought. As for the Shiites, there are prayers that they do not pray. You must also curse Abu Bakr, Omar, and Uthman, and you must curse and accuse the Prophet’s wife of betraying him
I appreciate your efforts. Unfortunately, at these times, I find myself pretty much destitute. I do thank y'all for keeping what's left of my mind alive .
Top 3 favourite channels on youtube, absolutely love your work. Really gotten in to medieval history lately and you guys are my favourite. Appreciate you!
This comment section has already turned into brainrot. People don't know how to have civil arguments when it comes to the Islamic empire but when it's anything else, everyone is just cool with each other smh.
I think the problem is that the two sides are One pro Islam side blow up things or being very disrespectful again European But at the same time, the more anti Islam sides try to undermine the archivesmens and be very combating I just think both is silly as, at the end, it is history Is very interesting, and "at least I feel like" underrated and a little covered part in the Western world. Better just enjoy and learn a bit more. That is the sense why we are all here in the first place
@@user-f44hil126ylI Because nobody speaks about the recent, still ongoing, and scarring atrocities the Europeans have done without being shouted down, but when muslims or literally anyone else that isn't white invades or conquers lands CENTURIES ago, the same europeans cant control themselves and have to start doing weird oriental racism.
@@jeremychau2322أنت محق لكن الفرق أن هؤلاء المسلمين سخيفين لنقص تعلمهم و ذكائهم، أما من المعارض للإسلام فهو حتى مع تعلمه و ذكائه يغلب عليه بغض الإسلام
Hooray so season three is gonna be about the legendary Abbasids I’m guessing also I have a couple of questions. I’m trying to comment on one of the Discord channels within the membership section but I’m not able to. It’s directing me to the politics one how do I fix them?
@@KingsandGeneralsthere’s a part of early Muslim expansion you missed which is the campaigns in india proper in 720s and 30s. The battles are not properly documented but the general movements of the invasion is.
You're not kidding that the algorithm is unkind, I have two months' worth of videos that I was never notified about. I only just realized I hadn't seen anything from you guys in awhile.
A fantastic, well detailed, and amazingly narrated Kings and Generals video. Not that id expect anything less from absolutely superb content you guys produce. Amazing video you guys, a great Sunday
The algorithm should promote this content above all , more informed humans is what we need in this world , not humans who just watch podcast shorts on YT
The Ummayad Caliphate is the greatest swords' time empire,the mongols didn't do nothing except killing and plundering,they even converted to the religion of the invaded ,they didn't establish anything.They Ummayads were fighting berbers,civil wars, Byzantines,persians,turks ,indians and franks at the same time
NO U LAIR NORTH AFRICA IS BERBER WHICH BLACK SAME YDNA PROOF BLACK BERBER INVADE SPAIN AND FRAME AND PORTUGAL AND SWITZERLAND THE BERBER IS MOORISH EMPIRE YOU ARAB LOVE STEAL OTHER PEOPLE HISTORY BECAUSE ARE RACIST U CRAZY TO CLAIM ACEINT EGPTY TOO WE KNOW HISTORY U CAME EGPTY 700 AD NOT 4000 YRS EGO WHEN HAD CIVILIZATION
ok ... here is my Rant for this episode I had to stop watching to correct a huge mistake, I wanted to mention this in your previous video about the first Fitnah, but sadly I didn't because I am a lazy dude) it about how you presented the "burning" of the Quran ... although I am not a big expert in the Islamic history but I am knowledgeable enough to be surprised about the claim that the up rising against Othman - God rest his soul - had to do with "Buring" of the Quran, not only I never heard of that, but what Othman did - God rest his soul - was not controversial at all. what he did had nothing to do with the Quran but rather how to WRITE IT. to clear few things: -The Quran is not the book, it is the "Words", the written book is called "Mushaf", not Quran. -The Quran is passed down through passing of the words, mouth to ear (up to this day), not through the written "Mushaf" -There are multiple ways to recite the Quran (there is a full branch of Quranic studies called the Methods of Recitation), all these methods were taught by the Prophet peace be upon him. Some words might have different pronunciation, different dialects were used, different tones of voice/sound, and even different words. -The Arabs at their early years where an illiterate nation, they never relayed on writing, only on memory to pass down anything.... thus very few people knew how to write and on top of that, the written Arabic was very primitive, the majority of letters had no unique shape of their own, for example the Letters ب, ت, ث, ن had one shape to present them all, the letters س , ش and ص, ض were the same case, you can see that the "dots" are the only way to tell them a part ... there was no dots back then, not to mention no punctuation, nor movement markings of letters ( ٌ , ً , ِ ) which are small markers that tells you how the letter are pronounced within the word it self, the same word with same letters can be completely different words depending on how the letters are pronounced, for example : سحر and سحر have the same letters but actually 2 different words, سَحَر is what the "time before dawn" is called, while سِحْر means "magic" ( ya Arabic language hates you). -For native Arabs, these are not issues, they can understand and differentiate between the different recitation methods without any problem, there was no need for written "Mushaf", however that turned out to be a nightmare for new non Arabs Muslims, they are not natives, Arabic is a very VERY vast language, the Quran is the pinnacle of that language, and they are not used to relay on their memories as the Arabs are. So they have to relay on a written version (that does not exist except for the one "Mushaf" that was joined at the time of the first Caliph Abu Bakr - God rest his soul - ) so they had to relay on whatever scraps or scrolls they find with the prophet's companions who came to their lands.... rare scrolls that could contain the personal notes of the companion, some of the prophet's teaching , some verses or chapters that could be written according to how ever the companion chose to write it based on what ever method of recitation he chose (Arabic writing was very primitive back then with virtually no rules for writing it) -So here you have a people who are not native to a language, a language that happens to be one of the most complicated and vast languages, these people are learning the "Words of God" (the Quran) that is the pinnacle of that language, a Quran that has a unique style and method of speaking and pronunciation that is different than the language itself, and this unique way has multiple ways to recite within it. On top of that, this Quran is passed through memory not by writing , and the writing capabilities for that Super language is primitive, no dots, no movement marking for letters, no punctuation and no dictation rules. this is like a 10 years old driving a spaceship that has no manual And that is a recipe for disaster.... and that exactly what was about to happen. -When the Muslims army were facing the Sassanid and requested reinforcement form the armies at the byzantine side, newly convert Muslims from the Byzantine territory met for the newly convert Muslims from the Sassanid territory and discovered that they are reciting the Quran different than each other (depending on who taught them), they almost fought each other, if it wasn't for the prophets companions who were present, interfering and explaining that these different ways are all correct. -That incident alarmed one of the prophet's companion (I forgot who he was ) and he informed the 3rd Caliph, and that when the decision of writing a unified "Mushaf" (not Quran) emerged, the main purpose was to prevent conflict among new non Arabic converts, and have a unified base written version for non Arabs to refer to. and to prevent having multiple written versions (because of the multiple recitation methods) that non Arabs wont be able to tell them a part nor to tell them from a fake one. -That is how the "Othmanic Font/writing method" was born, a special way to write the Quran in a way that could contain as much as possible of the different recitation methods, a special front and dictation rules were used that is different form the one used for the language itself. The Muslims up to this day agreed that the "Mushaf" must not be written in another way (except for educational purposes). -Once that new standardized written version was complete, any other written scraps, scrolls, wooden tablet were burned (duh) and I think 4 copies were made and sent to the corners of the Caliphate with a SKILLED RECIETER accompanying each one, to teach people how to recite (because the "Mushaf" doesn't cover that). and this is why, up to this day, certain methods of recitation are more common in certain parts of the Islamic world than others, for example in west Africa the method of "Warsh" is more widely used than in the Middle East where the method of "Hafs" is more commonly used. -The "Mushaf" served as written reference of the Quran, but it is NOT The Quran, it doesn't matter if you have 12 Ph.D's in Arabic language, you still won't be able to recite the Quran correctly by reading from the "Mushaf", you need to learn it directly from someone who learned directly from some one who learned it directly from some -------> until you reach the prophet peace be upon him. (and that is a certification called the "Sanad", which link you in a continuous chain of reciters to the Prophet - Peace be upon him - ) -The Quran (with its different methods of recitation) is still preserved, but not through the written "Mushaf", and while the Quran is preserved and never changed (with all the different methods) the "Mushaf" keeps changing, across the times, more modifications were added, the addition of dots to letters , the special letters markers and punctuation markers that are unique to the Quran, numbering the verses, dividing it to 30 parts, dividing each part to 2 "Hizb" dividing each "Hizb" into quarters, up to using color coded letters and words to indicate certain pronunciation and sound extensions (that was used for the first time couple of decades ago). not to mention special "Mushaf"s that are written according to a certain recitation method that is used only educational purposes.
have to see i'm addicted to K&G being an ex wargamer, the battle maps are tops, especially the shaking of the generals to show when they are pissed off and little explosions when they die. great combo of history info with visuals to understand. the graphics are a bit mills and boon. shame they cant use footage from movies. no doubt copyright. not often i'll sit through 3.5 hours of UA-cam fascinated by the Arab conquests. Would be great if they teamed up with Netflix and did a doco movie with the clarity of those brilliant maps. Tactics and strategy are made clear. If they could give clear visuals of the weaponry and battles would be better - using some of the gaming pc on era.
This fitna was caused by Abd Allah ibn Saba' According to Sunni and Shia tradition, Abd Allah ibn Saba' was a Yemenite Jew from the Arab Himyar tribe who converted to Islam during Uthman's reign. Because of his exaggerated reverence for Ali, he is traditionally considered as the first of the ghulāt. In accounts collected by Sayf ibn Umar, Ibn Saba' and his followers, the Saba'iyya, are said to be the ones who enticed the Egyptians against Uthman and were responsible for breaking the near-settlement at the Battle of the camel and he the one that turned people against Usman by accusing him of nepotism Research him from Islam sources
@@davidela9022 Which Sunni scholars can you even name them as you making a claim back it up And it’s not in Hadiths it’s history and fact you said Hadiths shows you don’t known what you on about Hadiths are regarding the prophet and his life and his companions not someone that came later on there are NO HADITHS about him 🙈😂 If you saying there then again back up claim which Hadith references please
The Deylamites were commonly described, together with the Turks, as the most barbarous and odious enemies of the Muslims (Ṭabarī, II, pp. 285, 320, 722, 748, 1391), against whom religious war (jehād) was most meritorious. When the ‘Abbāsid Caliphs were under Buwayhid suzerainty their Mamlūk policy was not free from the pressure of that Daylamite dynasty. The success of the Daylamite soldiers in so many eastern armies is really astounding, but in the slightly longer run they stood no chance against the Turkish Mamlūks, and they disappeared. Even a Buwayhid ruler preferred Turks over them (see e.g.Bosworth, , “Ghaznevid military organisation”, p. 42
Sir I’ve been watching your channel since it’s beginning From different accounts And I like to congratulate you on your success and good work specially with details If there is any possibility you could make a series about the first and the second and the third Saudi state it would be wonderful as well Thank you appreciate your effort
Fun fact: 4 of the 5 expansive Caliphate fronts were halted by Turks ; Khazars in Caucasus, Turgesh& Turk Shahis & Gokturks in Central Asia, Bulgars (allied with Romans) in Thrace and Huns in India.
It was a war on all sides, in the east, west, north and south at the same time, and even internally there were revolutions and the Abbasid revolution came. If it had been a single front, for example, against France, it would have defeated France.
This has nothing to do what you said the caliphate their expansion were stopped due they facing constantly of civil wars and rebellion and internal conflicts plus they even had many wars with many other empires in 4 sides. There was no serious clash between shahis and arabs. Central asia and cascuas was under caliphare. Gotturk were directly exiled after battle of oxus river and tugresh only marching into north traxsonina during umayyad conflicts when arabs govnors of central asia fought each other but tugresh were eventually withdraw from region, and for khazar they lost south cascuas and their first capital to arabs and in time of moahmed ibn marawn expedition he deeply taking over northern casucas. for blugars they attacked an retreat arabs army during their withdrawl shortly after siege was lifiting up
make sense. It's too hard to conquer the Steppe. I'd really say it's the nature of the Steppe itself, of which its inhabitants are a part of, that make it difficult to conquer.
They were not halted by them the Caliphate just didn’t thought that conquering tribal regions will be beneficial just like most empires when they faced tribal nomads. Simply there is nothing to gain.
Tunisian Muslim here, originally from a Jewish berber tribe, my ancestors were once Jews who were forced to convert to Islam. All of us in north Africa those who have berber roots have Christian or Jewish roots.
Stop lying 🤥 Allah says no compulsion in religion if you’re a true Tunisian then you’re brainwashed by mama France but I think you’re a fake North African
@@redaf2258 not just because of that .. its also due to arabs glory they thought they were on the right .. berbers were used to being colonized by others since carthage/roman time.
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Could you also do Erarly Christianity and Constantine the great
North Arfrica on the thumbnail. Were there pirates involved?
Where is the battle of bagdoura
Amazigh kingdoms aren't under bizantyne rule
This channel is the personification of objectivity. The words you use are carefully chosen. No exageration and no down playing. To the point and entertaining, also informative. I honestyly do like to watch your videos.
@@ahmaduomar5517how could she be called the mother of the faithful if she rebelled against Caliph Ali (AS), besieged Basrah and caused bloodshed between Muslims for the first time in Islamic history? May allah forgive her for the sins she has committed. Her actions still hurts the ummah to this very day!
@ahmaduomar5517 that literally makes them objective. You muslims arent the only people on earth. What you call a historical figure isnt what everyone calls them.
@@ahmaduomar5517 yes, "your" mother. Making it subjective. That is the opposite of what objective is.
Okay and that's your choice as a creator to do that, Just like how it was it their choice to do it their way. Neither way is wrong @@ahmaduomar5517
I love the objectivity too
I live for these long documentaries. I'll replay each new one multiple times and it's just as engaging each time
Being a huge fan of older Total War titles and Europa Universalis 4 watching your videos really brings me the same fascination as playing those games. Felling into these battles, feeling the drama occurring within these empires. It‘s like watching and playing the best gameplay ever. And the fact that all of this is actual history really gives me the chills.
Great work. I rarely enjoy any other UA-cam channel mire than yours. The best combination of war and history.
I don‘t earn that much but your channel is the first that makes me consider becoming a patreon.
Love your channel, for many years already ❤
Fascinating documentary! The early Muslim expansion truly shaped the course of history in Europe, North Africa, and Central Asia. It's incredible to delve into the historical intricacies and understand the impact of this transformative period. Kudos to the creators for providing such insightful content!
And even south asia and south east asia you like even indonesia and india and pakistan have more muslim than middle east , north africa and central asia i do not try comparsion just saying how impact are there in different region
@@runajain5773 Yes, but Central Asia and Iberia had a greater influence on Islamic history
@@Faisal-pb5guit i do not deny like how it helping formation spain and pourtugal islamization of central asia a lot of nomad tribe like turks ,khazak ,ubezk and etc timurid sultanute also turk migration in minor asia and rise ottoman empire
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Note: For a generation, the Second Fitna stopped Muslim expansion in Central Asia. The lack of centrally appointed governors led to intertribal warfare among the Arab settlers in Khorasan, with local princes refusing to pay tribute and even launching raids into the region by the Hephthalite princes.The Mudari leader Abd Allah ibn Khazim al-Sulami established himself as the de facto ruler of Khorasan until 691, when the victorious Umayyads encouraged his rivals to revolt, ultimately leading to his death. Prior to that, he had massacred about 8,000 of his rivals from the Rabi'a and Bakr ibn Wa'il tribes.
The surviving members of Abd Allah's followers
The umayyad caliphate went into constantly of civil wars and rebellion and internal conflicts which why their expansion were limited
Arab tribes were it’s greatest assets and simultaneously it’s greatest bane
@@ghostd69توسعها كبير لم يكن محدود
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Its expansion was huge. It was the largest Islamic empire
@@EM-tx3ly Arabs are very tibal and uniting them was the most difficult task for the early islamic caliphate, it took prophet Muhammad 20 years to unite them and after they were united they disbanded again the moment he died, that led to the Ridda wars in an effort to unite them again by the rashidun caliphate and it was a very bloody conflict.
This channel is the embodiment of objectivity. Every word is carefully chosen-no exaggeration, no downplaying. It’s direct, entertaining, and informative. Honestly, I really enjoy watching your videos..
Thanks!
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This 8h series and others, like the mongols and wars of the diadochi, are among the best documentaries I've ever seen. Great job as always!
Thank you very much👍🏽 do you plan on doing a video like the ones on Ibn Fadlan's travel or Gengiz Khan's life?? I really loved the anecdotes
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Your videos are always amazing, well edited and detailed.
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I Love early islamic history and their formation into an expansive empire, truly remarkable. I also find it fascinating how small tribes once united by a charismatic leader end up conquering most of the world. i.e Muslims, Mongols, Persians,Roman, Greeks etc they were all small tribes until a visionary had bigger dreams. Also find it fascinating that the tribes were made to fight amongst one another by the established empire at the time because they knew their unification would cause trouble.
Regarding Uthman's burning of the quran:
As for Othman’s collection, may God be pleased with him, it is narrated in Al-Bukhari that Hudhayfah bin Al-Yaman, may God be pleased with him, came to Medina from the invasion of Armenia, and he entered upon Othman, who was the Commander of the Faithful at that time, before he entered his house, and said: Reach out to this nation before it perishes. He said: What about that? He said... in the Book of God, and he mentioned to him the differences of people in the recitations and their disputes and the appearance of some of them as infidels of others, and other things... So Othman gathered the Muhajireen and the Ansar and consulted with them about that, and they agreed to combine it according to what was authentic and proven in the famous recitations from the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, and to leave out what He changed it, and his opinion was sound and successful, so he commissioned a group of companions to collect it, and they gathered it into one Qur’an, and they made copies of it, so Othman sent them to the cities, and they remained with him.
Copy in Medina, this is the last plural.
Ali bin Abi Talib, may God be pleased with him, said: If I had been the governor at the time of Uthman, I would have done the same thing with the Qur’an
Othman did.
God knows.
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In the end the original and real Koran has been lost, and what we have today is a copy out of thousands burned by Othman and he kept the only version that suits his narrative.
@@hamodalbatal464 Shiite?
@hamodalbatal464 You don't know the difference between various recitations and various versions?
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About the death of zubayr ibn al awwam I like to correct the fact he was assassinated by ( Amr ibn Jarmouz) when he was praying the same way umar was Traitorously murdered , he said he wanted to travel with zubayr and when the time if prayer came he killed him from behind something he proudly admitted himself to ali, which tgen Ali told him " you shouldn't be proud of what you did, I heard from the prophet that the murdere of zubayr will be guaranteed hell, you lost your after life"...
Zubayr wasn't trying to flee when he got killed, thats the nonsense chia like to make up to disrespect a great warrior who since day 1 when he accepted Islam at the age of 14 to his death at over 62 years of age has always been known for his courage that was on the border of suicidal....
Zubayr was famous for his skills as a first class warrior and just being one of the best warriors of his time, the guy participated in over a 100 millitary campaigns since the age of 14 and survived through all of them and (jarmouz) was well aware of that he was scared to fight him head on, he knew it was suicide to fight zubayr like that so he opted for the cowardly way of back stabing a 62 year old zubayr while he was prostrating in prayer......
Also worth noting before zubayr abandoned the battle he told his son Abdullah ibn zubayr (the future caliph) to pay all of his debt in his place as if instinctively he knew he didn't have much longer to live
Zubair didn't flee rather he felt guilty he was fighting other Muslims, Zubair was the disciple of the Prophet and true believer, and knew everything and prophet warned him about Fitna
yes exactly Ali(ra) reminded him of a hadith and that led to him abandoning the battle,, hence he was saved and he is amongst the 10 promised paradise by the prophet(saw)@@calm123
The killer of Umar is well known amongst grand scholars, of ahlul sunnah, that his name is "Abu lu' lu' al majusi", is that the same guy according to what you stated?
he fled
This expansion changed the whole culture of the middle east, southern europe as well as north, west and east africa. Thank you for showcasing this.
Your effort in the video is great, but there's a significant adoption of weaker narratives because they are more dramatic, such as Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr's participation in the siege of Uthman, or that Uthman favored his relatives, or that the compilation of the Quran faced huge controversy, even though the more reliable and stronger narratives can be found in the same book, which is the History of Tabari. I hope there will be a broader consideration of different narratives and accuracy in the future.
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These long-form videos are perfect. I need to watch them multiple times anyways to make sure I absorb all the information available! This channel is truly one of the best at historical narrative.
Despite my meager income and the dwindling likelihood of my returning to college, I am still considering subscribing to your channel as a member.
As always, your videos are top-notch in every manner.
Thank you so much for all of your uploads; you guys are just rocking it! My cheap membership, likes, and shares will always be with you!
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3 and a half hour on early Muslim expansion? I'm in!
love these long vids abt conflict from a mostly unbiased perspective. I hope these keep coming, so glad I found this channel
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Thank you for this content. Very important history.
Thank you!
Well done ... i really appreciate your in-depth documentary..the graphics enhanced the wonderful experience..thank you !
Always love these videos. Informative and fun deep dives into history.
Love the channel, thanks for compiling the 24-episode playlist into a 3-and-a-half-hour documentary. Makes it a lot easier to rewatch the series. I've been very grateful of your modern episodes as well with ukraine and palestine, it is newsworthy the events you report on
I have been slowly chipping away at this documentary and just wish I could give it a new "like" every time I come back - you guys deserve it!
Just watched history of Kieven Russ. Ñow im here for this one. Absolutely appreciate the time it takes to make long ones like this. Also ive download Mageena Tv 📺. Browsed through it and ill purchase a subscription next pay day. Very thorough sets of documentary and a diverse range. Funny thing ive got youtube premium and two phones. So on this phone im watching this. On other phone watching member only playlists. Keep up ghe great work
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I can go to bed watching one show. Hit pause and wake up in the morning routine were I continue without having to search again
As a Saudi, I would like to thank you for the documentary
Your religion comes before your nationality
The rashidun caliphate have nothing to do with any saudis.
@@YourBrotherAbdul911Even the Rashidun Caliphate had to push down a rebel from Banu Hanifa which is the parent tribe of Banu Saud
@calinion9448 the rashidun have many tribes
@@YourBrotherAbdul911 Rashidun , Umayyad , Abbasids , they are all part of my country history and they came from here , cry more kid
Love these long-form documentaries. Keeo up the good work
I am a fan of this channel!
I love your content! Please keep it up! The views will come, your channel is deserving to be in the millions.
Fun fact: Isis is modern day kharijites as they have the same mindset.
Yes, that's why we also call the khawarij
Your channel epitomizes objectivity, delivering insightful and entertaining content without exaggeration. Kudos for delving into transformative periods like the early Muslim expansion and shaping our understanding of history!
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I don't know how you guys have produced and continue to produce so much animated video so quickly. And this is mostly pre-2023-AI-BOOM. It's incredible.
Solid work there, guys.
Much appreciated.
I know lots about Christendom military history, but no, not as much of Islamic military history, so this has been an eye-opener. I do love this channel, the hours of work that must go into every part must be immense as the detail that it goes into every video is unique.
Let’s gooo🎉🎉3 1/2 hours of great content full of detail and hard work. Appreciate it Kings and Generals
Yo this was so good! Thanks for filling in the gaps for me on a lot of stuff. I wish you would have talked about how Othman came into power, as thats a highly debated topic.
It was actually smooth because he won an election in the council of 6 also he was a senior companion of the prophet and son in law. You can check this in the last season
As always the extent of research to do those videos is insane, big respect.
As I started reasently doing more research on history of the middle east region before the coming of Islam (a part of history I didn't know a lot about) , because of your video on the battle of (dhi qar) which is a battle that not a lot arabes or Muslim know about much less people for outside that culture, becose of your video I stanbled upon a very interesting and insane pre Islamic event that happened just before the birth of the last prophet of Islam and it is (the Basus War) or (the basus civil war) which lasted for 40 years because of a story of honor.
That civil war gives you an idea of how dangerous living in the desert was before Islam came and on the mindset the arabes had back then and how leaving in that environment hardened them which no doubt unintentionally prepared in their early lighting quonquest against the persian, Romans and pagan arabs.
What Trigger that civil war and the events that followed are both epic and helarious at the same time but also, sad, funny and badass.
When I started reading about it I couldn't stop.
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The arabs wars were skirmshes
Only those who were clients to the Sassanids or the Romans had kinda of an organized military, also the himyrite kingdom in yeman and their wars with aksumites
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Then riddle me this
How did the Arabs of Hejaz region ( not clients of Byzantium nor Sassanids) were able to defeat the Christian Arabs of Iraq and Levant also defeated their lords too
Skirmishes were the marks of the Bedouins but the leaders of early Muslim conquests were town dwellers whom were traders before Islam travelled to Levant Egypt Persia etc
The mass body of Arab conquests were Arab Bedouins whom were made into a standing army
Thank u for your hard work KnG!
Absolutely my favourite historic channel!
Thanks for making awesome videos
Thank you, kings and generals, i was really bored on a Sunday afternoon. Love you guys xxx
Sad that you didn't mention Arab invasion of Gujjar-Pratihara dynasty, Malwa and Chalukya dynasty.
This channel doesn’t do Arab invasions, expansions only.
@@sambarnett6996they did cover Arab expansion and i believe these invasion were more significant compared to conquests of Spain considering the population and wealth of those indian Empires.
@@SafavidAfsharid3197و من قال لك انه كان فتح عربي كان فتح اسلامي كان يوجد عرب و فرس و أمازيغ و قوميات اخر الاسلام لا يعترف بالقومية
القومية و الاسلام اعداء
Omg i waited for this so long is this the third part 😢
I am leaning towards Shia Islam after studying more and more Islamic History. It seems as though one side was power hungry and the other was upholding Islamic Principles
Okay but why does shia islam nowadays Pray differently then the prophet (sas) and they dance and punch themselves praising Hussain and Hassan. They don't really follow Ali (ra) nor the prophet (sas).
@@mansa-musa653 Despite the Prophet Muhammed (PBUH) praying more than 40,000 times in front of multiple Sahaba, Muslims still disagree on how to pray. Shias and Maliki Sunnis both pray with their hands down while the other 3 Sunni Madhabs of Hanbali, Hanafi, and Shaf'i all pray differently, despite all their Imams studying Jafar al-Sadiq (AS.) As for the topic of "Latmiya" Shias do not "dance" and "punch" themselves in praise of Hussein and Hassan (AS.) I advise you to seek knowledge instead of parroting false TikTok narratives that are meant to further divide Muslims. "Allah will exalt in degree those of you who believe, and those who have been granted knowledge." [58:11]
Please do not speak on topics you have absoloutely no knowledge of either. And do not pursue that of which you have no knowledge. Indeed, the hearing, the sight and the heart - about all those [one] will be questioned. [17:36] May Allah guide both of us.
Politically there was 3 parts not 2, 1 part was those who support Ali unconditionally for his relation the second part was those who their blood was boiling for Othman death specially his clan (banu Umayah) the third part was neutral and asking for stoping the fight like abdullah bin omar، all party have thier respected view but the Shiasm developed over time and unlike the sunnah who are carful in recording Hadith and rating it as authentic or weak, the Shia was following their emotion and believing any one who tell a Hadith from prophet relates without question, so they invented many things in islam like wilaiah and making it a pillar in islam even tho its not mentioned in Quran, they also have in thier books that Quran is corrupted as the verses of Wilaiah was there, they also believe that all prophet Mohammad companions has leaved islam except 3 !!, they also believe that his wives has betrayed him, so they have very dark view and all of that because of politics even tho the companions was human being not angels, and everyone of them was carful for the Muslims future and that why Abu baker accepted to be the caliphate as if they leave it for Ansar then the Arabs will not follow them as they only followed Quraish historically
@@Ali-gd3ud The lies in your comment are crazy. May Allah guide you out of your ignorance.
@@sqadوYou are wrong. The four Sunni schools of thought all agree that there are prayers of dawn, noon, afternoon, sunset, and evening prayers. As for the method of performing them, there are slight differences, such as moving the finger when pronouncing the Shahada or the position of the hand. For your information, if you follow any Sunni school of thought, your prayers are valid according to all Sunni schools of thought. As for the Shiites, there are prayers that they do not pray. You must also curse Abu Bakr, Omar, and Uthman, and you must curse and accuse the Prophet’s wife of betraying him
I appreciate your efforts. Unfortunately, at these times, I find myself pretty much destitute. I do thank y'all for keeping what's left of my mind alive .
Thank you so much for all the time and effort that went into this series.
Top 3 favourite channels on youtube, absolutely love your work. Really gotten in to medieval history lately and you guys are my favourite. Appreciate you!
This comment section has already turned into brainrot. People don't know how to have civil arguments when it comes to the Islamic empire but when it's anything else, everyone is just cool with each other smh.
I think the problem is that the two sides are
One pro Islam side blow up things or being very disrespectful again European
But at the same time, the more anti Islam sides try to undermine the archivesmens and be very combating
I just think both is silly as, at the end, it is history
Is very interesting, and "at least I feel like" underrated and a little covered part in the Western world.
Better just enjoy and learn a bit more. That is the sense why we are all here in the first place
@@user-f44hil126ylI Because nobody speaks about the recent, still ongoing, and scarring atrocities the Europeans have done without being shouted down, but when muslims or literally anyone else that isn't white invades or conquers lands CENTURIES ago, the same europeans cant control themselves and have to start doing weird oriental racism.
@@jeremychau2322أنت محق لكن الفرق أن هؤلاء المسلمين سخيفين لنقص تعلمهم و ذكائهم، أما من المعارض للإسلام فهو حتى مع تعلمه و ذكائه يغلب عليه بغض الإسلام
@@jeremychau2322 back then its even worse, crusades, probably these so called brainrots caused it to happen
That Nord VPN Ad featuring Musa ibn Nusayr at 1:42:28 was epic :D
As always excellent work here 👍
Kings and generals are you one person or a team, also are you the person narrating? You have amazing videos.
Thanks. There is a team. Every name is in the credits.
Hooray so season three is gonna be about the legendary Abbasids I’m guessing also I have a couple of questions. I’m trying to comment on one of the Discord channels within the membership section but I’m not able to. It’s directing me to the politics one how do I fix them?
4th season will be on the Abbasids, yep. Contact me on discord please.
@@KingsandGeneralsthere’s a part of early Muslim expansion you missed which is the campaigns in india proper in 720s and 30s. The battles are not properly documented but the general movements of the invasion is.
@@KingsandGeneralsalso will you cover tranoxiana in detail in season 4.
The restoration of the caliphate in that province
@@adamsnow4979 ya
@@KingsandGeneralsplease keep that thumbnail picture
You're not kidding that the algorithm is unkind, I have two months' worth of videos that I was never notified about. I only just realized I hadn't seen anything from you guys in awhile.
subhan-Allah the early Muslims where the foundation of the Islamic world
Yet some so called “Muslims” in our times curse the Early Muslims and call them Disbelievers
Love this channel!
Was looking forward to this compilation. But please fix the thumbnail! It says North "Arfrica"
A fantastic, well detailed, and amazingly narrated Kings and Generals video. Not that id expect anything less from absolutely superb content you guys produce. Amazing video you guys, a great Sunday
this is my favorite channel. keep it up!!!!!
Thanks!
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Love the videos, want to see a lot more!
WoW Amazing I'm an Arab and this is a great video and very informative.
King and generals I am so glad I found you on UA-cam. I really enjoy your videos thanks you so much😊
May I know where do you get your source of information of this history?
One of the best videos I have ever watched in my life thank you kings and generals
May God have mercy on them. They made many mistakes, but we learn from their mistakes
Keep doing your remarkable work
The Northern half control of the Iberian penninsula by the Arabs was very loose (and mostly nominal) and short lived.
The algorithm should promote this content above all , more informed humans is what we need in this world , not humans who just watch podcast shorts on YT
The Ummayad Caliphate is the greatest swords' time empire,the mongols didn't do nothing except killing and plundering,they even converted to the religion of the invaded ,they didn't establish anything.They Ummayads were fighting berbers,civil wars, Byzantines,persians,turks ,indians and franks at the same time
All thanks to Rashidun
Abu Bakr and Umar appointed the right men especially in Levant
NO U LAIR NORTH AFRICA IS BERBER WHICH BLACK SAME YDNA PROOF BLACK BERBER INVADE SPAIN AND FRAME AND PORTUGAL AND SWITZERLAND THE BERBER IS MOORISH EMPIRE
YOU ARAB LOVE STEAL OTHER PEOPLE HISTORY BECAUSE ARE RACIST U CRAZY TO CLAIM ACEINT EGPTY TOO
WE KNOW HISTORY U CAME EGPTY 700 AD NOT 4000 YRS EGO WHEN HAD CIVILIZATION
I think you need to reread Mongol empire's history 😂
@@LiquidfirePUAno you do 😂…he’s right
@DRose2Fast there's several administrative changes too 😂
These long-form videos on my favorite for long drives and working days
ok ... here is my Rant for this episode
I had to stop watching to correct a huge mistake, I wanted to mention this in your previous video about the first Fitnah, but sadly I didn't because I am a lazy dude)
it about how you presented the "burning" of the Quran ...
although I am not a big expert in the Islamic history but I am knowledgeable enough to be surprised about the claim that the up rising against Othman - God rest his soul - had to do with "Buring" of the Quran, not only I never heard of that, but what Othman did - God rest his soul - was not controversial at all. what he did had nothing to do with the Quran but rather how to WRITE IT.
to clear few things:
-The Quran is not the book, it is the "Words", the written book is called "Mushaf", not Quran.
-The Quran is passed down through passing of the words, mouth to ear (up to this day), not through the written "Mushaf"
-There are multiple ways to recite the Quran (there is a full branch of Quranic studies called the Methods of Recitation), all these methods were taught by the Prophet peace be upon him. Some words might have different pronunciation, different dialects were used, different tones of voice/sound, and even different words.
-The Arabs at their early years where an illiterate nation, they never relayed on writing, only on memory to pass down anything.... thus very few people knew how to write and on top of that, the written Arabic was very primitive, the majority of letters had no unique shape of their own, for example the Letters ب, ت, ث, ن had one shape to present them all, the letters س , ش and ص, ض were the same case, you can see that the "dots" are the only way to tell them a part ... there was no dots back then, not to mention no punctuation, nor movement markings of letters ( ٌ , ً , ِ ) which are small markers that tells you how the letter are pronounced within the word it self, the same word with same letters can be completely different words depending on how the letters are pronounced, for example : سحر and سحر have the same letters but actually 2 different words, سَحَر is what the "time before dawn" is called, while سِحْر means "magic" ( ya Arabic language hates you).
-For native Arabs, these are not issues, they can understand and differentiate between the different recitation methods without any problem, there was no need for written "Mushaf", however that turned out to be a nightmare for new non Arabs Muslims, they are not natives, Arabic is a very VERY vast language, the Quran is the pinnacle of that language, and they are not used to relay on their memories as the Arabs are. So they have to relay on a written version (that does not exist except for the one "Mushaf" that was joined at the time of the first Caliph Abu Bakr - God rest his soul - ) so they had to relay on whatever scraps or scrolls they find with the prophet's companions who came to their lands.... rare scrolls that could contain the personal notes of the companion, some of the prophet's teaching , some verses or chapters that could be written according to how ever the companion chose to write it based on what ever method of recitation he chose (Arabic writing was very primitive back then with virtually no rules for writing it)
-So here you have a people who are not native to a language, a language that happens to be one of the most complicated and vast languages, these people are learning the "Words of God" (the Quran) that is the pinnacle of that language, a Quran that has a unique style and method of speaking and pronunciation that is different than the language itself, and this unique way has multiple ways to recite within it. On top of that, this Quran is passed through memory not by writing , and the writing capabilities for that Super language is primitive, no dots, no movement marking for letters, no punctuation and no dictation rules.
this is like a 10 years old driving a spaceship that has no manual
And that is a recipe for disaster.... and that exactly what was about to happen.
-When the Muslims army were facing the Sassanid and requested reinforcement form the armies at the byzantine side, newly convert Muslims from the Byzantine territory met for the newly convert Muslims from the Sassanid territory and discovered that they are reciting the Quran different than each other (depending on who taught them), they almost fought each other, if it wasn't for the prophets companions who were present, interfering and explaining that these different ways are all correct.
-That incident alarmed one of the prophet's companion (I forgot who he was ) and he informed the 3rd Caliph, and that when the decision of writing a unified "Mushaf" (not Quran) emerged, the main purpose was to prevent conflict among new non Arabic converts, and have a unified base written version for non Arabs to refer to. and to prevent having multiple written versions (because of the multiple recitation methods) that non Arabs wont be able to tell them a part nor to tell them from a fake one.
-That is how the "Othmanic Font/writing method" was born, a special way to write the Quran in a way that could contain as much as possible of the different recitation methods, a special front and dictation rules were used that is different form the one used for the language itself. The Muslims up to this day agreed that the "Mushaf" must not be written in another way (except for educational purposes).
-Once that new standardized written version was complete, any other written scraps, scrolls, wooden tablet were burned (duh) and I think 4 copies were made and sent to the corners of the Caliphate with a SKILLED RECIETER accompanying each one, to teach people how to recite (because the "Mushaf" doesn't cover that).
and this is why, up to this day, certain methods of recitation are more common in certain parts of the Islamic world than others, for example in west Africa the method of "Warsh" is more widely used than in the Middle East where the method of "Hafs" is more commonly used.
-The "Mushaf" served as written reference of the Quran, but it is NOT The Quran, it doesn't matter if you have 12 Ph.D's in Arabic language, you still won't be able to recite the Quran correctly by reading from the "Mushaf", you need to learn it directly from someone who learned directly from some one who learned it directly from some -------> until you reach the prophet peace be upon him. (and that is a certification called the "Sanad", which link you in a continuous chain of reciters to the Prophet - Peace be upon him - )
-The Quran (with its different methods of recitation) is still preserved, but not through the written "Mushaf", and while the Quran is preserved and never changed (with all the different methods) the "Mushaf" keeps changing, across the times, more modifications were added, the addition of dots to letters , the special letters markers and punctuation markers that are unique to the Quran, numbering the verses, dividing it to 30 parts, dividing each part to 2 "Hizb" dividing each "Hizb" into quarters, up to using color coded letters and words to indicate certain pronunciation and sound extensions (that was used for the first time couple of decades ago). not to mention special "Mushaf"s that are written according to a certain recitation method that is used only educational purposes.
In short, Islam is a giant mindfuck
Thank you so much for such a detailed comment, brother! May peace be upon you
جزاك الله خيرا على مجهودك
Really Enjoyed it. Now what is the continuation for this documentary ?
In the works
A historical gem!
bad history of blood shed and some criminal calls islam is a peace but the history says it is just a game of throne....
Awesome work great video
36:50 most Sunni scholarship agrees that Ali was in the right
have to see i'm addicted to K&G being an ex wargamer, the battle maps are tops, especially the shaking of the generals to show when they are pissed off and little explosions when they die. great combo of history info with visuals to understand. the graphics are a bit mills and boon. shame they cant use footage from movies. no doubt copyright. not often i'll sit through 3.5 hours of UA-cam fascinated by the Arab conquests. Would be great if they teamed up with Netflix and did a doco movie with the clarity of those brilliant maps. Tactics and strategy are made clear. If they could give clear visuals of the weaponry and battles would be better - using some of the gaming pc on era.
This fitna was caused by Abd Allah ibn Saba'
According to Sunni and Shia tradition, Abd Allah ibn Saba' was a Yemenite Jew from the Arab Himyar tribe who converted to Islam during Uthman's reign.
Because of his exaggerated reverence for Ali, he is traditionally considered as the first of the ghulāt. In accounts collected by Sayf ibn Umar, Ibn Saba' and his followers, the Saba'iyya, are said to be the ones who enticed the Egyptians against Uthman and were responsible for breaking the near-settlement at the Battle of the camel and he the one that turned people against Usman by accusing him of nepotism
Research him from Islam sources
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Which Sunni scholars can you even name them as you making a claim back it up
And it’s not in Hadiths it’s history and fact you said Hadiths shows you don’t known what you on about
Hadiths are regarding the prophet and his life and his companions not someone that came later on there are NO HADITHS about him 🙈😂
If you saying there then again back up claim which Hadith references please
Thanks so much ❤I appreciate your work. I watch and sometimes sleep to the sound of this history
The Deylamites were commonly described, together with the Turks, as the most barbarous and odious enemies of the Muslims (Ṭabarī, II, pp. 285, 320, 722, 748, 1391), against whom religious war (jehād) was most meritorious.
When the ‘Abbāsid Caliphs were under Buwayhid suzerainty their Mamlūk policy was not free from the pressure of that Daylamite dynasty. The success of the Daylamite soldiers in so many eastern armies is really astounding, but in the slightly longer run they stood no chance against the Turkish Mamlūks, and they disappeared. Even a Buwayhid ruler preferred Turks over them (see e.g.Bosworth, , “Ghaznevid military organisation”, p. 42
Another amazing video, thank you!!
Took me a few days, but video completed and enjoyed!
Please make more videos about the Achaemenids and Sassanids
You guys are such a good channel who agrees
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You inspire me to learn history Kings and Generals!
Sir I’ve been watching your channel since it’s beginning From different accounts
And I like to congratulate you on your success and good work specially with details
If there is any possibility you could make a series about the first and the second and the third Saudi state it would be wonderful as well Thank you appreciate your effort
Fun fact: 4 of the 5 expansive Caliphate fronts were halted by Turks ; Khazars in Caucasus, Turgesh& Turk Shahis & Gokturks in Central Asia, Bulgars (allied with Romans) in Thrace and Huns in India.
It was a war on all sides, in the east, west, north and south at the same time, and even internally there were revolutions and the Abbasid revolution came. If it had been a single front, for example, against France, it would have defeated France.
This has nothing to do what you said the caliphate their expansion were stopped due they facing constantly of civil wars and rebellion and internal conflicts plus they even had many wars with many other empires in 4 sides. There was no serious clash between shahis and arabs. Central asia and cascuas was under caliphare. Gotturk were directly exiled after battle of oxus river and tugresh only marching into north traxsonina during umayyad conflicts when arabs govnors of central asia fought each other but tugresh were eventually withdraw from region, and for khazar they lost south cascuas and their first capital to arabs and in time of moahmed ibn marawn expedition he deeply taking over northern casucas.
for blugars they attacked an retreat arabs army during their withdrawl shortly after siege was lifiting up
make sense. It's too hard to conquer the Steppe. I'd really say it's the nature of the Steppe itself, of which its inhabitants are a part of, that make it difficult to conquer.
Khazars are the perfect example
Turkic tribes that menaced the Umayyad’s but got defeated not conquered completely though
They were not halted by them the Caliphate just didn’t thought that conquering tribal regions will be beneficial just like most empires when they faced tribal nomads. Simply there is nothing to gain.
I love these videos especially the long ones I often watch them before bed or fall asleep watching them then re-listen to it the next day
Salute man..great video..
Tunisian Muslim here, originally from a Jewish berber tribe, my ancestors were once Jews who were forced to convert to Islam. All of us in north Africa those who have berber roots have Christian or Jewish roots.
Stop lying 🤥 Allah says no compulsion in religion if you’re a true Tunisian then you’re brainwashed by mama France but I think you’re a fake North African
Do you regret?
forced as in most likely not wanting to pay taxes to the Arabs, hence why most of north Africa converted.
@@redaf2258 not just because of that .. its also due to arabs glory they thought they were on the right .. berbers were used to being colonized by others since carthage/roman time.
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Amazing, always impatient to watch your videos!
It is fascinating how the unity under faith might have been a driving factor in early muslim rapid expansion.