A Letter from Hulagu Khan to the Caliph of Baghdad

The Mongol Khan let's the Caliph know who's boss.
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[@onelowerlight]

The Khan wasn't bluffing either. Baghdad was razed to the ground, and its inhabitants were slaughtered to a man. A nuclear strike wouldn't have caused as much destruction as the Mongols.

[@tedros91]

Divine Right the Abbasids had already become weak and a shadow of its former selves. Although the Caliph was the "head" of the muslim world, by this time they had no real power outside of Baghdad and southern Iraq.

[@mendel7575]

+Divine Right There was never an Islamic Golden Age. It's a BBC fantasy. If a bunch of backward mountain people came down and taking over the government it wouldn't be called a Mountain People Golden age. Islam built nothing, it destroyed. All these 'great thinkers' were recent converts. The poison had not set in.

[@deepsouthredneck1]

@Mendel - Yes there was an Islamic golden age like it or not but there are many misconceptions around it. Like the mongols they didn't really do anything themselves but opened trade and brought the great works of the greco-romans and Persians together(Many of their scientists were dhimmis). From the fall of Rome to the 12th century they were more powerful than Western Europe but the Byzantines were still the dominant power in the Mediterranean. As the Byzantines' power waned Western Europeans became relatively equal to the Muslims around the 12th century, had a slight edge from from the 15th to 17th century, and left them in the dust from the 18th century onward. The Ottomans only survived because of French and British intervention. They needed them alive to keep the central european powers and Russia in check.

[@MogofWar]

Well even had he been bluffing the act of calling such a bluff would be an insolence that demanded reprisal. If you knew a Mongol khan to be bluffing would you call it? Of course not because the Khan's political currency is his word, and even if he has no intent behind a threat, said intent will become manifest in the anger that is provoked if ever his word is taken lightly.

[@mendel7575]

dreyrugr Then it has the wrong name. The Mongol Golden Age was named after the mongol people and their conquests. Islamic Golden Ages is trumpeted not in conquest terms but in supposed cultural and scientific achievements (que gasping Brit spinning lies). Therefore it should be called the Arabic Golden Age. The age they went out and conquered.

[@MustafaKulle]

Most elegant threat I've ever heard.

[@monad5140]

The Khans don’t make threats. They make promises.

[@TheMindtwistah]

You gotta give credit to the mongols, they deliver on their words.

[@dataman6744]

Fair warning on steroids!!

[@iliassaleh9324]

exceot to mamluks

[@LB-jw3ly]

@@iliassaleh9324 yeah the mamluks didn’t joke around.

[@jesusexposed1848]

😁

[@vonhummie]

Good comment !

[@bat32391]

Dayum son. Khan isn't putting up with any bullshit.

[@Mazetism]

He ended the Caliphate. The only bad thing from Hulagu was him destroying Baghdad. All that knowledge.

[@jfrd-pw4hk]

He probably wanted to erase everything that will remind the people of the Abbasid Caliphate.

[@painiscupcake5433]

Khan didn't have time for no Mickey Mouse bullshit

[@gixxerfixxer4159]

The Mongols really put everyone in their place. Damn.

[@jayasuryangoral-maanyan3901]

Gixxer Fixxer halal food was illegal when the mongols were in power too. and kosher. and a lot of mongol leaders were muslim converts.

[@gixxerfixxer4159]

Jules CM Why were they illegal?

[@Ruairoquai]

Except for the Mamlukes, the Vietnamese, the Indians, the Indonesians, the western Europeans...

[@tedros91]

Ruairoquai the Indians were conquered by the Mughals, a dynasty that claimed descent from Genghis Khan.

[@Ruairoquai]

Tedros A. Balema Well yes, but the Mughals weren't quite Mongols.

[@NomadRidesHD]

now that is a diplomat ! The Mongols sure didnt take any shit.

[@jacobhartnell1309]

absolute fucking badass.

[@VCthaGOATdunker]

It wasn't a warning but a promise.

[@chrishandsomlordovcockbloc1549]

No one expects the Mongolian Inquisition...

[@UnrealCraft]

One good way to improve the these series is to have text following the audio.

[@P-lo_ol-9]

or both :)

[@thesmilinghobo6212]

And the Caliph of Baghdad ignores this and gets his city sacked :-)

[@aslof1069]

He was a fool and died saying that I am the King. And Hulegu said if you are the king take this and melted his Golden throne and spilled on his face

[@OrangeBurgerSC706]

Not true mergan. According to Islamic and Mongol sources hulagu wrapped the caliph up In a carpet then had his horses trample him to death, saying with satisfaction that he spilt no royal blood. Marco polo had a different tale but that wasn't it, he said that hulagu starved the caliph by locking him into a room with his treasures, telling the caliph "here are your treasures you love so much", encouraging him to eat them.

[@OrangeBurgerSC706]

The caliph may have said that profusely, but he was driven insane after watching the whole city get massacred

[@aslof1069]

@@OrangeBurgerSC706 Islamic sources are written with hate. Marco polo's tale is argumentative. Mongol tale is too. The issue is that the 13th century Mongols did not record all of the events as they were mostly busy conquering. Moreover, recording history is more of a Greek thing as it is started there. But Nomadic people were not interested in pictures and scripts but power and wealth.

[@OrangeBurgerSC706]

@@aslof1069 the Mongols had their scribes record them, who were either Iranian or Chinese. the arabs of course wrote with hate, but the iranians had no reason to mourn the abbasid caliphate or take any position in its defense, while Chinghis Khan destroyed Khorasan, Hulagu did not participate in many massacres (his only large one being the sack of baghdad) Recording history is not a greek thing, at all. herodotus is often called "the father of history" but really Egyptians and Iranians had historical records in one shape or another (herodotus himself admitted he was not a reliable source and said he simply compounded a bunch of tales he heard partnered with his own flights of fancy).

[@flaviuslupu2532]

*HULAGU LETTER WAS VERY DECENT AND BASED ON REALITY !!!!!!!!!!!*

[@b-1battledroid674]

*HULAGU LETTER WAS VERY DECENT AND BASED*

[@Condoctuc]

@@b-1battledroid674 BASED MONGOLS 💊

[@ZZ-wn8bo]

Hulagu Khan, also known as Hülegü or Hulegu was a Mongol ruler who conquered much of Western Asia. Son of Tolui, a grandson of Genghis Khan and brother of Ariq Böke, Möngke Khan, and Kublai Khan. Hulagu's army greatly expanded the southwestern portion of the Mongol Empire, founding the Ilkhanate of Persia, a precursor to the eventual Safavid dynasty, and then the modern state of Iran. Under Hulagu's leadership, the siege of Baghdad (1258) destroyed the greatest center of Islamic power and also weakened Damascus, causing a shift of Islamic influence to the Mamluk Sultanate in Cairo. (from Wikipedia)

[@Knoloaify]

That's one nice "Tough Khan" copypasta you got there. More seriously, when you consider what the mongol did back in the day, that ultimatum becomes all the more chilling. Can't understand how the muslims can bitch about the crusades when they had to deal with those guys.

[@danielboyas7645]

Knoloaify Its the one point in their time they conviniently forget about.

[@kokofan50]

In this case both are Muslim. Also, the crusades were about which religion had control over Jerusalem; this is just about who's giving the orders.

[@mohammadshahnaz7776]

Knoloaify Because 1) After Baghdad, the mongols were raped at Ain Jalut by Saifuddin Qutz 2)Mongols later converted to Islam and they are seen as a source of pride by Muslims.

[@VoidOfDarkness9]

you mean left over Soldiers? if full army was there i doubt Mamluck having chance.

[@mohammadshahnaz7776]

Misheel Tubshinbaatar Are we analysing the army capabilities or stating what actual happened? The mongols were stopped, end of story.

[@scottweinberg2186]

this is some pretty good smack talking for any time period. Imagine if these guys played basketball.

[@googane7755]

This was no empty threat, Hulagu really did deliver on his word. Everyone inside the city everyone was slaughtered, Baghdad was razed to the ground and he ruined the fertile soil, infrastructure and irrigation of the surrounding area. The city still hasn't recovered to this day. This is a lesson on what happens when you pick fights that you can't win.

[@afdalridwan3813]

@آشوربانيبال ملك آشور isn't Mongol are the one in the story of Ya'juj Ma'juj?

[@Brucebanner1432]

Yup, it was like f*ck around and find out. And muslims certainly did.

[@Alex-tx2em]

@@Brucebanner1432 Just like how the Mongols and Christians did at the hand of the Mamluks.

[@Brucebanner1432]

@@Alex-tx2em mongols were not saving their city from utter destruction though.

[@Alex-tx2em]

@@Brucebanner1432 Still got decimated, and collapsed right after the fall of Baghdad for reasons specifically related to Muslim Mongols.

[@matthewmann8969]

The Mongols could back up most of there claims

[@fulminatus6241]

Excellent choice

[@davidbracher8322]

Hulegu was the man. Married a Christian woman. When Baghdad fell, 800,000 Muslims were put to the sword. The Christians were spared. So what the Mongols did in less than 2 years, was far more than the Christians of Europe did in 200. Defeat Islam. Damascus fell without a shot being fired after accounts of the Mongol might a year and half later. On a side note. Baghdad was the first recorded use of the gun. Dozens of Mongols used long iron wrapped bamboo tubes. Firing bullets from long distance and hitting targets. Cannons also, but far less effective. The Chinese invented gunpowder. The Mongols invented the gun.

[@ycvgggfffty]

"defeat islam" just for his descendants to convert to it. meanwhile christianity has been defeated for the past 50 years or so. anyway, why are you celebrating a pagan victory as yours?

[@aeg9065]

​@@ycvgggffftybecause I am pagan

[@user-cq8hw3ni7g]

yeah my muslim buddy , ur palestians people are being razed to groun daily in the centre of arabia , where is ur ,uslim [poweer? " a pagan victory " - the most a muslim teen can go to show his illitreracy@@ycvgggfffty

[@PatrickBatefan]

We need the Chad back

[@LumiKuuro]

Now that's an ultimatum!

[@lazmartel7305]

khan's a badass

[@picadasgalaxias669]

Mongke and Guyuk the most badass brothers in history

[@Kanfachan]

Güyük and Mongke weren’t brothers at all.

[@zouH2807]

Cousins*

[@DEATH14269]

We need him in modern times lmao

[@ahadkhan3486]

? Bro idk why you anti Muslim guys thing this is some "own". You know that a lot of Muslims praise and admire Hulugu right? Literal ethnicities trace their genealogies back to him and they are all Muslims. Muslims are not just Arab lol

[@DEATH14269]

@@ahadkhan3486 I never said anything about Muslims bur we still need him lmao

[@ahadkhan3486]

@DEATH14269 if your being sincere then mb, cause usually ppl use this as ammo for their own agendas

[@DEATH14269]

@@ahadkhan3486 no it's because the world needs discipline today. Everyone thinks they are the most powerful and can do whatever tf they want

[@DEATH14269]

@@ahadkhan3486 well because Its obvious Muslims are evil. Atleast many of them. No one does anything to them yet look at what they want to do. They want to rule the world like a cult. They want to be able to kill anyone who defys them. They kill children for traditional teachings.

[@VoidOfDarkness9]

Oh my heritage I feel so Pumped Thx Sargon.

[@brianfarley3607]

Can't believe nobody said this, Hulagu Akbar!

[@bhabanishankarbehera6908]

@@user-yv4hz9zv7k just small faction of Mongol soldiers in ain jalut.... But hulagu himself butchering Arabs was fantastic

[@haitamc5611]

@@bhabanishankarbehera6908 He would've butchered europe too if it wasn't for baibars.

[@Asw7777]

Qutuz destroy hulagu force and the muslim win

[@Cartouchai]

man this guy converted 80 years later

[@umaisnaveed5527]

The funny thing is that even after this the caliph didn’t mobilize his army and turned to his luxurious life. With that kind of caliph, Baghdad was bound to fall.

[@Saber23]

True they took advantage of the Muslim rulers decadence and disunity to the best of their abilities and the rest is history

[@abdalazizaljurf633]

The caliphate had been getting weaker for decades, it was bound to fall.

[@roccomoccasins3122]

I'm from turkey we need new hulagu rip greatest man.

[@jevandrocelo8769]

@@mertekmek1964 All the western and eastern historians agreed on that the Othmanian civilization was litelary based on the Arab civilization, specificly on Baghdad civilization. In matter of fact, your ancestors aim was to bulid a nother new Baghdad yet they failed bacause they just kept adopting from the Arabs and Persians, later (till now) from Europeans ... at least the Arabs build great original civilizations like Baghdad and Anduls without the need of wiping others civilizations.

[@derwaldjunge]

Turks LARPing as Mongols is top tier laughable 😂

[@Horusian]

@@jevandrocelo8769 Things doesnt work that way bro :) always war, dynasty challenges, learning from predecesser and attributing upon it.And things advance slowly.Just like Bagdad.it was not arabic city.it was taken from persans.That civilization belongs to Persians actually..Btw Ottoman doesnt based on arabs civ at all.Almost completeley based on perso-byzantine except the army and religion.Army was Turkic style, religion was arabic.. And Islam is violent, backward,unhealty,sick and disgusting.Just darkness..Please dont use persians to cover your dark, backward page.

[@jevandrocelo8769]

@@Horusian Don't forget the hanging gardens of babylon, the great pyramid of giza, temple of olympian zeus of Athens and the great wall of china all built by persian but you know people always want to take a piece of your "not" barely lasted 200 years civilization ... read a couple of books I promise it wont hurt you Mr. "Iran" know it all

[@Horusian]

@@jevandrocelo8769 u are manipulating the subject amateurly.Not wise.

[@dr.benway7880]

"To the caliph I am dirt, and to the dirt I am caliph" Ronald Colman

[@dipeshbhattarai8286]

What does thet mean

[@dr.benway7880]

@@dipeshbhattarai8286 Its from an old movie about a the beggar "king" of Baghdad who pretends to be a prince to get the girl. To the other regular people he is important, but not to the caliph. Hence, to the caliph i am dirt and to the dirt i am caliph. I just like the line.

[@t3ngrist620]

great khans! respect them all!

[@edwardweeden8837]

OATH OF THE TUMANS (Secret History of the Mongols): One Tengri, One Sun, One Empire, One Nation, One Kha Khan!

[@brentw741]

The mongols were so awesome. I myself am Muslim, but real recognize real and the caliph shouldn’t have talked so big to them.

[@mustisha4678]

The caliphats were shit but burning wisdom and library is so ignorant and stupid

[@mohamedanaszahir2031]

you are no Muslim just shut up

[@thefuryofthedragon8715]

He died a Martyr, what a great honor btw are you even muslim?

[@AdityaShinde-js1ft]

@@thefuryofthedragon8715 He didn't die as a martyr Halagu imprisoned him with gold & treasure Made him eat silver & gold coins

[@thefuryofthedragon8715]

@@AdityaShinde-js1ft Nope, he trampled him with horses, search it up

[@gnarmarmilla]

Wow, that’s really interesting. Sounds like a reasonable and righteous man, I wonder why they ignored him? We certainly did see what God willed.

[@thefuryofthedragon8715]

He died in the way of Islam, Allah willed him to become a Shaheed (Martyr) and Allah indeed will bring more trials and tribulations

[@barbarahuff117]

Amen.

[@IvyThePoisonous]

@@barbarahuff117 lel. Saying amen in muslim post

[@QWERTY-gp8fd]

@@IvyThePoisonous who cares? same shit bro. its all fiction. we live in simulation

[@Tummamu]

@@IvyThePoisonous Muslims say Amen too.

[@TentaclePentacle]

Genghis wouldn't have been so nice, he wouldn't have sent this nicely worded warning, he would of slaughtered everyone in Baghdad and made an example of them, betrayal was not to be tolerated. The grand sons of Genghis have gone soft.

[@RCStomper]

Trust fund babies.... whatcha gonna do?

[@TentaclePentacle]

+John Doe only after he asked nicely. Genghis wouldn't have asked and given him a chance to kneel. The newer generations are always softer. It is the trust fund baby syndrome.

[@IronGazille]

Nah. Ghengis specifically didn’t want one of his sons to succeed him. He thought them him violent. Imagine a guy like him deeming another too violent lmao. He chose the next Khan to be of calmer disposition

[@jfrd-pw4hk]

I think it was difference in culture. Genghis was an OG nomad horseman. Hulagu and his generation had more exposure to other cultures, learning different ways of communication and war etiquette from them.

[@tepasaliro8588]

This is misleading. Actually, Conggis sent 3 ambassador when inalchuq arrested their trader but Kwarazm shah behead them and sent to Cinggis khan then Cinggis wrath razed kwarazm to the ground.

[@Longshanks1690]

A Kahn always pays his debts.

[@thewayfarer8849]

If Germany had a foreign relation minister like this, they'd be driving a truck right into the terrorists :')

[@Kalamain]

+Scytale of Riviera +++ WRONGTHINK ALERT!!! +++ Correction... Trucks drive themselves. You should ask the Religion of peace about that!

[@MrJay_White]

germany obviously should have banned trucks with high capacity trailers.

[@politicallyunreliable4985]

You must be in California.

[@thewayfarer8849]

Jefe von Q England actually, wish I lived in a place with California's weather :')

[@Ninjaananas]

Scytale of Riviera You would only kill the enemies of the terrorists.

[@thruthewormhole]

I clicked on this to look a comments and they are exactly what I expected.

[@Usammityduzntafraidofanythin]

xXMarsOzXx "It was never a religion of peace, y'all!" Well, it's ironic NOW, but it didn't used to be. Not saying that the religion is what supposedly 'created' the arab and persian civilizations of the middle ages - that claim is inherently ridiculous; it's the same as saying the west needed to be christian before they could get to the enlightenment... because yes, I'm sure they needed 1000 years of authoritarian theological aristocracy before they could learn sciencin' (extreme /s). There are christians that believe that btw, so many of those muslims believing the other one, aren't that far removed. But sure, saying 'religion of peace' like that doesn't mean much unless you can back it up. Say, quoting the violent parts of the quuran with context, or quoting violent parts of the hadith.

[@EmilReiko]

I think the roots of the concept of the religion of peace lies in the early years of Islam, where a lot of local sectarian strife might have ended when everybody in an area was converted. It never meant that there wouldent be war or conquest.

[@Fufflunsify]

More mongol threats please

[@JamjamDanoso]

You mean "promise?"

[@alexramey2062]

Hulago: I will toss you in the air like a lion! Frieza: Hmm... 12.

[@Knight_sa]

Lmfaoo

[@awesomegamer31]

For like the 6th time asking for an Ancient Recitations Patreon feed! It would be much appreciated!

[@darer13]

1500lego Go to his main channel: Sargon of Akkad

[@awesomegamer31]

What do you mean?

[@Comando96]

His main channel is Sargon of Akkad. I think he does this as more of a hobby interest.

[@caranthirn7400]

Respects to Hulagu from Turkey.

[@ahmedislam2580]

annene saygılar

[@haitamc5611]

Respect to Vlad from Morocco.

[@ahmedislam2580]

@@haitamc5611 hhhhhhhhhh khaled ibn walid > holako

[@swarnabharat2715]

@@ahmedislam2580 lol

[@ahmedislam2580]

@@swarnabharat2715 so what ? this is true amigo

[@Destichado]

Baller.

[@Mullet-ZubazPants]

0:06 "castles of the heretics" ... is Hulagu Khan talking about the assassins/hashashin, which he destroyed?

[@Vsm426]

yes the mongols made short work of them

[@mrt8944]

I see videos about history and I have noticed that people of certain religion are very pissed off with hulagu attacking Iraq and posting angry comments but are less butthurt when it comes Timur attacking the same places😂. Religions are really funny

[@themercifulguard3971]

Timur is already commonly known as a genocidal Jerk amongst Muslims

[@mariyabiswas3391]

Timur only massacred, didn't destroyed infrastructure and irrigation systems unlike Mongols.By the way,he is a hero onel in Uzbekistan.

[@Brucebanner1432]

​@@mariyabiswas3391'only massacred', bro you are completely justifying his statement.😂😂

[@user-cq8hw3ni7g]

to the illiterate uzbek everyone is a hero , see where is this shit country now , doesnt even stand a chance , this is what looting and being an idiot does to a country@@mariyabiswas3391

[@Marcus-143]

And now they are all dead and gone and mostly forgotten. But the drama tho Good one

[@grugg5353]

lol this is sargon of akkad narrating, interesting stuff ty sargon

[@PasOdMater]

Nice one. Any chance of you reading The Song of the Bow by Dr. Conan Doyle?

[@Destichado]

PasOdMater "What of the bow? The bow was made in England!" That song of the bow?

[@PasOdMater]

Yep

[@asajjy]

This Gives Me The Vapors

[@RCStomper]

HELLS YEAH!!!

[@khulagukhan]

thanks

[@MrLlamaGiraffe]

a right good christmas classic

[@vlnow]

This reminds me of the emails of Hagel and Valugua

[@ankushrawat2639]

Thanks to mongols they conquered the muslims

[@bigdrippa6945]

Damn, Khan wasn't fucking around.

[@Usammityduzntafraidofanythin]

"I hate people for being violent savages, so I praise other violent savages for the feelz." ^ Confirmation bias in a nutshell.

[@aslof1069]

It is actually a real letter that is found in the library in Chinese capital city, By that time Mongols created their Capital city in China. Thats why.

[@Prat-zi1ou]

Americans

[@peterjemm]

Considering hulagu's power and capability, that was the most polite message to the head of the islamic caliph, but islamic caliph always learns it in hard way, unfortunately.

[@yogeshkadam4349]

@آشوربانيبال ملك آشور weak lol

[@buzzlightyear1010]

@@yogeshkadam4349 your ancestors were weak against aurangzeb alamgir

[@yogeshkadam4349]

@@buzzlightyear1010 ok converted

[@Jackmono1]

You should read the Reply of the Zaporozhian Cossacks. It's short and great.

[@OmarSlloum]

neat talk for a Mongol

[@BountyFlamor]

Was there any reply?

[@googane7755]

Genghis would've sacked the city and slaughtered everyone inside the first time the caliph failed to show obedience. Hulagu had given him a second chance to save his city.

[@taino-sr2vy]

I don't know, after the governor of otear wiped out the caravan of envoys seeking to trade with the khwarazmian empire temujin sent three emisarries to the king muhammed and demanded the governor be handed for retribution.

[@googane7755]

@@taino-sr2vy That's because he thought the governor acted on his own and he was busy campaigning in China at the time. While destroying the khwarezmings, the western xia refused to support him in his campaign west much like caliph here which genghis promptly responded by literally wiping them from existence. Every city, settlement and trace as a people gone just like that. So much so that we barely even know anything about them other than it's complete annihilation and many didn't even know they had existed until the 20th century. That's how genghis punished disobedience.

[@godwillrise5442]

The world needs to learn from the pass.

[@kevcontrol6563]

what language was this letter ?

[@CyanideSovereign]

What was the relgion of Mongolia at this time?

[@Redheisenberg]

Islam mainly

[@gixxerfixxer4159]

CyanideSovereign No they didn't become muslim until after razing Baghdad.

[@MogofWar]

It was never really Islam in Mongolia. It was mostly the Western hordes that converted.

[@Mazetism]

Tengri

[@yelsavidaravskaja905]

CyanideSovereign Tengrism/Shamanism, same religion as ancient Hungarians, central asian Turkic people and the Tavastian tribe of Finland

[@parkercomputing]

That is terrifying

[@b-1battledroid674]

Good ending: To the glorious ruler, Hulagu Khan Damn dude, you have a good point, here's the tribute.

[@abdullahamir119]

Yeah but then the mongols would have gone to Europe had Muslims not fought and been the first victims

[@googane7755]

How many millions of lives could've been saved just by saying that

[@rain_M4V7]

Ego kills

[@GaryHField]

EU needs to learn a lot from this.

[@lifeisgood12341]

dayum son

[@vinayakkamble7546]

now Mongolia 60% population is buddhist

[@aslof1069]

It is actually becoming more attheist. Because whenever people trusted believing god the whole economy went down and happiness of people also dropped down. So newer generation will not give a fuck to religion. Because if only bring bad things such as lie etc.

[@notorious9278]

Buddhism simply means no god that's why Mongols turn atheist and atheism is reality.

[@SpectralAtlas]

The Podcast of the Lotus Eaters, 4/14/2022, at 1:32:30 brought me here.

[@ShortbusMooner]

Same as how they think & act TODAY...

[@brandtchepley459]

And what was the Caliphs reason for not sending troops?

[@ayabenbelkacem7826]

The Kings of Al-Sham (aka Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, etc) were too busy fighting amongst themselves to aid him. Around the same time. One of the Kings was fighting with anther Kind in the area and the Sultan of Eygpt.

[@joerogue231]

@@ayabenbelkacem7826 Muslim rulers at the time should of unite themselves and fought the mongol and at least just surrender and wait until the mongol became weak then rebels . The destruction of Baghdad is one of the biggest tragedy in world history .

[@fenrirrising131]

"I'll show you qadr'allah" lol

[@Cartouchai]

how is that funny? You are laughing at a great kind kings death. They killed his whole family infront of him. Think about it if you are in that situation. Why are you laughing you inconsiderate prick.

[@fenrirrising131]

@@Cartouchai he should not have picked a fight with the mongols you worthless idiot. Read a goddamn book aside from the cursed qur'an

[@thefuryofthedragon8715]

@@fenrirrising131 Then actually read the Quran before saying accursed words upon the truth, read the words then tell me how is it? There are many miracles in the Quran, why dont you read knowledge and actually tell me stuff before you read every miracle.

[@fenrirrising131]

@@thefuryofthedragon8715 abrahamic religion is poison. Your miracles are false. Do not bother me with fairy tales.

[@mahmoudahmed1077]

@@fenrirrising131 Lol goddamn quran ??? O son of the cursed, these Mongols were defeated by the army of Muslims in Ain Jalut and their empire was completely defeated and all of their countries entered Islam what did the infidel do in front of the Mongols other than screaming

[@blagozadro7410]

Hulagu 💯✊🏾

[@NotQuiteFirst]

What happened next?

[@blackhydra12]

The walls of Baghdad where torn down, and a mock wall of the inhabitants skulls was placed around the city.

[@ediable8309]

And the caliph was rolled into a carpet and trampled by horses.

[@deepsouthredneck1]

The Mongols took the city then beheaded 800,000 citizens and placed them giant piles.

[@ryhol5417]

….aaand looking at the record these were not threats or boasts. This was a factual statement of tasks to complete.

[@avsn]

Dang, don't piss off Khan

[@peterjemm]

Fill in the blanks Khwarezm - Genghis Khan Abbasid - _____________

[@ShinobiHOG]

I love it when you do shit like this. Pretty cool dude.....

[@redouanefellah7310]

Hulagu doesn't fuck around

[@Naomi_Boyd]

Seems like a nice guy, relatively speaking. Genghis would have razed Baghdad to the ground for the same offense.

[@zachjones6258]

Hulagu proceeded to raze the city and kill it's 900,000 inhabitants. No khan is merciful

[@wilhelmrk]

Yeah, but he offered him a way out if he would have taken personal responsibility like a proper ruler.

[@jfrd-pw4hk]

Hulagu actually showed mercy by giving them a choice. Genghis would've likely just wiped Baghdad off the face of the planet with no prior notice.

[@nutyyyy]

He did indeed raze the city, but it's likely the Arab historians exaggerated, as the Mongols personally claimed to have killed much less and they were known for bragging about their deathtolls.

[@jacobhartnell1309]

Richy Rich halugula raized it and killed between 900,000 to 2,000,000 inhabitants.

[@ayabenbelkacem7826]

What the heck are some of these comments? Like dudes, chill.

[@JAM-hg4mp]

I find it funny how much Europeans fear Islam

[@ytubesocialtv]

@@JAM-hg4mp Its because of how badly Sultan Mehmet crushed and wiped-out the Byzantine Empire from the face of this planet. The only place where you can find its gold-driven roots, Vatican City, refrains as much as possible from metioning it.

[@user-kg7zr3yl3n]

@@ytubesocialtv not only that but it also comes from the devastating humiliations that the crusaders suffered, so much hate that even after centuries the french invaded syria and spit on saladin's grave

[@michaelmooney3931]

Who did the translation? To Arabic? Difficult endeavor.. the letter, one of someone quite educated. Who wrote it? How did steppe mongols get so fluent and educated?

[@michaelmooney3931]

@@boomsday3 best explanation I ever heard.

[@MrJay_White]

i would like to say this was mongols demonstrating how to deal with islam... but wherent these khans muslim too?

[@shanepealow2052]

Mr Jay White Whats Mongolian for "Deus Vult"?

[@MogofWar]

Some were. Some weren't. They had something akin to freedom of religion going on.

[@amadeuswinqvist2893]

So how would you deal with murderous mongols out for your land and servitude?

[@Atilla_the_Fun]

+Drunken Beaver Burkhan gereeslel Бурхан гэрээслэл

[@lordzenghis3061]

They weren't Muslim but converted to islam eventually.

[@OmarSlloum]

dat ending: DEUS VULT!

[@alexcorvuscazador5596]

Sargon is that you?

[@user-wl4sr4tl7f]

Chingus

[@Green-tf8uw]

is that sexual harassment?

[@VoidOfDarkness9]

Genghis!

[@absolutelyheretical7132]

That's how it is pronounced.

[@lolzhammer8281]

Have been, can confirm. They still see him as their George Washington, with rugs and small tapestries of him being quite common in their homes. Side note, don't ever drink the vodka named after him,,, nasty as hell! =P

[@simonbnoel]

Chinggis Qahan*

[@FiddleMiA]

caliph I am dissapoint

[@netineti5953]

Buddhist Mongols>>>>

[@Halberstramshaberdashery]

You can’t say the Caliph Al-Musta'sim wasn’t warned! Worst decision EVER😬

[@XxStonedKillerxX]

your link said this was a "gaming channel", I pleasantly pleased and disappointed at the same time.

[@samiq4499]

The Battle of Ain Jalut will be the answer

[@jackedpie22]

haha

[@sanabougossa5470]

You should do a video of the letter of Hulagu to Qutuz the next sultan. And the answer of Qutuz to Hulagu.

[@abele7009]

Kayna Sana! 👌🏼👌🏼

[@SH-uv5kv]

Well, Hulagu ravaged Damascus and left due to succession crisis. He left a skeleton force, about 10,000 troops. That's being celebrated by Muslims as some sort of greatest victory in history.

[@sanabougossa5470]

@@SH-uv5kv Well that does not diminish it because you will soon realise that they invaded muslim land because muslims were also divided . I mean you know that is part of the strategy you don't attack someone who is not divided. Hence why the adage of divide and conquer if you don't divide you don't conquer and the mamluks actually united themselves and other muslims from Sudan . to push them back forever . Now through the this lens it can be argued the monghols did nothing spectacular because they divided people and conquered them. it goes both ways

[@sanabougossa5470]

@@SH-uv5kv and Baibars converted the golden and white hordes to Islam we dived them and conquered them . Hence why they are quiet proud of this feat. it protected the rest of Eurasia , we did not have to drop our pants to them like the Crusaders did by alliyin gthemselves to them and the pope sending the Khan wives and ladies to win genghis khan favour and his crusaders be spared. Only one crusader state stood with the muslims and allied against the monghol. it is a very interesting history if one cared to look for details

[@Alex-tx2em]

@@SH-uv5kv You're leaving out the fact that he didn't return because of the civil caused by his Muslim brother Berke because of his destruction of Baghdad. And his skeleton force still matched the numbers of the Mamluks and got lured into an ambush because they thought they were winning.

[@mikeblargh9207]

Khan is by far the most badass leader of all time

[@ShionKenobi]

This one.

[@barbatvs8959]

Why do you even look at their butts? The worst butt? Kids and their silly slang.

[@TehCthulhu]

WE WUZ CHINGZ!

[@Rahbarvlog901]

I m mongol decentend

[@samirkhan5858]

After this Baghdad Berke Khan became Muslim and fight halagu

[@VoidOfDarkness9]

Umm no He did it when he was in Central Asia Touring Mosque. It happened before this battle even happened.

[@lkhagwadorj]

he deafed only one of his generals

[@Hegemon1984]

Sargon, is that you?

[@himalayas1647]

Sargon was present at 2300bc wtf 😂

[@unexpectediteminbaggingare8074]

its who-lar-goo khan

[@DEATH14269]

Did they kill the caliph?

[@user-cq8hw3ni7g]

yeah

[@DEATH14269]

@@user-cq8hw3ni7g how did he die?

[@brownvoltaire2722]

​@@DEATH14269Hulugu killed him with his own hand

[@DEATH14269]

@@brownvoltaire2722 and how?

[@tararais]

@@DEATH14269 Most historians believe the Mongol and Muslim accounts that the caliph was rolled up in a rug and the Mongols rode their horses over him, as they believed that the earth would be offended if touched by royal blood. All but one of his sons were killed.