How well is the Seljuk Empire portrayed in Crusader Kings 3? 

Comparing the Popes and Caliphs is definitely something I’ve been wondering. They’re each the head of their respective religions but had different roles in them, so learning more about them would interesting!

Another interesting thing is that in the 867 start date close to the caspian sea there is a character from a cadet branch of the sassanid dynasty Also in 1066 there is a unlanded character called hassan i-sabah who was the guy that founded the order of the hashashin (assassins) that inspired assassins creed as well as the origin of the word assassin

It's a bird It's a plane It's the seljuk turk .

I'd love to see an episode on 1066 Hungary, or if it's too small, Poland and Hungary together!

Oghuz is pronunced as "ouz" if you are unfamiliar with soft "g", which is "ğ". It is Oğuz in proper Turkish. Chagri (Çağrı) is not pronunced with "sh" sound but with a "ç", as in "chariot". I don't know who came up with the name of "beg" but it is actually "bey", pronunced as "bay" in English.

You can also play as Beg Hasan of Tus, better known as Nizam al-Mulk. He was the Grand Vizier under Malik Shah, and was basically the de facto ruler/regent when Malik Shah was young. He is respected as one of the greatest political minds of his time and I believe has the Genius trait in CK3.

It’s a bird, it’s a plane, 🎶it’s the Seljuk Turks🎶

Süleyman is in the game, He starts in 1066 as a count of Samosata and Marash right on the border of Edessa within the Seljuks

I wasn't sure if this series was still alive but I'm here for it.

You've made a very good decision in the background music, I've noticed it when I was in the first few minutes and enjoyed the tune all the way into the video. For anyone wondering, it's "Üsküdar'a Gider İken". Meaning, "On the Way To Üsküdar (a part of what's today called Istanbul), The one in the video is the instrumental version.

As an EU4 enjoyer, I'd really like to see some content about how the Personal Unions are handled within the game, perhaps looking into mission trees and seeing how they compare to true historical events.

Nice video, I have always been interested in how the Seljuks appeared

What an amazing channel! Keep it up.

More of these ck3 videos please + thank you for the great video ❤

This is one of the greatest (and one of my favourite) history videos of all time. Keep it going man!

Nicely done video, congrats. However, with all due respect, I want to note that you may not have noticed the powerful vassal under the Marwanids, which is Count Suleyman (son of Kutalmish) of Samosata. This is the man, which you spoke of by mentioning the name "Suleyman", who forms Rum. Should you wish to form the Sultanate of Rum in CK3, I highly recommend you take a look at him. There is also the achievement "Turkish Eagle", which I myself have done twice and enjoyed doing it. I'm currently making a playthrough in my channel in Turkish, though you are all most welcome to check it out.

You deserve a million subs for your content, please keep doing your work❤

These are some great vids to help with role playing

Amazing video keep it up.

An episode on 867 England would be very fun I think, keep up the good work!

I love your video essay style, great quality far exceeding its exposure. I believe the algorithm for your channel seems to like paradox games so i guess continue to use them as a sort of hook (they have games or mods that cover practically all of history so no shortage there).

thanks for another video, i love these! I love learning about not very popular nations cause then i can have more fun when playing as them. like for example there's so little i know about india that i never play there despite how interesting it looks.

Hey could u cover the Kushites in the future? I found them extremely interesting and i wish paradox expands on them.

Love the video! Really educational and easy to watch. Interesting fact in Ck3 867, the last umayyads still exist in Andalusia after the abbasids came to power

I love your videos! Its a crime you dont have more subscribers

Keep doing this

Nice video! I hope that after the Persian dlc, the Roman Empire will finally be portrayed correctly. And one small correction, the Achamenid Empire, the first Persian Empire you mentioned, was founded in the 5. century BC, not the 10.

*"There is no superiority for an Arab over a non-Arab, nor for a non-Arab over an Arab. Neither is the white superior over the black, nor is the black superior over the white -- except by piety."* - Prophet Muhammad(pbuh) He(pbuh) was definitely not an Arab nationalist, he was always against tribalism whether it be nationality or lineage.

Very informative video im looking forward to the persia dlc paradox has said is coming soon

Could you cover the depiction of Tibet? one of my favourite starting positions in CK2 and CK3, and a region very different between CK2 and 3.

an episode about the caliphs in Baghdad and the popes in Rome would be an interesting video

Do the same region in 867. Take a look at the remnants of Zoroastrianism as well as the descendants of the Sassanid Kings. I think that would be an interesting video

You could try and do a video on the Men-at-Arms units in the game, that could be interesting?

2:16 The fact that you censored the face of Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him) made me respect you more because most youtuber won't bother censoring his face, you earn a like and a new subscriber 👍 keep it up!

Finally you talk about the seljuk

I will say it’s a bit odd to do this now when a Persian DLC is coming out which I imagine will greatly affect CK3’s portrayal

any chance youl make a video about the bulgarian empire?

What's the book at 8:09? Also you mention that in 867, the Abbasids are portayed as weaker than reality. I would disagree, since this was in the midst of the Anarchy at Samarra. Wherein rival claimants for the Caliphate were battling out between Samarra and Baghdad. Meaning, the rest of the Caliphate was completely independent. As shown by the upstart coppersmith of sistan, who marched on Baghdad in 870, almost ending the Caliphate. This was also during the Zanj marshland guerilla war. One of the most difficult revolt to put down in the entire history of the muslim world, due to its excellent leadership. Even after putting it down, Basra and southern iraqi agriculture never recovered. (Old Basra [Zubayr] was abandoned, founding the modern city of Basra on alUbulla) Meanwhile, one of their slaves decided to establish their own dynasty in Egypt, and would go on to take the levant, and undermine the caliph by taking control over the Byzantine Ghazi frontier. The fact the Abbasids managed to defeat the Zanj, Saffarids and Tulunids shows the quality of the post Anarchy caliphs, particularly al Muwaffaq. Unfortunately in 908 the Abbasid resurgence ended with the ascension of a minor purposely chosen by the bureacrats and military so as to manipulate him for their gain. Resulting in the total collapse of Abbasid power. Allowing Buyids, Ikhshidids, Fatimids and the dozens of other Bedouin, Kurdish Daylamite etc principalities to emerge.

Comparing papacy and caliphate would be really interesting, idk if is good idea for video something similar to rags to riches like stories of Catherine I of Russia, Zhu Yuangzhang of Ming Empire or like from count to emperor.

im really thankfull for this cause it fits pretty heavy with the next DLC

Probably should have waited on this episode till after legacy of Persia drops. I am sure changes will be made to Seljuks in 1066.

Will you be doing videos on AC Mirage when it comes out? The Islamic Golden age is very interesting but I haven't found many good videos that help explain it better to understand the time.

If you're gonna compare Caliphs to anyone it'd make more sense to compare them to Roman Emperors, or really just Emperors in general since they were the heads of large empires who had both religious and secular authority and were seen as at least somewhat divine. You can find this kind of ideological feature in almost all historical empires as it helps justify the absolute power of the Emperor as well as cement the divine status of the Empire itself, which of course gives it some sort of divine right to rule. For the Romans they had a divine right to rule because they were God's kingdom on Earth, thus they had natural dominion over it, for the Caliphates they had an almost humanitarian mission to rule the Earth in order to spread the true faith and its enlightenment. This idea was expressed through the concept of Jihad which was justified because it spread Islam, essentially a form of evangelism, though also a concept that is somewhat similar to the modern western idea of "spreading democracy", where war is justified on the basis that it supposedly benefits the conquered. Of course Jihad as a concept emerges during the time of the first Caliphate where Islam just meant the Caliphate so what it really was, was a way to justify imperial conquests. Though of course after the fall of the Caliphates the Caliphs do start to take on a role more similar to that of the Pope but that is probably also comparable to the Roman Empire, with how Rome went from being an imperial capital to becoming an important religious center. The difference just is that while the title of Emperor survived but lost its religious connotations, becoming a solely secular one, the title of Caliph instead lost its secular meaning and became a purely religious title. In general the history of the Caliphate is sorta like the history of the Roman Empire but on fast forward, with Mecca being like Rome and Baghdad being like Constantinople, it narratively kinda satisfying that the two would be united by the Ottomans who claimed both the title of Roman Empire and Caliphate.

Thank you

2:51 Islamic texts claim that the prophet and his teachings were not only for a fixed race or tribe of people but the whole world. So the question is answerable. The uniting of the arabs was just merely the first step of the process.

This might be a bit different and less character-focused, but maybe an episode on the "obscure" religions in CK3? Stuff like Bon, Zunist, Adamite, the entire Dualist religious family, etc. I wonder if any of them are just explicitly fictional or incredibly exaggerated for gameplay.

As an Iranian Azerbaijani Turk, I love playing as a count in the Seljuk empire and rise to power, and convert all the Persian provinces to Oghuz. Thanks for covering my history. ❤

awesome

I love your videos, and can you do Scandinavian?

Great video keep it up you're doing amazing things also No Alp Arslan No Party 🎉🎉

nearly every name and title is butchered😂😂 but gives a good overview over the regions history, appreciate the video!

I would like to see a video on the Vikings. Especially the history of the remaining Vikings I’m 1066.

Whats the background song called?

Have you been able to get the trophy for Rum ? It gliched for me

Good video, but I am surprised that a video centering on Alp Arslan does not mention Nizam al Mulk, Hassan-e Sabbah and Omar Khayyam. That is one of the great stories of the Middle Ages and The Omar Khayyam is an amazing author and scholar.

Seljuk state is indeed not related that close with Rums. While all Seljuk nobility stayed in Persia, Rums were migrants of less known Turkic Begs and their tribes looking for new lands.

Strange time when persia was sunni and egypt was shia

A video about India would be interesting!

>FERTILE LANDS OF ANATOLIA ITS ALL MOUNTAINS YOU CANT DEV HERE WHAT IS FERTILE ABOUT IT

ohh i would love to watch a pope/caliph viedeo

Catholic popes and the caliphs aren't really comparable. Unlike in roman christianity (appropriate descriptor for the middle ages) where there was this extensive religious hierarchy in parallel to the worldly hierarchy (both of which the pope tried to influence) the caliphs had over time become mostly limited to the worldly domain and the "clergy" if you can call it that was very decentralized and not really under the control of the caliph.

Song?

Arkada üsküdara giderken çalmasına patladım

Your intrepetation of the malikshah is wrong. Sure that arabs use Malik as King or more precisely as overlord. But in the naming context it reffers to the root meaning, owner. So his name is more grandour claiming to be owner of Kings as arabic lack the word emperor. Also khorasan is pronounced in the same way as Khan. The gutural sound most of us middleastern love to fiddle with.

King King 👑👑

Sel juke = 100 platoons of 2000 horse archers , Chaghar zai tribe from Surbani confideracy formerly known as Tukharian Khiwa Razma AKA Hindu Shahi

Now do Georgia pls

Turkic and Iranian aren't contradictory There are Iranian Turks such as Azeris, Qashqais and Turkmens in Iran today I'm a member of the Azeri Turk ethnicity

> Video about Seljuks > Starts with ERE Zzz

I, a muslim who studied in Madina, can Answer the Question. No, Muhammad PBUH has no worldly intentions as mentioned.. he just did what god tell him to do

In reality they fall apart within two decades due to the power struggle of having a child ruler. I hope the new legacy of Persia DLC fixes that cause it makes the Byzantines very powerful in 1066

Why are there so many recorded historical leaders that are just not even in the game? It literally takes a fucking wiki search come on Paradox

Or rather Caucasia in general

Seljuks suck because they dont have cassus belli for Anatolia and levant. And malik shah the child king of khorasan isnt heir of seljuks, hence they collapse within a gen or 2 without causing any major changes.

As a Turkish Historian, you couldn't have done a better job, yes you did butcher the names but that's a given

Marwanids were arabs not kurds tey descended from umayyad dynasty of marwan abdul malik

Well in reality in they are five Khalifa the fifth being Hassan Radi Allahu the fourth Khalifa son and Khalifa is not Emperor the emperor is Allah Khalifa is more like a viceroy I know this because I am Muslim I suggest brother from Adam so it will be great if you become brother in Faith also read open your heart and your mind about Islam and learn😊 and one more thing in Islam and in other religions the age of marriage is When You puberty mature which differs from person to person some people mature at 9 some at 10 the maximum age in which is a child does not hit puberty and should be considered a a grown man or a woman is the age of 15 so his marriage is not a child marriage Prophet Muhammad married our beloved Mother Ayesha at the age and she was 6 and had sexual relationship with her when she matured at the age of 9 no matter what the European Muslims see and try to change her age think still her age her real age was She was married at the age of 6 and sex with the prophet at the age of 9 when she matured because I have heard from a scholar my teacher that you can marry before puberty until she reaches puberty which she can at the age of 9 and if the max it will be 15 after that she will be considered a mature women or man

He was a mulla

2:25 here’s the awnser: He was the legitimate prophet from god, who's religion ruled from Indonesia to Spain, and from Russia to Mozambique, and spread beyond those borders to form the religion that is still intact as it was on day 1, a tradition of preservation and memorization of the quran and a science of hadiths, and clear signs for people to recognize God and obey him

Bruh I dont know whos doing the ingame research for these videos but they suck because you didnt mention Suleiman Qutalmishoglu who is the founder of Rûm Sultanate he is a marwanid vassal ingame there even is an achievement for him study better next time smh

Seljuks were not only turks. So do not portray them as just turks. Seljuks were Iranic and Turkic. Seljuklar iranli va Turkidi.

Happy to see CK content again! Still after the Abbasids!

Seljuks were Iranian turks For those how don't now