Harun al-Rashid & Al-Mamun, The Patrons of the Golden Age 

You're the only channel I have found that talks about Islamic history that isn't a two hour documentory with 240p quality, or government sponsered brainwash machine! Props to you! Its so hard to find videos on the history of islam... ;-;

I wanted to thanks this channel and this video mostly for helping me find a new respect for Islam. I have heard of muslins contribution to science and mathematics, but never imagined it was of this level and scale. I don't intend to convert, but you instigated me to read islamic works, even in theology. May god be with you.

You are doing great work brother and voice is also so good, may allah give you more success.

This is great content! I came acros it in a funny way after searching "Harun Al Rashid" after i read that he gave Emperor Charlemagne a gift inform of an elephant named Abul-Abbas who the emperor showed to many german cities. Anyway you earned a sub, the quallity is top notch!

Absolutely love it! Top-notch, love your narration! Made me cry...wish those days could happen again.

Carry on with your brilliance Syawish! A truly enlightening and thought provoking channel. Stay blessed. -Shaheer❤

There's a reason the Renaissance started in southern Europe. Those are the places that had the greatest influence from Islamic scholarship. I'm surprised you didn't mention this in the video, but without the Islamic preservation and expansion of classical knowledge, there would likely be NO Renaissance, or at least not for a long time. By extension, no Enlightenment. We would be living in a very different world. The House of Wisdom rescued European and Middle Eastern civilization from the great losses of knowledge during the Medieval period. It is entirely possible we would be a thousand years behind without those diverse and prolific scholars.

I must say, I just binged the entire series and although I was sceptical at first, I have seen a general improvement of quality over the course of your videos! Thank you for making this!!

Whoever you are, you're doing a great work. I've turned into your fan within just a single day. Love from, Bangladesh

You got a patron in me! Unfortunately, I am poor so that doesn't mean as much as I would like. Cheers to another great video! Keep up the good work.

Your channel and your videos are soo underrated brother. Keep doing your great work and keep bringing out our great heritage and history. Thanks

This is great. In america we learned about muslim history from Aladdin.

magnificent...amazing....looking for unbiased accurate history chanel from muslim perspective in youtube for a long a tym...this chanel is perfect wuth great quality of videos like kings and general or bazbattle...waiting for more videos like this

Mashallah love your videos brother and your energy, you remind me of an iraqi and you sound like one but im guessing your not and im guessing your maybe pakistani south asian, anyway keep up the good videos bro peace and love

This is a fascinating series. While I’ve read numerous generalized histories of Islam’s profound influence on both the sciences and arts, this series goes into great specific details. And I’m always looking forward to the next video!

AMAZING WORK! Ground breaking. You did the research well, i knew half of these through countless sources and skimming the lies and bias. This is really great Work. May Allah Bless you

I love the maps. Looking forward to doing a collab on Islamic History in the future!

It's good to see people doing videos on topics which are not much talked about. Keep up the Good work!

man the intro was beautiful

American here digging into history and learning more every day, and about Islam and all other religions, much love and respect to all, Its like were all distracted by modern day life, going to our jobs, learning our jobs, amusement parks, movies, so much to entertain people's minds one way or the other, or arguing about politics and religion, ways to almost blind us, and when you try to talk with people they just say that's not my problem or I got my own stuff to worry about, I grew up in a catholic religion and started questioning things by 10 or 12, but why is everyone else wrong grandma?, or why dont we learn about others and thier history, so many sheep just follow the heard, I dont know if I'm catholic or whatever anymore, on the inside I always knew I was just supposed to help and respect all, and love one another, we might have different thoughts about many things, but think about this whoever is reading this, ( you and I are driving towards each other on a road somewhere and we both pull up on the scene of a car accident that just happened, what's your first thought ?, I would like to think both you and I would both go help the people hurt in the accident, and work together, thanks for the video and very well done, always enjoy learning more and about Islam, and respect to all

Just binge watched all of your videos back to back and subscribed. This is the Best inforgraphic educational content covering middle eastern and islamic history I've seen yet. Great production value, unbiased content, great narration. Please keep going, and go into more depth. I am positive this channel will explode in growth if you keep at it. At the time of this comment there are 2.1k subscribers but this channel deserves at least half a million!

Running all your vids.. Great work brother, may you continue do them in istiqomah (discipline) way.. A Great work is consist of many smaller good works.. Allah bless you

Best channel on Islamic civilization so far. Congratulations 👏 👏 👏

I love learning this through your perspective.

LOVE THESE VIDS MAKE MORE PLZ!!!!

It's wonderful. please, also, if possible, a video on the crusades and Sufism.

You know, hearing about the Golden Age of Islam, and comparing it to most of the Islamic countries now... I just feel sad. Like how did most become so backwards today? Here, you have Caliphs wanting and seeking knowledge from all sources, regardless of which faith it comes from, and yet now some are rejecting such notions and are closing themselves off to knowledge. What has happened to them?

Nice video👍👍

Wonderful, really appreciate your effort

May I make a request for a video on Mansa Musa and the Mali Empire?

Excellent presentation, thanks a lot.

Allah bless u and ur family for sharing this ancient history of Islam.. which book u consult thank u so much for guidance and sharing this great information

"Mamuncare"! Absolutely hilarious. I'm sure that went over a few non-American heads too. This was a good (if short) overview of al-Ma'mun's time. I'd like to see something a little more in-depth.

I am truly astounded by the quality of these videos. May I ask what historical sources you use?

great video. thank u

Complete bro u are amazing!!!

5:36 Where does that Bernard Lewis get off? The Persian, Hellenist, & Roman Empire were all International, intercultural, interracial & intercontinental. All of them, plus the Phoenicians, and many others, had manifested, before Islamic culture, the same human tendency: Connection. Just Remixing is just fine, as you said, Nations & Human connection changed & worked together for more than 4000 years And being truthful, prosperous, & effectively peaceful is all I ask for from a nation. Why than, should you sin to the truth, simply to assert unsubstantiated Islamic exceptionalism? As Bernard Lewis' statement does.

Never was Iraqi and Persian architecture more aesthetically beautiful than this era.

I will never understand the delusion of those who think religion has only been a destructive force for evil and has never contributed anything good.

Knowledge embraces anyone who gets his hands on it

Great video thanks for the great work

فعلا الرشيد والمأمون عصرهم يعتبر العصر الذهبي الذهبي للإسلام والخلافة العباسية طبعا مثل الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية حاليا كان الخلافة العباسية في ظل حكم الرشيد والمأمون قوى عظمى علميا وثقافيا وآدبيا وحضاريا وفلسفيا امن امان اقتصاد صناعة ترجمة كتب مؤلفات مكتبات علوم فنون الخ المعتصم الواثق المتوكل في عهدهم استمر العصر الذهبي الذي حركه الرشيد والمأمون بشكل اوتوماتيكي العصر الاموي في الأندلس العصر الساماني في خراسان ارتفعت في عهدهم الفنون والعلوم والحضارة والادب

I want to read about these two people - Harun al-Rashid & Al-Mamun Can you suggest any best book? Please keep in my I want to read about his philosophy and management methods. Thank you!

Great videos! Informative and well made. However, you should consider investing in a better mic, it can be difficult to hear what you are saying sometimes.

Amazing Videos. Good job!!!

Very thank to this informations.

Plz upload more videos bro keep it up 😉

That clock would've been mind boggling for it's time.

Mamumcare! thats gold!

harun al rashid was great person

I am discovering your channel and I love to see some work on non islamic dynasties, kings and systems serounding the muslims in Europe especially, and how they influenced the future of this civilizations. The Hasdrubals and the Catholic Church comes to mind.

Harun Al Rasyid and Abu Nuwas.

Amazingggggg content

I don't think your assumption in 02:27 is controversial. It is absolutely true that Quran encouraged Muslims to seek knowledge as evident by works of scholarly works later in Abbasid and Andalusia

It's disrespectful to mention our beloved prophet Mohammed pbuh He's name and not say peace be upon him Understandable if you are not a Muslim but what a shame if you are a Muslim 🤔🤔🤔

kindly translate ur videos in urdu/hindi .. a huge muslim will know abt their original history

"Mamuncare" I loved that!

01:57 alot of errors and false informations as an arab , arabs were known through the whole world of being civilized and having the largest library in the world in the Abbasid Caliphate also they had scientists and inventors

7:17 respect to you for that statment, al Muutazila were like the philosophers of the renaissance and enlightnement, if they werent persecuted by religious autorities later when they became more powerful, who knows what the abbaside civilization could have achieved ??? 7:40 i disagree thats not as stupid as that, it was a subtle way from the Muutazila to discredit the core fondation of religion, since they were rational people they didnt want islam to become institutionalised, which happened and banned the freedom of intellectual pursute.

Mu‘tazilism should be the role model for smth like a European Islam in my opinion. We could actually convert to Mu‘tazilistic Islam and prove that rationality and religion can be perfectly united. If they see the Quran as something that was created instead of something that cannot be changed until eternity, they should be revived and supported. It would solve 99% of the problems with integration of muslims into Western societies.

Why did every muslim scientist come from the former sassanian empier and arabs get all the credit

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I disagree with Bernard Lewis. The first international empire was the Achemenid Persian Empire, and Rome was very intercultural too, so the Muslims can´t claim this one.

Charlemange didn't become the first holy roman emperor. He became emperor of renovatio romani imperii. Otto I was the first holy roman emperor of the german nation. But in reallity it was Fredrick Barbarossa that was the first Holy Roman emperor. It was during his regin the holy was added. It was simpla known as Roman Empire.

Just an advice if you are open to it... Your video is great but there is too much of personal opinion in each of your videos which makes every video biased from your conception of the world and history. Try to reduce personal opinions to as minimal as possible so that each video may reach farther audiences as it could and let the public decide for themselves on how to interpret historic events

I dont know about umayyads collection of pagan text

How you have such accent in english?

i wonder..how much time you take to do a research, editing etc for a single video?

You should make a Abbasid Supercut video with all of these combined into one

People can say all they want but I've always found myself relating to the Mutazilites the most

Great

MamunCare.. that's great

GOOD.. GOOD...HISTORY IS GOOD...

This video was edited magnificently, however, I did want to note that you did not mention some very crucial events. Such as the tragedy of Fakh, where roughly 300 of the decendants of the Holy Prophet were martyred whist trying to resist the unfair treatment by the Abbasid Governers. Leading to Harun Al-Rashid to dispatch an army of 4000 to kill them. Also, the martyrdom of Imam Musa al-Kadhim by Harun al-Rashid was not mentioned. He imprisoned him for over a decade and in the end commanded for him to be poisioned. This was a descendant of the Holy Prophet. Musa ibn Jafar ibn Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Hussein, ibn Ali wa Fatima ibn Rasoolallah. Lastly, you did not mention the forceful migration by Al-Mamun of Imam Musa al Kadhims son Imam Ali ibn Musa al Ridha, from Medina to Marv. And was forcefully made the crown prince simply to consolidate power over the Shia as well who mainly resisted the khilafah. I definently think the things mentioned in your video is great and showed that those Caliphs did great things for Muslims, but I kindly ask that you also show their dark side as well. All love Ma'salaam

السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته ‎ May Allah ‎ﷻ reward you for your efforts. And as a regular viewer of your content, I have a criticism, At 7:40 mins you mentioned that the Quran created dispute being a stupid argument. It seems you are unaware or you seem to have shrugged off as to why this was a big issue. The Quran created argument has a lot to do with establishing coherence and cogency in maintaining the over all belief of Islam. 1) al ma’mūn was trying to establish himself by showing that the ulema are stupid and hence device this argument to win himself as the flag bearer of intellect even when it comes to religion 2) unfortunately he was outdone by a wali of Allah ‎ﷻ, whose name has rahimuAllah uttered after it by millions today, and had the largest janaza attendance in history of Islam for a single person. 3) this led to the rise of the ulema, of Sunnah, and Islam today is preserved via them by Allah ‎ﷻ. 4) this argument if ma’mun had won, then Isa being a word who is also God would have been the slippery slope. Since ma’mun was wrong in his Quran created theory , and is logically and scripturally proven, we have shut the doors for Christians to slip in this argument to claim they are not doing shirk. 5) the Quran is Allah ‘s kalaam, hence to call it a created thing is diminishing what the Quran is and its sanctity. This is one of the goals which the rulers wanted as they can now being created just like the Quran also claim to represent God in earth. Any ways, bottom line, it’s unacademic and quiet immature to say that it was a stupid argument. If you don’t understand it, you could just say “topic for another day” instead of imposing your ignorance on the subject as the default. This is a criticism, and a slightly harsh one , hope you take it to its best benefit and I only mean good for you and those who watch your videos. May Allah ‎ﷻ increase us in knowledge and may He guide us all.

The term Qur'an and Kalaam both bear two meanings thus the Orthodox regards that the Qur'an meaning the Kalaam (uncreated Attribute of Speech) is uncreated like all of the Attributes of Allah. The Qur'an when it refers to the revealed text is created and authored by by Allah and revealed through Jibril عليه السلام. Thus the argument is more complicated than you realize. However you are obviously nonreligious, most likely atheist thus your understanding is severely flawed and without merit.

2:24 The very first word of the Quran revealed to Muhammad was "weed" ?

The reason why theres suxh a weak theory of house of wisdom or baitul al hikmah..is because it was burn and destroyed during the mongol invasion of baghdad.. And as you know baghdad is the center of knowledge and this is where the house of wisdom was build.

To what Bernard Lewis said I have to say one thing Roman Empire

You forgot to mention that Haroun Al Rashid imprisoned and poisoned the grandson of the Prophet which he claimed to follow, Mousa Al Kazim.

Haroon Al Rachid is one of the best caliph in Islamic history

The civilization of Arabs prior tonislam in Yemen and other parts of Yahtrib and Mecca is of prime importance. Maxine Robinson's book called Islam and Capitalism. Arab epistemology is the most hospitable civilization to have ever existed.

Hindi Subtitles Please 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

Nice 🇵🇰🇵🇰🇵🇰

0:57 ehh the translation of Zoroastrian works is why orthodox Islam low key resembles a lot of Zoroastrianism. I say this as a Muslim. I know I am going to get hate for this statement but idc.

very nice efforts why don't you make your videos in Arabic language too??

Salamoe Alaikoem warahmatoulahi I love you channel allahoema baarik. But please beware that you dont name the discussion about the creation of the Quran stupid. A lot of scholars speak about it and have books about it to explain the misconception. And a lot of universitys teach the student about the discussion. But thanks for you channel and your information.

Abbasid were great and abbasid era was golden age of Islam

Mohammed salalah alayhi wa sallam

That intresring crete abd sicily were islamic emirates

We could use MamunCare in the US.😂

Great job Keep going by the Why 👀👇🏽 Mohammed and Charlemagne 📖 Henri Pirenne's classic history of Europe between the fifth and ninth centuries: Talks about the first modern clock⏰ sending by Harun for a gift Charlemagne Frank and Harun al-Rashid relationship Charlemagne Frank > Harun al-Rashid

Salamalaikum Ahki Persians are not Arabs they even speak Farsi and not Arabic Arabs originate from Arabia and the true Arab are Yemenis for even Muhammad (SAW)was not full Arab he (SAW)gave the same explanation iv just given that the real Arabs are Yemenis from Yemen .please give give correct information if your going to lecture about Islam and about Muslims shukran ahki.Jzk

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Golden age due to the Persian Scholars, and a few Arab scholars of Syria and Al-Andalus. Make no mistake Islam only slowed down the Persian polymaths when it was dogmaticly indoctrined upon Iranians. Pure foolishness to think this Golden Age occurred because of anyone else.

Do you know Burmakids of Afghanistan/Balkh? Abbasid were put to power and all Abbasid caliphate was created and run by Barmakids. House of Wisdom was created by Buddhist rulers of Afghanistan Barmakids

I live in Aachen

Islam progress once they the leader adopt science and knowledge. Many manuscript and knowledge was copy down or translated from Indian/Hindu Scriptures.

The first truly international state the persians kushanits sassanians am i a joke to you

in urdu dubbed plz