Muslim Eyewitness Describes Brutality of Crusaders and Richard I (1187 - 1191) // Baha Ad-Din

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  • @Artur_M.
    @Artur_M. 3 ปีที่แล้ว +644

    The fragment between 3:17 and 4:13 was very interesting and surprising, almost 'wholesome' for the Crucades.
    I love the wide range of perspectives this channel provides. It's always a treat when you upload a new video.

    • @yasiralipalh8306
      @yasiralipalh8306 3 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      I wonder what language they used to converse with each other?

    • @bananaboy444
      @bananaboy444 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      What a way to teach the youth how the men fight. All the way down to the taking of prisoners for ransom as opposed to just killing.

    • @DieNibelungenliad
      @DieNibelungenliad 3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      @@bananaboy444 taking prisoners for ransom was very common before the 19th century. This is because usually men will be wounded in battle and lying down, giving the victor the option to either strike a death blow or take captive for ransom.
      Ransom was an incredibly big source of wealth.
      The Aztecs, Turks, and Europeans did this; though I havent heard of the Japanese do this

    • @anon-iraq2655
      @anon-iraq2655 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Its pretty regular in war and shows up a lot in history
      Happened during ww1 too

    • @jaydwy8069
      @jaydwy8069 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      I wonder how that would effect you mentally to share friendly words with someone then to have to switch to killing them. I wonder how many men had nightmares or a lifetime of pain and remorse because of these small acts of humanity during war. I couldn't imagine how that must have felt.

  • @BrokenEyes00
    @BrokenEyes00 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1728

    You know you’ve been at war too long when you’re on a first name basis with your opponent.

    • @patriciusvunkempen102
      @patriciusvunkempen102 3 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      oof , very real, also well first names had a different konotation back then as last names were just coming into use

    • @pkerch00b1
      @pkerch00b1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +158

      "Wanna get some kids and bet on who can win in a fight?"

    • @BrokenEyes00
      @BrokenEyes00 3 ปีที่แล้ว +83

      @@pkerch00b1 “I’ve got a new move for the Dance floor, I’ll show it to you tonight after the battle.”

    • @nowhereman6019
      @nowhereman6019 3 ปีที่แล้ว +69

      *"Hannibal."*
      *"Scipio."*

    • @patriciusvunkempen102
      @patriciusvunkempen102 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@nowhereman6019 that was antiquity not middleages, and a different culture, you could aswell use an example from china, or the atztecs.

  • @Brahmdagh
    @Brahmdagh 3 ปีที่แล้ว +584

    _"... This is getting boring fam, how about we arrange a kid fight?... "_

    • @donutsrgood4491
      @donutsrgood4491 3 ปีที่แล้ว +76

      After I heard they would stop fighting to sing and dance with eachother I thought forsure they they would say "we need to make peace". But when I heard they brought kids out to fight wtf lmao, what were our ancestors thinking.

    • @Filo127
      @Filo127 3 ปีที่แล้ว +59

      @@donutsrgood4491 They have merely reached such levels of Based our modern subdued minds are incapable of understanding

    • @MrBottlecapBill
      @MrBottlecapBill 3 ปีที่แล้ว +72

      Kids weren't babies back then. They were just smaller adults.

    • @jeremyromero2000
      @jeremyromero2000 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@donutsrgood4491 hmmm well what else are you going to do? Go back to your farm and catch the Black Death? Professional soldiering (Knights) was just a badass reinterpretation of hunters but for a largely advanced agrarian society. Men divided it up between Food Providers and Cultural Defenders, our current governments function exactly the same. Interior and defense

    • @arya31ful
      @arya31ful 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      3 months ago :
      "Hey kids, want to be a knight?"

  • @stndunnam
    @stndunnam 3 ปีที่แล้ว +472

    the imagery of a giant man throwing stones at people and then getting glass'd by a bottle of flaming naptha is just insane.

    • @thegodemperorofmankind7yea704
      @thegodemperorofmankind7yea704 3 ปีที่แล้ว +91

      With even a conservative estimate of 20 arrows stuck into him. absolutely based.

    • @acharonim4659
      @acharonim4659 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      That's probably the only way you can defeat the Mountain in GoT, but with jars of wildfire instead.

    • @bishop6218
      @bishop6218 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Goodness Gracious Great Balls Of Fire !

    • @WELLbethere
      @WELLbethere 3 ปีที่แล้ว +77

      Just goes to show truth is stranger than fiction. How many heroic final stands were not recorded by history?

    • @bishop6218
      @bishop6218 3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      @@WELLbethere well there's that badass berserker at Stamford Bridge. That his name was forgotten is one of the great injustices of History too 😉

  • @kawadashogo8258
    @kawadashogo8258 ปีที่แล้ว +243

    That segment about the soldiers on both sides behaving in a friendly way with each other between bouts of fighting surprised me. Reminds me of the Christmas Truce in WWI. I didn't know there was such an event during the Crusades. It's pretty cool actually.

    • @عليياسر-ذ5ب
      @عليياسر-ذ5ب ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Seljuks: Wait, European heretic

    • @Liam-iv7wk
      @Liam-iv7wk ปีที่แล้ว +49

      The older I get the more I realize: Most times it's not people who like to fight other people, but specific men who want to fight very other specific men.

    • @NeesyPlaysGuitar
      @NeesyPlaysGuitar ปีที่แล้ว

      I find it funny how many people have no concept of day to day life in extended war. We don't stop being human.

    • @LeeB5
      @LeeB5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Friendly visits happened between Yanks and Johnny Rebs during our Civil War, also.

    • @ThEnlightnd1
      @ThEnlightnd1 ปีที่แล้ว

      The xmas truce….was considered treason…imagine…fratternizing with the enemy, because you find common ground…which supposedly is the goal of war…lol and being threatened with treason..in WW1

  • @Hagendaz97
    @Hagendaz97 3 ปีที่แล้ว +196

    Just imagine, In the same time period Genghis khan was born on the other end of the earth whose hordes will be unleashed on the levant

    • @kingofdetroit358
      @kingofdetroit358 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      If Saladin was alive, Genghis Khan would be nothing

    • @jonnyenough1531
      @jonnyenough1531 3 ปีที่แล้ว +67

      @@kingofdetroit358 If not for Muslims, khan would have made it into Europe

    • @mnbvcxyyxcvbnm7946
      @mnbvcxyyxcvbnm7946 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      @@jonnyenough1531 he did made it europe but clapped in russia poland crotia and coucasus

    • @hezekhoshea1961
      @hezekhoshea1961 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@mnbvcxyyxcvbnm7946 “western Europe”

    • @eardwulf785
      @eardwulf785 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@hezekhoshea1961
      The gates of Vienna

  • @MChiave
    @MChiave 3 ปีที่แล้ว +298

    “And then the Emir made the biggest mistake of his life; he read the comments!”

    • @flynnlivescmd
      @flynnlivescmd 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      This is the 4th comment down and im going to learn from this and history and halt now.

    • @MChiave
      @MChiave 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@flynnlivescmd A wise choice.

    • @jun2011jh
      @jun2011jh 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      🤣🤣🤣

    • @no1fibersplicer525
      @no1fibersplicer525 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      “Oh the flaming insults hurled by young men in their fathers castles basements. Playing chess. “
      But the emir was not to be out done hurling his own flaming retorts. It was only when the emir finally claimed “I knowest thou are but what pray am I?” All discourse silenced!

    • @noconnection1839
      @noconnection1839 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@no1fibersplicer525 10/10 🤣

  • @WinstonSmith6
    @WinstonSmith6 3 ปีที่แล้ว +198

    Soldiers can usually relate better to the enemy than they can to civilians back at home. If both sides fight well you grow to respect one another.

    • @ViktoriousDead
      @ViktoriousDead ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yea, no

    • @DG-iw3yw
      @DG-iw3yw ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @DukeOfTennessee117 Probably less so in modern warfare...

    • @crozraven
      @crozraven 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      not really for the indoctrinated soldiers who has superior weaponry, use planes & drones to bombard children 24/7.

    • @rizkyadiyanto7922
      @rizkyadiyanto7922 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      ​@@ViktoriousDeadyoure the civilian mentioned in the parent comment.

    • @ViktoriousDead
      @ViktoriousDead 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@rizkyadiyanto7922 no, actually I’m not

  • @grungeguy97
    @grungeguy97 3 ปีที่แล้ว +89

    Primary sources and videos like this are a big part of why I'm going to school for archives. Keep up the great work!

  • @j0nnyism
    @j0nnyism 3 ปีที่แล้ว +210

    “ the English soldiers have a strange habit of stripping almost naked in the noon day sun whilst drinking a foamy liquid which makes them very rowdy and rude chanting eng-ger-lun. These heathen are most barbaric”

    • @sugarray710
      @sugarray710 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      😂

    • @fkjms73
      @fkjms73 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      😂😂😂

    • @shadowstorm5261
      @shadowstorm5261 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      this happens every day now that i think about it

    • @DefeatedRoyalist
      @DefeatedRoyalist 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      The origin of the Football Hooligan

    • @Osama_Zyn_Laden
      @Osama_Zyn_Laden 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      😂

  • @SiriProject
    @SiriProject 3 ปีที่แล้ว +483

    I'd love to hear stories from the Baltic Crusades, in the North of Europe. Please, consider it someday!

    • @Creativethinker12
      @Creativethinker12 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      I’ve got a very short interesting one. As you may or may not know animal sacrifice is completely forbidden in Christianity and is regarded as something strictly pagan, but it seems like the Teutonic Knights picked up some pagan practises from the Baltic natives while living alongside them and there’s a little bit of evidence that they started to sacrifice animals and give ‘offerings’ to the Christian God like the pagans do for their Gods.
      *When the battle was over, the brothers [Teutonic knights] and their allies all dismounted onto the grass and their hearts were happy. Their rage rightly disappeared when they found they had lost no one, and for this they praised Jesus Christ, Savior of the World, Who was worthy of their honor. They divided the weapons and horses equally, and a share was set aside for God in heaven. The whole land benefited from this expedition.*
      This practice is mentioned in greater detail in a description of a sacrifice of booty performed after a successful raid in Samogithia
      *The Christians took all the booty they could carry, and then devastated the land with fire and returned home. When they came back to Riga and when the townspeople heard how things had gone well for them, they all immediately praised God in heaven for having mercifully defended Christendom with this expedition. With the counsel of his brothers, the master gave a part of the booty to our Lord, because he had given them a safe journey. He had earned His share, and they gave Him weapons and horses.*
      It’s a matter of what they mean by ‘they gave him weapons and horses.’ It sounds like they sacrificed horses to Jesus or something.

    • @Creativethinker12
      @Creativethinker12 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@luxinvictus9018
      But they’re not literally offering those sheep as a sacrifice to Jesus, right? Cause that would be wrong. You don’t give offerings or sacrifice to Jesus in Christianity since Jesus is meant to represent the last and ultimate sacrifice (so there’s no need for sacrifice). In fact, the first thing Christians did to undermine paganism in the Roman Empire when they got into power was to ban animal sacrifice. You have to remember that the main reason why Christians were so heavily persecuted in the Roman Empire was because they refused to make any animal sacrifices. You can only pray to God in Christianity or do charity.
      As for sheep entrails, it’s actually considered a kind of delicacy in many parts of the world. The entrails are usually stuffed with rice and other stuff from what I know.

    • @antonikudlicki1100
      @antonikudlicki1100 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      The history of Church ban on taking pagan natives' land as a product of a debate between Poland/Lithuania and Templars/HRE

    • @bensenders4716
      @bensenders4716 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@theuniverse5173 no doesn’t it comes out of the Jewish faith which is monotheistic the pagan element comes from Christianity being introduced to pagan Europe by the Romans.

    • @Creativethinker12
      @Creativethinker12 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@bensenders4716
      I think the trinity might derive from Hellenic influence, especially Greek philosophy like Plato.

  • @meneither3834
    @meneither3834 3 ปีที่แล้ว +252

    3:15 this is somehow fascinating. Reality is stranger than fiction sometimes.

    • @sipsofhell9018
      @sipsofhell9018 3 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      everybody wants to be loved by their enemy, kinda Gay if you ask me

    • @slayerofcrusadersandsmallh6404
      @slayerofcrusadersandsmallh6404 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@sipsofhell9018 lol.

    • @meneither3834
      @meneither3834 3 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      @@sipsofhell9018 I think "respected" would be more accurate.

    • @sipsofhell9018
      @sipsofhell9018 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @@meneither3834 sure lets go with that

    • @anon-iraq2655
      @anon-iraq2655 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Its not really all that rare in prolonged wars

  • @jabbrewoki
    @jabbrewoki 3 ปีที่แล้ว +239

    "I'm tired of religious war, I need a break, lets make the kids play war instead and we'll just watch and play along."

    • @azzamziply3039
      @azzamziply3039 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Still true to this day, the only difference? Today kids are infants compared to kids 1000yrs ago💀

    • @shamanschlong
      @shamanschlong 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@azzamziply3039 always the dumbest mfs saying the dumbest shit

    • @MohdHilal
      @MohdHilal 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Its not a religion war, its a typical emperial war

  • @zaboomafool1911
    @zaboomafool1911 3 ปีที่แล้ว +111

    It is interesting that Acre would actually outlive not just Saladin but the sultanate he built as well. It was the Mamluks who overthrew the Ayyubids that finally conquered it.

    • @trying3650
      @trying3650 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Ayyubids regime authority is only around Baghdad. Fatimid regime the ruler of Egypt, jerusalem not ayyubids.

    • @zaboomafool1911
      @zaboomafool1911 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      @@trying3650 That's the Abbasids you're thinking of. The Ayyubids, founded by Saladin, overthrew the Fatimid Caliphate and were eventually overthrown by the Mamluks

    • @samy7013
      @samy7013 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Indeed!
      Siege of Akkah (1291 CE): The Mamlukes of Egypt and Syria defeated the Latin Crusaders, taking the last remaining major Latin Crusader stronghold in the Levant, and decisively put an end to the Latin crusading endeavor in the region.

    • @Saladid
      @Saladid ปีที่แล้ว

      The ayyubids pretty much collapsed after salahuddin's death, so that's not really than great of a feat.

    • @zaboomafool1911
      @zaboomafool1911 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Saladid that's like saying the mongols pretty much collapsed after Ogedei. They were weaker but not insignificant. Plus when you consider the difficulties supplying a city in the middle east back then when European magnates often had more important interests, it wasn't a cakewalk

  • @NEEJER
    @NEEJER 3 ปีที่แล้ว +90

    I'm so happy to have found this channel, the content is outstanding. So engaging, with these first hand accounts that are narrated brilliantly Bravo sir 🙏

    • @NEEJER
      @NEEJER 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Nocoinersbtfo Thankfully our jidadi brothers didn't live on these Isles during the crusades. They would all have been crucified and fed to pigs. Praise be we live in more civilised times now and our Muslim friends join us to drink wine and be merry.

    • @長谷川恒男
      @長谷川恒男 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Nocoinersbtfo You're stuck in 2016.

    • @長谷川恒男
      @長谷川恒男 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Nocoinersbtfo My username is literally "Tsuneo Hasegawa" how is that anywhere close to Zhang?

  • @davidbilu1166
    @davidbilu1166 3 ปีที่แล้ว +619

    Fun Fact: King Richard lived the majority of his life in France and spoke little to no English.

    • @MRYIMEN
      @MRYIMEN 3 ปีที่แล้ว +90

      Wasn’t French literally the língua franca of the Angevin empire tho? (His dynasty)

    • @jonnyenough1531
      @jonnyenough1531 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      They're all inbred and related

    • @Internut1985
      @Internut1985 3 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      He was Norman wasn’t he ? And wasn’t French sort of his first language?

    • @miracleyang3048
      @miracleyang3048 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@Internut1985
      No he wasn't a Norman
      He was french

    • @johnathanharris888
      @johnathanharris888 3 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      No he wasn’t!
      Stop perpetuating this falsity. He was directly related to William the conqueror who was a Norman. Normans have been fighting French from their very birth of existence they came from Vikings. They did not speak French they spoke Latin. Romans also spoke Latin does that make them French? Richard also bore the coat of arms of the three lines which is coincidentally the flag of the Normans stop pulling stuff out of your ass

  • @fedecano7362
    @fedecano7362 3 ปีที่แล้ว +248

    11:55 damn son, can you imagine to witness that scene? In any case this is the closest that we can get to that experience, and for that you have my like and appreciation!

    • @thegodemperorofmankind7yea704
      @thegodemperorofmankind7yea704 3 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      Absolute unit of a bloke

    • @johntheplumber5958
      @johntheplumber5958 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Probably an angel

    • @stealthyshiroean
      @stealthyshiroean 3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      It is pretty amazing. However, while there are definitely feats that are beyond belief that happen, we also need to keep in mind that primary sources, even if they are eyewitness, doesn't necessarily mean they are the truth. Not saying that people are purposely lying but things could be exaggerated or misremembered.

    • @fedecano7362
      @fedecano7362 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@stealthyshiroean wise words !

    • @SuckerFreeGear
      @SuckerFreeGear 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      I believe it was a man with the same genetic disorder or disability that "Andre the Giant" had as it was from French/Frank lineage that it occurred.

  • @Nantosuelta
    @Nantosuelta ปีที่แล้ว +61

    "Mornin' Abdul"
    "mornin' John"
    "I believe I was in a high guard and you were striking down with your scimitar when we left off?"
    "sounds about right to me. Alright... and... go!"

    • @SvenElven
      @SvenElven 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Fun fact: Saladin's soldiers would have been armed with straight, double edged swords similar to the European arming swords at this point in history! The curved Mongol/Turkic-inspired “scimitars” are a later feature of muslim armies.

  • @zaboomafool1911
    @zaboomafool1911 3 ปีที่แล้ว +112

    I see Gregor Clegane fought at the siege of Acre too

    • @ManiacMayhem7256
      @ManiacMayhem7256 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I wonder if Muslim Martell ever got his revenge

    • @reeyees50
      @reeyees50 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      That was Sandor,and that how he got his burn scars

    • @Fiam53
      @Fiam53 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@ManiacMayhem7256 he is the one who threw the naptha

  • @user-hh2is9kg9j
    @user-hh2is9kg9j 3 ปีที่แล้ว +75

    4:03 if it is not obvious, "making him prisoner" is just a rule in wrestling games back then.

    • @blackbartlaborro7882
      @blackbartlaborro7882 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      As it is today. We in the west call it being “pinned” or “pinning” these days.

    • @MrEHD-fj1bz
      @MrEHD-fj1bz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      And the loser will pay 2 gold to buy his kid back aka if you lose you pay

  • @salwaaj1356
    @salwaaj1356 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    I'm glad that The english translation beautifully managed to hold the poetic nature of the text's original language.

  • @emceha
    @emceha 2 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    7:00 Crusaders getting rekt because they started looting alcohol tent, and gave enemy time to counter, timeless classic.12:10 - a man struck by 50 arrows and stones, finished finally by pyrotechnicals who threw molotovs at him and burned him with nafta. Some impressive armour right there.

    • @deadlyham5127
      @deadlyham5127 ปีที่แล้ว

      The crusaders were assholes ngl, they raped every woman they could find after they entered the city and set the city on fire.

    • @kellydalstok8900
      @kellydalstok8900 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Rekt? Do you mean wrecked?

    • @emceha
      @emceha ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@kellydalstok8900 y thx

    • @ferretyluv
      @ferretyluv ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@kellydalstok8900It’s gamerspeak for thoroughly beaten.

  • @KlingonGamerYT
    @KlingonGamerYT 2 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    the knight who stood on the wall then got hit 50 times and still didnt go down till he got molotoved ....just amazing bravery

    • @foolishstrudel2689
      @foolishstrudel2689 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      "'tis but a flesh wound!"

    • @fredsilvers1427
      @fredsilvers1427 ปีที่แล้ว

      A giant

    • @gravityreaction3334
      @gravityreaction3334 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The stories on this earth

    • @JimmyHandtrixx
      @JimmyHandtrixx 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      meanwhile ppl are crying over pronuns...

    • @garywebster3044
      @garywebster3044 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​@@JimmyHandtrixx
      Both completely irrelevant and incredibly stupid to base the laws of civilization on the abilities of some humans to endure suffering and pain.

  • @doobiestudios1107
    @doobiestudios1107 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    This channel is criminally underrated.

  • @youvebeengreeked
    @youvebeengreeked 3 ปีที่แล้ว +258

    Caesar and Saladin watching themselves become salad memes in the 21st century: *"Am I a joke to you?"*

    • @zawwin1846
      @zawwin1846 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Caesar- also a JoJo reference

    • @youvebeengreeked
      @youvebeengreeked 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @ملقرت ملك صور Caesar salad is an Italian salad dish.
      Saladin sounds like we're saying "salad in".
      ... man, typing right to left Arabic-style is odd for me! XD

    • @youvebeengreeked
      @youvebeengreeked 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @ملقرت ملك صور It's just an Anglicised, shortened way of saying it - happens with a lot of historical names, like Caesar being pronounced "See-Zur" instead of "Kai-zar". In the grand scheme of things, it is just a mis-pronunciation and doesn't matter too much.
      I'm not sure where the Greeks specifically being to blame come into that if I'm honest.

    • @roryteal5940
      @roryteal5940 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @ملقرت ملك صور 😂

    • @Jelly_Juice2006
      @Jelly_Juice2006 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Salad man vs the crusaders

  • @evershumor1302
    @evershumor1302 3 ปีที่แล้ว +67

    12:25: dudes had fire specialists.

    • @pkerch00b1
      @pkerch00b1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Pyromancy > Poise

    • @Tempusverum
      @Tempusverum 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Pyrotechnics specialist on call for dealing with chads

  • @NTLuck
    @NTLuck 3 ปีที่แล้ว +88

    You can tell that the writer is Arab (Kurdish) because of how much poetry he sews in his words. Brilliant video and an excellent perspective to one of the most important figures in history

    • @TheSharingarMaster
      @TheSharingarMaster 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      What do you mean Arab(Kurdish)? Kurds are not Arabs.

    • @miracleyang3048
      @miracleyang3048 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@TheSharingarMaster he mean his writing is arabic

    • @TheSharingarMaster
      @TheSharingarMaster 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@miracleyang3048 Yes but the way he wrote it if someone doesn't know will think there is no difference.

    • @hxyzazolchak
      @hxyzazolchak 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I don't know about Kurdish but definitely Arabic

    • @miracleyang3048
      @miracleyang3048 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@TheSharingarMaster
      Well mentioning his Kurdish origins is wrong if you ask me and totally irrelevant.
      His work is Arabic he never wrote a single word in any language except arabic
      Not to mention that his Kurdish origin is doubted as best he himself was known as an Assadi (from the Arab tribe Banu Assad)

  • @bishop6218
    @bishop6218 3 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    And that Pyrotechnist just showed y'all miscreants why a well-placed Fireball is ALWAYS a viable option...

    • @pyrojunkyz510
      @pyrojunkyz510 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I was probably a pyro in a past life too 😂

  • @youtubeexpert2441
    @youtubeexpert2441 3 ปีที่แล้ว +75

    Please make an episode about Usama ibn Munqidh and his account on the crusades in his book: "Kitab al-I'tibar: ("Book of Learning by Example")

    • @snickle1980
      @snickle1980 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@HAYAOLEONE Why not?

    • @Sedgewise47
      @Sedgewise47 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      🤔Wow. What a title…

    • @samy7013
      @samy7013 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I have an English translation of Usama bin Munqidh’s book, and it is a rollicking good read! Perfect materiel for this channel.

    • @imrankh68
      @imrankh68 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@samy7013 Nice

  • @Newjerseyblows
    @Newjerseyblows 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    I was hoping you would do an episode on Baha Ad-hin. This made my night ✌

  • @catcrapinahat
    @catcrapinahat 3 ปีที่แล้ว +90

    Absolutely riveting, on the edge of my seat every other sentence. Now this is what I call podracing.

    • @mike7652
      @mike7652 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      The podracing reference was really stretched there, almost like you had to *Force* it...

    • @greggeverman5578
      @greggeverman5578 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@mike7652 Good one.

    • @dmacrolens
      @dmacrolens 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      You have all unlocked ultimate cringe. Pat yourselves on the back accordingly!

  • @Karebear9001
    @Karebear9001 3 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    I'm a bit hard of hearing, is there a way we can get subtitles for these? Any which way, thanks for all your work!

    • @Karebear9001
      @Karebear9001 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @Andreas Ivanovich There were no auto-generated CC's when I watched. Also, the auto-generated subtitles aren't usually very good for these sorts of subjects/vocabulary.

    • @ferretyluv
      @ferretyluv ปีที่แล้ว

      There are subtitles if you click CC.

  • @maxzak5310
    @maxzak5310 3 ปีที่แล้ว +67

    3:55 have you noticed these "side quests" always ends up in the victory of author side

    • @user-hh2is9kg9j
      @user-hh2is9kg9j 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Yes, a historian would interpret this as follows: there probably were kid wrestling games happening rarely and the author chose to talk about one of these matches where the kid from his side own. This kind of biases is the norm, especially in older texts, but they still invaluable to our understanding of history.

    • @Creativethinker12
      @Creativethinker12 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      He also doesn’t talk about how Saladin was defeated in every battle against Richard.

    • @user-hh2is9kg9j
      @user-hh2is9kg9j 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      @@Creativethinker12 The irony of criticizing someone 1000 years ago for being biased while being biased as hell in 2021, something for historians 1000 years from now to study.

    • @jerres9585
      @jerres9585 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      @@Creativethinker12well he had been fighting constantly for years by then, and had got back Jerusalem, much of its kingdom, and started the reversal that eventually saw the crusaders lose every part of the levant that they had invaded and become disillusioned with the whole idea at the end.. the big picture that we can see after all these centuries, looking back? The crusades, considering death count , resources , effort & time , was a huge failure in every way possible, I mean it literally was all for nothing, just a sh*tload of people dying. much like many of the western "interventions" and "invasions" we see today

    • @Vicus_of_Utrecht
      @Vicus_of_Utrecht 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@jerres9585 Hmmm, and yet the Jews have Jerusalem today.

  • @烏梨師斂
    @烏梨師斂 3 ปีที่แล้ว +130

    I don't doubt the brutality of the crusaders considering what they did to Constantinople

    • @nowhereman6019
      @nowhereman6019 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      They could only do that to Constantinople because of what the crusaders did to it first.

    • @republicradio431
      @republicradio431 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      What did they do to constantinople?

    • @烏梨師斂
      @烏梨師斂 3 ปีที่แล้ว +82

      @@republicradio431 they were supposed to help them, but instead the crusaders sacked the city, raped civilians, desecrated churches, tombs, and did countless unspeakable unspeakable acts. The Byzantine (Roman) Empire fell to the Muslims because of what the crusaders did.

    • @nowhereman6019
      @nowhereman6019 3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      @Ci Jey you can apply that logic all the way back to the beginning of humanity, blaming one person or group for instigating another until you come to one caveman hitting another over the heat for his meat. It doesn't justify anything, certainly not blaming an entire group of people for something their ancestors did.

    • @republicradio431
      @republicradio431 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@烏梨師斂 who was raped and what unspeakable things?

  • @jlvfr
    @jlvfr 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Why does the writer call the christians "polytheists", at 0:34? Is it perhaps a reference to all the saints christians have?

    • @ronans9680
      @ronans9680 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      I think it is because the trinitarians worship the trinity as equals. I could be wrong.

    • @MrAaaaazzzzz00009999
      @MrAaaaazzzzz00009999 3 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      its rightly so. christians view Jesus as a God and God as a God but seperate. It is confusing because of polytheist melding. Islam is a true monotheist religion.

    • @slayerofcrusadersandsmallh6404
      @slayerofcrusadersandsmallh6404 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@ronans9680 nah that's it

    • @bryanmcclure2220
      @bryanmcclure2220 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      It references the trinity. Islam rejects the idea of the treaty and claim that Christian must be polytheist.

    • @Maperator
      @Maperator 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Ignorant of christianity

  • @youtubecansukkadik
    @youtubecansukkadik 3 ปีที่แล้ว +66

    11:51 is my favourite part. Big dude with 50 arrows sticking out of him, single-handedly holding off the Saracens 'til he's incinerated. Bad arse.

    • @TheCraziestFox
      @TheCraziestFox 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Saracens had fairly weak bows. A knight in maile and with a good gambeson would literally have arrows sticking out of him, but none would have penetrated, often giving impression of an unbeatable beast. (which don't get me wrong, they absolutely were, just not for this reason)

    • @ranro7371
      @ranro7371 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Arrows were probably sticking to the armor I’m guessing

    • @asmrnaturecat984
      @asmrnaturecat984 ปีที่แล้ว

      These are arabs, whom just starts fighting again as militia after saladin upsurped his turkic master
      The real proper army of muslim are turkic, they have proper bows and armour

    • @pyrrhus3445
      @pyrrhus3445 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      ​​@@asmrnaturecat984the arab civilization and technology was a thing way before the coming of the Turks nomads from the steps beginning from the Umayyads to the Abbasids who used the Turks as slaves and officers your comment isn't accurate at all and it's obviously racially motivated from a turk I guess

  • @lordenkidu1876
    @lordenkidu1876 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I just finished reading the biography of William Marshal by Thomas Asbridge it covers his short journey in the holyland before the fall of the leper king Baldwin, one of the kings kin butchered the Beduins who were under protection and also provided service helping lead to the decline. When Richard came it was the horrible siege of Acre, later Saladin took everything back.

  • @Brahmdagh
    @Brahmdagh 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Dude...
    The comment section of this channel sounds, different, than last time I checked it.

    • @SiriProject
      @SiriProject 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      There only needs to be one of these guys sharing "crusade content" on one of their Discords or anonymous Imageboards for the herd to come here in full force.

  • @muneebahmad7887
    @muneebahmad7887 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Great video. Insta-subscribed!

  • @Preppy_Delicious
    @Preppy_Delicious 3 ปีที่แล้ว +104

    The Lion arrives

    • @mikegreen5502
      @mikegreen5502 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      The Lion Arrives at 3:32

    • @stormysmurf
      @stormysmurf 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Really worried about the pagan Vikings arriving ;) ;) ;)

    • @Preppy_Delicious
      @Preppy_Delicious 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@stormysmurf they already did. And then converted.

    • @coimbralaw
      @coimbralaw 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      What does that mean?

    • @gerdmiller7996
      @gerdmiller7996 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@stormysmurf pagans was Arabs and still they are

  • @GregTom2
    @GregTom2 3 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    10:50
    The franks were rejoicing that the English king had arrived.
    You know you've got to be a pretty good Lord when you get a 100% approval rating from the french lads.

    • @khaleddekar2188
      @khaleddekar2188 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      You know king Richard is French, he just king of England, not English man, he didn't speak English, he speak old French,

    • @Gliese380
      @Gliese380 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      They were all basically Franks, i.e West Germanics. The Franks of that time included many more cultures than the French of today.

    • @MrSomebodyyyy98
      @MrSomebodyyyy98 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@Gliese380
      "Franks" were pretty much just a generic term for all western Europeans

    • @lesdodoclips3915
      @lesdodoclips3915 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@khaleddekar2188 he was born in England therefore he’s English. By your logic Napoleon isn’t french.

    • @y200sub
      @y200sub 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@MrSomebodyyyy98 Correct, up till this day the word for a westerner in arabic at least levantine dialect is franji (frankish), on the other hand Franks made a large percentage of the crusaders army so..

  • @samuelpeterec2958
    @samuelpeterec2958 3 ปีที่แล้ว +161

    It's definitely beneficial to hear how eyewitnesses themselves saw and experienced things, however you need to keep in mind that those people weren't always objective - at this particular case you can see the bias against crusaders. But it's understandable: you write what your king wants to hear...

    • @201student201
      @201student201 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      There's no way you can justify what the crusaders did to fellow Christians, some of the pope during that era were literally Satan's spawn.. We know you are a good person but St Helen the mother of constantine loom at her relation with mithras and treatment of the Jews.
      We know you are a good person, don't justify evil. Be a good Catholic.

    • @antonikudlicki1100
      @antonikudlicki1100 3 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      @@201student201 1. There's no justification here, it's just pointing out the existance of bias in the sources being part of the experience and immersion here
      2. If you're not a priest, don't define "a good catholic"

    • @samuelpeterec2958
      @samuelpeterec2958 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @@201student201 Please, read again what I wrote. The point I raised was that a guy who is permanently enrolled in the service of Saladin as a judge of the army will definitely write about the enemy he himself is urging the emperor to fight in a biased matter. I didn't say a word to justify the crusaders' evildoings, I just pointed out that we couldn't fully believe in the report of a biased author, even if he's an eyewitness.
      Check out Wikipedia or Britannica to find out more about the Baha ad-din, you'll then understand what I meant, hopefully.

    • @MrBottlecapBill
      @MrBottlecapBill 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      @@201student201 Muslims fought each other too. These "alliances" aren't like alliances we have today. They were mutually beneficial business deals. If a deal went sour for one party, they would enact "contract negotiations through other means". It's not unusual. Everyone was constantly stabbing each other in the back. Literally! Add to that being in a foreign land, hungry and often desperate........things can escalate quickly. Not much different than current politics today.

    • @maxzak5310
      @maxzak5310 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      yeah but you wouldn't have posted this comment if author was christian

  • @kriegsmaschine4050
    @kriegsmaschine4050 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    King Richard arriving to Acre is a certified "The Slayer has entered the facility" moment

    • @Alex-tx2em
      @Alex-tx2em ปีที่แล้ว

      I just wished he shared the same lifetime as Baibars so we could find out who the real slayer is.

    • @RadicalCaveman
      @RadicalCaveman 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Heart of lion, heart of stone

    • @_semih_
      @_semih_ 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      ​@@RadicalCaveman
      The civilians and innocents: 💀

    • @starfox300
      @starfox300 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      They were lucky that Barbarossa didn't also arrive.

  • @andoapata2216
    @andoapata2216 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    10:48 BOSS MUSIC

  • @HotZetiGer
    @HotZetiGer 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    8:18 Frankish female fighters 11:55 Giant Frank

    • @Greg-yu4ij
      @Greg-yu4ij 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      What about the slaughter of 4000 captives? It is never a good idea to break a promise much less murder in cold blood.

    • @HotZetiGer
      @HotZetiGer 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@Greg-yu4ij Meh like in The Battle of Agincourt - killing useless captives must be an English habit.

    • @SegaDream131
      @SegaDream131 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Sounds like a title for a xxx film
      ....

    • @aub3365
      @aub3365 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@SegaDream131☠️

  • @mitchellulrich930
    @mitchellulrich930 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Any chance you'll do a video about Peter Hagendorf? He was a German Mercenary who fought in the Thirty Years War and wrote a book of his experience.

    • @metalfuk69
      @metalfuk69 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes!!!

    • @kingwilliams8393
      @kingwilliams8393 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hello how are you doing today I hope you’re having a wonderful day

  • @troyrussell177
    @troyrussell177 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    I just found this channel, and its exactly what my consumption of historical content needed. I love throwing on something educational, while I carve or do what not, and this is Perfect for that👏 .

  • @robertbertagna1672
    @robertbertagna1672 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    always good to hear from all sides of the subject good presentation.

  • @danielwales7108
    @danielwales7108 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thanks

  • @jbweld6193
    @jbweld6193 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    11:52, Muslims must have finally ran into "The Mountain".

    • @faithfullukodureg2140
      @faithfullukodureg2140 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      The franks have brought a war machine of terrible... implication.

    • @jbweld6193
      @jbweld6193 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mrfact03s when your enemy has a 100:1 numerical superiority and you're fighting off home turf its not likely they would win.

    • @Alex-tx2em
      @Alex-tx2em ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@jbweld6193 Wonderful safety net to cope with defeat. Crusaders fucked around and found out.

    • @jbweld6193
      @jbweld6193 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Alex-tx2em 1000yrs later.. the middle east still lives in the middle ages. Who really won..

  • @DAwdar
    @DAwdar 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Wonderful! How can i find this as a podcast?

  • @SARHistories
    @SARHistories 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Great to hear the other side of the Crusades. It gives you a very different take on it.

  • @saidtoshimaru1832
    @saidtoshimaru1832 3 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    "God had chosen them for martyrdom"
    PRISIONER: Wait, ¿whaaaat?

    • @oghuzdynasty777
      @oghuzdynasty777 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Martyrdom in Islam is actually good as it guarantees reward of the highest level of paradise.

    • @Jelly_Juice2006
      @Jelly_Juice2006 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@oghuzdynasty777 yea the many many suicide bombers have shown us that 😐

    • @ajuuran2890
      @ajuuran2890 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      @@Jelly_Juice2006 martyrm is for one who fought in a religiouse war. Suicide is a sin in islam and therefore you will go ro hell if you do it.

    • @RoboBoddicker
      @RoboBoddicker 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      *Small Brain:* You're getting executed
      *Big Brain:* You're being relieved of your earthly duties.
      *Galaxy Brain:* God has chosen you....for martyrdom.

    • @TsarOfRuss
      @TsarOfRuss 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Never!!! Muslim Martyrs do it with pride, for Islam

  • @haraldisdead
    @haraldisdead 3 ปีที่แล้ว +87

    Imagine being Saladin. You have to fight the professional warrior class of an entire continent.

    • @RandomNorwegianGuy.
      @RandomNorwegianGuy. 3 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      Not the entire continent. Not by far. Mostly Franks, Germans and English men. Imagine being a Frank, German or English man travling so far on boat to a whole different world, fighting soldiers from the entire Muslim world (which is much much much larger then the tiny continent of Europe as a whole).

    • @haraldisdead
      @haraldisdead 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      @@RandomNorwegianGuy. you're making shit up

    • @ranro7371
      @ranro7371 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Not to mention the wealth of a continent. France bankrupted itself.

    • @BESTYEAROFMYLIFE
      @BESTYEAROFMYLIFE 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@haraldisdead You’re the one making shit up dude

    • @terro3842
      @terro3842 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      @@RandomNorwegianGuy. they were not fighting entirety of a Muslim world, I hope you realize...

  • @muslimcrusader3085
    @muslimcrusader3085 3 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    It's absolutely astonishing the sheer number of Christians angry in the comments that an 11th-century Muslim historian who had literally fought n war against Christians wouldn't portray a perfectly accurate and unbiased account of history. Like.. no shit, buddy? Did you expect a lecture on the complex nuance of middle ages geo-politics?

    • @PasteurizedLettuce
      @PasteurizedLettuce 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      They’re not random christians, they’re angry white supremacists and nazis. Like, half of them don’t even hide it.

    • @henrymiller5833
      @henrymiller5833 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@PasteurizedLettuce Why does the maker of this video never cover lesser known but more interesting accounts like the Muslim invasion of Egypt by John of Nikiu?
      EDIT
      "Secondly, how do you feel about the other video that this channel also made that was explicitly covering the crusades from the point of view of the crusaders?"
      It was a highly deceptive work that carefully chose quotes while leaving others out.
      "Also, since you provided a question, I'll provide a possible answer: 1. They just haven't yet."
      Then they should get to it
      "2. They only wanted to do these videos to cover the crusades which are a more well known chapter in history so that they can get more clicks."
      Somewhat true but content on the earlier muslim attacks should garner attention
      "3."
      A guys belief about events from over 500 years ago should differ in quality from what happened just yesterday.
      "4. Since the account of John of Nikon is not eyewitness, it is generally speaking not consistent with the overall theme of this channel including journals and eyewitness accounts from particular eras."
      They have Herotodus histories on here, your argument is completely invalid. Lets not even get into the point that John was not an eye witness in the same way as many of the accounts here aren't direct eye witness accounts.

    • @PasteurizedLettuce
      @PasteurizedLettuce 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      ​@@henrymiller5833 Interesting question, but I'd need to establish a few things first - what evidence can you provide that it is more interesting?

    • @PasteurizedLettuce
      @PasteurizedLettuce 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@henrymiller5833 Secondly, how do you feel about the other video that this channel also made that was explicitly covering the crusades from the point of view of the crusaders?

    • @PasteurizedLettuce
      @PasteurizedLettuce 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@henrymiller5833 Also, since you provided a question, I'll provide a possible answer: 1. They just haven't yet. 2. They only wanted to do these videos to cover the crusades which are a more well known chapter in history so that they can get more clicks. 3. Assuming they know about this account, and that they explicitly chose not to, perhaps they have some reservation about the content, not limited to the fact that the one you're referring to is acutally infamous for containing some peculiar historical assertions, such as that Julius Caesar's mother received a caesarian section. 4. Since the account of John of Nikon is not eyewitness, it is generally speaking not consistent with the overall theme of this channel including journals and eyewitness accounts from particular eras.

  • @evershumor1302
    @evershumor1302 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    3:24: how did they talk? In what language?

    • @user-hh2is9kg9j
      @user-hh2is9kg9j 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I think it was Arabic maybe Greek, read it somewhere in Usama ibn-Munqidh accounts (contemporary), it is interesting been just very recently translated to English.

    • @stegotyranno4206
      @stegotyranno4206 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@user-hh2is9kg9j could you tell me where i can find the exact copy/section

    • @rai2423
      @rai2423 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Probably in Arabic.

  • @frankiephenomanal
    @frankiephenomanal 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Bro let's get an account of Ibn Battuta's travels

  • @Saladid
    @Saladid ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Comprehensive breakdown of the title "Saladin":
    Sˤalaħud-deen (the consecutive pronunciation of sˤalaħ aldeen) sˤalaħ meaning 'righteousness', 'al' meaning 'the', and 'deen' meaning religion/path, and so when they come together they are pronounced sˤalaħud-deen, and the closest anglosized version would be: Salahuddeen
    *Note: this is of course in Arabic, even though Salahuddeen was Kurdish.

    • @gadthefunny
      @gadthefunny ปีที่แล้ว +4

      It's a nickname, not his actual name.

    • @Saladid
      @Saladid ปีที่แล้ว

      @@gadthefunny yes I probably should've made that clearer

    • @lastword8783
      @lastword8783 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ​​​@@gadthefunnyhis actual name was Salah al-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub. I wouldnt say nickname was Salah al-din but more like an honorary title name that many rulers took up at that time.

    • @gadthefunny
      @gadthefunny ปีที่แล้ว

      @@lastword8783 Yes, title is more correct. Though, it's not exclusive to rulers.

  • @adamgroton3620
    @adamgroton3620 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Incredible. Simply miraculous that this account survived the ages.

  • @DieNibelungenliad
    @DieNibelungenliad 3 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    11:51 Dark Souls moment

    • @antonikudlicki1100
      @antonikudlicki1100 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      lol

    • @deviousN
      @deviousN 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Still lost to Pyro build lmao

    • @savvynumbskull15
      @savvynumbskull15 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@deviousN dude got chaos bed vestige to the face 💥

    • @yaz2928
      @yaz2928 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      More bad ass than Dark Souls.

    • @volancydogs
      @volancydogs 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      berk reference

  • @Paddy.C
    @Paddy.C 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    1:56 Imagine being the only warrior there to have his shield emblazoned with the terrifying image of...
    A... HAMSTER 🐹!!!

    • @E1N101
      @E1N101 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      So adorable

    • @Canisestlupus
      @Canisestlupus 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ahaha, but what is it really, a lion?

    • @degroot9914
      @degroot9914 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Never seen monty python did you, never trust a small animal

    • @mariakelly1059
      @mariakelly1059 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      During the Crusades, even the hamsters were badass!

  • @jordansagar3836
    @jordansagar3836 3 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    Dude, I have seen so many of these Muslim accounts. All by some guy who's name starts with "Ibdn-" and they are all so BEAUTIFULLY written. They are so wise it pains me to see what the middle-east has become now.

    • @Allvirt
      @Allvirt 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Terrible, what decades of foreign invasion does to a people. Most of them were doing so good in the mid 20th century :(

    • @yaz2928
      @yaz2928 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      All thanks to American-backed Saudi wahhabism. Both ISIS and Al Qaeda have the same ideology as the Saud family which is a critical US ally. America is the worst thing to happen to the Middle East since the Mongol invasions.

    • @profile1172
      @profile1172 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@yaz2928 Ignores the fact Israel is their ally as well

    • @ish8891
      @ish8891 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@bonnie7898 those were the spawn of western institutions that they left behind

    • @noddlefoodle5691
      @noddlefoodle5691 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@bonnie7898 it doesn't take a genius to realize that the reason the middle East now is such a shit hole is because of constant American invasion and interference. Not only have they sent shit like the C.I.A to fuck up governments but they also back terrorists to destroy shit.

  • @mathieuleader8601
    @mathieuleader8601 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    imagine if this was the plot for the prequel to Disney's Robin Hood

  • @---oj1zj
    @---oj1zj 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I remember when you had less than 50k subs :,) They grow up so fast

  • @fatihsaidduran
    @fatihsaidduran 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Really like your content. Thank you!

  • @MrPoupard
    @MrPoupard 3 ปีที่แล้ว +75

    Funny how God was on everyone's side.

    • @WiseOwl_1408
      @WiseOwl_1408 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Ya hilarious even.

    • @kadensmike8190
      @kadensmike8190 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Two-faced so and so?

    • @Jim-Mc
      @Jim-Mc 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Trick question: they're different gods.

    • @sabreTXC3
      @sabreTXC3 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@Jim-Mc technically no. Same God, different "prophets". Like Mohammed for islam or the Son of God himself Jesus Christ for Christianity. People back then didnt argue if there was a God or not, they argued about which religion wrote it down correctly. Obviously I'm no expert so take it with a grain of salt, that's just what I've loosely learned over time, could be wrong

    • @S3aCa1mRa1n
      @S3aCa1mRa1n 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@sabreTXC3 yeah exactly

  • @doobiestudios1107
    @doobiestudios1107 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    I’m so thankful to you for making this amazing content. I’m not even that much of a history fanatic but this is just too good to dismiss. Just beautiful. Bravo, sir. Bra-f*ckin-vo! 👏👏👏👏

  • @yaroslavnedzelskyi8117
    @yaroslavnedzelskyi8117 ปีที่แล้ว

    What's the name of a soundtrack at 19:00? Thank you!

  • @uriustosh
    @uriustosh 3 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    Context is king, history is full of suffering and misery of the poor for the games and play of the states and overlords.

    • @syed1431
      @syed1431 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      The plebians still think wars were fought over religion. Religion was always an excuse and a veil to hide the true ambitions of kings.

    • @Konoronn
      @Konoronn 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      People don't know this?

    • @Ζήνων-ζ1ι
      @Ζήνων-ζ1ι 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nha, these statesman and overlords were fighting and dying as well. It was something else entirely.

    • @XVRMEDIA
      @XVRMEDIA 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      When you are threatened with extinction, you have to fight.

  • @waylingtons
    @waylingtons 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    I love these videos. Fascinating stuff.

  • @mikemiller1646
    @mikemiller1646 3 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    I think you mean jihad, not "counter crusade".

    • @samy7013
      @samy7013 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      In this context, the terms were synonymous. The jihad _was_ a counter-crusade, and met with success, all praise being to Allah the Exalted.

    • @barryirlandi4217
      @barryirlandi4217 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Smae difference

    • @mikemiller1646
      @mikemiller1646 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@samy7013 the presence of Israel and the easy with which western military defeat MiddleEastern country would suggest you rethink this

    • @tidlywank
      @tidlywank 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@samy7013 I think the issue is that it makes the muslims look (relatively) innocent, as though they were minding their own business before being forced to defend themselves when in reality there were centuries of muslim invasions all over southern europe, with even northward countries being subject to raids and slavers. Eventually, when the church and the peasantry shared a common enemy, you got the crusades. Over time there would be a lot of bloodshed from both sides but lets not forget for a second who started it.

    • @TruthSeeker8834
      @TruthSeeker8834 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ​@@tidlywankIf that's the case then u should look before way past of birth of Islamic states. How did the european paganism end, how did during Muslim siege of Jerusalem there were no jews in the holy city, who did burn down the scholars and the library of alexandria in the name of religion....all these has one answer christianity. U guys were started it 2000 years ago.

  • @joellaz9836
    @joellaz9836 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Can I suggest Robert de Clari’s account? He was a French knight and gives an account of the fourth crusade.

  • @cb7928
    @cb7928 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    The Franks/The Normans does not equal french, folks. Remember there was no France
    Yes he was of Norman ancestry, and yes Normans were settled Vikings. But essentially so we’re the Saxons.
    All kings after the Norman conquest spoke french and before long it was considered common to speak English, Edward II was the first king to speak English to his subjects when he confronted a mob when he was 14
    Don’t forget that Normans and franks could be the same, but also not, depending on region and lineage. Also the English spoken at this time would’ve been a collection of at least 5 distinct languages, some unrelated to Latin. Learned men or kings would know English (at least if they were English), french, and Latin. France (as it is today) was at the time of the crusades, essentially the new Holy Roman Empire, since Barbarossa and Charlemagne.
    TLDR; he was of Western European lineage. He was mainly a mix of angle, Saxon, Norse, Norman, Iberian/Frankish
    As is the same today, it was his upbringing and culture that he practiced that was the issue, not if he was Norman or English or whatever. It’s way too reductionist.

    • @shahin738
      @shahin738 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Frank in this context just means Westerner. Even today, almost all Asian languages use the word 'Farangi' to describe Westerners.

    • @ferretyluv
      @ferretyluv ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Muslim and Jewish sources called all western knights “the Franks,” regardless of whether they’re German, Austrian, Swiss, French, Italian, Norman, Spanish, or English. Just like how we call all Middle Easterners at the time “Saracens” or “Arabs,” despite them being a contingent of Maghrebi, Berbers, Bedouins, Arabs, Egyptians, Kurds, Turks, and Persians. From the Middle Ages onwards, it was common for western writers to call all Muslims “Turks,” regardless of whether they’re European, Turkish, Persian, or Arab. Anyone showing a hint of Perso-Arabic culture was a Turk.

  • @TieisAwsom
    @TieisAwsom 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    12:25 meet the pyro

  • @TheHouseSpeciaI
    @TheHouseSpeciaI 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    The more TH-cam comments I read, the more I realize how little humanity has changed.
    Some of the ethno/religious zealots in here would fit right into the medieval time periods described in these videos.
    Edit: And as if on cue, here they are. The salt is delicious.

    • @osamabindiesel3389
      @osamabindiesel3389 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Lol they definitely wouldn’t, these clowns think themselves as modern day crusaders, “reclaiming” the west. IRL they’re terminally online neckbeards, conquering the chicken nuggies and choccy milk in the fridge, spewing their bile in the YT comment section.
      This is what no female attention does to a guy

    • @cleantree439
      @cleantree439 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@osamabindiesel3389 projection: the post

    • @PicklePickle7
      @PicklePickle7 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      no need to look down on people who lived in the middle ages like that. you're not inherently superior just because you were born in the era of the middle class and the republics. humanity seems to have changed a little because we are still human. and people that lived 1000 years ago were human just like us. your human dna isn't different from theirs because you live today. so don't act inherently superior for no valid reason and just try to understand the reality of the world back then.

    • @cleantree439
      @cleantree439 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      You say that as if it's bad to be devoutly religious or caring about your race
      Remember, the great musicians like Beethoven Mozart etc, scientists like newton Planck , philosophers, inventors were deeply religious meaning they would die for their faith than to be half hearted.
      Atheism is intellectual laziness for the prideful egotist.

    • @nicholasgalluzzo6307
      @nicholasgalluzzo6307 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Unless you have quotes you have no idea if any of those men would of died for their faith. Stop being ridiculous

  • @currypablo
    @currypablo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Just love how people get along here and don't spew garbage at each other behind a keyboard. As always another fine video.

  • @GarlicOasis
    @GarlicOasis 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    The level of butthurt in the comments/dislikes... I know a lot of you are invested in the whole notion of the crusaders being the "good guys", but this channel is about first-hand accounts from contemporary people. OBVIOUSLY the Muslim historian is going to be biased, just like every person quoted in those videos.

    • @Eumanel12
      @Eumanel12 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I'd like to say there's no "bias". Why should there be? Becaue he's Muslim? He's writing what he experienced.

  • @pen2009
    @pen2009 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Is there a way to find the transcripts for these videos?

  • @EnergeiaRhythmos
    @EnergeiaRhythmos 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I'm officially addicted to your channel thanks 😊 ☪️

  • @92GreyBlue
    @92GreyBlue 3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    Lol forcing the kids into a giant fight hilarious. Being ransomed for 2 gold coins xD both dads laughing and one kid crying lolol

    • @Caesar88888
      @Caesar88888 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      2 gold coins were probably like 20 000 $ now, so prisoners dad wasnt laughing I think

  • @jaipreetsingh6566
    @jaipreetsingh6566 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Do one on sikh history

    • @harmanjotsingh7429
      @harmanjotsingh7429 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Bilkul syee...I totally agree on sikh misls ...banda bahadur ...maharaja Ranjit Singh...khidrana battle

    • @waylingtons
      @waylingtons 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That would be amazing. He does need the source material to make the videos though.

    • @Sprite_525
      @Sprite_525 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That’s be great. I’m not Sikh but I’m fascinated by the idea that a religion of dharma can embrace a warrior class & combat imagery , hence their sword symbol.

    • @harmanjotsingh7429
      @harmanjotsingh7429 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Sprite_525 Sikhism composed of two ideas...we have 10 gurus ...First 5 are saints... second 5 are called Saint Soldiers....which means believe in one god .. respect all religions..follow the path of Dharma...but when someone is doing tyranny to inferior... doing injustice...don't be a bystander ...come forward to defend that the victim even if it costs ur life...never fight for anger or revenge..but for righteous cause...even learn to forgive those who wronged you.... In medivial times Sikhs used to let go the enemy if he had lost his weapon on the ground...spare enemies' women and children..which was a contrast on enemies part when it comes to their turn of dealing with Sikhs...u must read a lot about 6 th guru and 10 th guru

  • @dylanmilne6683
    @dylanmilne6683 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    11:55 Bannerlord moment

  • @robertbertagna1672
    @robertbertagna1672 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks!

  • @lukesorce8660
    @lukesorce8660 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    What song are you using at 17:00 minutes?

  • @crozraven
    @crozraven 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    King Richard I in western media: benevolent honorable king
    King Richard I in actual history: treacherous warmonger that abandoned his own country, almost left it to ruin.

  • @BigGrease1
    @BigGrease1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    bruh, naphtha is kerosene, man was a tank so they molotov cocktail'd him. has war really always been the same?

  • @CCJJ160Channels
    @CCJJ160Channels 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    10:47 - Muslims: “Why do we hear boss music”?

  • @ClipCoyote
    @ClipCoyote 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    When I'm just listening and not watching; often while working, it's impossible to tell the ad read apart from the video ending. Thinking it might be a good idea to put a caveat in there so others don't make the mistake I almost did

  • @MariaMartinez-researcher
    @MariaMartinez-researcher 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    War, huh
    Yeah
    What is it good for?
    Absolutely nothing
    Wow-wow
    War, huh
    Yeah
    What is it good for?
    Absolutely nothing
    Say it again y'all
    War, huh
    What is it good for?
    Absolutely nothing
    Listen to me
    War
    I despise, causing meanless destruction of innocent lives
    War means tears to thousands of mothers eyes
    When the sons go out to fight and lose their lives
    I say
    War, huh
    Good god y'all
    What is it good for?
    Absolutely nothing
    Say it again
    War, huh
    Wow-wow-wow lord
    What is it good for?
    Absolutely nothing
    Listen to me
    Ain't nothing but a heart breaker
    Got one friend, that's the undertaker
    War is an enemy to all mankind
    The soul of what blows my mind
    War is causing wrecks in the younger generation
    Induction
    Destruction
    I said who wants to die?
    War, huh
    Good god y'all
    What is it good for?
    Absolutely nothing
    Say it, say it, say it
    War, huh
    Aha yeah
    Huh
    What is it good for?
    Absolutely nothing
    Listen to me
    War
    Ain't nothing but a heart breaker
    Got one friend, that's the undertaker
    War, huh
    Wow-wow-wow lord
    War
    Has shattered many on these streets
    Maimed and disabled
    Bitter and weak
    Life is too short and precious to spend fighting war these days
    War can't give life
    It can only take it away
    War, huh
    Good god y'all
    What is it good for?
    Absolutely nothing
    Say it again
    War, huh
    Wow-wow-wow lord
    What is it good for?
    Absolutely nothing
    Listen to me
    War
    Ain't nothing but a heart breaker
    Got one friend, that's the undertaker
    War, huh
    Wow-wow-wow lord
    Please let me understand and tell me
    Is there a place for them today?
    They say we must fight to keep our freedom
    But lord knows there's got to be a better way
    War, huh
    Good god y'all
    What is it good for?
    You gone tell me
    Nothing
    Say it, say it, say it
    War, huh
    Wow-wow-wow lord
    What is it good for?
    Absolutely nothing
    You listen to me
    War
    Ain't nothing but a heart breaker
    Got one friend, that's the undertaker
    War, huh
    Wow-wow-wow lord
    What is it good for?
    Nothing
    War
    What is it good for?
    War
    What is it good for?
    War
    (Dedicated to all of whom have taken this comment section for a battlefield, as if saying "I am right and they are evil" made their hate godly. The God of Love and the God of Peace are the same one. Men are the haters. Deal with it)

    • @Amir_Khosrowshahi
      @Amir_Khosrowshahi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lmao I was singing this yesterday

    • @jackylaibach2351
      @jackylaibach2351 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I think that gods are essentially the problem and the reason why this crusade has been fought and why this comment section looks as it does. There is no such a thing as god of love and peace and all the scriptures are the best proof of that.

  • @IbnBahtuta
    @IbnBahtuta 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    His name was Salahuddin Ayyubi.

    • @RJStockton
      @RJStockton 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Umayyad, bro?

    • @ThePhoenix109
      @ThePhoenix109 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@RJStockton no

    • @Vingul
      @Vingul 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@RJStockton lol

    • @jasondsimpson
      @jasondsimpson 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That is incorrect. His name was Yusuf ibn Ayyub. He was granted the title of Salahuddin which essentially means the light of faith or the righteousness of faith.

  • @williamromine5715
    @williamromine5715 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I know this is a pretty small complaint, but that was a donkey, not a mule.

    • @revivalist355
      @revivalist355 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That's a small complaint

    • @williamromine5715
      @williamromine5715 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@revivalist355 Very small, but with the quality of this channel, quite surprising.

  • @philippa5004
    @philippa5004 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    🙏for posting

  • @arthurfrost9004
    @arthurfrost9004 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    A giant, throwing stones to fend their hold when a magician casted fire magic and defeated him- pretty much sums up 11:53

  • @ananthnatarajan5611
    @ananthnatarajan5611 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    grate videos love your videos

  • @muslimcrusader5987
    @muslimcrusader5987 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Ah yes my two favourite religious groups Muslims and Franks ☺️😊😊❤️

  • @swayzakjoe7347
    @swayzakjoe7347 3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    as a muslim I did find that intro very well written and quiet heart warming

    • @RepentNBelieveNJesus
      @RepentNBelieveNJesus ปีที่แล้ว

      Repent and believe in the Lord Jesus Christ. Islam is a false religion. Jesus is the Son of God

  • @Nabizat
    @Nabizat 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    What song is in the beginning?

  • @MikhaelEsterez
    @MikhaelEsterez 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Superb as usual ! Thanks

    • @kingwilliams8393
      @kingwilliams8393 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hello how are you doing today I hope you’re having a wonderful day

    • @ZacharyClause
      @ZacharyClause 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Your welcome

  • @OkyanusKarSen
    @OkyanusKarSen 3 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    Wow, this comment section is depressing.

    • @MrSafior
      @MrSafior 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Always happen when islam or africa is the subject.

    • @TheHouseSpeciaI
      @TheHouseSpeciaI 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Not surprising given the current state of affairs and politics. Wannabe revisionists as far as the eye can see.

  • @Campo_
    @Campo_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This is the best channel!