Number 1 for me is the Rashidun Caliphate. During the rule of the first four caliphs, there was no barrier between the people and the rulers. The caliphs would walk, eat, talk and pray with the people.

1:45 Ayyubids 2:24 Samanids 2:54 Sufyanids (Umayyad) 3:45 Al-Mohad 4:23 Umayyads in Cordoba 5:00 Seljuks 5:32 Mamluks 6:21 Safavids 7:04 Rashidun Caliphate 7:48 Mughals 8:31 Fatimids 9:15 Delhi Sultanate 10:01 Abbasids 11:07 Marwanids (Umayyad) 12:38 Ottomans

No.1 for me is Rashidun caliphate, the 4 caliphs were the best ppl of the ummah. Abu Bakr, Umar, Usman, Ali they were the best humanity can offer ❤️

I love the way you divide Abd Malik ibn Marwan's Ummayad dynasty and Muawiyyah's Ummayad dynasty. I agreed. They should be considered as different dynasty.

I would set the Abbasids as the first. They sponsored the Islamic Golden Age, which was of ginormous importance for all the Western World. Basically we wouldn't have modern science without them. Under their rule lived al-Khwarizm, perhaps the greatest islamic scientist of all times. They defeated the chinese at the Battle of Talas in 751 and brought the use of paper to all the West (whose importance is very difficult to exaggerate). They founded Baghdad, a city that came to host at its peak the astonishing number of 1.2 million people (more than Rome in its glory), with a library and a study center maybe greater than its alexandrian precursor in the Hellenistic Age. It is true the Ottomans had a longlasting reign, but their empire was a truly international fearsome power for nearly 250 years (from c. 1400 to 1650). It is still longer than the effective Abbasid rule (750 - 860), but how many ottoman traits became so trascendent for the World in general, compared to the Abbasids? Anyway, it is an interesting excercise to encourage discussion.

Brilliant video. As a western non Muslim with a love of history and the medieval period, its often hard to untangle the middle easts history from political and religious biases. But your channel does just that with clear designations of when something is your opinion and what your information is based upon. Loving the channel and please keep up the good work.

The rashidun are the best according to the prophet (saw) himself. Also have you noticed they are the only ones whose name isn’t a tribe? Because they are the best.

I don't care about the rankings much but this video can be an excellent introduction to Muslim dynasties for someone who's new to history

Syawish, you have, as usual, delivered a truly captivating and informative video. I love learning about the beautiful, unique and inspiring history of Islam and the heartland of the Islamic world. I am very grateful to you for the very hard work you put into every single video you do. May God bless you

Amazing video, and I definitely agree with your number one pick, even though in my heart the Rashidun Caliphate is number one. And even though a lot of people will hate you and try to fight you over this, I'll tell you, don't get discouraged by them you did a great job. We tend to view everything from a very religious perspective and this makes us very emotional about everything, not realising that sometimes in certain specific scenarios a secular view is more useful for proper analysis and in some other cases a religious view is more useful. Again wonderful video and best wishes to you from a fellow Muslim brother in Pakistan, shab-a-khair and an early Ramadan Mubarak😊

Great list but I'm curious if who got left off, basically who would have occupied 20-15. The Ghaznavids, Almoravids, Mali, Songhai, Bornu and Timurids come to mind.

Well, to say that previous empires only conquered and taxed is kind of a wrong statement to make. Umar Ibn Khattab is the main point in all of this. He introduced several reforms, some of which were used by several people across the centuries, even by Akbar of all people. Some of which were establishing a secret spy network to keep an eye on all of his governors and constantly moving them around to ensure they don't build much power. He also appointed officials based on merits and those merits would constantly be checked routinely to see if they were living up to it. He also held considerable power since he was able to dismiss a person like Khalid Ibn Al-Walid by simply giving the order and facing little to no resistance. He also told his soldiers that none of them could buy territory in conquered lands, to ensure no imbalance of power (which happened during Umar's reign). These are by no means small feat, as he was able to keep almost all the citizens of the Caliphate satisfied through his smart administration. There were also social reforms, like introducing a welfare system which would carry itself to the modern day. He started using the money in the Bayt Al-Mal, taken from the Zakat, and distributing it among the poor, orphans, widows, disabled among others. He also established several Religious reforms as well. The same was the case of Mu'awiya, who led several reforms and unique ideas. You can't simply ignore their contributions and deem the empires as "not doing much."

It pleases me that the Ottomans were on number 1 on the list. Let’s not forget they only had one dynasty from start to finish with members from the house of Osman still being alive today which is pretty cool

15.Ayyubid Sultanate 1174-1260 14.Samanid Sultanate 900-999 13.Umayyad Caliphate (Sufyanid) 665-689 12.Almohad Caliphate 1121-1269 11.Córdoba Caliphate 754-1031 10.Seljuk Sultanate 1037-1153 09.Mamluk Sultanate 1260-1517 08.Safavid Shahdom 1501-1736 07.Rashidun Caliphate 632-661 06.Mughal Sultanate 1526-1757 05.Fatimid Caliphate 909-1171 04.Delhi Sultanate 1206-1526 03.Abbasid Caliphate 750-946 02.Umayyad Caliphate (Marwanid) 692-750 01.Ottoman Caliphate 1299-1922 Might I add honorable mentions of: -Almoravid Dynasty 1040-1147 -Mali Empire 1235-1670 -Songhai Empire 1464-1591 -Malacca Sultanate 1400-1511 -Timurid Sultanate 1370-1507

great video dude, I wish more people made videos like this

Really great video.i can see the amount of time spent on this video

Assalam Alaikum Almuqaddimah, I really enjoy your content and I hope you keep going and get this wonderful content mashallah exposed to more and more people in the future. I wanted to suggest, if you dont have any other plans, whether you could do a brief video on Yemen's history before and after islam.

Great video! Well played! I’d kindly like to add the Malian Empire and the Sultanate of Rûm as honorable mentions. Once again, fabulous job!

Great video man. Came to know about a couple of Islamic Dynasties. Thanks

Great knowledge brother

The rashidun caliphate is the most influential in islamic history. Every region they gained was assimilated and never lost until today. Most ottoman territories were lost or returned to former situation, Barely anyone converted and they didn’t have a real cultural impact.

9:48 "For starting the conversion of Islam to India" Man, can't believe the region of Islam converted to India.

There are many kingdoms and sultanates that is not in fertile crescent and anatolia area.. those too can be recognized as great islamic country. Like Jogjakarta and Surakarta. Also Malaya and Brunei. Pattani, Sulu, Aceh, Banten and many more.

I dont agree with the rankings but this is still a great video as an introduction to the various major islamic empires. Love your channel, one of the gems of youtube

MALI EMPIRE!!! Dear brother, first of all thank you for your amazing work as usual. The Mali empire was founded in 1226 by the Great warrior Sundjata Keita. It lasted more than 450 years. One great and known figure of its empire was Mansa Musa who holds the title of the wealthiest man to ever live. Mansa Musa traveled with a huge amount of gold on his way to Mecca and came back with his cars filled with books. It is said that he caused a great depreciation of gold for how much he had given on his journey to Mecca. Europe even was not spared economically. He founded one the greatest libraries of time, and perhaps the greatest of Africa history (yes it is believed to be greater than Alexandria's). Another important figure, but unfortunately no so well known is Abu Bakr II, known as Abu Bakr the Explorer. Abu Bakr is the predecessor of Mansa Musa. He gave the Empire responsibility to Musa after the first naval expedition to the America's. Yes he's been there before Christopher Colombus. Abu Bakr was not sure to come back after his second expedition and that is why he gave the succession of the empire to Musa. Unfortunately he never came back.. The last known record of the expedition is some of the ships that came back and reported to loose contact due to a heavy storm. In the America's, could be found black skinned people prior to the triangle trade (the great African slave trade). Muslim names and mosques were recorded on the Journal de Bord of the European's first contacts in the America's (if we exclude the idea that vikings were to set foot on North American continent prior to Colombus). It is also believed that the Malian were the ones to increase blacksmith skills of the native American at the time. The Malian Empire was very famous for its administrative and ruling system. I have so much content that I can share if anyone is interested. AND isn't the Malay empire worth talking about?! 😂 Once again brother, thank you very much for your content. I discovered only recently your channel and hope soon to be an active donor. Bless you

Fantastic video I’m really amazed that Timuririds weren’t included.

Nice video bro :) I am very happy that we have objective historical islamic youtubers like you bro :)

The Malacca sultanate is so underrated. So are its successors (and its Islamic predecessors). It deserves a mention somewhere in this list.

Maybe you should have added the Mali empire they lasted a long time, had great influence on the culture and they were quite large at there peak.

Great job brother! but you ain’t mention one West or East African empire. Which is a screenshoot at our problem when studying Islamic history.

As-Salamalaikum great stuff keep it rolling Ahki/Brother.Jzk.

Many this channel is awesome and accurate I wish I join patreon

Videos about Muslim empires of bilad al Sudan, Songhay, Mali, Kanem Bornou please 🙏

Happy Ramadan to all my muslim brothers.

You have officialy been elevated to the status of my favourite youtuber ! :)

The Golden Horde under the rule of Bereka khan, Uzbek khan, Tokthamish

I was sure there was going to be some April fool's joke, so when you reached 3rd place I was really afraid because there were no real contenders left but the ottomans and abbasids, and for the whole time I was afraid you were going to put the timurids in 1st place and praise Tamerlane or something. At the end you just counted the marwanids as a different empire, and I breathed a sigh of relief because it was then obvious the Ottomans will be in first place, but that was still pretty tense.

Good picks! but unsatisfying nevertheless since everyone has different priorities

Wonderful video, wonderful channel, great job overall. Really appreciate what you're doing, and your efforts.

@ Al Muqaddimah 8:44 Quick question: You said the Fatimid Caliphate essentially built the Shi'a faith; what about the three Buyid emirates of Shiraz, Rayy, and Baghdad? That point in Muslim history was called the "Shi'ite Century" because the two of them (grouping all the Buyids together) were the powerhouses of the Muslim world at the time. Did the Buyids not contribute anything of significance to building Shi'ism?

would have loved if you also added things military prowess, population, economy and life quality.

Five Great Islamic Empires (imo) 1.The Ottoman Empire. 2.The Abbasid Caliphate. 3.The Umayyad Caliphate 4.The Mughal Empire. 5.The Safavid Empire.

Nice 👏👏

Love youre videos…you shoude make a video about islam in bosnia❤️

I personally agree with your list , it was very well done 👏 Also the maps were very accurate which is something that people often ignore these days👌 Although I think you missed the Saffarid , Timurids , Afsharid , Zand & Ghaznavid empires..... *these 5 dynasties were also extremely important & influential in Persia, central Asia & India & have definitely changed the future of their subsequent regions !!! Although apart from the Saffarids none of them been much of a cultural impact , but nonetheless their conquests changed the region greatly* . You know many say that the Safavids are the reason why the Persian civilization became very powerful once again & also why Iran has the borders that it has today , but I actually beg to differ : *you see apart from the Samanids which totally brought in the Persian Renaissance* (which might be too strong of a word since even before their time , the Abbasid caliphate was greatly Persianized by the time the golden age of Islam began which was actually primarily centered in Persia ! So you could also say the Abbasids brought in the Persian Renaissance by agreeing to be influenced by the Persian culture & also the Abbasids had a greater cultural impact on the future of regions that they ruled over than that of the ottomans !!! I mean after all when the ottomans fell , everything they hold onto was lost & we can see their legacy only remaining to some degree in Turkey alone) But anyway I digress : so apart from the Samanids , *the Saffarids, the seljuks, the Mughals & even the ottomans were also greatly crucial in the revival & the come back of the Persian civilization & culture before the Safavids rose to power even* (Eventhough the Saffarids were the only Iranian ones , the rest were either turkic or mongolid & yet they all created very powerful empires & almost 90% of the times adopted the Persian culture & language & even spread it to regions that the Persians themselves had not reached even during their superpower full empires pre-islam) *Also if not for the Afsharid empire Iran wouldn't have been like this today at all !!! The Safavids were very powerful & influential I agree but they also fell nonetheless & their empire could have been very easily divided between the ottomans, the Russians & the Mughals had it not been for the Afsharid empire to crazily conquer everything back* ...... So I really think you sound consider adding the Afsharids , the Saffarids into your list & also give the Abbasids more cultural points or at least lower the cultural points of the ottomans.....

Assalamualikum. Can you plz make a channal which's focus is on the history of the prophets of Islam? Basicaly in that channal you tell the stories of the prophets and also on the mythology of Islam.

Wonderful video🔥🔥💙💛🧡

nice video

Honorable mentions ; Ghaznavids, Ilkhanids, Timurids, Aghlabids, White Sheep Turcomans, Afsharids, Khwarezmids, Golden Horde, Sultanate of Rum, Kara-Khanids

I’d suggest population is a more important metric than square kilometres… especially when there are so many (nearly) empty deserts in the region

Would maybe have put Almoravids, or Il-Khanate, Ghazanavids maybe, but good list and good explanations!

I may be somewhat biased because I'm Kazakh but Golden Horde should be somewhere at the bottom of this list, it is often seen as a continuation of a Mongol Empire and nothing more but actually it became an empire of its own with a distinct culture, it was mostly ruled by Kipchaks("Turkic" tribes) and this guys managed to control quite a vast area in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, Russian kingdoms were subjugated to them for 2 centuries. Sadly they were mostly a nomadic merchants who only conquered and collected goods and taxes but didn't left much from architecture, books and scientists.

Mashallah 🇹🇷, 5 of the 15, including the number 1, are turks

You missed the Bengal Sultanate

Fantastic video keep it up your doing amazing job

ok u got alot more subs and likes than when i last saw ur channel 1 year ago congrats

When you stated the criteria I saw the Ottomans coming to the top...

This video really just failed to mention the Almoravids, Mali, Songhai, Ajuran, Adal and Kanem Bornu, all of these were very great African sultanates of their time, how did he forget to include all of them??🤦🏾 L video

cultural and historical impact should have bigger weight than what you have given, in my opinion. but you have a pretty good list. My picks would be: 1. Rashidun 2. Umayyad (all branches) 3. Abbasid 4. Ottoman 5. Seljuk 6. Fatimid 7. Mughal 8. Safavid 9. Mamluk The impact of these empires are still felt today. - the impact of the first 3 caliphates can never be understated, and especially the Rashidun, the direct successor of The Prophet and brought to heel two great empires and two great religions. they basically formed the core Muslim world that still exists today. if that's not the greatest cultural impact, I don't know what is. - the longevity and power and influence of the ottomans prevented european culture and religion to penetrate and return to western asia at a time of european rise and caused them to explore westward... and we all know how that turned out. - when the seljuks won in manzikert it caused the byzantines to call for european aid and the crusades were born that led to conflicts still felt and even fought today. - the Fatimids and the Safavids established the Shi'a faith which still shapes the modern Islamic geopolitics to this day. - And the Mughals cultural impact on the Indian subcontinent especially India and Pakistan we can still see to this day. and they have the most beautiful physical legacy of these empires: the Taj Majal - the Mamluks' biggest claims to fame is that they stopped the Mongols from conquering the Levant and Egypt. and removed the last strongholds of crusading christianity from western Asia. modern-day Egypt is also their legacy.

I am not surprised that the Ottoman Empire made it as the number one on this list. Also, you're right about math. Sometimes, they like to give us answers that contradict whatever that is in our minds.

Missing the Almoravids whom came after the Almohads the lands was the entire Iberia "Andalucia" to what is now Mauritania and the Capital was Marrakech. Also the Saadi dinasty which ruled over Mali, Sénégal,Niger.

Best place to learn about islamic history, sadly no arab channel is even close to this, wish u the best

Great video and good summation of some of the most important. I'm largely in agreement with much of your rankings (including putting the Ottomans on top in many ways) but I'd probably have included the Timurids (architecture alone is worth mention, no matter how evil Timur was and how unstable the empire was), and I would have separated the Rashidun Caliphate as in a class by itself. I'd also would have loved to have seen the Golden Horde and the Mali Kingdom mentioned.

You totally forgot about Sultanate of Malacca in South East Asia. The 1st Islamic empire in SEA which conqured and ruled most part SEA during the year from 1400 till 1511.

Nice😊😊😊

wonderful work as always

Were there Islamic empires in the South East Asia? I’ve heard that Islam had a huge influence to the Austronesian people mainly in modern day Indonesia - Malaysia

Ottoman empire can be in the top 5, but not the 1st, it's cultural influence was so bad that it almost destroyed the Islamic scientific and intellectual progress the islam had before them. It had no clear religious orientation that you find them sometimes as Sufi while after you find them as hardcore sunnis who will suppress sufism They kept the Islamic world centuries behind the development that rised in Europe back then. As we still living some of the consequences related to their rule till this very day. In no 1 should be the Abbasid caliphate for sure where they made the society way ahead of their neighbor states in Europe or Asia, where they've made islam and Islamic literature valuable for non Muslims as well as for MUSLIMS. I understand your criteria but history tells us what happened

Ramadan mubarak

Make a video about Bengal Sultanate

i didn't know that the Ummayyads have two seperate branches before this video, thanks !

I think the Malacca sultanate deserves a mention

can you share your full list (all empires you considered)?

I totally agree with you

Kinda surprised that the Timuririds weren't on this list. They were massive and had a large impact on world history. Bubur the founder of the Mughal empire was a Timurid, Timur defeated and stalled the Ottomans for 50 years. Timur made the Golden horde into a husk of its former self, therefore exhilarating the rise of Moskow. ETC ETC ETC!!!!

My List Rashidun Caliphate Abbasid Caliphate Ummayad Caliphate(Includes Andalus) Mughal Empire Ottoman Empire Delhi Saltanate Timurid Empire Ghaznavid Empire SELJUQ Empire Fatamid Caliphate Safavid Empire

which software are you use for map annimations

You should have added the ambition list, moroccan dynasties would stood more of a chance considering how ambitious some of them were But a great video thanks

9:19 I have 2 objections to this. First, that the Delhi Sultunate wasn't an empire. It's only a name used to collectively refer to the Muslim dynasties that ruled from Delhi before the Mughal Empire. And secondly, although there certainly was some cultural interactions between Hindus and Muslims in the Delhi Sultunate ( for instance, the Bhakti movement ), it wasn't until the Mughals ( or strictly speaking, until the reign of Akbar) that Indo Persian culture start to develop and become distinct in its own right. However, as always, I enjoyed your video very much. Your every new video comes up with new stories and information, and i'm always keen to watch it. Great job. Keep it up. Can't wait for the next one....

Few things wrong with this video. 1) the peak of the Abbasids was actually like the Umayyads. 2) the rashidun were pretty stable until the last few years, meaning they should not have gotten 20 rather something like 70. 3) there is no 2 separate Umayyads dynasties. Since they were all under the Umayyad caliphate that we know of they simply had different leaders with different point of views. 4) by greatest what do you mean? If we are talking about achievements militarily it’s the Rashidun who are first since they are the only ones having took down. 2 superpowers. If we are talking about size it’s the Umayyads, the one who lasted the longest would be the ottomans and the greatest with achievements would be with thé Abbasids. So it varies in what do you mean by "greatest".

kudos on u to put the fatimids to her deserved recognition...despite being a sunni,most of sunni doesnt even know who actually founded azhar sharif n maulid celebration n impacted muslim world as a whole... they've should thanked to our shiite brothers

Perfect video But u missed Ghaznavid empire, Hotaki Empire, Durrani Empire, Gurid Empire

3:45 the Almohads were notorious for their orthodoxy and intolerance... Something that is in contrast with other tolerant Muslim dynasties that ruled Spain.

I am shocked the Timurids didn’t make the list, they are one of the most powerful and feared Islamic Empires of all time.

brilliant video , but i think you ve forgotten about Al_moravids empire , it was pretty great

What a brilliant analysis. I'm so glad that I've found your channel. This is not your first video that I've watched, but it is certainty is the first that I decided to respond with a comment and yes, I am a subscriber. I couldn't disagree with your choice even if I wanted to, as you have explained the criterions and the reasonings behind the list. Salute to you sir. May I humbly say; just one small correction from me. Harun al-Rashid wasn't the Abbasids' fourth caliph. He was the fifth. Below is the list: 1. Abu Al-Abbas Assafah; 2. Abu Ja'afar Al-Mansur 3. Muhammad Al-Mahdy 4. Musa Al-Hadi (Harun's elder brother) 5. Harun al-Rashid So far I only disagree with you on two issues and this is the first time I am going to tell you and everyone else of the different of opinions between you and me and it is on two issues regarding 'the caliphates' and 'the caliphs'. The first is on the caliphates. To me there were only four legitimate caliphates and 3 of them were monarchies; the Rashidun, the Umayyads, the Abbasids and finally the Ottomans. Abdullah ibnu Zubair was the contender to the legitimate Umayyad caliph and Abdullah himself was never a legitimate caliph, and he had failed to become one when he lost in his bid to snatch the throne from the Umayyads; and Cordobans, Fatimids, Almohads and Almoravids were all not legitimate caliphates and were mere contenders just like Abdullah ibnu Zubair was before them. They were emirates, kingdoms, empires, yes, but caliphate, to me is a BIG NO. Secondly is on the issue of Muawiyah bin Abi Sufyan becoming the caliph. Eventhough it is an undisputable fact that he was the first Umayyad caliph and that he was the one who changed the system of succession from syura to monarchy, but he was not the fourth caliph in lslam and did not become the caliph immediately after the demise of Caliph Ali bin Abi Talib. To me Muawiyah was the fifth Caliph in Islam who got the throne not by snatching it from the legitimate caliph nor by inheriting it as a legitimate heir, but through the willful surrender of the throne of the caliph by the fourth legitimate caliph; Caliph Hasan bin Ali bin Abi Talib who was the legitimate caliph of the day and have decided to surrender the caliphate to him. Just sharing my opinion. Whatever is the different of opinion between you and I, I wish that you would keep up the excellent work. Salam from Malaysia.

Most successful : ottoman Most knowledge : Abbasid Most good role model for leader : Rashidun Most bad role model (except Umar bin Abdul Aziz) : Umayyad

Very interesting. I would have replaced the ranking of the Fatimids with the Safavids, due to the huge influence they've had on the Indian Subcontinent and its Sultanates especially the Shia ones such as the Qutb Shahis of Golconda. And of course, this in addition to making Shi'ism the dominant presence in Iran, which isn't seen in the Fatimids case.

I have to point out, your scoring system was great and makes for a very objective metric aside from culture score being kind of subjective.

Duuuuude. The Almoravids had a huge impact on delaying the reconquista by some 400 years, even if they ruled for only a 100years they had a somewhat large stretch of land at their peak

Why do you consider Sufyanid and Marwanid period Umayyad as two different dynasties but consider Mamluk, Khalji, and Tughlaq dynasties of the Delhi Sultanate as one dynasty?

The Timurids had two Empires, one in Central Asia and Iran, it was called "Iran and Turan", and the other was the Mughal Empire which was called "Hindustan".

Great video. Glad that we don't have any more Islamic empires. 💥

The owner of this channel is a very brave man, he is trying to carry a lamp to the darkest places in history

The Almohads of Morocco ruled over Modern day Libya as well at their peak and they had a huge cultural Impact on North Africa and Spain. Almoravids should have been on the list as well since they ruled over most of north west Africa from the Senegal river up to Spain. Their leader Yusuf Ben Tachfin delayed the fall of muslim Spain for 400 years and it's thanks for their 'Ribats' or circles of islamic teachers that west Africa was converted to islam.

At-Tabari reported: Umar ibn al-Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him, made peace with the people of Jerusalem at Al-Jabiya and therein he wrote a single covenant for every village besides Jerusalem: In the name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful. This is what is granted of security by the servant of Allah, Umar, the commander of the faithful, to the people of Jerusalem. He grants them safety for their lives, their property, their churches, and their crucifixes, for their ill, their healthy, and their entire community. Their churches will not be occupied, demolished, or decreased in number. Their churches and crucifixes will not be desecrated and neither anything else of their property. They will not be coerced to abandon their religion and none of them will be harmed. Source: Taʼrīkh al-Ṭabarī 2/449

Do video about Khalid ibn al-Walid please

Can you make a video on the best caliph of Islam

You forgot the Mali Empire and Malacca Sultanate.

This is quite impressive to be honest, I'm a Shi'i and an Ismaili hence the Fatimid Dynasty means a lot to me, but purely from a historical and overal cultural impact point of view, the rankings pretty much make sense. It was bold to keep the Rashidun Caliphate at the ranking you did though