The Rashidun Caliphate: the amazing prequel The Umayyad Caliphate: the award winning Series The Abbasids: the villain spinoff series that was also successful The Fatimids: The Sequel to the Umayyads The Seljuks: the Sequel to the Villains spinoff Al-Andalus: the big yet irrelevant spinoff The Ottomans: the fanfic that became cannon The Arab Union: Studio’s last attempt at a cash grab that failed horribly
Hikma History and you have gained a new subscriber. Your content is amazing. Non-biased,informational,actual worth watching it’s everything a channel should be
Thanks a lot for the video sir. It is very unfortunate that people neglect the Fatimids and their contribution to Islam as a whole. The Fatimid era was also a great era for learning the neo-platonism introduced by the great Fatimid scholar Qazi Noman and Nasir Khusrow and others. It was an era of Islamic conversions and debate on the Fatmid Ideology that the historian Frahad Daftary calls a Ismaili era. And yes these Dais carrying the message of the Imams the so called Dawah Hadiyyah reached us my forefathers in Sindh and Gujarat. Multan was a bastain of Isamili Islam the Tibetans in their description of Islam they highlight all Isamili doctrines like Natiq,etc. making it clear that the Ismailis have a lot of contruibution to early Islam in the Sub continent. Especially my love to Imam Muizz a great poet and a scholar himself. I think you missed Imam Mustansir the great Fatimid Imam before the schism of the Nizaris and Mustallis. But thanks again. Today on the day of Ashura when our hearts cry out on the demise of our Imam Allah's blessing be on him, I pray of the rest of humankind and people like you who give their precious time and spread knowledge and help God himself acting as AnsarAllah may God increase our knowledge. And yes I am not a shia not a sunni I am an Indian very nativists but have a soft corner for the Imams whether Zaydi, Ismaili and also the Rashidun Caliphs and also the Prophet Zarathustra.
@@HikmaHistory Brother, I don’t want to create further divide between us Muslims, as there is already quite a bit. But what percentage in present era is of Shia and Sunni population wise worldwide ? Since you’re a student of Islamic history and surely follow recent times as well. I hope us Muslims unite and break the chains of firqa wariyat. I’m from Sindh and now understand why Multan has so many saints there.
This is so good! I had no idea that the Fatimids started off by building a base of power in northwest Africa, and only later usurped the Abbasids in Egypt.
You do not mention the Fatimid contribution to learning as it was the Golden era.who contributed to scientific research ( Ibn Sina , al-Qadi al-Nu‘man, Hamid al-Din al-Kirmani, al-Mu’ayyad fi’l-Din al-Shirazi and Nasir-i Khusraw, and scientists such as Ibn al-Haytham.. Kindly also reference Fatimid intellectual traditions.
What's funny is originally this video was meant to be about the Fatimid Golden Age where I would've spoken about cultural and intellectual progress! In Pt 2, I'll definitely mention it briefly.
@@Staerkebombe No, it was other way around actually, they all gave their true allegiance to Fatemid Imaams (Ismailis), rest everything was part of al-taqia. 🇮🇳
Nicely done! I was reading about the origins of the Nizaris a few weeks ago which brought me to Fatimids, and I was surprised how little I knew about them, yet how interesting they were. I await the next installment eagerly...
@@zulfiquarabbas9270 The Great Dai-al-Mutlaq Huzurala Aliqadar Mufaddal Saifuddin Maula (TUS) is the legitimate & truthful successor of the Ahl-ul-Bait (SA) & their great Fatimid Heritage. ❤🇮🇳❤
In terms of alternate history, it would have been interesting to see what would have happened had Abu Yazid succeeded in his revolt against the Fatimids, especially considering that his branch of Ibadism, the Nukkarites, didn't believe in establishing an imamate, but rather in a more horizontal form of rule, similar to a parlamentary republic.
Haha dude this was super difficult to research. A lot of the material out there falls in to these two unhelpful categories: anti-Shia Sunni rhetoric; pro-Fatimid (Ismaili) literature. Not looking forward to making the second part of this one...
@@HikmaHistory thats actually one of the big reasons why its soo difficult for me to learn about these times. Bias in academic sources for some agenda is abhorrent.
Should have mentioned that Al-Hakim was most likely assassinated on the orders of his sister Sitt al-Mulk, who hated him because her her mother was christian and his brutal crackdowns on other faiths (including demolishing the holy sepulcher), she became pretty much the defacto ruler of the fatimids after his death as she was regent to her nephew, Really interesting figure Also ironically she cracked down hard on the Druze because they thought Al-Hakim was more divine than any of the other fatimid rulers
I tell you something funny. I watched over 400 history documentaries on youtube to quell my thirst. The channels I watch were drained, so I thought myself about topics that would interest me. I entered "Fatimids" and then "Saladin" and found nothing appealing. Your videos did not show up! I found you soon after by some other means (forgot how exactly). And I'm happy about that, your channel is a precious addition to the existing ones 👍🏽
@@Brahmdagh bruh im algerian i speak fluent arabic , khalif in the littiral means the one that comes after the other one "succesor" and the khalifate is the whole number of succesors that passed decending from the same family*
One thing you forgot to mention is how al-Muiz followed tradition by executing Jawhar after all the good he has done. I can never understand how these megalomaniacs think. If you don't reward your greatest allies and keep them close how will you be able to eventually delegate your power to trustworthy individuals? Every collapse of a nation can be traced to the same thing. A ruler killing his friends for fear of betrayal. Its sad and pathetic. Great video by the way. Keep it up
@@HikmaHistory Hmm that's what I was taught in school. He feared his overwhelming popularity with the Egyptian populace and 'dealt' with him. Evidence to that he never appears again in historical records
@@NTLuck " I can never understand how these megalomaniacs think " " He feared his overwhelming popularity with the Egyptian populace " you answered yourself :3
Hmm, we were taught he died of natural death. We should question our school teachings as well. Mostly they are funded to support one narrative over another.
In Ali Sallabi’s book about Saladin, he briefly talks about ubaydullah al-Mahdi and his rise, but the author claims in the book that the Fatimid caliph was secretly a Jew who lied and deceived everyone into believing him that he was a descendant of Fatima. Tbh I think this theory is too hard to believe. What’s your opinion on this?
Hikma History the source I found at the back of the book is called al-maqdisi quoted in: Sayyid, Tareekh Misr al-islamiyya p.70 and the second source is al-maqsidi, volume 2, pp.76 And I made a mistake before, the author claimed they were of Jewish or magian descent instead of the prophet’s family
@@mmmhhhh6305 Ali then Hussan then Hussain then Zain al Abdin- then mhd baqar then jafar Sadiq then Ismail then mhd bin Ismail then wafi Ahmed then taqi mhd then razin Abdullah then mhd Mehdi, he was the right descendant of prophet Mohammed, in ismailies only ahl bait and direct son or grand son can become an Imam and it's impossible for a jew to proclaim as imam, nawozbilah
The shura for selection of abubkr and umar was not unanimous, they Forcefully took the seat. And went against the order of Allahج and the prophet, to have Aliس as his successor
he is trying to say that sunnis accept the first 3 khalifas and the shia do not accept the first 3.... of course everyone accepts ali radiallahu anh as the 4th khalifa. i know his statement at 1:30 sounds very misleading
Oh snap, totally went over my head that it could be misinterpreted like that. I meant that they accept all 4 as opposed to Shia's who reject the first 3.
@@HikmaHistory Even The Zaydis doesn't necessarily reject the First 3 Caliphs either, while a lot of Ismai'li discourses with Sunnis happens more often than with Twelver Shi'as at times There's certain nuances of what happens in reality
The Great Dai-al-Mutlaq Huzurala Siyadna Aliqadar Mufaddal Saifuddin Maula (TUS) is the legitimate & truthful successor/representative of the Ahl-ul-Bait (SA) & their great Fatimid Heritage. ❤🇮🇳❤
@@syedmuhammadfaheem8662The Kutuma Berber tribes of Algerian origin (Petite Kabylie and Constantine regions) were the mainstay of the Fatimid empire, representing the army elite. The movement began in Algeria around 902, when the Kutuma Berbers converted to Shiism, and Ikjan city🇩🇿 became their stronghold to conquer the Sunni Aglabids of Tunis. In 909, they destroyed the Aglabids, then set about freeing Ubaid and bringing him to power, Ubaid the "mahdi", in order to found a caliphate together. It was thanks to them that the Fatimids were able to exist, playing such crucial roles as : - the liberation of Ubayd from Sijilmassa prison in Morocco . - or when they saved the Fatimid caliphate, which was hanging by a thread during Abu Yazid's revolt! - Not to mention the raids in Italy and the conquest of Sicily, the conquest of the Maghreb, Egypt and the Hedjaz, then the countries of the Levant. - Repressions against Al-Hasan al-A'sam and the Quarmati tribe ...
Considering Muhammad and Ali are purely fictional, I wonder if the family of the prophet really means the royal Umayyad line. Since they fled west when the Abbasids took over, the Shia movement should have started in the west, and indeed it did, with the Fatimids. I am going to speculate that “Ali” is a memory of Abd-Al-Malik. The Abbasids knew there was an Ali in popular myth, and since he was an Umayyad, they needed to kill off the character’s line. So the Abbasids likely inserted stories in the Sira to make sure Ali’s line was dead. But the western Umayyads wanted to keep the legitimacy of Abd-Al-Malik alive, and so became Shia.
Imam Mahdi the imam of Ismaili Muslim and founder of Fatimid empire. Proud to be Ismaili Muslim and following the present imam of time. Shah Karim al husaini hazir imam
You forgot to mention that Al-Mahdi conquered the Ibadi Rustamid Imamate in Algeria and the remanents of the Iddrissid Kingdom in Morocco. Everyone overlooks those states.
Do you think the Fatimids were actual descendants of the prophet Muhammed? Or were they just some natives who claimed to be descendants of him for political power? Or were they Arabs who migrated there and claimed to be descendants of the prophet? I really don't know, what do you think #Hikma_History?
Probably impossible to confirm but I feel fairly confident that they were actual descendants of the Prophet. Something like that is taken pretty seriously so fabricating is a monumental task and really hard to pull off.
@@HikmaHistory the line of succession is still going with current imam being aga khan 4. And yes there are descendants of the prophet. Straight from ali and fatima
@@Menes3150 i mean yeah but that's after conquering Egypt, but before that the capital was al mahdia in tunisia and even after conquering Egypt for brief time the capital remained in tunisia
They fight them in sekelya and they win also they defend aginst crusades first attack and win and they fight against habasha in south africa read history
@@Nomadicenjoyerplus ofcourse no you should read history lol fatmids read much more wars also crusades didn’t take juresalem from fatimids they took it from abbasid
Excuse me but you can't say Ghilman soldiers are turks and others berbers.Ghilman are a term for slaves soldiers from different regions including not only Central Asia but Africa, Caucasus, and Byzantine Empire The rivalry is basically a racial rivalry between black and white peoples and is explained in the book of Thierry Bianquis "Damas and Syria under fatimid rules" in which he explains briefly at the begining of the book how black soldiers from south egypt (sudan) and others africans regions were not appreciated by Syrian people and the tension resulting from this cultural/racial differences. The thing that Ghilman had in common is that they were taken young, at age 10 apparently.
Imam al Muiz Qadi al Nu’man Dai Muayuddin Shirazi Hujjat Nasir Khusrow House of Wisdom(Dorul Hikma) and first world recorded University Al Azhar. Is there any other Muslim Ruler in the history of Islam that had Jew Vizier?
Fatimîd (Shiites = the Islam heavily influenced by Zoroastrianism) were more tolerant and advanced than Sunnis and the Sunnis were backward even at that time.
@@wasjucktdichmeinname2167The Kutuma Berber tribes of Algerian origin (Petite Kabylie and Constantine regions) were the mainstay of the Fatimid empire, representing the army elite. The movement began in Algeria around 902, when the Kutuma Berbers converted to Shiism, and Ikjan🇩🇿 became their stronghold to conquer the Sunni Aglabids of Tunis. In 909, they destroyed the Aglabids, then set about freeing Ubaid and bringing him to power, Ubaid the "mahdi", in order to found a caliphate together. It was thanks to them that the Fatimids were able to exist, playing such crucial roles as : - the liberation of Ubayd from Sijilmassa prison in Morocco . - or when they saved the Fatimid caliphate, which was hanging by a thread during Abu Yazid's revolt! - Not to mention the raids in Italy and the conquest of Sicily, the conquest of the Maghreb, Egypt and the Hedjaz, then the countries of the Levant. - Repressions against Al-Hasan al-A'sam and the Quarmati tribe. All the territories conquered by the Fatimids were controlled by governors of Algerian origin, such as : Asad ibn Abi Rashid: Governor of Sicily Ibn Menad: Governor of Magrehb. Jaysh ibn al-Samsama: Governor of Tripoli and Damascus. Ali ibn ja'far ibn fallah: Governor of Damascus and the Levant countries conquered by his father. I'll mention a few names of personalities of Algerian origin who held high positions: Ja'far ibn Fallah, Al-Hasan ibn Ahmad ibn Abi Khinzir, Ali ibn Ja'far ibn Fallah (the right-hand man of the caliph al Hakim) Ziri ibn Menad , Jaysh ibn Samsama , Safiyy al-Dawla, Salim ibn Asad ibn Abi Rashid, Abu Ali Ja'far ibn Fallah al-Kutami Jabr ibn al-Qāsim, Abu Muhammad al-Hasan ibn Ali Sulayman ibn Fallah Hisn ad-Dawlah Mualla al-Kitami ... When the Fatimid government decided to move the capital to Kairouan (a land conquered by the kutuma) a huge part of the kutuma tribe also settled there with Ubaid. When the capital was moved to Cairo (a land conquered by the Kutuma army led by Jawahr al Siquilli and Jafar ibn Fallah, a Kutuma Berber and future general), a large part of the Kutuma tribe settled in Cairo to continue governing, and founded the "El-Hai Kotamiy" district. "El-Hai Kotamiyine" as witnessed by Nashir Khusraw. More than that, the kutuma were known throughout the caliphate as Hezbollah. After the reign of terror of the caliph Al-Hâkim bi-Amr Allâh, when the kutuma demonstrated their powerful position within the Fatimid government, the jealousy of their opponents grew within the caliphate.
The Abbasids were not either. They stole the rule from the Umayyads and Andalusia as well, and the countries that rose after the Abbasids, such as the Ottomans.
Original ismailies (nizari ismailies) already left the egypt and founded Alamout dynasty in iran many years before the Salahudin came to egypt, he conquered over Bohras not over Nizaris
@@rizwankarim3257 Original Ismailis were prominent Fatimids and they believed and still believe Ubayd-Allah Ibn Maymoon al Qaddah Al Majoosi (May Allah Smear his face face with hellfire) to be the descendant of Prophet Muhammad, but is actually is a Jew and whose last Successor Al Adid was humiliated by SalahAddeen ( May peace be upon him) by systematic approach in Egypt. Most ismailis ran away and chased away from Egypt. They can be moslty found in Iran and India.
@@taifshams fatimid khilafat was founded by Abdullah Mehdi (R.A), he was 1st khalifa and 12th Imam of ismailies,. He was direct descendant of Moula Ali: Ali-Hassan-Hussain-zainul Abdin- Mohammed Baqar-jafar sadiq-Ismail-mohammad ibn ismail-wafi Ahmed-taqi Mohammed- Razdin AbdAllAh- Mohammed Mehdi Abdullah ( the first fatimid khalifa and direct descendant of Ali (R.A) from ahl bait he belongs to
