He Ran 4,000 Miles to Reclaim his Kingdom | The Life & Times of Abd Al-Rahman
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- Music (in order of appearance):
National Arab Orchestra - Wa'id (Promise)
National Arab Orchestra - Wa'id (Promise)
Kevin Macleod - Hidden Past
Derek & Brandon Fiechter - Sandstorm
Derek & Brandon Fiechter - Bedouin Tribe
Derek & Brandon Fiechter - Sandstorm
Govi - Andalusian Nights
Kevin Macleod - Vanishing
National Arab Orchestra - Wa'id (Promise)
Kevin Macleod - Vanishing
Sharkbyte covering Coldplay - Viva la Vida (8-bit)
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And he would run 2,000 miles
And he would run 2,000 more
Just to be that man who ran 4,000 miles
To reclaim his kingdom.
When he wakes up
Yeah he knows he's gonna be
He's gonna be the man that
Wakes up as the Caliph of Cordoba
Da da da (Da da da)
Da da da (Da da da)
damn you! i saw the vid in the thumbnails and immediatly two blonde scots are signing in my head and i knew it was youtube commentary jokes material
@@jonathancote9372 Legends say when you put a title involving walking or running many miles, The Proclaimers will start singing in your head. Best you can do is sing along.
Damn it you beat me to it.
Man Rackham has picked up a love for obscure Arab rulers
He's actually pretty famous in the Arab world.
@@verysmartultrahuman939 And in Spain.
Yeah even I’ve heard of him, I mean he pretty defined Medieval Spanish History.
There's so many I've never heard of before, it's a smorgasbord!
@@JackRackam Hey bro what software do you use for the animation? like how do you make them talk or move? answer me you owe me this you femboy
Fun fact: Abd al-Rahman intentionally built the Great Mosque of Córdoba to face in the wrong direction because that *would* be the way to Mecca if it had been in his birthplace Damascus.
That's incredible. I don't want to call it petty because the man had his family slaughtered, but I love how there's a magnificent piece of architecture hundreds of years old built the way it is because of spite
@@JackRackam "I'm gonna build my own Damascus with blac- i meant great mosques & fountains!"
@@JackRackam Theres a church tower in Copenhagen that had a staircase externally placed outside the top of the spire, upon completion the architect realized he had screwed up the spiral of the staircase and threw himself off the tower.
@@Elenrai "AW SHIT I FUCKED UP TIME TO FACE GOD"
Well, the problem is.... We don't really know.
So many old mosques were built facing various wrong directions & have been corrected in modern times.
We should also take into account that precise mapping wasn't a thing back then. 😂😂😂
In any case, I seem to remember a saying basically something around "anything in any direction is owned by Allah". So, it seems that it wasn't supposed to be a big issue for muslims back then. 🤔🤔🤔
Not gonna lie, this poem by Al-Rahman makes me a bit emotional every time I think about it:
'A palm tree stands in the middle of Rusafa,
Born in the West, far from the land of palms.
I said to it: How like me you are, far away and in exile,
In long separation from family and friends.
You have sprung from the soil in which you are a stranger;
And I, like you, am far from home.'
'Come over.'
'Can't. I am literally being hunted by the entire Islamic Empire.'
'Some Yemini dudes are unhappy with their governor.'
Al Rehman:
“OI! We just wanna talk to you!”
*Yaya swims over*
“Holy sh*t! That actually worked?!?”
"All right everybody stay cool, stay cool, we can't let him know. What do we say next?"
"I don't know, I honestly didn't think we'd make it this far!"
It's Yahya :)
@@sleepy2364 Thats my assumption, I thought jack mispronounced, still do
@@hukama6911 He did mispronounce it but its alright, Arabic names can be difficult for others
@@JackRackam odd, that usually works...
Al-Mansur's little monolog about Al-Rahman being the true "falcon of the Quraysh" was pretty epic.
Al Mansour has a little brother called the butcher and the story behind his name fascinating
One time the butcher was visited by an old friend ( al Rahman clan member)
Who asking to save heaven for him and his family. Then the butcher offered him a meal then all of sudden some guy entered the room and starts screaming saying are you offering peace and security to people who was persecuting your family and clan then the butcher orders his men to cut the head of the al Rahman clan people then the butchers turns to his old friend and says do you have anything left after your family then he says and he get the same treatment and while the corps is shaking and leading he orders his food and eat there so from that day people called him the butcher
@@josh6028 he's the first Abbasid caliph, as Saffah(the Blood shedder/the Butcher).
FOOLS , i love that part for some reason
IIRC from watching al-Muqaddimah, al-Mansur is also said to have said "Praise for God for putting a sea between me and Abd-al-Rahman."
Al Mansur has supported and funded some tribes in Andalusia to overthrow Abd Alrahman and take over Andalusia. The tribes revolted and failed miserably while Abd Al Rahman did not only emerge victorious, but also massacred 7000 rebels, cut off the heads of the tribes leaders and sent them in baskets to Al Mansur... Upon receiving that gift Al Masur said "Thank God who placed a sea between us and that deamon"
He’s like the black sheep of the family who’s secretly a CEO
The Abbasid caliph Monologe was just 👌
Also the fact he has a cat lmfao
"Hey, stop running!"
"Okay" said no one.... *except Yaya, this super dead dude*
Yaya's Ck2 caracther clearly had 10 deplomacy, 0 intrigue and the Trusting trait
He couldn’t swim though
Why are you running!
“And I would walk five hundred miles, And I would walk five hundred more.”
Abd: “فاتن (cute).”
That's more like attractive
@@Omar_ayach What would be the closest Arabic translation for "cute"?
@@mortified776 ltif لتيف
@@MohamedRamadan-qi4hl Thanks!
@@MohamedRamadan-qi4hl *لطيف
Abd Al-Rahman is one of those rare figures in History that you never want to go up against because his followers adore him and his enemy's soldiers would rather be lead by him then fight him.
@علي ياسر ehhhh he didn't really defeat Charlemagne he more survived him by realizing that not engaging him was the best policy. He new that eventually Charlemagne would have to return North of the Pyrenees due to the fractious nature of Europe at that time. It was only a matter of time before one of the German states rebelled or a french Lord somewhere started fighting another lord so to preserve his empire he'd have to leave Spain. So defeated naaaahhhh the Spanish March still became a thing but outsmarted him yep I agree 100 %. As for the Basques well they are one of those small groups of people in every region of the world that most Despots, kings and Emperors should just leave alone but never do. Their a stone around a drowning man's neck . They never need anymore reason to kill an outsider than that they are there and on their land. Basque, Irish, Vietnamese, Ukrainians, Chechens, Gurkahs and Afghans all stubborn people who should just be left alone.
@علي ياسر Because he didn't think in this way. Religion was just another tool to gain power with, he never looked at the Basques Christianity as a reason for alliance, he just saw another group he could exploit. This is how all people of power see others it's how they divide us control us and inevitably have us die for them in their quest for power. In the Basques case he saw a small wealthy minority he could ravage and thus gain wealth and control of. It would have worked had the Basques been a lesser people but they weren't they were special if he had known their history and mentality he would have left them be.
It's kinda sad about what happened to his brother
He was struggling to swim and swam back to shore
Abdulrahman actually yelled and pleaded for him to not go back but he did, he yelled "O brother! Come to me, come to me!". Must of been horrific for abdulrahman to see his brother violently beaten and dragged out onto the shore and beheaded infront of him 😬
Who knows what was going on in Yahya's head at the time. Maybe he was tired of running and thought he'd die with dignity. Maybe he was so scared of drowning that he assumed his pursuers might have spared him because he was young and royalty. Either way, not a good move.
damn you could make a tv show out of this
You totally could! Somebody should!
There is a Syrian show about it, I think there are multiple actually, but nothing of high quality
My thoughts exactly when I was seeing it
@@Goodguy507
It's, pretty great, sure low production cost.... But good nonetheless
Been saying that my whole life!!!
*wakes up and clicks instantly on Jack Rackam vid*
"The year is 750"
Oh fuck! how long was i asleep for!? is that AAD!?!
Time is cyclical, you've looped all the way through the end back to the beginning. I tried to warn you
@@JackRackamI shudve listened when all yall historians told me history repeats itself... i shudve listened
Since we went from BC to AD, I expect the next era to be ZE.
@@erraticonteuse Oh gods, if so then ZE is comin soon cuz it clearly stands for Zoomer Era
Cant wait to see them yeet us into the next era.
That makes for a “Fuck me... I picked a hell of a moment to quit drinking.”
I love how you’ve been doing unknown parts of Islamic history
Apparently he's known in Spain
Islam is garbage.
It's not like he's completely unknown.
@@honda-akari Did anybody ask?
@Shy Cracker
Off course he's known wtf
The ,,Khalif-turning-around-part“ was pure gold 😂
i keep coming back for 8:08, and it never disappoints
Last time I was this early the Roman Empire still actually controlled Rome
What that comment has to do anything with this video?
@@C____MdArman nothing just a 13 year old who thinks he’s funny or smart
@@scott228 wow people getting so mad over a joke. Who hurt you guys who killed your sense of wonder
@@baseupp12 Prolly barbarians or plebs, or maybe both.
@@scott228 I can taste the salt
Avatar and Lord of Rings references makes all history better.
P.S nice touch with the Viva La Vida
It was worth hearing Viva la Vida in the end
Roses are red
Cactus is prickly
"And the entire (spelling) wants him dead"
Holy sh*t, that escalated quickly
This story deserves a tv series it’s literally going from riches to rags to riches combining politics religion and adventure.
Netflix would make him black
@@maharajmaharaj4626man of course they made Cleopatra black for the God sake
How did Yahya fall for such a basic trick??!! HOW??!!
Drowning sucks 😬
I need a Netflix series on this guy. Heck, I'd settle for an anime.
2:11 The image of Abd Al-Rahman running away from Combustion Man across the Maghreb is just awesome! hahahaxD
Abderraman set Al-Andalus in the course of greatness
and Abderraman 2 and 3 finished the job
Abdurrahman.
the way you write it makes me think of ramen.
And Almanzor decided to ruin everything
9:26
Zaragoza was still unhappy:
-What have the Muslims ever done for us?
-The aqueduct!
-What? The aqueduct. Oh, yeah, yeah. They did give us that.
-And the sanitation!
-Oh, yeah, the sanitation, Reg. Remember what the city used to be like.
Yeah, I'll grant you, the aqueduct and sanitation are two things the Muslims have done.
-And the roads!
-Well, obviously the roads. I mean, the roads go without saying, don't they?
But apart from the sanitation, the aqueduct and the Roads, lrrigation, Medicine, Education. Yeah, all right. Fair enough.
-Public baths. And it's safe to walk in the streets at night.
Yeah, they certainly keep order.
They're the only ones who could in a place like this.
-All right, but apart from the sanitation, the medicine, education, public order, irrigation, roads, the fresh water system and public health, what have the Muslims ever done for us?
-Brought peace?
-Oh, peace! Shut up!
It was it arab muslim rulers who revolted
@@miracleyang3048 You might already know this, but if you don't: All that was a reference to Monty Python's Life of Brian.
@@Memphismastermind
I Know
Still that one information is wrong
You don't need an inaccurate information for this joke to work
Zaragoza literally translates to Caesaraugusta i.e. the city founded by Augustus Caesar. The inhabitants already had all the shit you've mentioned before the Muslims crossed over lmao.
@@princepscivitatis4083 They didn't had public baths infact Europeans at that time were famous for not washing for years
Not too sure about names that sound like Yaya, but if you mean Yahya, there are people who still use this name to this day, and the "h" is actually voiced. So it'd sound more like "Yah-ya".
I actually thought the Caliph was being cute when naming his children, but it turns out you are correct
Yahya could be translated as John
In English or Latin YAHYA is JOHN or YOHANNES, so it's not an unusual names both in Christians and Muslims, its the most common name ever in both religion.
Ah yes, Death never fails to make it's appearance at the end. He comes for all no matter how great or less the ambition is.
*Laughs in Dimitri Ivanovich*
@@InquisitorThomas i see sire you're a man of culture
You gotta do a video about King Farouk of Egypt. Guy did some crazy shit in his time: Stole from Churchill to the Shah of Iran's coffin, had nightmares about lions, so he went to Cairo Zoo and shot the lions, made friends with Lucky Luciano. The works.
Didn't he also posses one of the largest pornography collections in the whole world at the time?
@@galanopouloc Just when the mistresses weren't enough. He apparently had the same taste for women as Edward VIII: Married women
He also banned red cars in the city of Cairo (because his personal collection of very expensive machines were red) and had an ambulance follow him at all times in case he *casually* mowed down a pedestrian.
@@jakekaywell5972 I'd like to think Sacha Baron Cohen got his inspiration for Aladeen with Farouk with all the crazy things he's done
Quick correction. The abbasids weren't just "Sunni Arabs" they pledged to put on the throne a descendant of the Prophet's family "Ahl al bait" which is a very Shiite thing to do. Moreover, their name "The Abbasids" is a reference to Abbas ibn Abd Al Mutallib; the prophet's uncle. Also, the 2 main dudes behind the rise of the abbasid caliphate were Abu Muslim Al Khorasani a persian and Al Mansur who happens to be born from an arab father and an amazigh/berber mother. In fact, more equality between arabs and non arabs was part of the promise the abbasids made to the people.
Yeah, some nuance got lost in the script. The promise of more equality was a big part of what got them into power. From what I recall though, wasn't the way they phrased putting a descendant of Muhammad's family sort of misleading? At least I seem to recall reading that some Shiites supported them on that ground thinking it'd be someone more closely related to Ali
@@JackRackam
You're absolutely right, there was major shaiite rebillions during Al-Mansour's reign.
People expected a desandant of Ali to be put on the throne.
And the Abbasids sware of alligance to the rebillion was "Ela al-redda men Aal'Mohamed/To the accepted from Mohamed's family"..... So yeah people were expecting an alawite.
Perfect video Jack, and the monologue was amazingly made and sounds perfectly recited.
One big mistake though, Abd-Al-Rahman is one compound name, Al-Rahman means "merciful", which is a reference to God, so it is not religiously correct to just say it standalone, he should be Servant to The Merciful, not the Merciful himself.
Had I known! I assumed it was sort of a last name, either based on a location or a relative. Whoops 😅
@@JackRackam Yeah well, naming conventions are not obvious at first 😅, and it is a mouthful. You could lookup nicknames and short hands for those guys. In that case, we would shorten it to Abdo.
@@JackRackam its safe to assume any name that write like abd-al are just pronounced it as abdul. Arabic 101 xD
A+ for the Burn Notice reference!
Umayyad fugitive: “I didn’t want to be Caliph”
Abbasid Nazgul: “I don’t care!”
This adds so much more context to those green blobs on the CK 2/3 map, thanks
I like the accuracy of this video. Though the picture used to depict Abd Al Rahman actually belongs to prince Abdul Qader of Algeria who rebelled against the French in Algeria in the 1800s.
Abd Al Rahman, according to historians was freakishly tall, he had brown to red long hair, he had two braids, he lost sight in his right eye, and the sense of smell due to severe KVC while he was running for his life in Syria, like all royals, he had really terrible teeth, and unlike princes in fairy tales, he wasn't that handsom. He was charming, but not hansom.
Also according to some historians, while young, a religious man in his family, his Grandfather's brother, saw Abd Al Rahman playing and felt like lightning struck him. The man grabbed the boy and examined him and then looked at the Grandfather, the Calif, and said "this is the Umawid who will resurrect our kingdom in the west after its demise in the east".. and it happened!!!!
Thank you for this theme! Always been interested in Andalusia
Hello, Jack Rackam, here I am, I'm one of the living descendants of Abd al-Rahman I, in fact I'm related to his children, you get what I mean. I just recently found out that I'm related to him, I am proud, thank you, Jack Rackam, for feeling the need to post this video about one of my ancestors, may god bless you.
Thank you for making this video Jack. Al Rahman was a very interesting figure and imo was one of the few people that I would say lived a truly novel life. His struggles, his adversities, his entire journey to escape his predicament and make something out of his life, and his dilemma every step of the way, reads less as history but more as a fantasy novel or an epic anime. Again, thanks. Really appreciate this vid here.
Edit: Also, since you've already made a vid on Al Rahman, why not make one about Al Mansur or Al Saffah as a counterpoint to this vid? Both of the Abbasid Caliphs are basically Al Rahman's nemesis, and it would be interesting to see things from their perspective.
Andalusian Nights playing in the middle of the video just threw me off for a solid minute since I recognized it
Amazing love your channel, love the monolog, love that you chose an Arab in black clothes as the Abbasid caliph (since that was their motto), but Abdalrahman isn't qaysid Arab.
Abdalrahman is Modarian Arab, Modar is devided in to qaysid and Kenan(Qurayesh and others).
So Abdul Rahman is actually cousins with the qaysids not one of them and the umayad house had a traditional alliance with the Yemeni Arabs since Marwan I.
What does modarian and qaysid mean exactly.
@@rejoanbary2155
Modar is a super-tribe of Arabs: Qays and Kinanah are two branches of that super-tribe (and they, in turn, are divided into more branches).
Qays is where you get Qaysids: they're simply the members of that super-tribe.
So every Qaysid is a Modari, but not every Modari is a Qaysid. That was the point the guy you replied to made.
Rackham loves ending on the people dying before they’re about to do something.
Just wanna say thank you for thia video. Going through some hard stuff right now and your videos always put a smile on my face and give me some laughs
Hay. I've been waiting for your video man. Great work!
always excited for another video
Great video. And humor n snark were all over the place. I loved it.
Really love your videos Jack! Keep it coming.
I have not laughed so hard in a long time. The direction of this channel is great.
Thank you. Wow, I absolutely needed the lessons and the laughs
Man you are so underrated youtuber. Cool content btw. Keep it up.
Another awesome video (as always)
Love the writing in the last few videos!!
Someone made a module of Abd Al-Rahman's story on the game Neverwinter Nights 2. Yes, you relive his story with the adaptation of Dungeons and Dragons' ruleset (the third edition, to be precise). Yes, you can make a Warlock, Sorcerer, or Barbarian Abd Al-Rahman.
The French guy that made it also made a module about a Sarmatian on Roman times that eventually made its way to Britain and basically became Arthur.
What a fantastic setting for a campaign - running away from the "evil empire" until you become powerful enough to create your own
I appreciate how many pieces of medieval Islamic history I'm picking up from these, it's something I'm not very knowledgeable about.
you know what's really amazing about this 8:08? Swivel chair's hadn't even been invented yet. Makes you wonder how he did that?
By causing 30,000 Dinars worth of damage.
This guy is heavely studied in Spanish schools.
Know any good books or documentaries?
Yaya singing "I am lorde ya ya ya"
AlRahman " SHUT UP YAYA"
Nice. Found another history youtuber I can binge.
I just want to thank you from the depth of my soul for a Burn Notice reference.
Man I listen to Viva la vada so much as a kid I had to turn it off for like eight straight years every time I heard it this 8-bit version though.
Another great video. I just wish you would bring back your stick people. They were so cute!
Funny, I sort of got tired of the stick people because I felt like they went against the aesthetic of the rest of the video. I'm sure they aren't gone for good though, they made an appearance in the Talleyrand video
This would be a masterpiece as an assassins creed game where you follow Al Rahman through north Africa a liner first act then conquering Spain with The Ummyads, and if they can work in the nemesis system (don’t know if theres a copyright since warner bros owns it as well as monolith) granted they have a cop out of shadow of war with assassins creed sticked onto it but it can be a great change of pase for the franchise.
The end tune was a nice touch
I love hearing about this history as shenanigans and animated. Dry text after dry text just gets mind numbing.
absolutely obsessed with the tie in this video
Man I love your videos
You vid's really ought to be the first 10 minutes of every kids history lessons :)
Man jack the quality on this video spectacular
Al-Rahman needs his movie or something
Bad thing Arwen wasn't there to save the boy
8 bits viva la vida at the end was the perfect song for it ...
Abdul Rahman know as Al Dakhil (the enterer, as he crossed the lands towards AlAndalus) and Saqru Quraish (the falcon of Quraish tribe, which is the tribe of the prophet, the Ummayyads and the Abbassids)
Nice tie, Jack!
This needs to be an epic 3 hour movie.
This guy was a chad, no doubt.
Very fancy tie. Hope this kicks off a trend of equally fancy ties.
Elegabalus next?
by far the best ending "but then he died the end" *happy voice*
I used to be obsessed with that guy, interesting character.
Loving the artwork from Osprey books.
Where did you get the info on Al-Mansur's monologue, I want to read about that
I'd really love it if you'd do an episode for Dr. Jose Rizal! He basically made a shitpost that started the Philippine Revolution, check him out!
Wait I need more info this guy sounds hella cool
I remember there's this manga about him out there.
Love your videos and would love to see you do a video on the Sultanate of women. Especially Hürrem, Norbonu and Kösem
What would Abd Al-Rahman do to reclaim his kingdom?
Well, he would run 2,000 miles. And he would run 2,000 more.
Viva la Vita fits this guy perfectly.
Here in Spain very little is taught about him
he would walk 4000 miles, and he would walk 4000 more
Don't think I didn't notice that the Nazgul were wielding Black Knight Swords.
and as the story always goes, "and then he died"
Stable video 👍
That’s really neat, I always wondered why there were two caliphates in crusader kings lol
I love how you always abruptly end the video as the main character dies and we never find out what happened afterwards, so dry xD
al-rahman would make for a good jojo protag
I realy wanna see you talk about ismael one of the weirdest morrocan rulers
The chiptune at the end caught be the most off gaurd xd
Finally after 23 hours I got the notification of this video
The nazgul thing is so accurate since the abbassids were famous for wearing black
Viva la Vida was a pretty sound choice for the endcard
Rackham has just gone totally insane with these amazing Arab/Muslim stories, I wonder why?
nothing beats your humor
The Bruce Campbell, Burn Notice reference was epic!