Time to study another history chapter thanks to Assassin's Creed

The end of an era and the start of me needing to remember a bunch of new names

To me the similarities between the Abbasid-Ghulman struggle and the roman emperor-praetorian struggle are striking. In both cases you have a competent ruler (al-Mutasim / Augustus) who builds a core of professional soldiers loyal to him (Ghulman / Praetorians) after the old order was defeated in civil war (4. fitna saw the power of the adna curbed / roman civil war). The guard is especially formed to shield the ruler from remnants of the old order. After the ruler passes away, his heirs struggle to keep the guard in check while the guard realises its potential to be kingmaker. When the heirs try to act against the guard and its rising demands they are murdered and replaced by those who seem willing to be the guard’s puppet. This struggle weakens central power and the economy, which in turn furthers the fight over the now dwindling resources. Frontier commanders either see this as an opportunity to slip away or establish themself on the throne. If there is no new exceptional ruler, who can defeat or outmanoeuvre the rising factions (Aurelian, Diocletian, Constantin I.), the empire will disintegrate.

Fourth. (I'm practically a boomer so I'm a bit slow)

I've long been interested in the history of the Middle East in general, and Islam in particular, and your content is as amazing as it is sorely needed.

Disclaimer : This channel is addictive.

Oh boy begin a Caliph in the 9 century sure was fun

Assassin's Creed leaks said this will be the setting of the next game. But I stayed and subbed for the content. Keep up the work man.

0:54 Al-Muntasir's short lived reign (861AD - 862AD) & abdication of Al-Mu'tazz and Al-Mu'ayyad due to Turkish pressure 2:28 Al-Musta'in becomes Caliph & chaos ensues 5:16 Civil War 6:20 Al-Mu'tazz becomes Caliph in 866 CE (commited fratricide & ultimately got beaten and starved to death by the Turks) 8:35 Al-Muhtadi (Al-Wasik's son) becomes Caliph (869 CE) 11:53 Rise of the Buyids from Daylam area in Southern Caspian 12:28 Al-Muhtadi's failed plan and assassination & the disintegration of the Abbasid Empire

10:47 "Nice" loool that killed me!

Definitely one of the best history channels on KZfaq. Love from Bangladesh.

Glad to ses you back man

Assassin's Creed Mirage brought me here

JazakAllah for your content bhai. It is really good quality, may Allah bless you

Man back with new vid lets goo!!! This channel is addictive

After watching the trailer of the game Assassin's Creed Mirage it makes me want to know more about the era in the game so I come to this channel. LOL

Nice, I hope you can talk about the Zanj Rebellion and it's effects on (what was left of) the Abbasid Caliphate some day

Love this video thank you man

It's so hard to imagine that heirs of mighty Al Mansur are beaten to death in public and no one dared to save them

Love your videos🔥❤️

from a european point of view all I had were those 13 centuries of repelling muslim invasions, so thank you for broadening my view on this fascinating culture =)

Great video, I learned so much

Can you make a video about ancient Yemen? There really aren’t any videos about it on youtube. Or maybe about the Qarmatian republic?

Great to see Playlists per each Era / Khilafa... Keep up the good work bro Kindly do them in the Chronological order while covering at least the famous ones listed below 1. Umayyads 2. Abbasids 3. Andulucia 4. Samarids 5. Seljuks 6. AlMoravvids & Almohads 7. Mamluks 8. Fatmids 9. Safvids 10. Ottomans 11. Sub Continent (inc Mughals) and any others kindly have a separate playlist for each of the above so that we can watch them in a series in an order JazakAllah for your great effort.

that was really interesting well done

Big respect to the Turks such a warrior race.

Fantastic video keep it up your doing amazing job

2 vids in the space of 2 weeks❤️❤️

Underrated channel

That explains why the old gods start date for ck2 always started with a series of civil wars and rebellions in the caliphate. I had not realized just how weak the Caliphs had grown.

I turn to right and left, in all the Earth, I see no signs of justice, sense or worth; A man does evil deeds, and all his days, Are filled with luck and universal praise; Another's good in all he does - he dies, A wretched, broken man whom all despise.

Amazing video

This story is really interesting, really really interesting.

Ac mirage sent me

Heyy nice video as alway mate. Some question though if you can explain a bit more in detail. You did not elaborate on what crucial step Al Mutawakil missed. Also, what were the parallels you were drawing between some of the actions of the Caliphs to somebody we should remember lol?

Are you planning to create videos on Fatimid ?

The next Assassins Creed is set in Baghdad during this event.

Assassins Creed Mirage

Was this the time the Zanj revolt happened? You should talk about it btw.

What a chaotic and brutal time. The way these people were savagely tortured is horrible. Thank God I wasn't alive back then This was the bloody collapse of a once great country

Came here because of assassin's creed mirage

Here cause of the assassins creed leaks

such a great narration of history !

You seem to refer to Al Tabari, anywhere i can get his history books? And also any islamic history book recommendations?

869...nice

إن المستبد فرد عاجز، لا حول له ولا قوة إلا بأعوانه، أعداء العدل وأنصار الجور. "The despot is an impotent individual, who is powerless and powerless except with his aides, the enemies of justice and the supporters of injustice" - Abdul Rahman Al Kawakibi

10:47 Nice

Don't mind me. Just getting some research done to thoroughly enjoy Assassin's Creed Mirage. If anyone has any other pointers to watch, I'd appreciate it. ✌

Rumors say this may be the plot for the new Assassins creed game in 2023

Is there a traditional mechanism whereby a new 'ruler' of a subject territory can legitimately proclaim himself as a new or competing Khalif. Is it just about might being right or is there a legitimate process to be followed for this declaration

i remember in my CK2 game, i had a countess that has 40k gold for some reason, i destroyed her dynasty, and made myself her successor. also imprisoned her and put her in oubliete (basically starve her to death)

Have no fear. Your blood shall not be spilled.

NEXT TIMELINE ASSSASSINS CREED MIRAGE

Could you please make a video or a series focusing on the 12 imams or atleast the 3 first because i would love to hear their story sense they are not talked about so much?

You mispelled anarchy brother in the title

So basically this is Game of Thrones with Egypt playing the role of Dorne watching the shit show across the border

Thanks mom.

Seriously , what is the cult behind the number 69 ?

What is that artwork at 8:13?

ouch for al muhtadi...

A polite request: Is is possible to pronounce the names of people NOT so quickly and leave their names a bit longer on the screen. This request may cause you speak a bit slower so that we can hear the names and connect the sounds with their written names. Otherwise, a very interesting KZfaq contribution. Thanks

Video after only a week? I thought you were going to post after 2 months.

So Persian rennesaince next?

Where is the "anarchy" part of the video?

Bro you gotta make an instagram account

Al muqqadimah😍

10:46 ☠☠☠

Middle Eastern history is way too underrated sadly

I'm impressed you have read Huge Kennedys book but please read some Arabic sources as well

In Turkic culture the Khans served the people. This means that if they would have gone on a raid that something around 70% of the loot had to be given to his people. In return the people would serve in his army. Given the fact that Turks would only serve one of themselves is another reason why they where disloyal to the Abbasids. They would only see their status as mercenary contractors.

Every time I watch one of your videos, I realise how ignorant I am on Middle-Eastern history

I'm back! Remember me?

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8:32 damn.. no wonder her name was qabiha...the irony.

the abbasid caliph before al muhtadi bin al wathiq got wine on their palace?

Man how am I suppose to remember all these names

suddenly the turk got organise and ride out from where?

869th

Wow I used al-Mu’tazz to conquer Egypt and united the middle east in ck3, but this was his fate!

it the tan dynasty eara too

The main thing I took away from this, always pay my troops well

the dusty step land silk road trails

Seriously Qabiha you could have saved your son.

harem where you think they learned from?

a lot of these muslim rulers drinks wine. Is it common for the noble at that time to drink?

where the mongols bow?

The video is too dense, brother. You need to spread the information more and use proper abstractions and footage.

Bayikbak the orginal double agent

that explained the making rise of the dry dusty central anncient alexander afghan capital once lost into obscurity 2300 bc -630 ad then rised again 630-1230ad genghis took out the spine connecting the caliphate alliance power of the shah change into mogul

they have scinth blade

Can't you make An video on the greatest Caliph Umer ibn al khattab ; the ethical -,-

I know it's not your fault, but I think this narrative is kinda as biased as how Franks and Saxons wrote about Vikings

Thought this would be about Samara in Russia for a second and was confused how the Abbasids got up there

Turks❤️

Could you please make some video on Indian Arabic trade?

Aaaah...what? Her name is Qabiha (ugly)? Who the hell names their daughter "ugly"?

It's too bad history like this is so underrated

The root cause of the fall of ummayyah and Abbasid power was nepotism and preference of incompetent sons over competent Muslims.

Reminds us of Pakistan

So _that's_ why they collapse into a million pieces in CK3!