@@AlMuqaddimahYT Yup.. I really enjoy the fact that the treacherous family of Muawiyah is all being killed for the sake of keeping a title. I am only pity for the underage Muawiyah II who still only think of his toys on his coronation up to the day of his poisoning to death -- possibly by his own protector Marwan cum successor who also nor achive nor enjoy much of his reign.
Sajid TEG don’t really like people doing some judgement on the largest caliphate on earth based on their 10 last years at most. Who was unislamic and racist. Muawiya. Muawiya 2, marwan, abd al malik, al walid, seuleiman, umar 2nd, hicham ? All of these are strong umayyad caliphs let alone the iberian ones. There few unjust rulers , but in whole the abbassids had far worst. Umayyads while ruling iberia alone could compete against the giant abbassids with borders stretched from china to Algeria. Umayyads were far better rulers and even based on viable sources, people liked Umayyads more than abbassids. Umayyads were masters of politics and art and war and architecture. They were far from racists and iberian ones are enough proof of that. Having berbers in main army and slavic enuchs as bodyguards and caliphs trusted men. People back then said in poetry.. « If only the tyranny of Umayyads persisted, and the justice of the abbassids was thrown into the fire. » 🏳️🏳️>🏴🏴 And don’t get me started with family of the prophet massacre thing, because unless you’re a shia extremist. Even shia sources confirm that the Umayyads themselves had nothing to do with Hussain ( RA ) death, he was betrayed by the people who invited him. Compared to that , the abbassids were extremely harsh towards the Alids while Umayyads married from them. Umayyads were the bulk of the people who participated in Rachidun conquest and were excellent governors. Compared to them the abbassids had only abdullah ibn abbas as a famous scholar. Except the few early caliphs ( which most only lived on their few others works ) the rest were only « religious » and later « ceremonial » figures
@@Omegaeon1 islam was at it's peak and golden age under the abbasids F the ummayads for whay they did to hussain and also more people love the abbasids than the ummayads not a single ummayad caliph that can complete with Harun al Rashid and his accomplishment
My name is Harun. I’m from Bosnia but live in Germany. Every time when I say my name to little older Arab men I know it’s 80% chance they will say RASHID🤣. It was funny to see this video, now I know who this man was.
Interestingly 13 hundred years before, Cyrus the Great, founder of the Achaemenid empire, tried to pass power onto his two sons, one ruling as Great King, the Other as governor of Khorasan.
I love how the Queen was the biggest reason behind his securing his succesion. Women played a huge rule in islamic history but are always eliminated. A lot of these caliphs were manipulated or killed by their own wives, concubines or mothers, and they played a huge role in succesion.
@@ahmadl1419 if it is a strong man and a genius and loving woman like shagart- aldur and her husband was they will make a second justian and Theodora . And so they did
Learning about historical figures, while being explained the world they lived in for context, is my favourite way to learn about history! When I visited Cordoba in 2016 I bought two books about the "Al-Andalus Period" there. One about historical figures. One about battles and campains. Despite being the bigger book, I finished the book about historical figures in little over a week, never finished reading the book about battles and campains. GREAT VIDEO!
@@freetube5304 They are "Al-Andalus personajes historicos" and "Al-Andalus 800 años de lucha" from Concha Masiá published by Albor Libros. They are both in Spanish.
I was too tired yesterday to watch it , I watched it twice today lol, I loved that video, and really like your take on Harun the man, not the myth or the legend. Not sure about his deep seated inadequacy issues but I always thought he stopped the Barmakids because of their excess of wealth, influence and austentation. Too bad he didn't really think it through because they actually ran the state and there was no one to fill their shoes. I love your Abbassid Caliphate videos, keep them coming.
One famous story is that harron once talked to his son and told him , "if anyone ever fight me over the throne his head will be the price" His son replied: "even me your son" He replied: " oh son the throne is sterile" Meaning he will live sterile and not let the throne down.
There's a certain irony in the fact that the Barmakids, an Abbasid institution from the days of the Revolution itself, were undone right at the height of their ascent. The fall of the Barmakids does seem like a premonition of things to come - echoes of the execution of Al-Afshin, the rise of Bugha al-Kabir and his Turkic mamlukes, and eventually the Anarchy at Samarra can be felt. Wonderful video as always, can't wait to see your take on the civil war.
@@Earth4Mars UK in the past is also marred with conflict for many century.. I think the reason why UK is now at peace is because the royalty is only held nominal power. The real government is the one that elected democratically.. Thus people of England never see the royalty as the first to be blame for any misery.. And also in UK line of succession is defined by rule, not by appointment of ruling monarch. This make no contest needed to determine who should take the throne.
Agree.. This video really teach us how difficult is to be a caliph of islam. Even Harun himself couldn't become "Harun in his own the myth". How to secure a good succession is always the big problem. In Harun's and his father's fate, it is started early on their reign.
@@doyouknoworjustbelieve6694the dynasty may have ended, but it’s societal influences were lasting - as is the case with all such systems, for better or worse. Do we deem the Roman Empire to be unworthy of inquiry simply because it dissolved? Of course not. Nothing exists in a vacuum, it’s all connected.
Excellent job! One of your best videos. I thought your speech and speed were spot on. On another note, I think you faced the same problem as many who tried to tell this story before, which was the lack of clarity and sources explaining certain events which is not an accident and was likely orchestrated by the ruling party (at the time) to paint them in the best picture possible. I just wonder if there are any sources that may speak of these events from outside the Arab world or maybe Alandalus .... Anyways, I really enjoyed the video and keep up the good work.
Since you make videoes on islamic history, you think you'll make videos about the ajuran sultanate ( in Southern Somalia) or the sultanate of malacca in the future
@@AlMuqaddimahYT random question, why are you keen on avoiding it for now? Is it the political situation now that won't inspire videos at the moment (I know this to be a possible reason because my Somalia is really lost now 😅).
Yes, correct.. In deed during his reign of 23 years, the islamic world is in a good time. But still many shady thing he need to take to strengthen his power.. Including to kill one great-great grandson of the prophet Musa ibn Ja'far Al Shadiq.. He is being accused by some as the perpetrator of his brother assassination too, in order to take the throne.. Lets view his reign with a objective mind..
@@ahmadganteng7435 You should know that they killed fisrt Abbasid caliph Abbas al safa and third Mehdi and al Hadi too. they were not innocent. tit for tat .
@@sayedjaffarabbas3420 Do you mean by "They" is the "Alids" or the Shia? I don't know if you are correct about them. But still it is not an islamic way to punish a person of what his family or clan do.
My point is that many Caliph during Umayyad, Abbasid and Ottoman is tainted with many sinful act. So ruling from Syaikh Al Albani that to revive islamic caliphate is compulsory to all muslim is have no dalil at all and also against historic fact.
على أن الثابت والصحيح من مجالس الرشيد أنها كانت إما مجالس لإدارة شؤون الدولة ورفع المظالم والنظر فيها، وإما مجالس يحضرها العلماء والشعراء ممن يُستفاد منهم في ذلك العصر، وتُعقد بينهم المناظرات التي كان الرشيد يستمتع بها، ويُقبل عليها بكليّته، وقد ثبت أن الإمام الشافعي ناظر عددا من الفقهاء في حضرة هارون الرشيد وتفوق عليهم، وقد أحبه هارون وقرّبه كما قرب الإمامين الكبيرين محمد بن الحسن الشيباني والإمام أبا يوسف تلميذي الإمام أبي حنيفة.
I first learned about the existence of Harun al-Rashid while reading an ilustrated version of Simbad the Sailor for a school assigment many years ago, then I was glad to see him in Civ 5 and learned that he really existed (sorry, we dont really study much islamic/arab history in south america) and now I'm glad to finally learn about the real guy xd. Thanks for the info, the way of narrating is cool xd
Thank you for this! Please do an episode about Khaled ibn Al waleed and also Umar ibn Al khatab these two personalities were just… I mean just let’s us know if you need help with authentic historical research ❤Islamic history is so amazing there’s a podcast called Islamic history podcast covering the first 100 years of Islam and it covers Ammoya, Abasyya and Othmania periods.. maybe an episode on each dynasty what they did and the affect on the nations and people.
good video, well done. Yes indeed Flex Frank... many men and women out there in TV Land agree with you. There always seems to be a price to lavish lifestyles though.
Supposedly the pan Arab flag colors green, black, red, and white each represent a Arab/Muslim caliphate the Abbasid is one of them represented on the flag. Also the first flag used to represent the Arabs was made by a British diplomat during ww1. The Muslim crescent came from the flag of the ottoman empire and the crescent grew to represent the religion of Islam the 2nd largest religion in the world.
Nah the pan arab flag is taken from verse of a poem "ask the high rising spears" by safi aldin alhilli (White are our deeds, black are our battles, Green are our fields, red are our swords) It was written after arab tribes won abattle against the mongol ilkhante in modern day iraq
I usually love your videos, but this one felt strange. your conclusion was not represented in the video, where you didnt actally talk all that much about his actual political actions and more about other people
إذا ذُكِرَ الشِّرك في مجلسٍ ... أنارت وُجُوه بني برْمَك وإن تُليت عِنْدَهم سُورة ... أَتوا بالأحاديثِ مِن بَرْمَكِ This why the barkamid fall happened.
The history is in the eye of the narrator. Harun Al Rashid was NOT the drunken womanizing ruler you portray... his accomplishments are more than Arabian Nights.
The death of Al Rashid is followed by event that being called as 4th fitna. **Note : Prophet Muhammad PBUH has a prophecy in a hadith wich say : "any one of his shahabah who still life after his death will see fitna which do many damage to the ummah". The 4th fitnah is a succession crisis during abbasid chaliphate which two of Harun's son fight each other. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth_Fitna
Which books do you recommend on Abbassid Caliphate or Harun Al Rashid? Also, where does it say he drank (seems like an orientalist narrative), I've heard differently.
@@Thesandchief exactly brother, atleast present your sources. I guess they're orientalist sources, with anti-islamic rhetoric. Orientalists seem to always have exaggerated imaginations about Muslims.
@@zakali92 it should be standard procedure to put the research material used in the video description especially if you're going to make controversial statements.
The great muslim leader from 3 dynasty (Umayyad, Abbasid and Ottoman) - Umar Ibn Abdul Aziz - Abdul Rahman III (Al Nasir) - Harun Al Rashid - Mehmed Al Fatih - Suleiman Al Kanuni
أما الإمام أبو يوسف تلميذ الإمام أبي حنيفة فقد قرّبه هارون الرشيد وعيّنه قاضيا للقضاة، وحرص على التقرب منه والاستفادة من علمه الواسع، وكان يطلب إليه كتابة عدد من المؤلفات الشرعية التي تزيل الغموض واللبس، وتساعد رجال الإدارة العباسية في أعمالهم، وقد امتثل أبو يوسف للرشيد حين ألّف كتابه الشهير "الخراج"، وبيّن في مقدمة كتابه هذا أنه كتبه امتثالا لأمر أمير المؤمنين هارون الرشيد. تلك بعض من ملامح سيرة هارون وعصره، تلك الشخصية التي أجمع جل المؤرخين على أنه أعظم خلفاء بني العباس شأنا وذكاء وعبادة وقيادة، حتى قال فيه الطبري وابن العمراني وابن خلدون والعماد الحنبلي وغيرهم إن هارون "كان يصلّي في كلّ يوم مئة ركعة نافلة، وكان يغزو عاما ويحجّ عاما"[16]. وهو الخليفة الذي استطاع إخماد الثورات والمشكلات الداخلية التي كانت تهدد الدولة ووحدتها، وحرص على تعيين أمهر الرجال وأفضلهم في مواقعهم الإدارية والعسكرية، وواجه كل من حاول تقسيم الدولة بالخروج عليها كما فعل مع عدد من كبار العلويين، واشتهر عنه الورع والصبر على الطاعة،
I love your channel and I hope you make videos about the Afro-Muslim empires of the Sahel. I just have one question: Is the fact that ISIS has set up its capital in Raqqa and adopted a black banner a mere coincidence or a desire to relate to a glorious past?
Anyone here from Doraemon and the Arabian Nights movie? This dude was a real character who was played in that movie and that's how I'm here rn searching more about this guy
Most of the videos on this channel are misunderstandings and misconceptions of the narrator. Even though his history is more or less correct, I think he has some sort of inferiority complex where one in order to elevate oneself tries to critizes someone else or wants to become famous by downgrading someone no matter how good they are. But I give him a lot credit to his presentation skills and screenplay. I wish he uses his wonderful skills to give a neutral perspective as history is one thing which is most of the time narrated based on biases.
Excellent job man! Love the humor and impartiality, entertaining to watch. I love history and started learning about muslim history recently I am learning a lot from your videos.
Maybe he didn't knew it was haram. Life was very different for the rich and powerful families back then. Perhaps it's due to the lifestyle of the royal family that no one dared to criticize. But even so, he was still a pious man.
He was one of the greatest successors of the Abbasid state in jihad, conquest and interest in science and scholars, and in spite of all this, you spread lies about him that he only cares about women and wine ..., and relie on that in fairy tales and weak stories. You want to know him ask muslims, you dont go to the middle east to ask about caesar.
harun the one who has been repeatly told as shy has defeated empires and led islam into victories. He was a person who loved fighting in campains and person who history wrote about him as a guy who never did anything except for god.
Suggestion: When you make video of great muslim figures, can you use sahih(authentic) descriptions of their personalities and whether they were practising muslims.
"Practicing Muslim" is a complicated thing to describe. Can Harun be a practicing Muslim if he made 8-9 pilgrimages to Mecca and still drank like an Irishman?
As someone who read too much Islamic history to the point where I consider this channel as an "intro to Islamic history": Which. Sources? Those produced in the classical era or modern era?-At-Tabari has some israilliyat. All modern Islamic history books tend to be produced for "moral teachings", and sometimes, appraisals of certain Islamist agenda, rather than academic history. You need to be REALLY reads a lot & understand Islamic thought throughout history, and Islamic schism to be able to detect it - but yes, it is true. Classical Islamic history books assumes that the world is 7000 years old. I came from a Muslim-majority county (Indonesia) where it is known that Saudi Arabia often edited classical books in order to remove all tasawwuf references & appraisals, as well as appraising a certain agenda as well. You don't know it if you're a Western Muslim - the real Ibn Kathir tafsir are three times longer than the ones available for you. Nor does every non-Muslim historians have an attack-Islam agenda neither - the books produced in modern era often have different tone than the ones produced on pre-9/11. But yes, we shouldn't use them as the actual narrative. Historians, by definition, collects data and interprets them. And, no matter how much non-Muslim sources tries to be objective, they don't have the "insider" mindset. Although, I agree that the story of Prophet Muhammad (SAAS) should probably comes from Islamic sources (he often didn't - he tried to make his story to be more academic - he is a secular Muslim who tries to give Islamic history in the manner similar to most history channels) Farag Fouda (no matter what you think about him), really did point out the less-pleasant aspects of Islamic history through classical Islamic sources. Will you still considers it to be authentic?
When I say schism, it is not just Sunni vs Shia. It also refers to Ibadis, Khajirites, Mutazilites vs Atharis, Asharis & Maturidies, (I have no familiarity with Shia's school of thought). But I can say here that apart from his telling of the story of Prophet Muhammad, he did try to be as objective as possible. The maps were good enough too to visualize battles, and how Islam spreads. The bias nowadays are more subtle, but it can be seen. Muslim historians will take it that the Prophet took revelation from Jibril (Gabriel), while he was ummi / illiterate and can't produce the Qur'an at all (affirming Islamic teachings), while non-Muslim historians will try to take logical steps of how the Prophet can do what he do (well, his travel to Syria and all with his uncle familiarizes him with this and that, and so on - but, knowing the local markets here, I can attest that there are successful traders who, in reality, are illiterate - they uses instincts & sheer experiences & contacts for their success). The bias is more religious teachings rather than how caliphs came and went.
I find it fascinating how in many of these paintings (excluding orientalist ones cuz we know those are over sexualised) that many of the women aren't wearing headscarves or fully covering up, some with their entire sleeves showing. Did you read anything about this? Is that how medieval muslim women dressed if so thats very interesting.
Which painting are you talking about brother? It was really dependant which school of thought that land was following. The hanbalis held the view that the entire body of the woman except the eyes is Awrah, the Hanafis held the view the mouth isnt awrah hence they didnt need to wear Niqab and so on. But no, medieval Muslim women didnt dress with their heads uncovered, unless they were non Muslim, non Muslim women dont need to wear the headscarf, but modest dressing is still obligatory. Paintings arent really an accurate depiction of how Muslims lived and dressed, majority of them are from orientalists. But what also must be said that there were times during some Islamic lands where the people really fell out of Islam when it came to worship and rulings, they became ignorant.
Maybe I can point you in the direction of something intresesting about the way medieval muslim women dressed. Google images of "Hadith Bayad wa Riyad", it's one of three surviving illustrated books from Al-Andalus and it depicts women in it's pages. Digitalized Manuscrip: digi.vatlib.it/view/MSS_Vat.ar.368
@@haitamc5611 I made an edit to include the whole book digitized. Did you noticed it? I can't read arabic, but the images make it look like there is an Outdoors-Indoors divide with having the hair covered or not....
@@aq4356 like these: 8:58 13:22 15:03 15:44 Those don't look orientalist style. I've noticed the muslims weren't that strict during these times, some of them even consumed alcohol as mentioned in the video.
I felt like I didn’t learn much about why Harun Al Rashid was so well respected but instead I learned about his downsides. Which is okay but then I’m left wondered why was he so respected despite all the mess?
Which book u consult it is very helpful for all the student of Islamic studies and also a great information for us mention the name of the book that u consult
Not bad listening to the History from an Indian individual, just try to be more open-minded and respectful. Remember explaining history is a very important job.
If the admin reads my comment, can I know the sources of information in making this video. Are you guys taking information from turath (traditional arabic texts), or orientalists points of view or a mixture of both. Thanks
Last time I was this early, the Umayyads were still caliphs.
I miss them. Good times.
@@AlMuqaddimahYT ummayads were pretty unIslamic and racist you know taxing all the non Arabs
@@AlMuqaddimahYT Yup.. I really enjoy the fact that the treacherous family of Muawiyah is all being killed for the sake of keeping a title.
I am only pity for the underage Muawiyah II who still only think of his toys on his coronation up to the day of his poisoning to death -- possibly by his own protector Marwan cum successor who also nor achive nor enjoy much of his reign.
Sajid TEG don’t really like people doing some judgement on the largest caliphate on earth based on their 10 last years at most. Who was unislamic and racist. Muawiya. Muawiya 2, marwan, abd al malik, al walid, seuleiman, umar 2nd, hicham ? All of these are strong umayyad caliphs let alone the iberian ones. There few unjust rulers , but in whole the abbassids had far worst. Umayyads while ruling iberia alone could compete against the giant abbassids with borders stretched from china to Algeria.
Umayyads were far better rulers and even based on viable sources, people liked Umayyads more than abbassids. Umayyads were masters of politics and art and war and architecture. They were far from racists and iberian ones are enough proof of that. Having berbers in main army and slavic enuchs as bodyguards and caliphs trusted men.
People back then said in poetry..
« If only the tyranny of Umayyads persisted, and the justice of the abbassids was thrown into the fire. »
🏳️🏳️>🏴🏴
And don’t get me started with family of the prophet massacre thing, because unless you’re a shia extremist. Even shia sources confirm that the Umayyads themselves had nothing to do with Hussain ( RA ) death, he was betrayed by the people who invited him. Compared to that , the abbassids were extremely harsh towards the Alids while Umayyads married from them. Umayyads were the bulk of the people who participated in Rachidun conquest and were excellent governors. Compared to them the abbassids had only abdullah ibn abbas as a famous scholar. Except the few early caliphs ( which most only lived on their few others works ) the rest were only « religious » and later « ceremonial » figures
@@Omegaeon1 islam was at it's peak and golden age under the abbasids F the ummayads for whay they did to hussain and also more people love the abbasids than the ummayads not a single ummayad caliph that can complete with Harun al Rashid and his accomplishment
My name is Harun. I’m from
Bosnia but live in Germany. Every time when I say my name to little older Arab men I know it’s 80% chance they will say RASHID🤣. It was funny to see this video, now I know who this man was.
You should legally change your name to Harun Not al-Rashid.
Harun also is prophet. He is brother of prophet Moses peace upon them
@@englishvocabulary6110 yes but that is other harun
What about Daniella isnt it your name
@@AlMuqaddimahYT XD
Interestingly 13 hundred years before, Cyrus the Great, founder of the Achaemenid empire, tried to pass power onto his two sons, one ruling as Great King, the Other as governor of Khorasan.
I love how the Queen was the biggest reason behind his securing his succesion. Women played a huge rule in islamic history but are always eliminated. A lot of these caliphs were manipulated or killed by their own wives, concubines or mothers, and they played a huge role in succesion.
Can you give some sources please?
@@jacobscrackers98 this video
Man it's all over history, psycho controlling women + weak men = catastrophe and the decline of a greatly built empire by great men it's sad actually.
Zubaidah khatoon
@@ahmadl1419 if it is a strong man and a genius and loving woman like shagart- aldur and her husband was they will make a second justian and Theodora . And so they did
Learning about historical figures, while being explained the world they lived in for context, is my favourite way to learn about history!
When I visited Cordoba in 2016 I bought two books about the "Al-Andalus Period" there. One about historical figures. One about battles and campains. Despite being the bigger book, I finished the book about historical figures in little over a week, never finished reading the book about battles and campains.
GREAT VIDEO!
Could you give the title of the books please
@@freetube5304 They are "Al-Andalus personajes historicos" and "Al-Andalus 800 años de lucha" from Concha Masiá published by Albor Libros. They are both in Spanish.
@@silveryuno thank you hopefully get some time to read those
So he was basically the quiet kid that snapped XD
Lol XD
XD
Never wake the sleeping giant
I think you r a kid from snapped XD never mess with Muslims other wise u will see a your own end
I was too tired yesterday to watch it , I watched it twice today lol, I loved that video, and really like your take on Harun the man, not the myth or the legend. Not sure about his deep seated inadequacy issues but I always thought he stopped the Barmakids because of their excess of wealth, influence and austentation. Too bad he didn't really think it through because they actually ran the state and there was no one to fill their shoes. I love your Abbassid Caliphate videos, keep them coming.
He was just an oppresser & murderer.
Hey man, I'm a history buff, especially Islamic history and I just found your channel. Just wanted to say keep up the good work 👍
Me too 😊👍🏽
One famous story is that harron once talked to his son and told him , "if anyone ever fight me over the throne his head will be the price"
His son replied: "even me your son"
He replied: " oh son the throne is sterile"
Meaning he will live sterile and not let the throne down.
I don't get it
@@theemirofjaffa2266 byzantine punishments
@@theemirofjaffa2266 He meant that a throne has no sons.
li I think it was Abd al-Malik bin Marwan al-Umayyad who said this
I don't understand it...Will he castrate his son?
There's a certain irony in the fact that the Barmakids, an Abbasid institution from the days of the Revolution itself, were undone right at the height of their ascent. The fall of the Barmakids does seem like a premonition of things to come - echoes of the execution of Al-Afshin, the rise of Bugha al-Kabir and his Turkic mamlukes, and eventually the Anarchy at Samarra can be felt.
Wonderful video as always, can't wait to see your take on the civil war.
Is there any institution that never broke down? UK? Almost, maybe..
@@Earth4Mars UK in the past is also marred with conflict for many century..
I think the reason why UK is now at peace is because the royalty is only held nominal power.
The real government is the one that elected democratically.. Thus people of England never see the royalty as the first to be blame for any misery..
And also in UK line of succession is defined by rule, not by appointment of ruling monarch.
This make no contest needed to determine who should take the throne.
As A Shia Myself didnt Harun Al Rashid kill Imam Riza?
@@Squirrel_Xi Haroon did good raza attack on makkah and clash with caliph army he got killed
@@Squirrel_Xi no Mamoon killed , Haroon didn't.. replying being an Abbasid Hashmi, descendant of Haroon
I've been waiting for this for too long!
“A girl sitting on your face is not the worst way to die” that was an inside joke 🤦🏾♂️💀💀💀
Destroyed the credibility of the narrator, so Joke's on him! 😂
Thought it was just me - hearing this 😀
Bravo! This was one of your best episodes yet! Your videos keep getting better and better.
Agree.. This video really teach us how difficult is to be a caliph of islam.
Even Harun himself couldn't become "Harun in his own the myth".
How to secure a good succession is always the big problem. In Harun's and his father's fate, it is started early on their reign.
Was it not for Harun Al Rashid we would have been centuries behind in science, knowledge and development today
No. That golden era lasted about 350 years.
@@doyouknoworjustbelieve6694 yeah and gave birth to lot of things translated lot of knowledge and made lot
@@doyouknoworjustbelieve6694the dynasty may have ended, but it’s societal influences were lasting - as is the case with all such systems, for better or worse. Do we deem the Roman Empire to be unworthy of inquiry simply because it dissolved? Of course not. Nothing exists in a vacuum, it’s all connected.
Love your sense oh humor! Learned a great deal. Thank You!
Thank you for this. First time watching your video. This is what interests me a lot. So I’ve subscribed! Going to watch all.
i needed this for my project. thank you!!!
Glad I could help!
Thank you for posting this very interesting history of Haroun of the Arabian Nights 😀
Just started watching video, can already tell its quality.
Excellent job!
One of your best videos. I thought your speech and speed were spot on.
On another note, I think you faced the same problem as many who tried to tell this story before, which was the lack of clarity and sources explaining certain events which is not an accident and was likely orchestrated by the ruling party (at the time) to paint them in the best picture possible. I just wonder if there are any sources that may speak of these events from outside the Arab world or maybe Alandalus ....
Anyways, I really enjoyed the video and keep up the good work.
I think the lack of sources might have to do with the Mongol Sack of Baghdad but I'm not sure.
Very interesting. I learned a lot. Good video as always!
Please do a vid on Sallahudin Al Ayubi & his history with Hassan Ibn Sabah the apparent heretic leader of an assassin organisation 👍🙏
Lovely video thank you for creating such a lovely video much appreciated! Keep it up!
Since you make videoes on islamic history, you think you'll make videos about the ajuran sultanate ( in Southern Somalia) or the sultanate of malacca in the future
I'm gonna avoid Somalia for a while but yeah, I'll certainly cover it. The night is still young.
@@AlMuqaddimahYT random question, why are you keen on avoiding it for now? Is it the political situation now that won't inspire videos at the moment (I know this to be a possible reason because my Somalia is really lost now 😅).
@@charlibravo371 He claimed Somalis were slaves, so many of them wrote to him to correct it, lol.
Exciting content and presentation. Thank you!
Abbasid era was golden age of Islam . one of the greatest time for muslim world .
Yes, correct.. In deed during his reign of 23 years, the islamic world is in a good time.
But still many shady thing he need to take to strengthen his power.. Including to kill one great-great grandson of the prophet Musa ibn Ja'far Al Shadiq..
He is being accused by some as the perpetrator of his brother assassination too, in order to take the throne..
Lets view his reign with a objective mind..
@@ahmadganteng7435 You should know that they killed fisrt Abbasid caliph Abbas al safa and third Mehdi and al Hadi too. they were not innocent. tit for tat .
@@sayedjaffarabbas3420 Do you mean by "They" is the "Alids" or the Shia?
I don't know if you are correct about them. But still it is not an islamic way to punish a person of what his family or clan do.
My point is that many Caliph during Umayyad, Abbasid and Ottoman is tainted with many sinful act.
So ruling from Syaikh Al Albani that to revive islamic caliphate is compulsory to all muslim is have no dalil at all and also against historic fact.
@@ahmadganteng7435 So you mean they killed caliphs that is islamic way and in return caliph killed them is unislamic 😊
4:30 Very happy.
I bought a shirt and poster! I can’t wait for it to come.
Thanks for supporting the channel. I hope you like them.
Thanks for all your effort
This is very interesting Video. Excellent work.
Brilliantly narrated dude 😘
على أن الثابت والصحيح من مجالس الرشيد أنها كانت إما مجالس لإدارة شؤون الدولة ورفع المظالم والنظر فيها، وإما مجالس يحضرها العلماء والشعراء ممن يُستفاد منهم في ذلك العصر، وتُعقد بينهم المناظرات التي كان الرشيد يستمتع بها، ويُقبل عليها بكليّته، وقد ثبت أن الإمام الشافعي ناظر عددا من الفقهاء في حضرة هارون الرشيد وتفوق عليهم، وقد أحبه هارون وقرّبه كما قرب الإمامين الكبيرين محمد بن الحسن الشيباني والإمام أبا يوسف تلميذي الإمام أبي حنيفة.
You have a great sense of humor.
Love the video and the positive comments...
Will you also make a video as informative as this one on Umar ibn Abdul Aziz?
Idk why but these maps are so visually satisfying
You should also tell that haroon faught war at 14 ,when romans attacked the small muslim state in north of caliphate
Wasnt he the one who poisoned the 7th imaam musa?
Thanks for trying to pronounce his name right instead of butchering it like many others do
Great vid
Great video friend! Nice pictures tho, congratulations
Excellent clip :Brief yet so complete and true to history
Great video.
>4chan
Ahh it been a long time since I posted on that weebsite
I first learned about the existence of Harun al-Rashid while reading an ilustrated version of Simbad the Sailor for a school assigment many years ago, then I was glad to see him in Civ 5 and learned that he really existed (sorry, we dont really study much islamic/arab history in south america) and now I'm glad to finally learn about the real guy xd. Thanks for the info, the way of narrating is cool xd
Hey bro I’m really loving your work may allah reward for it I’m really into Islamic history is there anyway I could help out with your work?
Thank you for this! Please do an episode about Khaled ibn Al waleed and also Umar ibn Al khatab these two personalities were just… I mean just let’s us know if you need help with authentic historical research ❤Islamic history is so amazing there’s a podcast called Islamic history podcast covering the first 100 years of Islam and it covers Ammoya, Abasyya and Othmania periods.. maybe an episode on each dynasty what they did and the affect on the nations and people.
good video, well done. Yes indeed Flex Frank... many men and women out there in TV Land agree with you. There always seems to be a price to lavish lifestyles though.
great video!! Do a video on the role of the dawah movement in the Abbasid revolution, ← what role the islamic scholars(ulama) played in it?
69th like, nice, also I love your channel, keep up the great work
I was reading “when Baghdad rule the Muslim world” by Hugh Kennedy yesterday night. What a coincidence! Very nice video
Google knows everything. ;)
@@AlMuqaddimahYT no I was reading the physical book that has been in my library for a long time. Not from internet !
@@jennyliew5919 How did you find Baghdad after reading the book?
Supposedly the pan Arab flag colors green, black, red, and white each represent a Arab/Muslim caliphate the Abbasid is one of them represented on the flag.
Also the first flag used to represent the Arabs was made by a British diplomat during ww1.
The Muslim crescent came from the flag of the ottoman empire and the crescent grew to represent the religion of Islam the 2nd largest religion in the world.
Nah the pan arab flag is taken from verse of a poem "ask the high rising spears" by safi aldin alhilli
(White are our deeds, black are our battles,
Green are our fields, red are our swords)
It was written after arab tribes won abattle against the mongol ilkhante in modern day iraq
Awesome video thanks
I usually love your videos, but this one felt strange. your conclusion was not represented in the video, where you didnt actally talk all that much about his actual political actions and more about other people
إذا ذُكِرَ الشِّرك في مجلسٍ ... أنارت وُجُوه بني برْمَك
وإن تُليت عِنْدَهم سُورة ... أَتوا بالأحاديثِ مِن بَرْمَكِ
This why the barkamid fall happened.
Kareem Khattab
ليسوا مسلمين ؟
@@Omegaeon1
مسلمين لكنهم ضالين.
يأتوا بأحاديث ضعيفة جداً و مكذوبة ليبرروا أفعالهم.
لكن لا نكفرهم.
@@kareemtheeb1478هذه بروباغاندا من هارون الرشيد ضدهم
Dude your presentation is awesome.
Just one thing, don't spell the D in the end of dynasty names. You know it shouldn't exist at all, yourself.
Why !
The history is in the eye of the narrator. Harun Al Rashid was NOT the drunken womanizing ruler you portray... his accomplishments are more than Arabian Nights.
The death of Al Rashid is followed by event that being called as 4th fitna.
**Note : Prophet Muhammad PBUH has a prophecy in a hadith wich say : "any one of his shahabah who still life after his death will see fitna which do many damage to the ummah".
The 4th fitnah is a succession crisis during abbasid chaliphate which two of Harun's son fight each other.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth_Fitna
This conflict dragged from 809CE to 813CE which lead to decline of Abbasid Empire.
@نحن جند السماء Alive, but Abbasid become weak and the caliph is just puppet to warlords
Also what about Harun's feud with Musa Al Kazim according to Shia writers?
Musa and Harun sons of caliph-al Mahdi were like the actual Musa and Harun
He's my favourite
we r proud over islam n we r muslim
Haroon reporting sir🔥
Nice video! But the map of the abbassid caliphate 0 details and litterally failed :/
Can I use this in my channel (I will give credits to you)
Which books do you recommend on Abbassid Caliphate or Harun Al Rashid? Also, where does it say he drank (seems like an orientalist narrative), I've heard differently.
if he's gonna claim that they had orgies and drank than at least give us the sources so we can check for our selves
@@Thesandchief exactly brother, atleast present your sources. I guess they're orientalist sources, with anti-islamic rhetoric. Orientalists seem to always have exaggerated imaginations about Muslims.
@@zakali92 it should be standard procedure to put the research material used in the video description especially if you're going to make controversial statements.
@@Thesandchief I've seen multiple history videos and they source their material.
Tahrik al Tabari and history of the Khulafa by al-Syuti
The great muslim leader from 3 dynasty (Umayyad, Abbasid and Ottoman)
- Umar Ibn Abdul Aziz
- Abdul Rahman III (Al Nasir)
- Harun Al Rashid
- Mehmed Al Fatih
- Suleiman Al Kanuni
And saladin or salahe ddine El ayyubi
Mansoor Al jaffar and Al Mehdi too great
Salah ddine Bensebane he was from the Ayyubid Dynasty
Muawiya is better than Umar 2
Harun al Rashid was the best but u forgot Saladin baibars and Selim the grim
Do you ever plan on making videos on Islamic diplomacy?
That's a good idea. I'll note it down.
the diplomacy of The sahabah( Rashidun & Muawiya ibn abu sufyan)
@@ahmedgunner15 Muawiah ibn Sufyani was a deceiver curse of Allah on him.
Abbasid Caliphate was strong but there was corruption among them unlike Caliphate al Rashidun who were united.
each caliphate after had massive problem except for the future mahdi led caliphate.
@@resentfuldragon nope not Caliphate Al Rashidun otherwise they wouldnt win battle after battle.
Umar bin khathab is the most famous Caliph in Islamic history ever
For religious people maybe, but not for historian..
Did you just make a Game of Thrones reference? If so, cool, if not, also works.
أما الإمام أبو يوسف تلميذ الإمام أبي حنيفة فقد قرّبه هارون الرشيد وعيّنه قاضيا للقضاة، وحرص على التقرب منه والاستفادة من علمه الواسع، وكان يطلب إليه كتابة عدد من المؤلفات الشرعية التي تزيل الغموض واللبس، وتساعد رجال الإدارة العباسية في أعمالهم، وقد امتثل أبو يوسف للرشيد حين ألّف كتابه الشهير "الخراج"، وبيّن في مقدمة كتابه هذا أنه كتبه امتثالا لأمر أمير المؤمنين هارون الرشيد.
تلك بعض من ملامح سيرة هارون وعصره، تلك الشخصية التي أجمع جل المؤرخين على أنه أعظم خلفاء بني العباس شأنا وذكاء وعبادة وقيادة، حتى قال فيه الطبري وابن العمراني وابن خلدون والعماد الحنبلي وغيرهم إن هارون "كان يصلّي في كلّ يوم مئة ركعة نافلة، وكان يغزو عاما ويحجّ عاما"[16]. وهو الخليفة الذي استطاع إخماد الثورات والمشكلات الداخلية التي كانت تهدد الدولة ووحدتها، وحرص على تعيين أمهر الرجال وأفضلهم في مواقعهم الإدارية والعسكرية، وواجه كل من حاول تقسيم الدولة بالخروج عليها كما فعل مع عدد من كبار العلويين، واشتهر عنه الورع والصبر على الطاعة،
Bro how do u make your videos?? Please like what software or app .. video is great
I love your channel and I hope you make videos about the Afro-Muslim empires of the Sahel. I just have one question: Is the fact that ISIS has set up its capital in Raqqa and adopted a black banner a mere coincidence or a desire to relate to a glorious past?
Allah bless them all
@@user-sf2uj9fk9x Why
@@user-sf2uj9fk9x Why?
@12:03 Hey look! It's Ba Sing Se! I didn't know the Earth Kingdom were part of the Caliphate
"A girl sitting on your face, not the worst way to die."
Lol..
I've never heard of this dude before until I started reading the Arabian Nights.
And i never heard of this dude until i re-watched Doraemon and the Arabian nights movie rn 😂
Read about prophet Muhammad you would love it❤
Haroon initiated the end of the Abbasid Dynasty with his succession will to his two sons.
Read about the civil war between Al-Amin and Al-Ma’moon
Anyone here from Doraemon and the Arabian Nights movie? This dude was a real character who was played in that movie and that's how I'm here rn searching more about this guy
Most of the videos on this channel are misunderstandings and misconceptions of the narrator. Even though his history is more or less correct, I think he has some sort of inferiority complex where one in order to elevate oneself tries to critizes someone else or wants to become famous by downgrading someone no matter how good they are.
But I give him a lot credit to his presentation skills and screenplay.
I wish he uses his wonderful skills to give a neutral perspective as history is one thing which is most of the time narrated based on biases.
Excellent job man! Love the humor and impartiality, entertaining to watch. I love history and started learning about muslim history recently I am learning a lot from your videos.
wow, its very different version of how i know it before.. hmm... interesting
6:59 “hard-ass” doesn’t even begin to describe Al-Mansur. I’d hate to be alone in a room with that guy
Lovely video
Abbasid era was golden age of islam
I thought chalifa Harun al easheed didn't drink, I thought he was a saintly man
Maybe he didn't knew it was haram. Life was very different for the rich and powerful families back then. Perhaps it's due to the lifestyle of the royal family that no one dared to criticize. But even so, he was still a pious man.
He was one of the greatest successors of the Abbasid state in jihad, conquest and interest in science and scholars, and in spite of all this, you spread lies about him that he only cares about women and wine ..., and relie on that in fairy tales and weak stories. You want to know him ask muslims, you dont go to the middle east to ask about caesar.
the video is trash full of inaccuracy, dislike and move on
@@batssama the
harun the one who has been repeatly told as shy has defeated empires and led islam into victories. He was a person who loved fighting in campains and person who history wrote about him as a guy who never did anything except for god.
Bro what was the music from the part describing Zubaida and Harun??
Why didn't you cover the relationship between Charlemagne & Harun? Harun sent Charlemagne an elephant some claim was named Mr. Wrinkles in Arabic.
That's in another video. Look for the video in The Golden Age.
@@AlMuqaddimahYT
Ok!
Lol. Not quite mr. wrinkles, but rather Abu al-Abbas, Abbas means one who frowns or scowls all the time in Arabic so it's not completely inaccurate😂
@@samyebeid4534 AWESOME
Suggestion: When you make video of great muslim figures, can you use sahih(authentic) descriptions of their personalities and whether they were practising muslims.
"Practicing Muslim" is a complicated thing to describe. Can Harun be a practicing Muslim if he made 8-9 pilgrimages to Mecca and still drank like an Irishman?
make sure you use muslim sources, non-muslim historians will usually have an agenda to attack islamic history, (i know it wasnt a utopia)
Ahmed.a_94 made a good suggestion here
As someone who read too much Islamic history to the point where I consider this channel as an "intro to Islamic history":
Which. Sources? Those produced in the classical era or modern era?-At-Tabari has some israilliyat. All modern Islamic history books tend to be produced for "moral teachings", and sometimes, appraisals of certain Islamist agenda, rather than academic history. You need to be REALLY reads a lot & understand Islamic thought throughout history, and Islamic schism to be able to detect it - but yes, it is true.
Classical Islamic history books assumes that the world is 7000 years old.
I came from a Muslim-majority county (Indonesia) where it is known that Saudi Arabia often edited classical books in order to remove all tasawwuf references & appraisals, as well as appraising a certain agenda as well. You don't know it if you're a Western Muslim - the real Ibn Kathir tafsir are three times longer than the ones available for you.
Nor does every non-Muslim historians have an attack-Islam agenda neither - the books produced in modern era often have different tone than the ones produced on pre-9/11. But yes, we shouldn't use them as the actual narrative. Historians, by definition, collects data and interprets them. And, no matter how much non-Muslim sources tries to be objective, they don't have the "insider" mindset.
Although, I agree that the story of Prophet Muhammad (SAAS) should probably comes from Islamic sources (he often didn't - he tried to make his story to be more academic - he is a secular Muslim who tries to give Islamic history in the manner similar to most history channels)
Farag Fouda (no matter what you think about him), really did point out the less-pleasant aspects of Islamic history through classical Islamic sources. Will you still considers it to be authentic?
When I say schism, it is not just Sunni vs Shia. It also refers to Ibadis, Khajirites, Mutazilites vs Atharis, Asharis & Maturidies, (I have no familiarity with Shia's school of thought).
But I can say here that apart from his telling of the story of Prophet Muhammad, he did try to be as objective as possible. The maps were good enough too to visualize battles, and how Islam spreads.
The bias nowadays are more subtle, but it can be seen.
Muslim historians will take it that the Prophet took revelation from Jibril (Gabriel), while he was ummi / illiterate and can't produce the Qur'an at all (affirming Islamic teachings), while non-Muslim historians will try to take logical steps of how the Prophet can do what he do (well, his travel to Syria and all with his uncle familiarizes him with this and that, and so on - but, knowing the local markets here, I can attest that there are successful traders who, in reality, are illiterate - they uses instincts & sheer experiences & contacts for their success). The bias is more religious teachings rather than how caliphs came and went.
I find it fascinating how in many of these paintings (excluding orientalist ones cuz we know those are over sexualised) that many of the women aren't wearing headscarves or fully covering up, some with their entire sleeves showing. Did you read anything about this? Is that how medieval muslim women dressed if so thats very interesting.
Which painting are you talking about brother?
It was really dependant which school of thought that land was following. The hanbalis held the view that the entire body of the woman except the eyes is Awrah, the Hanafis held the view the mouth isnt awrah hence they didnt need to wear Niqab and so on. But no, medieval Muslim women didnt dress with their heads uncovered, unless they were non Muslim, non Muslim women dont need to wear the headscarf, but modest dressing is still obligatory. Paintings arent really an accurate depiction of how Muslims lived and dressed, majority of them are from orientalists.
But what also must be said that there were times during some Islamic lands where the people really fell out of Islam when it came to worship and rulings, they became ignorant.
Maybe I can point you in the direction of something intresesting about the way medieval muslim women dressed. Google images of "Hadith Bayad wa Riyad", it's one of three surviving illustrated books from Al-Andalus and it depicts women in it's pages.
Digitalized Manuscrip: digi.vatlib.it/view/MSS_Vat.ar.368
@@silveryuno yes. That book has many women with their hair showing in it. Interesting.
@@haitamc5611 I made an edit to include the whole book digitized. Did you noticed it?
I can't read arabic, but the images make it look like there is an Outdoors-Indoors divide with having the hair covered or not....
@@aq4356 like these: 8:58 13:22 15:03 15:44
Those don't look orientalist style. I've noticed the muslims weren't that strict during these times, some of them even consumed alcohol as mentioned in the video.
I felt like I didn’t learn much about why Harun Al Rashid was so well respected but instead I learned about his downsides. Which is okay but then I’m left wondered why was he so respected despite all the mess?
Me too
Which book u consult it is very helpful for all the student of Islamic studies and also a great information for us mention the name of the book that u consult
UAE made a seriel about harun al rashid ...abbasid dynasty
Not bad listening to the History from an Indian individual, just try to be more open-minded and respectful. Remember explaining history is a very important job.
1:25 Love for women mentioned relating to al mehdi. what source?????
Can u make a video about Islam in Malay Archipelego?
If the admin reads my comment, can I know the sources of information in making this video. Are you guys taking information from turath (traditional arabic texts), or orientalists points of view or a mixture of both. Thanks
What graphic software is being used to create the videos. Your response will be very appreciated.
Well done, but you didn't mention anything about his son Mohammed Al-Mu'tasim
He's irrelevant for now. I didn't even use the regal titles of the other two because it's not about their reign, it's about Harun's.
if you are going to say caliph don't say queen mother say umm-al-caliph
it is the place where he died the Muslim hero Harun Rashid 600 years ago Allah ha u naxariisto