Saladin: The Conqueror of Jerusalem

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  • @Biographics
    @Biographics  5 лет назад +108

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    • @drfakherimam3084
      @drfakherimam3084 5 лет назад +3

      its liberator of Jerusalem brush up on your research and use the correct word

    • @goldenknight.1959
      @goldenknight.1959 5 лет назад +1

      @@drfakherimam3084 No, it just depends on perspective.
      Muslim regimes are more totalitarian and fascistic in Nature Historically speaking and Scriptural speaking( and Imperialist, Theocratic expansionist for the matter)
      Muslim Regimes also imposed religiously discriminatory sanctions and regulations on people of other religions for example the Christian and the Judaeo communities allowed in Muslim occupied land are call Dhimmis.
      Fight those who believe not in Allah nor the Last Day, nor hold forbidden that which hath been forbidden by Allah and His Messenger, nor acknowledge the religion of Truth, (even if they are) of the People of the Book, until they pay the Jizyah with willing submission, and feel themselves subdued.
      Quran 9:29
      "I call you to God and to Islam. If you respond to the call, then you are Muslims: You obtain the benefits they enjoy and take up the responsibilities they bear. If you refuse, then you must pay the jizyah. If you refuse the jizyah, I will bring against you tribes of people who are more eager for death than you are for life. We will then fight you until God decides between us and you." (Al Tabari, Volume XI)
      Khalid bin Al-Waheed (Muslim General, 632AD)
      Summon the people to God; those who respond to your call, accept it from them, but those who refuse must pay the poll tax out of humiliation and lowliness. If they refuse this, it is the sword without leniency. Fear God with regard to what you have been entrusted. (Al Tabari, Volume XII)
      Umar ibn al-Khattab during the conquest of al-Basrah (636 CE)
      Quran
      Quran (9:29) - "Fight those who believe not in Allah nor the Last Day, nor hold that forbidden which hath been forbidden by Allah and His Messenger, nor acknowledge the religion of Truth, (even if they are) of the People of the Book, until they pay the Jizya with willing submission, and feel themselves subdued."
      Hadith and Sira
      Sahih Muslim (19:4294) - There are many places in the hadith where Muhammad tells his followers to demand the jizya of non-believers. Here he lays down the rule that it is to be extorted by force: "If they refuse to accept Islam, demand from them the Jizya. If they agree to pay, accept it from them and hold off your hands. If they refuse to pay the tax, seek Allah's help and fight them"
      Sahih Bukhari (53:386) - The command for Muslims to spread Islamic rule by force, subjugating others until they either convert to Islam or pay money, is eternal: Our Prophet, the Messenger of our Lord, has ordered us to fight you till you worship Allah Alone or give Jizya (i.e. tribute); and our Prophet has informed us that our Lord says:-- "Whoever amongst us is killed (i.e. martyred), shall go to Paradise to lead such a luxurious life as he has never seen, and whoever amongst us remain alive, shall become your master." This is being recounted during the reign of Umar, Muhammad's companion and the second caliph, who sent conquering armies into non-Muslim Persian and Christian lands (after Muhammad's death).
      Sahih Muslim (1:33) - "I have been commanded to fight against people so long as they do not declare that there is no god but Allah, and he who professed it was guaranteed the protection of his property and life on my behalf except for the right affairs rest with Allah.'s The "protection" needed by the unbeliever is from Muhammad himself. In other words, the jizya is paid by the non-Muslim in exchange for not being killed.
      Sahih Bukhari (41:19) - "When Allah's Messenger had conquered Khaibar, he wanted to expel the Jews from it as its land became the property of Allah, His Apostle, and the Muslims. Allah's Messenger intended to expel the Jews but they requested him to let them stay there on the condition that they would do the labor and get half of the fruits. Allah's Messenger told them, "We will let you stay on thus condition, as long as we wish." So, they (i.e. Jews) kept on living there until `Umar forced them [out]." The Khaybar were a peacful farming community that were attacked by surprise and and conquered. The Jizya in this case was set at half of the non-Muslim's earnings.
      Abu Dawud 3006 - An authentic verse narrating more of the story of Khaybar. Muhammad took what was theirs, including their wives and children. He even had some of the men killed afterwards, once he had found their wealth.
      Ishaq 956 & 962 - "He who withholds the Jizya is an enemy of Allah and His apostle." The words of Muhammad.
      By the way my good imam (isn't it cool to have a title of a dictator and murderer as a account name that is an equivalent to führer?) a jizyah is 50% of produce by the Infidels.
      So much more Liberator, at least Saladin is no Mohammed Prophet am I right?

    • @drfakherimam3084
      @drfakherimam3084 5 лет назад +1

      @@goldenknight.1959first of all yes there is separate tax system for non Muslims but the tax implemented on them was less then Muslims check ur sources secondly nice mix of quotes saying your own words in-between and claim them to be from Muslim sources same old Jew tactics keep doing that thirdly yeah Muslims mostly have theocracy or monarchy what is wrong with that we are better off without your stupendous democracy and nice of you to reply simon

    • @sebastianyu5383
      @sebastianyu5383 5 лет назад +2

      Idk man. I don’t think skillshare can teach anyone how to take the holy land

    • @frostyalaska6371
      @frostyalaska6371 5 лет назад

      Use maps on these history videos there very well made I really like them but you really need maps

  • @edwardmordrake9436
    @edwardmordrake9436 3 года назад +1127

    When Saladin died, his family tried to get money from Saladin's treasury, to spend on his funeral.
    Surprisingly, they only found one gold dinar and 36 silver dinar. Not enough for his funeral.
    Saladin owned no personal estates, as well.
    His kingdom spanned from Egypt and the Hejaz to Syria and Iraq.
    Yet he didn't have anything on his death. He had given everything he had to charity; helping the poor and freeing captured men, women, and children.
    Eventually, his family had to borrow money for his funeral.
    What a wonderful, man.
    A shining example in history.

    • @HassanKhan-xp5wn
      @HassanKhan-xp5wn 2 года назад +23

      Fact

    • @yarnybart5911
      @yarnybart5911 2 года назад +6

      He couldn't be more different to the money grabbing Arab regimes in the area now.

    • @zne29m37
      @zne29m37 2 года назад

      Julius Cesar shits Saladin every day of the week.

    • @vincenzo2535
      @vincenzo2535 2 года назад +10

      @@zne29m37 Julius Caesar who?

    • @vincenzo2535
      @vincenzo2535 2 года назад +50

      @@zne29m37 Khalid Ibn Al Walid (RA) and Salahuddin Al Ayubbi (RA) > All Europe's generals

  • @ivannadtochiev1849
    @ivannadtochiev1849 4 года назад +1912

    Man is a rarity in history. He might not have been the greatest ruler who ever lived, nor was he the greatest general. But he achieved alot in both fields and managed to remain human.

    • @97TheWatcher
      @97TheWatcher 4 года назад +132

      A great ruler achieving great things and remaining human maybe makes him one of the greats

    • @BucephalusHume
      @BucephalusHume 4 года назад +7

      man is a rarity in history? what?

    • @wellhelodeer2680
      @wellhelodeer2680 4 года назад +50

      @@BucephalusHume “a man who was rare in history”

    • @BucephalusHume
      @BucephalusHume 4 года назад +1

      @צֶדֶ שלו אנשי stfu ;')

    • @engrkamran8123
      @engrkamran8123 4 года назад +42

      He was man of substance. Read his biography written by ibn e shadaad. Numbers never scared him. With limited resources he achieved that no one can do. How he defeated at the battle of hittin was showing his military tactics and skills. And by releasing thousands of prisoners free of cost shows his compassion. He was only leader to whom his enemies claimed him.

  • @johnsmith-ij9by
    @johnsmith-ij9by 5 лет назад +1192

    Literally watched Kingdom Of Heaven the other day thinking Biographics need a video on Saladin.

    • @andrewchan3926
      @andrewchan3926 5 лет назад +66

      Love Kingdom of Heaven. Have to watch the Director's Cut though...

    • @michaeltobias3110
      @michaeltobias3110 5 лет назад +1

      They sure did. 👍👍

    • @darthfikus5206
      @darthfikus5206 5 лет назад +25

      I've spent a large portion of my day playing Saladin campaign in AoE 2 DE.

    • @shadowxx789
      @shadowxx789 5 лет назад +2

      My greatest guilty pleasure

    • @MKultra81
      @MKultra81 5 лет назад +13

      The Directors Cut is pretty great.

  • @scpfoundation0017
    @scpfoundation0017 5 лет назад +1667

    Whole of Europe : we have Jerusalem back now we will never lose it again.
    Saladin : hold my ice cold water.

    • @amanyfawzi6304
      @amanyfawzi6304 5 лет назад +69

      We are gonna take pals tin back inshaallah

    • @Brandonhayhew
      @Brandonhayhew 5 лет назад +32

      Jerusalem was taken again by crusaders then Muslim retaken back and again and again. One after the other.

    • @mohamedkhalid343
      @mohamedkhalid343 5 лет назад +8

      When times come to retake it again nor "geass" will stop it !

    • @allensaunders449
      @allensaunders449 4 года назад +9

      Hard for christains to hold onto there territories so far from home

    • @chrismatthews1762
      @chrismatthews1762 4 года назад +16

      @@allensaunders449 We're not really worried about losing Jerusalem.
      John 4:20-21 (ESV): Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you say that in Jerusalem is the place where people ought to worship.” Jesus said to her, “Woman, believe me, the hour is coming when neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father.

  • @paganistic
    @paganistic 5 лет назад +564

    Please do a biographic on Iṣmat ad-Dīn Khātūn, Saladin's wife! She was a tough lady, she held off sieges, negotiated deals on behalf of her husbands. She also was a huge patron of the arts, many buildings were built from her patronage. Did so much for her husbands behind the scenes too. Her and Saladin had actually a very loving relationship, by the end. They were so worried about how he would take the news of her death, they kept it from him for months. She's described as having courage beyond comparison.

    • @toh786
      @toh786 5 лет назад +46

      Interesting, never knew about that!

    • @ossamaabou-zied2697
      @ossamaabou-zied2697 5 лет назад +26

      Never knew of her .. very interesting 👍🏼

    • @makulumac8394
      @makulumac8394 5 лет назад +9

      Wow now I have to know bout her

    • @Dfthg-bz3hp
      @Dfthg-bz3hp 5 лет назад +1

      FDB

    • @stevens1-o7s
      @stevens1-o7s 5 лет назад

      Muslims don't allow women to do anything m8

  • @KatGlos
    @KatGlos 3 года назад +70

    Saladin was a badass. I had the privilege of visiting his tomb in Damascus 2 years ago.

  • @maxacorn
    @maxacorn 5 лет назад +933

    "A king does not kill a king, were you not close enough to a great king to learn by his example?"
    saladin is one of my favorite leaders in history.

    • @herodotus945
      @herodotus945 5 лет назад +8

      He once in Cairo burned entire mosques filled with man who rebelled against him with their women and children inside.

    • @joshjones4512
      @joshjones4512 5 лет назад +7

      dante odinson so you’re justifying murdering women and children?

    • @Khodorchan
      @Khodorchan 5 лет назад +7

      Josh Jones would like to see you at the very moment back then standing in front of that Armee shouting with a proudly voice: „Mr. Sultan, thou musst not slaughter women and children“. Just a dark thought, no hard feelings though!

    • @rabbitskipper4454
      @rabbitskipper4454 5 лет назад +21

      @@joshjones4512 Moses and Joshua (If you believe the fairy tale of the Bible) eradicated the Amalekites to extinction. Killing women, children and the elderly. Let's be honest here.

    • @joshjones4512
      @joshjones4512 5 лет назад +3

      Rabbit Skipper The Bible is backed up by historical fact by the way

  • @ignitionfrn2223
    @ignitionfrn2223 3 года назад +61

    1:25 - Chapter 1 - The two mentors
    6:00 - Chapter 2 - Sultan of egypt & syria
    8:15 - Mid roll ads
    9:20 - Chapter 3 - The leper king
    14:45 - Chapter 4 - Breaker of promises
    19:50 - Chapter 5 - Saladin & the lionheart
    24:20 - Chapter 6 - Legacy

    • @rodger3352
      @rodger3352 3 года назад +1

      Where does he pick up the magnificent music from ?

  • @johnspinetto6681
    @johnspinetto6681 5 лет назад +627

    not gonna lie. I'm in college rn and it's late at night, so i am drunk af. this video is so good that i understood every bit of it even tho i am hammered. so yeah that should tell you the quality of these videos. also this took me ab 15 min to type

    • @666streetskater
      @666streetskater 5 лет назад +29

      A few glasses of whiskey and biographics binges has become almost a weekly occurrence for me so I understand what you mean

    • @Duececoupe
      @Duececoupe 5 лет назад +5

      I've found that rum and Bio/Geographics works perfectly, unfortunately....as it's back to work today, a cuppa will have to do!
      Oh well....

    • @saulsmokesbongs9381
      @saulsmokesbongs9381 5 лет назад +1

      Duececoupe how was work today :)

    • @Duececoupe
      @Duececoupe 5 лет назад

      @@saulsmokesbongs9381
      I need a holiday, a permanent one! 😉😆😂

    • @lsalzedas
      @lsalzedas 5 лет назад +2

      Best comment on youtube ever!

  • @abhishekparmar6702
    @abhishekparmar6702 5 лет назад +641

    Saladin? Richard ? Barbarossa ? Jihad ? Trebuchets ? Mangonels ? Siege engines?
    *AOEII INTENSIFIES*

  • @NTLuck
    @NTLuck 4 года назад +441

    The funny thing about the treaty with the Lionheart is that Saladin, and most Muslim leaders, already allowed Christian pilgrims to visit their holy sites. Brilliant video by the way. You have portrayed Saladin and the other historical characters exactly as they were historically. One thing to note about Egypt's demographics though is that when Saladin took control, half the population was still Coptic christian. Saladin faced rivalries from the Shi'a minority nobles but the people themselves didn't care about the change of leadership.

    • @AeneasGemini
      @AeneasGemini 3 года назад +10

      "Most Muslim Leaders" is a serious stretch, Saladin was one thing, but it's hardly reasonable to say that the rest allowed it. I wouldn't call taxing people to practice their faith, and placing them under restrictions of movement and free worship "allowing" much of anything.
      They may not have killed Christians for practicing their faith, but that's more pragmatic than benevolent. If you kill pilgrims countries might start thinking another Crusade is reasonable, and then you'd also miss out on all that income from taxing them

    • @shaziauhjanjua2959
      @shaziauhjanjua2959 3 года назад +37

      @@AeneasGemini the taxes placed on different religions were always used to build up the said religion.example would be it would be used to build a church

    • @DMaybach93
      @DMaybach93 3 года назад +51

      @@AeneasGemini Don’t also forget the tax they paid was for their own protection. The tax was used to hire guards for the non Muslims in that time. No different than the tax we pay to the government. The only minor difference is that the Jizya tax is a lot less than the tax today and by Islamic law cannot be increased regardless of the economy of the country. Unlike today where every year the tax increases and also depending on how much you earn.

    • @raineheartily3875
      @raineheartily3875 3 года назад +26

      @@AeneasGemini To note, some (non-muslim) historian states that "Religion tax" is roughly half of "Roman Tax".
      So they get all the protection and religious freedom for half the price.
      Also to note, under Islamic religious freedom protection, smaller christian denomination got protected from the larger christian denomination. So yeah, not all that bad.

    • @raineheartily3875
      @raineheartily3875 3 года назад +5

      @@shaziauhjanjua2959 Yeah, historian noted the tax usage changed from building fancy church and keeping with expensive upkeep of the romans
      to basically feeding the relatively humble living nomads soldiers.
      So the target for the amount tax income is different.
      Tough that humble tax aspect is didn't last long after the democratic Islamic country is taken down by the ummayah monarchy. After the "monarch" taste all that money, the quickly become the new romans.

  • @volstad44
    @volstad44 5 лет назад +109

    I love crusade history. The dynamic between Saladin, and Baldwin IV, then Richard of England was absolutely incredable.
    Saladin was by far the most interesting, and I have always loved learning about him.

    • @herodotus945
      @herodotus945 5 лет назад +1

      Only the first four crusades were interesting, and maybe the ones with Louis iX. the fith, sixth and ninth crusades were a mess.

  • @Rako10127
    @Rako10127 3 года назад +18

    you know you where a good king when your enemy respected you much love from kurdistan and the kurdish thank for this honest video about oure great leader

  • @aomda355
    @aomda355 5 лет назад +151

    Salah Al Din said "Let it be known that this man was offered a drink by his King, had it been me he would've been safe" because Salah Al Din does not harm those he shows hospitality towards.
    If you were caught by Salah Al Din you either get a water or a sword.

    • @templarw20
      @templarw20 3 года назад +6

      Reynard had it coming. Kingdom of Heaven underplayed just how much of an a-hole he was.

    • @forickgrimaldus8301
      @forickgrimaldus8301 3 года назад +1

      @@templarw20 this is actually disputed history because the author that said it was actually making Saladin look too good as in a propaganda piece so its likely he was just executed or he died in battle. (so we don't know how exactly he died.)
      Another source said that he refused to drink the water so its not really clear, though he is still an a hole

  • @matiyas27
    @matiyas27 4 года назад +74

    The extended version of Ridley Scott's Kingdom of Heaven did a great job portraying Saladin and many of the characters in this conflict.

    • @TSmith-yy3cc
      @TSmith-yy3cc 11 месяцев назад +2

      Ghassan Massoud was absolutely amazing in that movie.

  • @Pakisthenics
    @Pakisthenics 4 года назад +162

    This great man deserves a Television series.

    • @louspeachrry
      @louspeachrry 4 года назад +3

      there is one

    • @nusantaranbrony7283
      @nusantaranbrony7283 3 года назад

      @@louspeachrry what is it?. can you give link?

    • @louspeachrry
      @louspeachrry 3 года назад +2

      @@nusantaranbrony7283 there are many. you can search it up. but i cant find the one im talking about. i used to watch it with cable

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      @fightermma 3 года назад

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  • @heminh157
    @heminh157 4 года назад +91

    Sherko (Saladin's uncle) in Kurdish means Mountain Lion.

  • @Goodguy507
    @Goodguy507 5 лет назад +14

    This is what I like about you, you don't only talk about people from your race, religion or nationality, you just care about talking about interesting people, and in a very interesting manner, thumbs up👍

  • @aidanrogers4438
    @aidanrogers4438 4 года назад +316

    “What is Jerusalem worth?”
    “Nothing... Everything!”

    • @Willy_Boa
      @Willy_Boa 4 года назад +2

      I never understood what he meant when he said that

    • @CaribbeanHistory
      @CaribbeanHistory 3 года назад +58

      @@Willy_Boa I think it means: nothing strategically, everything holy. Jerusalem doesn’t lie on any important trade routes nor its a coastal city, but it’s religious importance to Jews, Christians and Muslims is very considerable.

    • @aidanrogers4438
      @aidanrogers4438 3 года назад +19

      @@CaribbeanHistory Even more so given how the real Saladin, after the Battle of Hattin, had a choice of taking the port city of Tyre or Jerusalem. Tyre was a more strategically important city to take, limiting any Crusader refuge and landing point, but Jerusalem was more spiritually important to Saladin’s men. It was one big thing that helped him unite to the Muslim factions, the promise of taking Jerusalem back from them after it fell to the First Crusaders in 1099.

    • @mysteryjunkie9808
      @mysteryjunkie9808 3 года назад +1

      Yeah pretty much what everyone else said. It’s not a strategic city doesn’t have a lot of resources or anything of material importance but to Jews, Muslims, and Christians it mean everything

    • @chicosuavae6764
      @chicosuavae6764 3 года назад

      @@Willy_Boa It means he took the city out of spite.

  • @pyromania1018
    @pyromania1018 5 лет назад +86

    Actually, Balian requested permission to break his promise, and Saladin not only granted it, but had allowed Balian's family to leave the city before the siege began, even providing them an escort.

    • @nekolu
      @nekolu Год назад +3

      Damn that’s cool, such a shame he was too nice for his own good since he is capable of so much more. I guess they are fighting for the holy land, and this is god’s will that these enemies should remember that they were brothers first.

  • @shiyarkestey8114
    @shiyarkestey8114 3 года назад +73

    Salahadin’s uncle (Sherko) which in Kurdish means Mountain Lion Cub was his real name.
    Interesting that King Richard was also known as Lion Heart

    • @ilovepizza45
      @ilovepizza45 2 года назад +3

      Richard was called lionheart but Sherko was a real sher

    • @TS-zd2ud
      @TS-zd2ud 2 года назад

      *The ETERNAL GOD would do anything for you!!*
      Even out of love for you he went to the cross as a human!!
      Philippians 2:5-8

  • @MrVvulf
    @MrVvulf 5 лет назад +133

    Great video. I hope the near future holds some of the other great generals in history. Hannibal (or his father, Hamilcar) Barca, Timur (Tamerlane), Takeda Shingen, Scipio Africanus, Khalid Ibn al-Walid.

  • @dma6481
    @dma6481 3 года назад +30

    I love Salah Eddine, he represent courage, leadership and honor

  • @Wi-Fi-El
    @Wi-Fi-El 5 лет назад +49

    Saladin seemed like a pretty good guy. He spared his enemies, he kept his word, he was kind towards Christians, and he was a brilliant leader

    • @sushanalone
      @sushanalone 5 лет назад +2

      Something sorely needed today.

    • @valentintapata2268
      @valentintapata2268 5 лет назад +6

      That is idealising, he was a good ruler, but he also committed massacres, treason against his overlord, practised slavery,... of course we must look at him as a man of his time and not ours. He was a shrewd and charismatic leader, but not a terribly noble man.

    • @herodotus945
      @herodotus945 5 лет назад +2

      He was just pragmatic, he definitevely would have killed off the Christians if they didnt payed him the ransom money.

    • @dantewar2406
      @dantewar2406 5 лет назад +1

      @@herodotus945 You're just butthurt your ancestors lost.

    • @halaldunya918
      @halaldunya918 2 года назад

      Don't be delusional, a lot of history is tainted by propaganda. He might have killed dozens of people and we wouldn't know.

  • @Ahmed-Bin-Koshari
    @Ahmed-Bin-Koshari 5 лет назад +165

    Saladin:
    They see me rulin they HATTIN

    • @knifex9757
      @knifex9757 4 года назад +3

      هههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههه.

    • @IsratJahan-ye7jm
      @IsratJahan-ye7jm 4 года назад +3

      Lmao🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @rashadchowdhury523
      @rashadchowdhury523 9 месяцев назад

      😂😂😂

    • @zin8324
      @zin8324 6 месяцев назад

      Your brain works differently!

  • @SirBojo4
    @SirBojo4 4 года назад +7

    A man of faith and honor as any leader should be.

  • @blaugranisto
    @blaugranisto 5 лет назад +8

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    • @abuukum1359
      @abuukum1359 4 года назад +1

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    • @hmmhmm7283
      @hmmhmm7283 4 года назад +2

      1k for 1 min. Are you bionic?

  • @donsanders9675
    @donsanders9675 4 года назад +8

    To this day, the Kurds are still the finest warriors in the Muslim world. I'm ashamed of the treatment they received at the hands of my government after having served along-side them in Iraq.

  • @kaikyouto4670
    @kaikyouto4670 4 года назад +116

    Sultan Salahuddin Al-Ayyubi: The Liberator of Jerusalem.
    There, fixed it for you.

    • @crazybbob
      @crazybbob 3 года назад +5

      Westernern ignorance in describing cultures not their own: demeaning and hypocritical. They don't even call their own Hitler a conqueror.

    • @crazybbob
      @crazybbob 3 года назад +1

      I wonder why we accept them writing our own history for us.

    • @hansvader4864
      @hansvader4864 3 года назад +1

      @@crazybbob
      You misunderstud something.
      We write the history of the mankind for us, we know that its biased and imperfect, but its the best we can do.
      Their are tons of arabic/african/asian sources and historians who describe their own culture.

    • @SimpleReally
      @SimpleReally 3 года назад +2

      ​@Grim Peeper conqueror's don't offer amnesty and free passage to their opponents though, do a tiny bit of research before you type.

    • @crazybbob
      @crazybbob 3 года назад

      @@hansvader4864 to summarize what u say. One group tries to write everyone's history. Other groups try to write their own.

  • @mpokoseuthimis2565
    @mpokoseuthimis2565 4 года назад +43

    Saladin was the greatest man of his era

    • @osman7240
      @osman7240 4 года назад +1

      You a greek?

    • @mpokoseuthimis2565
      @mpokoseuthimis2565 4 года назад +3

      @@osman7240 Yes I am

    • @A123-u7z
      @A123-u7z 3 года назад

      Lol... Losing to Richard twice

    • @mohamedalahmadani5174
      @mohamedalahmadani5174 3 года назад +11

      @@A123-u7z Greatness ain't just about winning battles. It is the honor and dignity you uphold especially at times of war where men are usually reduced to savage animals.

    • @Mohammadkwt
      @Mohammadkwt Год назад +3

      @@A123-u7z richard lost the campaign ya fool lol. win couple of battles but lost the war

  • @WildBillCox13
    @WildBillCox13 4 года назад +7

    "All three of them." Priceless, Simon. 2 points awarded.

  • @karistral.firdaus5770
    @karistral.firdaus5770 4 года назад +86

    "i pray you pull back your cavalry and leave this matter to me."
    "i pray you retire to damascus unharm. raynald of chatillon will be punished. i swear it. withdraw or we will all die here."

    • @ShaikhNadeem
      @ShaikhNadeem 4 года назад +8

      Kingdom Of Heaven... Epic scene.... First entry of Saladin in the movie...

    • @gabrielt721
      @gabrielt721 4 года назад +11

      “I will send you my physicians.”

    • @thedrinkinggamemaker9749
      @thedrinkinggamemaker9749 4 года назад +1

      "I am not those men"

  • @thatguywesmaranan
    @thatguywesmaranan 5 лет назад +178

    "nothing... and everything..."

    • @DaaMagicMan
      @DaaMagicMan 5 лет назад +20

      *Nothing...... Everything...

    • @holgerziegeler5515
      @holgerziegeler5515 5 лет назад +5

      I got your reference

    • @Brandonhayhew
      @Brandonhayhew 5 лет назад +1

      Kingdom of Heaven

    • @Megrigord
      @Megrigord 5 лет назад +4

      My favourit quote! Shows how Jerusalem is so important to muslims! We just need good leaders. But unfortunatly they are all corrupted ignorant and dormant

    • @furqanrahman8409
      @furqanrahman8409 4 года назад +1

      im really pissed with this Raynald guy, he's being a dick both in movie and documentary

  • @juliansanchezharris5773
    @juliansanchezharris5773 Год назад +2

    Saladin and Lionheart. The bromance we never knew we needed ❤

  • @swisski
    @swisski 5 лет назад +65

    For anyone interested in further reading, I highly recommend the book The Crusades through Arab eyes by Amin Maalouf. As a New Zealander, I had only ever heard the version told by my history teacher, corroborated by books and film telling the Eurocentric side of the Crusades. When I discovered Amin Maalouf I fell in love with his writing. Highly recommended!

    • @GCeara-mh5it
      @GCeara-mh5it 2 года назад +9

      An absolutely brilliant book. The author wrote that book with fair, open-mindedness, and without any bias or political agenda. I read many books on the Crusades during my early twenties and this book far exceeded all of the others I read.
      A must read.

    • @ServantofChrist12
      @ServantofChrist12 2 года назад +1

      Auckland NZ 💯❤️

    • @ElKoubi1975
      @ElKoubi1975 Год назад

      ​@@GCeara-mh5itloved it too and gave me an idea on what the crusades felt like for the Muslims

    • @TSmith-yy3cc
      @TSmith-yy3cc 11 месяцев назад

      Great recommend.

    • @conorfennell8475
      @conorfennell8475 10 месяцев назад +1

      I gotta say, history education really is bias. It's simplified and ment to follow a timeline so I get that, but ignoring Saladin and the like leave people with th basic education completely unable to understand or sympathize with the Arabic world. It's like how in cowboys and Indians everybody wants to be the cowboys, " the good guys". I love medieval history and always wanted to b a crusader knight! Turns out they were definitely not good guys and that's only further accentuated by how admirable Saladin was. Richard the 🦁❤ is still top G but Saladin was seriously a nice guy.

  • @comixproviderftw_02
    @comixproviderftw_02 3 года назад +19

    "You couldn't even beat a Salad In a fight."
    -Ragnar Lothbrok

  • @charleyjr.iriarte7428
    @charleyjr.iriarte7428 4 года назад +10

    Wow! What an honorable impression! Saladin and the Lionheart

  • @flynnlivescmd
    @flynnlivescmd 5 лет назад +17

    Bit suprised this one wasnt done already and i somehow missed/didnt think of it.
    Excellent video and subject!

  • @jmgmarcus808
    @jmgmarcus808 5 лет назад +82

    This dude plus Julius Caesar and you have one delicious and healthy meal.

    • @mattrogers6487
      @mattrogers6487 4 года назад +13

      A Ceaser wouldn't be a Ceaser without a Saladin....

    • @A123-u7z
      @A123-u7z 3 года назад

      Lol...This guy who list multiple battles with bigger army vs Ceaser?

    • @normalguyhere9158
      @normalguyhere9158 3 года назад +3

      @@A123-u7z you obviously didn't get the joke so let me explain it for you, Saladin sounds a lot like salad and Julius Caesar is has the Caesars salad so he's saying they would make a great combo since its Saladin and Caesar salad

    • @A123-u7z
      @A123-u7z 3 года назад

      @@normalguyhere9158 👍👍👍

  • @nktcell
    @nktcell 5 лет назад +37

    “Well because you never know how those end of year reviews might turn out...” 😂😂😂😂

  • @doittoit4116
    @doittoit4116 4 года назад +9

    Since the movie kingdom of heaven is as released I’ve been searching for accurate historical info of this period and individuals and haven’t found as much in-depth info as this video discusses! Great work!

    • @furqanrahman8409
      @furqanrahman8409 4 года назад

      and im in shocked of how bad this Raynald guy is, both in movie and historical documentary

  • @matrixman8582
    @matrixman8582 4 года назад +36

    "Be strong! Strong like Saladin, and take up arms against our enemies in whatever way you can!"

  • @CJHdad
    @CJHdad 4 года назад +3

    I've watched a ton of your videos. This by far, was the most enjoyable

  • @rafaelecattonar1506
    @rafaelecattonar1506 4 года назад +16

    I admire him, he was a great leader and a great man 👍🏻

  • @JaelaOrdo
    @JaelaOrdo 5 лет назад +47

    “I warn you against shedding blood, indulging in it and making a habit of it, for blood never sleeps.”
    - An-Nasir Salah ad-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub (Saladin)

    • @temptemp4174
      @temptemp4174 5 лет назад +19

      Sashabizz4 if he didn’t then he would’ve done what the crusaders did to Jerusalem. Blood up to the ankles, Christians muslims and Jews all dead. Crusaders saying “god will recognise his own” and killing random innocent civilians like psychopaths

    • @sultanalsultan6759
      @sultanalsultan6759 5 лет назад

      Greet man

    • @herodotus945
      @herodotus945 5 лет назад +2

      @@temptemp4174 The only Saladin didnt killed anyone is because they payed the ransom money. Also the crusades were justified.

    • @herodotus945
      @herodotus945 5 лет назад

      @tart70 Antisemitism existed long before Christianity, read about the Roman jewish wars and of course their enemies mentioned in old testament. Likewise the crusades were justified since Muslims spend centuries pillaging, killing and enslaving across Europe and i assure you that Islam will never become majority in Europe. One day fertility rates will drop hard among Muslims, they always decline the more educated and wealthy people get.

    • @herodotus945
      @herodotus945 5 лет назад +1

      @tart70 only morons think crusaders or even their muslim opponents had anything to do with talibans.

  • @Sardarkhan69
    @Sardarkhan69 3 года назад +2

    One of your best Biographical videos! Educational, enlightening and entertaining in equal measures

  • @midnightarchives85
    @midnightarchives85 3 года назад +14

    “I am not those man, I am Salahuddin......SALAHUDDIN”

    • @ARAM_Dayz
      @ARAM_Dayz 3 месяца назад

      I thought he was making himself big when and if he Said i am not those Man i sam SalahuDIN until i became a muslim and find out the meaning od the deen and generosity when u have power to be Ruthless

  • @redheadredneckv
    @redheadredneckv 5 лет назад +53

    Here’s a sort of topical one, John Aleese: The Call of Duty or The real Cpt Price

    • @jeremiemonette
      @jeremiemonette 5 лет назад +2

      I read "John Cleese" and was majorly confused... :P

    • @redheadredneckv
      @redheadredneckv 5 лет назад

      It almost autocorrected it to that

  • @navidhendrix
    @navidhendrix 5 лет назад +21

    3:33 " ... turned their eyes ... all three of them .. " Savagery on point!!

    • @RankinMsP
      @RankinMsP 3 года назад

      Thanks.
      This is what I came for.

  • @ShaikhNadeem
    @ShaikhNadeem 4 года назад +17

    Jerusalem a happy city after the capture by Saladin.
    Saladin protected the Church of Sepulcher, main Jewish sites.
    All three religions thrived peacefully for the next 800 years.
    Until Zionism arrived in JERUSALEM.

    • @091053JG
      @091053JG 4 года назад

      Bull spit! Islam persecuted all non Believers in their false religion. Under Israel all religions worship in freedom . You will never see Jerusalem.

    • @abbabubba
      @abbabubba 2 года назад

      @@091053JG that's just islamophobia coming out of you

  • @BrandonGiordano
    @BrandonGiordano Год назад +10

    It's a shame Kingdom of Heaven wasn't more historically accurate but at the very least it did a good job of portraying Saladin as a great man. Inspired me to learn about his actual history

    • @winstonbengat4690
      @winstonbengat4690 Год назад +4

      Try the extended edition it give more justice to the story

  • @vincentmalab3289
    @vincentmalab3289 5 лет назад +88

    We need Richard the Lion Hearthed for the next video.
    By the way, another great video.

    • @flynnlivescmd
      @flynnlivescmd 5 лет назад +3

      Nice!

    • @JoseFlores-xc7wu
      @JoseFlores-xc7wu 5 лет назад +1

      I thought he already did one but i was wrong it was a different channel but yeah he should do one i have been interested on Richard the Lion Hearthed since i saw Braveheart

  • @registeelix
    @registeelix 5 лет назад +68

    The Crusades were fun. But you should definitely do your biography at one million subscribers.

    • @HeliodromusScorpio
      @HeliodromusScorpio 5 лет назад +7

      they certainly were not fun if you were there.And also from the christian side it was all about the money disgusting and corrupted

    • @dANbRnL
      @dANbRnL 5 лет назад +2

      @@HeliodromusScorpio uhhh, no, it wasn't all about money. It was a response to the muslim incursions into the west. Yawn, always attacking the white Europeans, they are always the bad guys. Does that narrative ever get old for you? It certainly is worn out for anyone that has any sense at all of history.

    • @dANbRnL
      @dANbRnL 5 лет назад +2

      @Robert HookOh if we only knew the entire story Robert, we'd see there was way more to it. I suppose it's easy for the mentally challenged to simply boil down everything into greed, power, control and corruption.

    • @herodotus945
      @herodotus945 5 лет назад

      @Robert Hook Profit ? Do you know what were Muslims doing to Christians ?

    • @alisheikh4698
      @alisheikh4698 5 лет назад

      @@dANbRnL Uhh No you were the invader of the SEMITIC lands & people the middleeast belongs to semites the sons of Akkadians not filthy baby killers from europe.

  • @samasouf6563
    @samasouf6563 3 года назад +8

    What is so strking is how Saladin acted after taking over jerusalem vs what the Franks did when they entered jerusalem.
    That is the difference

  • @darrengraveheart1907
    @darrengraveheart1907 5 лет назад +51

    "His castle had opened for business" - I like that line!

  • @s.j.rogers129
    @s.j.rogers129 5 лет назад +191

    Saladin, you mean Big Boss?

    • @dsmdsm2186
      @dsmdsm2186 5 лет назад +5

      Great MSG Reference!

    • @harrydoyle8815
      @harrydoyle8815 5 лет назад

      Was just about to comment this ha ha

    • @ahmadrahimkhan
      @ahmadrahimkhan 4 года назад +1

      😂😂😂👌🏻 Snake

    • @ilkkarautio2449
      @ilkkarautio2449 4 года назад

      No, he means that thing i refuse to eat. Only meat and knowledge for The nosy-sharks! 😳👍❤️

    • @andalusiaverroes365
      @andalusiaverroes365 4 года назад

      Lol nice

  • @alialshammari7721
    @alialshammari7721 5 лет назад +199

    Salahuddin Allah have mercy on him

    • @ahamilton3435
      @ahamilton3435 5 лет назад +2

      Ameen

    • @ahamilton3435
      @ahamilton3435 5 лет назад +34

      @Gavin Lim awh bless youre so uneducated when it comes to islam. You dont have to believe but dont be stupid either.

    • @clementinejr5884
      @clementinejr5884 5 лет назад +8

      @@ahamilton3435 these people are David woods slave!.......ignore them

    • @vict0ree
      @vict0ree 5 лет назад +9

      The creation of Islam actually ended rampant Paganism in the region.

    • @youssefrochdi1994
      @youssefrochdi1994 4 года назад +2

      @Gavin Lim Gavin Lame*

  • @MattGilmourMusic
    @MattGilmourMusic 4 года назад +9

    I love history, and I’m happy and ashamed to admit how many of your videos I have watched. There is a period of the Jimi Hendrix history you missed out which I always enjoyed, and I think would have been interesting for people. My father told me when Hendrix and him were young, long story short, hung out in Paris pre fame on both sides. They had they opportunity to hang out for a few days and busk together on the streets of Paris. I would be cool if there was a recording of that.... please do more musician bios :)
    Edit: just want to add, Jeff Buckley’s story is very interesting... followed by the 27 club in general... :)

  • @churchgoer4835
    @churchgoer4835 5 лет назад +9

    Great work again ! i like every figure you covered so far.
    My first issue is , Egypt was a majority Sunni Arab population , along with Syria and Palestine , and remain Sunni majority until this day .
    The Shiite Fatimids came much later from Outside and were replaced to the wishes of the local Sunnis and Christians .

    • @mustafaelnady5161
      @mustafaelnady5161 5 лет назад +2

      Not really! Egypt was still a majority coptic speakers and Oriental Christians. About 60% of her inhabitants were still non arabized nor islamized. SalahDin knew this was a serious problem and he spent a lot of money on arabizing as many Egyptians as he can. Egypt turned majority muslim during the Mamluks. Coptic remained spoken in some parts of the country till the times of Napoleon. When he came to Egypt, the French wrote about the coptic speaking villages in the south.

  • @gamingwithsniperboinyc1993
    @gamingwithsniperboinyc1993 5 лет назад +38

    This guy is amazing do a bio graphics on Simo Hayha, and Carlos Hathcock and Vasily Zaitsev

    • @SantomPh
      @SantomPh 5 лет назад

      I'm sure he'd already done Simo Hahya and Zaitsev

    • @michealohaodha9351
      @michealohaodha9351 5 лет назад +1

      @@SantomPh Definitely not Simo anyway

    • @JustAPakistaniGamer
      @JustAPakistaniGamer 5 лет назад +2

      i second the bio graphic on Simo Hayha... The White Death !!!! Greatest Sniper in world history !!!

  • @ivansalamon7028
    @ivansalamon7028 5 лет назад +9

    This is a good one. First a like, then I watch! Surprised he hasn't gotten a more generous description in the title.

    • @siso8683
      @siso8683 5 лет назад +1

      like,saladin the wise or saladin the fair or saladin the just or saladin evenhanded?

  • @deriusjones3024
    @deriusjones3024 5 лет назад +5

    I've been patiently waiting for this video 🙏

  • @matthewure9797
    @matthewure9797 Год назад +5

    I am a Roman Catholic but I respect Saladin and his army

  • @nomdeplume5446
    @nomdeplume5446 5 лет назад +9

    Could you possibly add maps showing where the different armies were moving and where these cities are in relation to the region? I’ve heard of a lot of these cities but I’m not sure where they are exactly. I realize it’s a significant added cost to your production, it’s just a suggestion.

  • @RobinLynnGriffith
    @RobinLynnGriffith 3 года назад +1

    Don't know how I missed this but I'm glad I found it now.

  • @relwindsouza3076
    @relwindsouza3076 5 лет назад +4

    For most of you who don't know, there's a metro station here in Dubai which is named after Salahuddin.

  • @JosephCoenMason
    @JosephCoenMason 5 лет назад +15

    Despite my immense curiosity of the life led by Salah ad-Din, never had I known his first name was "Yusuf", which is the name given to yours truly by his now-deceased grandmother... shocking! :O

  • @infoshaheen
    @infoshaheen 3 года назад +7

    He was a King but didn't even had enough money to go on a Pilgrimage. When the Caravan from Hajj was coming back he went to greet them although his advisers tried to stop him. While hearing their stories he cried so much that the sultan fell ill and never recovered. 😓

    • @seanskywalka5172
      @seanskywalka5172 2 года назад

      Why did he cry, and what kind of stories did they tell him?

    • @infoshaheen
      @infoshaheen 2 года назад +3

      @@seanskywalka5172 he never got the chance to perform hajj while he always wanted to.
      He used to greet the Pilgrims heartedly. The stories of the travels to the Mecca and Medina of the Hajjis were told to him

  • @chrisalejado1396
    @chrisalejado1396 4 года назад +2

    "Thank you for your visit....THANK YOU, FOR YOUR VISIT"

  • @muramasa1984
    @muramasa1984 4 года назад +287

    2020, the Christians is still salty about this.

    • @江俊杰-g9c
      @江俊杰-g9c 4 года назад +43

      Jerusalem is in israelites hands not muslim

    • @QMicAnticsallday
      @QMicAnticsallday 4 года назад +1

      Lol

    • @Mohammadkwt
      @Mohammadkwt 4 года назад +15

      Canuck Crusader lol crusaders filth started fighting each other about who takes control, glory, & whatever they wanted. Besides, without guy’s helped this campaign would’ve ended earlier. Salahddin spared his after the battle of Hattin & the crusaders swear not to return back, yet they broke the oath.

    • @ironcladstranger4559
      @ironcladstranger4559 4 года назад

      @@helgaformo2054 and start a third world war?

    •  4 года назад +3

      Muslims are still salty about Vienna

  • @steveshoemaker6347
    @steveshoemaker6347 5 лет назад +7

    l have read many books on this very thing....An in 26:00 you covered it as good any book...My hat is off to Sir.....For that many thanks...From Kentucky..USA...!

    • @YoYouGoodG
      @YoYouGoodG 4 года назад

      Are you Colonel Sanders?

  • @vmorris7639
    @vmorris7639 5 лет назад +10

    I'd love to see a video just on the Spanish Inquisition. I have never truly understood what it was. Absolutely love this channel!

    • @michaelb1761
      @michaelb1761 5 лет назад +10

      If there's one thing that I have learned it's that "nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!"

    • @sobrevalorado
      @sobrevalorado 5 лет назад +3

      What about a book?

    • @herodotus945
      @herodotus945 5 лет назад +1

      A well organized judical group owned by Spanish government with task of preventing religious heresy and providing national security. Contrary to old myths, the inquisition was methodical, used very modern like laws and executed only 4000 people out of 150.000 cases.

    • @Lazurath101
      @Lazurath101 5 лет назад +7

      @@herodotus945 "Only 4000 people"

    • @AlejandroLopez-ed8kj
      @AlejandroLopez-ed8kj 4 года назад +2

      @@Lazurath101 In three centuries
      Throughout Europe thousands of women were burnt at the stake with no trial and no written records. How many thousands Europeans were also killed due to their religious believes at that time?
      (By the way, there was also inquisition in other countries as well).

  • @Chrissy8423
    @Chrissy8423 5 лет назад +3

    Yay! I was gonna request this one! Thanks Simon!

  • @Jude.Stappard
    @Jude.Stappard 2 года назад +4

    Saladin was a political genius and very skilled military warrior. Definitely an absolute legend of his time

  • @conorfennell8475
    @conorfennell8475 10 месяцев назад +1

    Bro put all his skill points into charisma and killed it

  • @mafiousbj
    @mafiousbj 4 года назад +13

    13:52 "Crusaders are attacking pur trade routes!!" I remember that from the Saladin campaign from Age of Empires 2 ^^

    • @Grayto
      @Grayto 4 года назад +4

      Damn right. Learned more about history from AOE than I ever did in school.

    • @p.s.h.3913
      @p.s.h.3913 4 года назад +1

      AoE, yeah

  • @Biotear
    @Biotear 4 года назад +3

    It isn't over until Shaxx sings. And he's very shy.

  • @scottstlaey4722
    @scottstlaey4722 4 года назад +10

    The kingdom of heaven is one of my favorite movies. I saw this, and had to watch it

  • @mikkellorentzen4301
    @mikkellorentzen4301 4 года назад +2

    Terrific video! Very informative

  • @michealohaodha9351
    @michealohaodha9351 5 лет назад +6

    Baldwin IV is more than worthy of a Biographic of his own

  • @rastisdiq4142
    @rastisdiq4142 3 месяца назад +1

    The pride of the Kurds is five:
    First, the great companion Jaban ibn Maimon;
    second, Saladin al-Ayyubi;
    third, Sheikh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah; fourth, the father of robotics and mechanics, Ibn al-Jazari;
    and fifth, Badi’ al-Zaman, Sheikh Said Nursi.

  • @Swedishmafia101MemeCorporation
    @Swedishmafia101MemeCorporation 5 лет назад +49

    The Crusader Kings 2: Sword of Islam DLC is free on Steam this weekend.

  • @StallionStudios1234
    @StallionStudios1234 4 года назад +1

    Thanks for a fantastic video Simon

  • @kingkuroneko7253
    @kingkuroneko7253 5 лет назад +112

    Me: see the title of video and have flash back to assassin creed's :
    "We must be strong......strong like saladin!!"

    • @kingjamesii404
      @kingjamesii404 5 лет назад +1

      Ac1

    • @toh786
      @toh786 5 лет назад

      Which Assassin Creed was the dialogue from?

    • @stevens1-o7s
      @stevens1-o7s 5 лет назад +10

      I loved when you would get guards mad and they say INFIDEL!!

    • @oneshak
      @oneshak 5 лет назад +3

      toh786 Assasssins Creed 1 was set in the crusades, in which both Saladin and Richard were constantly referenced

    • @toh786
      @toh786 5 лет назад

      @@oneshak Ahh, I got it. It's been a while since I played the game and it was probably before I knew about Saladin and Richard III. Thanks!

  • @jumangi2322
    @jumangi2322 3 года назад

    Thankyou again for the channel 🇹🇹🇹🇹

  • @doha057
    @doha057 5 лет назад +86

    I didn't want to watch this video at first, I had a doubt that Salah-din will be depicted as a villein and I would un-subscribe this channel if I had to watch that, but it seems he actually stated as accurate as possible. Thanks man, you have my respect. Also both of these men, Richard the Lion Heart and Salah-din were the best human being of their time. Its sad they had to clash in this nonsensical religious war, while King Richard's people were under the tyranny of Prince John and so many Templers had to face most ill fate. I hope they have found peace in the afterlife.

    • @buxeessingh2571
      @buxeessingh2571 5 лет назад +1

      Yes. Especially the peace in the hereafter.

    • @sirfardon3247
      @sirfardon3247 4 года назад

      @Flossing Zoomer not saying muslims were perfect but in sir walter scotts book templars did do wrong mostly

    • @gershomtan5879
      @gershomtan5879 4 года назад +14

      Man even as a Christian I have nothing bad to say about Saladin. He was a legend and a great man.

    • @mostafamahmoud8804
      @mostafamahmoud8804 4 года назад +4

      I’m sure you didn’t focus on the video, he literally mentioned Richard the coward killed all muslim prisoners in Acre so how he was one of the best human being at his time ? Not to forget the first crusaders literally massacred all Muslims when they conquered Jerusalem 1099 and when saladin reconquered jerusalem he didn’t take revenge so i see that you are being unfair to compare a hero and a human such as saladin to a coward such as Richard.

    • @doha057
      @doha057 4 года назад +2

      @@mostafamahmoud8804 which part of nonsensical religious war you didn't understand, go read some books and watch some more documentary, it was the time of papal theocracy in Europe, when popes used to dictate and literally waged these wars in the name of religion, war crime is a different issue, which is a result of war. Any monarch who defied the popes had to face severe consequences.

  • @SchrodingersCat8813
    @SchrodingersCat8813 5 лет назад +1

    Another great video on a figure I knew almost nothing of. Your channels are the greatest haitiru class I've had. If you haven't, a video on Lincoln must be done. Interesting and complicated legacy...given the simple tellings
    about him I think a fair balanced Simon bio would be great.

  • @yourlocalbicronoverlord
    @yourlocalbicronoverlord 5 лет назад +4

    I really hope they do a video on Huey Long, he was a really interesting governor and senator of Louisiana. Guy was simultaneously an insanely corrupt dictator of Louisiana, and also one of the best things to happen to the state

  • @Tob1Kadach1
    @Tob1Kadach1 5 лет назад +1

    Really interesting bio, I follow most of Simon's channels but this channel first introduced me to him and is one of my favourite RUclips channels

  • @mateotrono
    @mateotrono 4 года назад +3

    Looking for Rise of Kingdoms guides, sees this video.
    Oh hey now, I need Saladin even more

  • @annettefournier9655
    @annettefournier9655 5 лет назад +22

    That is some crazy turban wrapping. How is that even possible?

    • @youssefrochdi1994
      @youssefrochdi1994 4 года назад

      There are some videos on RUclips that show how to do it.

    • @NTLuck
      @NTLuck 4 года назад +2

      The thing is i don't think that's even Saladin. It's probably some other Turkish or Ottoman Sultan. His beard is to smooth. Saladin, like most Kurds and Arabs, had a thick manly beard. Not the smooth ones like the Turks had :) (Not racist but still funny)

    • @knifex9757
      @knifex9757 4 года назад +2

      Most of it are just drawings and illustrations not really the way they wore them, oh god and especially the one with spikes

  • @bradbilly2791
    @bradbilly2791 4 года назад +3

    This was a good video. I feel somebody should make a documentary/ movie about this. Most people in rulers were bad people but i actually respect saladin and Richard

    • @arnaldoteodorani277
      @arnaldoteodorani277 4 года назад

      Brad billy Have you seen Kingdom of Heaven by Ridley Scott?

  • @ProducedbyPDot
    @ProducedbyPDot 9 месяцев назад +1

    im not into war and violence but i truely truely admire Salahuddin , so many things he did right that overweighed his wrongs , for anything he did wrong he did 10 more things right , he truelly followed allah, he repented anything he felt he did weong he would immediatelly try to correct with other deeds ..

  • @slehbenhamida3689
    @slehbenhamida3689 5 лет назад +3

    My late grandfather named me Saladin. Thanks to your video I can understand why. Thank you Simon, very interesting video and subject.

  • @kingaragorn123
    @kingaragorn123 4 года назад +23

    It’s a mistake to call Egyptians at the time Shias as Egyptians were Sunnis governed by Shia rulers, the Fatimids

    • @MohammadAli-iz9ld
      @MohammadAli-iz9ld 3 года назад +2

      The fatimids has massacred alot of Egyptians forcing them into shi'ism

    • @M.H.S608
      @M.H.S608 3 года назад +1

      @@MohammadAli-iz9ld it’s the other way around. Saladin massacred both Shia and Sunni supporters of Fatimid rule.

    • @Omer1996E.C
      @Omer1996E.C 3 года назад +4

      @@M.H.S608 actually, he didn't. He just executed those who tried to make a coup on him. So, only the ministers and princes were punished, not the rest of the supporters

  • @Tomoko-mui
    @Tomoko-mui 5 лет назад +4

    Hello! Would you consider looking into the history of the Ottoman Empire? It would be great to hear your narrative on Ataturk as well.

  • @SantomPh
    @SantomPh 5 лет назад +87

    Mosul is not "modern day Iraq" it is IN modern day Iraq. the city is still there

    • @draxthemsklonst
      @draxthemsklonst 5 лет назад +13

      It was stated as "Mosul (modern day), Iraq.
      As in like Denver (modern day), Colorado. This makes it clear that is referencing Denver when it was IN Colorado, during recent times. Before 1802, Denver was IN France-owned Louisiana.

    • @timelmy6694
      @timelmy6694 5 лет назад +4

      Or we don't have to get so anal about it. Good video thanks Simon.

    • @diarradunlap9337
      @diarradunlap9337 5 лет назад +2

      @@draxthemsklonst Of course, in 1802, Denver wasn't even there. 😁

    • @mewmannamwem6087
      @mewmannamwem6087 4 года назад

      @@draxthemsklonst except mosul has been there for so long. Before during and after uo to this day.

    • @mirenciyano4764
      @mirenciyano4764 3 года назад

      He was kurdish

  • @Kabootari9
    @Kabootari9 5 лет назад +3

    Thank you for fulfilling my request Sir ❤️ I love your channel

    • @rodger3352
      @rodger3352 3 года назад

      Indeed it is a good channel !
      I hope the South Asian subcontinent also learns from these professional channels and learn to present their historical figures in such a way too :)

  • @Sergio-wz5il
    @Sergio-wz5il 4 года назад +4

    "oh and he brought along an army, because well, you never know how those end of year reviews will turn out" 😅😅😅 Nice one! 😄