Islamic conquest of Persia

Since the 1st century BC, the Romans and Parthians had waged a number of wars that lasted for the centuries. In fact these military campaigns outlasted the empires themselves. Both the Roman and Parthian Empires reformed and were replaced by the Byzantine and Sassanid Empires, respectively. These two new superpowers continued their territorial disputes and military confrontations for centuries. But the Sassanids and Byzantines also had various proxy wars, in which they attempted to start rebellions in the opponent's holdings. One example of this was the Byzantine client state the Ghassanids and the Sassanid client state the Lakhmids. These client states served as a buffer zone against the Southern Arab raiders. And both these client states were Arab in origin, but the Ghassanids were Christian Arabs whereas the Lakhmids aimed to unite all the Arabs under one kingdom. In fact the last independent ruler of the Lakhmids, Imru' al-Qais, claimed the title of "King of all the Arabs." This vision of Arab unity would not be realized for centuries, until the rise of Islam and the consolidation of the Rashidun Caliphate, in 632. Once the caliphate was established the Lakhmids were quick to join their Arab brethren. But this made the Sassanids very anxious, as they had lost their buffer zone and client state. And so the Sassanid rulers decided to stir up rebellions in the region. These provocations lead to the declaration of a Jihad against the Sassanid Persian Empire by Caliph Umar. At the time this seemed like an ant declaring war against a lion. That is how the Persians mistakenly perceived it.
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[@pambashta1980]

It was islamisized with force and sword. Just like anywhere else

[@ramarne578]

@@pambashta1980 "itwasislamisyedbyfowse". Remember the Northern Crusade? The Colonization of the Americas? All Religions have their own dark past.

[@ramarne578]

@@pambashta1980 Tell me, what happened to all those Pagans in Europe? Where are the Norse? Romuva? Finnish Pagans? Celtic Pagans? Slavic Pagans?

[@evolveelectricvehicles8551]

whenever islam went there was masscares, the persians Zoroastrians fled to india and there is a famous story about how smart they were. They are called parsis here. Islam was not spread without force and bloodshed

[@Jareers-ef8hp]

@@evolveelectricvehicles8551 Then explain how Indonesia became Islamic please.

[@CaspianReport]

After reading the overwhelming hateful comments, I have to say, the intention of this video was to shed some light on this important historic period and to create dialogue not further stimulate hatemongering. Its been more then a thousand years and both groups still hold resentment against each other. This is quite dissapointing.

[@sepehr.javaheri]

To be honest I'm not against any race of human being and I see all of them as 1 piece! I don't have anything against Arabs nor all muslims. But everyone should have the freedom to write/speak about anything we would like to question if it's not hateful or discriminating and if we have "proof" for it , then there will be a conversation without an ending it seems... I have to say that this video was really well made with a lot of favoritism , but unfortunately I don't agree with many parts of it and that's probably because of what I've experienced and read/heard about in my lifetime including historic proofs about my country! Hopefully the hateful comments will stop and we'll see some logical and learning comments from now on ;)

[@BobMcCob]

utash321 Fuck off CaspianReport is brilliant.

[@utash321]

BobMcCob Lets talk about you paled ass savages! Your legacy is colonialism, slavery, genocide of native populations, using weapons of mass destruction against innocent civilian populations including the only use of nuclear weapons, and on, and on. So shut the hell up hockey boy!

[@BobMcCob]

utash321 And what perfect society do you come from that has no history of these things?

[@yourmajesty1361]

BobMcCob CaspianReport isn't "brilliant" just watching some of their videos you will soon understand they are pro-PanTurkist who promote the Balkanization of Iran + are spreading lies about the consequences of the Arab Invasion of Persia.

[@GamerDudester]

Khalid bin Al Waleed is one of the most underrated generals in history. This man was a genius.

[@classified0713]

Yes khalud indeed was a good general

[@jafneezakwan5810]

how do you know his face......can you tell me HOW

[@s.h1434]

GamerDudester he was a murderer and a ruthless man, he has special place in hell now!

[@MohamedSalah-kn1gq]

murderer ? please stop this trump thing -_- he was a man of honor you just see because he is an Arab so he is bad

[@laithsaleem580]

S.H he wasnt alive when muslims borderd france so what is your point

[@apog8127]

As an Iranian I believe we should bury the hatchet in middle east and put aside old hatred cause hate is consuming the region Persian , Arab , Turk , .... (race) should be thing of the past I wish peace and prosperity upon humanity

[@yamaniking9292]

APO G true we should all unite and secure our world

[@nab.7250]

Agreed, we’d be the greatest region in the world if we united

[@danial469]

we most definetly sure my persian brother. From your palestinian brother and syed;)

[@danial469]

@Eattin Kittens not all of em but i do consider some shias my brothera

[@user-ql9xf4zg6q]

Eattin Kittens umar the same one who said “I wish their is a wall between us neither of us could go past”, and companion of our prophet -pbuh-, this is the first organized hatred I’ve seen it goes from one generation to another, hell even Muhammad(pbuh) said “o suliman (who was persian) don’t hate me you will go out of religion, suliman: how can I hate and Allah guided us through you? He said: to hate Arabs then hate me.”

[@juggernaut6141]

My Dad smoked his whole life, one day my Mum told him "If you want to see your kids grow up you need to stop." Three years later he died. My Mum told me "don't ever smoke and put your family through what your father did." At 22 I have never touched a cigarette. But I must say I feel a sense of regret, because after reading these comments this gave me cancer anyway.

[@djeieakekseki2058]

Zod-Clash royale and Clash of clans I don't know I should laugh or ....

[@s.m4649]

Zod-Clash royale and Clash of clans What an emotional and UNRELATED story

[@sinisterPresence1899]

Zod-Clash royale and Clash of clans i see these comments everywere

[@johanrommel5132]

@@sinisterPresence1899 because you see the same hate and dumb shit everywhere

[@siarad8921]

Shut the fuck up , you tit

[@markuskekero8363]

shame we don't learn much of this in world history.

[@okiedokie56]

Because mooselimb students would complain and call it "racist"

[@markuskekero8363]

Kolynk or whiny white people

[@markuskekero8363]

Kolynk Muslims would be like fuck yeah we owned everyone because that is who they are and their culture

[@okiedokie56]

GoldenHawk Islam is not a race!

[@okiedokie56]

GoldenHawk Islam is not a race, idiot.

[@amirfarookhqazi6290]

Sassanid Failure should be a lesson to us Persians, arrogance destroyed us. We should return to the ways of the Achaemenid period with tolerance and understanding.

[@FaridoonQaziCibo]

Always learn from past and use it in future, but live now!

[@FaridoonQaziCibo]

Always learn from past and use it in future, but live now!

[@Theonetrueerenyeager]

Yes, and dump Islam revive Zoroastrianism and allow peace, democracy, and multiculturalism

[@truebomba]

"You will face men who love death as you love life"

[@atottotbaba604]

Anyone will love to die if he was brainwashed and told that he will be given virgins if he dies lol

[@truebomba]

@@atottotbaba604 They didn't have corporate media back then to brainwash, you know ?

[@atottotbaba604]

@@truebomba Media ? Why do you need media to brainwash someone lmao ?

[@truebomba]

@@atottotbaba604 I was taking you seriously although you -maybe- just trolling; It is hard to imagine any brainwashing mechanism without mass production imagery propaganda and chemical substances. Acting by conviction is not brainwashing, although it goes against your taste. I am not talking only about these Muslim fighters. A lot of of tribes of heroic fighters throughout history had this strong convictions that you may not have in modern real brainwashing time.

[@atottotbaba604]

@@truebomba How am I trolling? So apparently the one who believes brainwashing was only done in the modern world is not trolling and I am ?

[@lonewalker6110]

KHALED IBN ALWALID ...NEVER LOST A SINGLE BATTLE

[@mohammedfasi2227]

@Ali Haidar munafiq feroz abu lala

[@mohammedfasi2227]

@Ali Haidar hazrat ali refused abu bakkar omer and osman right... You are dumb and duff

[@shiz777]

As a Zoroastrian I don't know what to think of this video. A quick glance at a simple resource like wikipedia will show that thousands of Zoroastrian priests were executed and in one city 40,000 people were killed and hanged. Although millions may not have been killed, hundreds of thousands were during the arab invasion. It's why some fled to India. Although I have to agree with you that many Iranians did willingly convert and that Zoroastrianism does have a lot in common with Islam. It is also more of a philosophy than a religion, but it is still a religion. The biggest blow to Zoroastrianism came from the Safavids and Qajars, Iranian dynasties, rather than the arabs.

[@The_18th_Fret]

"The biggest blow to Zoroastrianism came from the Safavids and Qajars, Iranian dynasties, rather than the arabs." can you elaborate please?

[@shiz777]

***** The Arabs brought Islam to Persian but they didn't exterminate Zoroastrianism with the fervor that later Iranian and Turkish dynasties did. They came, they saw and they conquered, but then they kind of left. The later dynasties enslaved and persecuted Iranians to such a high degree that it's amazing most people don't know that. The funny thing is the history of the enslavement is even in our blood, I did a free DNA test and found that 15% of my DNA is East African which is found only in 4% of Iranian population. The theory is that this DNA came to Iran via the slave trade. I think many Iranian Zoroastrians have African slave blood in them, as we tend to be darker and more sturdy in our build. It was in fact a Parsi who had to help the Iranian Zarthosti community in the 1800s because the situation was so bad for us under the Qajars. The Shah was great for Zoroastrians...but we all know what happened. This is something most Iranians don't like hearing, and I try not to speak too much about it because I want to see the theocracy fall in Iran and would love to have a small Zoroastrian enclave in Iran. But that is fantasy, Islam is a part of Iran now and has been due to the indigenous Iranian leaders themselves. Bahaism and other faiths will not thrive because the regime is brutal at suppressing any dissent. My religion will fade into history now. Eventually Islam will as well, but not for a long time.

[@shiz777]

***** Lol actually there are around 70,000 of us in India and 30,000 of us in North America. There are 20,000 of us in Iran. We're not sand dwellers, well atleast most of us aren't. Freddy Mercury was a Zoroastrian. As are some of the biggest corporations in India, the Tatas, Wadias and Godrej. As is a world class composer known as Zubin Mehta and Homi Bhabha, the father of India's atomic program. We're very highly educated people. Not to mention Trita Parsi, John Abraham and a bunch of other celebrities that I probably can't think of. I know my sudreh/kusti prayers, have had my navjote at the age of 10 and still pray the ancient prayer of Yatha hu vairyo when in need of strength. Convinced yet?

[@shiz777]

***** Man please shut up you know nothing of Zoroastrians or Zoroastrianism. Go play some video games or something.

[@arabpride22]

Hey man, thanks for being reasonable. I appreciate that.

[@Dongdot123]

You cannot argue that Khalid is one of the best generals out there. His tactics were so complex and good

[@saeedvazirian]

But not a good human being. No matter how tactical.

[@Dongdot123]

***** I'm not denying that. But as a general, he's terrifyingly effective...

[@vantaluxxx]

Al Berberawy arabs..man lol

[@liFE-gt6or]

Vrijman Arabia was legendary status back then they were so advanced and had beautiful advanced cities with scientific discoveries they were incredibly effective in war they were the best at their time

[@ahaibeh91]

eggsandwich8885 taking advantages wherever you see them is exactly what makes a good general. Especially given the fact that you’re outnumbered..

[@7yearsago440]

Persia : no one can defeat me Roman : no one can defeat me Arabs : did you heard about camel ghost? Respect to all

[@killme2675]

@It's Oblivion Oh, like the one who lost Sindh to them? I respect both cultures, but nationalism is a bad thing.

[@killme2675]

@It's Oblivion Thanks for providing me the sources. After I've read them, I'll continue. Also, my point is, I know that the Arabs were halted by the Indian dynasties in Rajasthan, it's just that that isn't the only place where they were stopped. They were also stopped in France, at Constantinople and for a brief time, by the Turks.

[@killme2675]

@It's Oblivion Yes, and it's funny to think that outside forces like Turks have always been able to unite India. Chandragupta Maurya is an exception.

[@killme2675]

@It's Oblivion I did say that "Chandragupta Maurya" is an exception, which means that he was the only INDIAN king to fully unite India,

[@alhashemi.]

@It's oblivion You Indians superpoopers

[@salshehri5091]

fighting the greatest 2 empires in the same time with limited number of men, limited weapon, then defeat them is so amazing!

[@klabumalami6699]

S Alshehri Lord (Allah) send His angels as a support forces for Islam army....even they are outnumbered, outfight....with Allah helps, they defeated the strongest empire at that time

[@chippledon1]

S Alshehri: What else did they have to do? Obviously, they weren't involved in building a peaceful civilization that could contribute to mankind!

[@liFE-gt6or]

chippledon1 haven’t you ever read about Arabia’s empires such as the Abbasid and Umayyad caliphates? If you don’t know a single thing about history then don’t question it

[@ahmedislam2580]

@@chippledon1 old arabs were good warriors but now they are lazy

[@aleksk4151]

haha GO READ ABOUT KHAN TERVEL of BULGARIA who Crushed the ARAB aggression

[@kingofthesouth2593]

Khalid ibn El walid preformed best when outnumbered.enough said

[@kingofthesouth2593]

Azari Parsian he was a hereo and a great general whether you like it or not.isis are not muslims.and its raamadan dont curse

[@AzariParsian]

King of the south So hes a hero because he killed people? Thats what you support? Wtf is wrong with you habibi

[@kingofthesouth2593]

Azari Parsian what is wrong with you.he killed soldiers in battel is he supose to kiss them.its war deal with it.it haapens eons ago.just drop it.we are all muslims now

[@AzariParsian]

King of the south He forced people to convert actually lol. Go look at the quotes hes said. He was a barbarian.

[@kingofthesouth2593]

Azari Parsian the conquerd and defeated always comes up with lame excuses.he was never defeated he was a legend.your hatered will not take anything away from him.

[@amarv9387]

It's stupid.if iranians conversion were peaceful then why there were many persians in India and elsewhere. They were chased and persecuted.

[@moroccanfreethinker2739]

As the majority of people converted the ones who didn't convert were seen as bad people and were most likely chased by their own people. I don't like Islam or any other religion for the matter but the way Islam gets in a country is really fascinating

[@legelgamek3636]

good!

[@moroccanfreethinker2739]

@@eliza1826 I'm Atheist I'm just jocking around 😂 Remigions are pretty violent mate, get your hands out of them

[@meceffeukada3767]

they fled because india was just alongside and they were afraid from invaders that's all dumb ass

[@nomaanmehdinambardar2465]

@@eliza1826 bloody fool shia sunni fights for Khalifa ali rd

[@capodituttidicapo9084]

the sword of islam . khalid ibn waleed r.a .

[@capodituttidicapo9084]

Debdut Kar never heard of him . was he someone famous

[@ichliebejava5115]

the same as ISIS today .

[@capodituttidicapo9084]

israeli secret intelligence servive

[@ichliebejava5115]

Capo di tutti di capo Nope , the true face of Islam .

[@capodituttidicapo9084]

Cool guy . freedom fighters can never be terrorists . they never invaded anyone . fucking modern day crusaders invaded them .

[@kidfromcropu2812]

finally someone explained it,its unbelievable how the arabs,while being outnumbered and under armored,succeeded to vanguish sassanids and to the extent,romans

[@inkdew5620]

They systematically destroyed a great civilization. SHAME

[@oswaldmargoni]

@@inkdew5620 And they created a new civilisation. It's called progress, it cannot be stopped, it goes unstoppably forward.

[@jelenasofiya8981]

@Вхламинго it is unbelivable if you are one of the soldiers, lmao

[@Hi-lg1lz]

@@inkdew5620 Why you didn't say any thing when the Persian and the roman destroyed another civilization or just you are a Racist

[@abdullrahmanfathi3557]

@Абдульзефир im sorry but I have to back my Muslim brother John Tyler by saying 'it is though'😁

[@sayDArealshitORdie99]

The Arabs fought 2 big empires and beat them in the same time ,,

[@abouttime3268]

Moe Khalaf DIdnt you listen? Persians just finished a war and were not ready for another one thats why arabs won. Other wise arabs wouldve been whopped

[@cyberfood1352]

galaxy even som the muslims had much and i mean much smaller armies in all the battle they were outnumbered 5 to 1, but their leader was Khalid Ibn Waleed the prophet called him the sword of Allah and he never lost in any of his battles, he and genghis khan are the two generals who have never lost

[@gelly99]

Cyber FOOD1 Alexander the great

[@forzaarab8058]

*****​ ooooh hey mongol butthurt .. chick out this link en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Ain_Jalut

[@meceffeukada3767]

About Time every battle muslim go to were less in number against byzantics & persians & they won every single battle u know why ? b'cuz they had faith in the only almighty god u dumb ass what a white cheesy boy like u know about middle east history ?

[@BobMcCob]

But from a military standpoint the Arabs were beyond brilliant.

[@KingdomofArabia]

the main reason was islam. arabs couldn't do nothing without God's help.

[@peacefollower5026]

@@KingdomofArabia No Bro I thing the motivation is more important them relegious practice If the god with Islamic invasion then why God support mass murder massacre & force conversation of zorostrians into Islam ? Sorry for my bad english bro

[@KingKing-ny2ew]

@@peacefollower5026 "murder massacre & force conversation" where did you get this information from? And it's in the video you watched kzbin.info/www/bejne/bnvUYZeXorKai7c

[@vengefulavenger1510]

peace follower there was no forced conversion. Conversion was strongly discouraged by the Umayyads.

[@jebatevrana]

Key word here is were. After so many centuries, their religion crippled their development. Failed conquest of Europe also played part in that.

[@nils191]

What's up with Persians and getting their nation destroyed by minor armies?

[@nils191]

***** Not by minor armies, they were destroyed by fullfletched forces.

[@nils191]

***** But was their empire destroyed?

[@persianguy1524]

You have to keep in mind that the Victor's write history. Arabs and greeks most likely lied about their numbers and exaggerated the number of soldiers in the Persian military.

[@Andrezinh0oO]

however, still but the Persians could contain the Islamic advance .. at least I believe so. If the Persians contained the Muslim advance today is Islam would not be so great ??

[@taysachs6951]

Iran has almost for 40 years been a strong state that soon will probably rule the entire Near East thanks to zionists.

[@Blindanddumb]

This report sounds as if the Persians had decided to go to war against the Arabs, but in reality, they had been victim to an invasion. Persia had been at war with East Rome for almost 30 years, and exited the war in defeat, followed by civil war and unrest at home. Peria and Rome both were exausted, and that made them a promising target for the Arabs.

[@KingKing-ny2ew]

It's Arab Muslims.

[@user-iv2dx9ps9y]

they still were always outnumbered and out weapon-ed,do you think that excuse would work? also no,The persians were already sparking unrest in the arabian homeland by backing revolts and Invaded yeman and bahrain,You are being intellectually dishonest

[@tntcng5974]

It's like modern day America. Losing battle against isis & blameing Vietnam war lol

[@TheChiconspiracy]

The defeat of the culturally rich Sassanian Persians must be one of the most dire events in world history. If only the Roman Empire (forget the stupid term Byzantine) and Sassanids didn't weaken each other so much, that desert rabble might not have dealt such a blow to culture and progress.

[@TheChiconspiracy]

***** You seriously think in all of Persian history, which saw MANY golden ages, that it was ISLAM's doing? Absurd. What remained of the Persian Empire fell into an irreversible decline. All of Islams claimed "achievements" were due to moderate Muslims standing on the shoulders of Persian intellectual progress. What you're saying is as full of nonsense as the Christians who claim that Rome was at its best under Christianity. Also complete foolishness.

[@TheChiconspiracy]

***** "Persia had nothing before" HAHA Foolish. A thousand years before the Muslims existed, Persia was a flourishing Empire with advanced technology, tolerant government, and diverse peoples united. You think the time of Cyrus was the only great time for Persia? The Parthian Empire defeated Rome several times, a much stronger Rome than the weakened one that would battle Muslims later. Advanced technology, mathematics, sciences, philosophy.. all existed FAR before the Muslims ever came.

[@TheChiconspiracy]

***** Are you insane? You act like it went from Cyrus to Sassanian Persia... Did Cyrus live hundreds of years? Persia was dominated by the PARTHIANS for much of Rome's existence, and saw tremendous growth and contributions through most of their history, often surpassing Rome in many ways. Here is a list of Persian contributions PRE-ISLAM. - Tolerance of conquered religions, ideas and cultures displayed through many dynasties, unlike the Muslims later. - Great public works like canal building centuries before anyone else, save perhaps the Chinese - Federal systems of government to enhance efficiency - Postal system 1000 BC - Written documents 2000 BC - Hand operated mills and windmills 900 BC - 354 day calendar around 2000 BC - 2000 BC also saw some of the first glass production -Money standardized around 800 BC -Persia standardized weights and measurements over 2500 years ago. -Darius provided the first declaration of human rights (something sorely lacking in many Islamic civilizations) over 2500 years ago. Persia had some of the first architecture using fire hardened bricks This is just a small list, not counting what they contributed in food, culture, language, and clothing. BEFORE ISLAM.

[@01andak]

Fibonacci, the famous mathematician, was taught by Arabs in what is today Tunisia. Arabic numerals made T accounting, such as is still used in advanced computer systems possible.

[@TheChiconspiracy]

***** Your statement "all knowledge had been lost" is nonsense. While the Roman empire in the west fell, it continued to flourish in the East for thousands of years. Even more advanced civilizations existed in India and East Asia, and had nothing to do with Islam. Post conquest Persia retained enough knowledge to be relevant in SPITE of Islam, not because of it.

[@qusayalmahmoud3045]

" in just one year , the arabs conquered something that the byzantine couldn't do for centuries" . this part gave me goosebumps =)

[@BMcbugger]

Qusay ALMahmoud Yeah, except the "Byzantines" (Romans) never really tried to conquer Iran after Constantine I, so...

[@ShahanshahofPersia]

BMcbugger WRONG! They tried conquering Iran many times after that... Ever heard of Julian the Apostate?

[@BMcbugger]

Shahanshah of Persia Julian was the last non-Christian emperor of the Romans, and his military campaign was short and didn't involve the "convert or die" tactics that came with Islam. And the Sassanids had been militarily active against the eastern lands of the Roman Empire at that time, so his military campaign was hardly unwarranted. Even so, it wasn't any sort of long-term campaign to "conquer" Persia. And no, there was no attempt to conquer Iran "many times" after that.

[@ShahanshahofPersia]

BMcbugger Lol, -_-

[@LeekyKale]

0:17 incorrect, the byzantine name was given to the eastern roman empire by historians. the Byzantines actually thought of themselves as Romans.

[@redhood3748]

Agreed.

[@NECHOII]

It was approx. 100 years after Constantinople fell to the Turks marking the end of the Eastern Roman Empire, did a German historian coin the name " Byzantine " Empire. The name was never used before then.

[@khoroatos]

That doesnt mean its incorrect, its just how we refer to them

[@blacktea65s]

Zoroastrians were forced to pay Jizya tax and discriminated during the Arab occupation. If they failed to fund the money they were either enslaved, tortured, imprisoned or killed. Furthermore, converters to Islam enjoyed numerous benefits. Obviously it was more attractive to convert instead of suffering. So the Islamization of Persia was not exactly as peaceful as potrayed here. Barely any Zoroastrians are left today. Consequently it is only a comfortable myth that Islam itself offers free choice while history clearly proves otherwise. Slavery, mass executions, limiting women rights and an aggressive expansion by Arabinizing everything west of the Zagros mountains shows a different image. Finally, the Arab peninsula was once full of Christians and Jews but where are they now? The only time when tolerance was practiced in Islamic countries was when rulers were not braindead Islamists and the Religions tolerated were usually of Abramic origin. We all see the problems arising from Islamic fundamentalism in the modern world. Reactionary Islamists like Erdogan lay the foundation for extremism. Quran schools from Qatar and Saudi Arabia basically recruit future terrorists. Also the Islamic regime of Iran funds Shia extremists in Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Yemen and Gaza. In addition, when Muslims decide to leave their religion they get persecuted, despised by their own family or even worse. ISIS literally enforces the Quran with the Hadiths and Mesopotamia turns back into an ancient Caliphate. Afterall a lot of people do not have the guts to question the true nature of their own religion since it is part of their identity and it would mean to turn against many things. It is time for the renaissance in the middle east like in the west where the countries managed to free themselves intellectually and culturally from the shakles of medieval Europe.

[@Wartensteiin]

The jizya tax isn't really that much, in fact, Muslims payed more tax compared to non-Muslims. So I don't know what you're talking about. Plus the non-Muslims were not obligated to join the army, while the Muslims were. Where is the benefit in that? Well the Arab slave trade itself is Un-Islamic. It is haram to enslave innocents, the only ones that can be enslave Islamically are prisoners of war. The mass executions you highlight are most likely un-Islamic. "Limiting women's right", how did Islam limit woman's right exactly? You might say hijab, but head wearing was widespread back then, it wasnt a major issue. "Aggressive expansion by Arabinizing", i'd say most nations( especially influential and successful ones) have done aggressive expansion. The zoarastrian persians were no exception. There is still Christians and Jews residing in the Arabia."In addition, when Muslims decide to leave their religion they get persecuted, despised by their own family or even worse.", well yeah, when you leave a society's main ideology or beliefs things will become bad for that person. In the west, if you dont support lgbtq, your life is ruined. Also, can you demonstrate how ISIS enforces both the Quran and Hadith correctly? Also, tolerance has limits. You cannot disrespect Gay people, a flag of the nation in the place your living in without intolerance.

[@Wartensteiin]

Also, slavery was practiced in Pre Islamic Persia, dont act as if they are exempt from this.

[@blacktea65s]

@@Wartensteiin slavery was prohibited by the two major pre Islamic Persian dynasties such as the Achaemenids and Sassanids, I know my history

[@Wartensteiin]

@@blacktea65s Im Pretty sure the Sassanids had slaves, if Im wrong, point that out. Also, are you going to respond to my other statements?

[@HistoryBasis]

Read what Scholars and Historians said about that timeline, from Thomas Walker Arnold, Edward Gibbons, Krisciunas etc. Have wrote down about the early Muslim conquest ofPersia and Roman Lands. Read books of history and you will find the truth! You are just jelous the fact that Classical Muslims are completely different to that of Isis and Al Qaeda. Therefore you invent lies upon lies to the people of ignorance!

[@user-wo7gz5ur8i]

Its Khalid ibn alwaleed the most great general in history

[@ocv5392]

The Cid is 😎

[@abdelghanim]

@extrs large he got the name "Sword of Allah" for something you know. under his command he defeated the most powerful empires at that time. people will try to find an excuse like both empires were exhausted bcs of civil war bla bla bla but guess what so were the arabs bcs they literally had the ridda wars(huge civil war)

[@persiancat1116]

Bs the Persians were forced to convert. They did not choose to. Get your stuff right

[@someone-wi4xl]

they believed in 1 god before Islam .. but they look at fire as a pure figure and their religion wasn't covering everything ... when Arabs conquered Persia .. the new religion was more refined and covered all corners of life and they converted to Islam willingly. Note:: first translation of Quran was into Persian (even before conquest ) by Salman the Persian (first Persian to convert to Islam he was in Medina with the prophet though)

[@KingdomofArabia]

@@rolex1231 its already gone though

[@HistoryBasis]

Read what Scholars and Historians said about that timeline, from Thomas Walker Arnold, Edward Gibbons, Krisciunas etc. Have wrote down about the early Muslim conquest ofPersia and Roman Lands. Read books of history and you will find the truth!

[@juliasasha2029]

Persia has ceased to exist since the 7th century A.D

[@hitman4976]

Roman: no one can defeat our army . . . . . Khalid prince Arab: hold my Zamzam water

[@atottotbaba604]

The romans never thought of this because simply many armies already defeated the romans and Khalid isn't a " prince arab " . Lmao

[@anhad7001]

Fear the xerxes.

[@hjoydulocg8r76ip7]

Mf said prince Arab

[@pratikking2272]

The destruction of a great civilization.

[@isck1327]

And the beginning of the greatest civilisation

[@varadramkrishna6314]

@@isck1327 lol nice joke, civilisation believing in flat earth and burning libraries and ancient universities like nalanda

[@Crimson-locamora]

@@varadramkrishna6314 shiv ke lûñd ki puja kr gufa me jake lìñdu

[@isck1327]

@@varadramkrishna6314 not all muslims said the earth is flat, but there’s a lot disagree with this idea, and they don’t burn libraries, they make it, search about Baghdad library,

[@varadramkrishna6314]

@@isck1327 search about Mohammed gazhni and taxila and nalanda university....

[@jacyjonnson633]

9:09 your explanation on Iranian embraced Islam is bullshit. If Iranian embraced Islam and there was no mass killing then why many Iranian migrated to north of India and central Asia?

[@comradevaldimir7882]

Jacy Jonnson Lol and where did you that "why many Iranian migrated to north of India and central Asia" You woman xD

[@jacyjonnson633]

Arash Lawi As there are Zoroastrianism in north of India and Central Asia and some countries around there speak Persian. You idiot.

[@DW71000]

He's an idiot, almost everything he said it dumb.

[@comradevaldimir7882]

Wipit Usyzn Haha, you are still raging days after that conversation? so sad. xD

[@MehdiFarbod]

+Arash Lawi, you sound pretty stupid. They are huge number of Persians who kept their religion and fled to India. Today, there are hundreds of thousands of Persians practising zoroashtianism in India.

[@King-nf5gl]

I am very grateful and happy that the Indian Chalukya and Pratihara Dynasties defeated the Arab invaders in the battle of Rajasthan in the early 8th century and protected whole India. They also stopped the Arab expansion in the east. This is the main reason why Indians use their own native writing systems and not the Arab script unlike many other people in the world. Jai Chalukya Dynasty, Jai Pratihara Dynasty and Jai Hind.

[@blooduhz]

+King77 India is still a slum shithole with a smelly ppl just like mid-east. Nothing to be grateful for..

[@King-nf5gl]

+blooduhz I do not live in India. But I have to be grateful to these great heroes like Pulikesi of the Chalukya Dynasty and Nagabhata of the Pratihara Dynasty as it is because of their victories that I do not have to follow Arab culture.

[@King-nf5gl]

Sindh, South India was protected by the Vijayanagar Empire, eastern India by the Gajapati Dynasty, the Deccan by the Marathas. Only the northwest was protected by the Rajputs

[@user-ui3pw1ys3k]

Actually the Arabs wiped hundreds of thousands Indians and enslaved them as well It was just a small Arab army (about 5000 to 10000) and the Indians were far far larger armies however they lost many times to a few Arabs Also the Arabs conquered Sind and made it a Muslim nation so you didn't won The Abbsids Also weren't interested in conquer any lands The Indians were easy to the Arab hunters .

[@user-dl5ln3wd6f]

The Arabs Still Conquered Sind, a huge part of india. LOL

[@shelleym3399]

Great education!!! Thank you for putting it together.

[@luqmankiani]

Khalid bin Waleed and Salahuddin are among the best generals to this day! Whether you like it or not it's the truth. And Khalifa Umar was among the best leaders to this day, whether you admit or not.

[@liFE-gt6or]

Luqman Kiani true they were legends

[@user-ds4gs7xl2s]

Don't forget Abu Ubaidah and Usama bin Zayd

[@sachpoint6822]

I admit islam is evil and evil attack at night

[@Alone1am]

@@sachpoint6822 you mean the crusades that the popes lead for a thousand years to loot the rich arabs and decorate the chrustian caves?

[@yashwantdhawan9512]

@@sachpoint6822 correct

[@0bserver00]

Its official. Khalid al walid is the real legion commander

[@arylion5417]

dawud sajo Fuck you

[@saeedvazirian]

@@dawudsajo4446 That's not nice, also not Islamically acceptable. You should know that your words would lead to the same end that which you accused Shahrokh of.

[@saeedyasin8701]

@@arylion5417 fukk. You will rot in hell if u say anything bad about our companions and prophet Pbuh. 💩💩

[@arylion5417]

Sa123 You’re not God

[@saeedyasin8701]

@@arylion5417 I'm not God, but i know where my destination depending on my good deeds in this world. And i already believe in Almighty God (The Creator) of everything, i beliebe in his angels, books, all prophets he sent without separating one from the other, in the day of resurrection, that every good or bad thing that happened to me is something that has been written and planned by God to happen. What do u believe in???

[@zohebalikhan7404]

Great Vidoes, thank you (jazakhallah).

[@madniv786]

Khalid bin Al Waleed is one of the most underrated generals in history. He never lost a war in his life, he won against romans and he won against persians. Prophet Muhammad Peace Be upon him called him as sword of Allah

[@ilovecookies2532]

It's Oblivion They weren't Arabs they were Mongols, also Khalid deafened Persia in 6 months while the Romans couldn't do it in 600 years

[@ilovecookies2532]

It's Oblivion We actually don't care about India, they were peaceful most of the time this is why we fought European Christians instead.

[@madmax8255]

@It's oblivion The Arabs ruled India for a thousand years, Indian culture and clothes and everything today goes back to the Arabs

[@baderabduallah3311]

@@madmax8255 yes Arabs rules India for thousands years

[@sumeersamarat706]

@@madmax8255 Arabs didn't rule India. Early islamic conquest were done by Afgani Rulers Turks only ruled 400 years and much of the time in north provices only

[@TheAbhimait]

After the fall of the Persian empire, some Zoroastrians came to India's west coast (Gujarat) looking for shelter. They were provided shelter by the then king & there descendants are still living here peacefully. Thumbs up to our zorarstrian brothers & Hindu parsi unity.

[@mgr1282]

TheAbhimait It's very upseting that they live far from their mother land. thank you my indian brothers for your hospitality.

[@alilatif5514]

Hindus themselves were slaves until 1947. What the hell they gave shelter ?

[@lakebaikal5]

Ali Latif read about marathas (hindus) who defeated muslims before britishers came idiot. Dont bark if u dont know.

[@9967998200]

West coast of gujrat was later ruled by muslim sultans for more than 300 years my question is how did the Zoroastrian peoples survive during muslim rule Why dont they were slaughter ed persecuted or forcible converted

[@9967998200]

@@leaveme3559 What about todays Persia is today's Persia was also ruled by Hindu converts. If you visit Tehran and Isfahan you will see thousands of Zoroastrian still exist in today's Persia. how did they survived

[@sayyadali9710]

And Allah said: وَاعْتَصِمُوا بِحَبْلِ اللَّهِ جَمِيعًا وَلَا تَفَرَّقُوا وَاذْكُرُوا نِعْمَتَ اللَّهِ عَلَيْكُمْ إِذْ كُنتُمْ أَعْدَاءً فَأَلَّفَ بَيْنَ قُلُوبِكُمْ فَأَصْبَحْتُم بِنِعْمَتِهِ إِخْوَانًا Hold firmly to the rope of Allah all together and do not become divided. Remember the favor of Allah upon you, when you were enemies and he brought your hearts together and you became brothers by his favor. Surat Ali Imran 3:103

[@mehrdad5767]

sayyad ali lol😂😂😂😂

[@wojciechmarzec5311]

fuck islam

[@Vengeance24.7]

My eyes are burning reading this

[@ahriman46]

Im a Persian and my religion is Zoroasrinism

[@brainslow]

+Parcham Balast please have 12+ kids... the world needs ancient religions back

[@TitusVespanius]

+Assil Alsharifi so are we, but I didn't mean all Shia. not all shias hate the companions of Mohammed pbuh. I respect this kind. but when you begin to insult the companions رضوان الله عليهم. then we have a problem. but then again like I said before

[@TitusVespanius]

+Assil Alsharifi congrats.

[@TitusVespanius]

+Assil Alsharifi congratulations

[@TitusVespanius]

+Aseel Alsharifi and the land of fitna. not undermining your history in anyway

[@greenbillugaming2781]

That was a quality documentary, i thank you very much for the knowledge.

[@richard3716]

thank you for posting this , very interesting gonna watch em all now,

[@siamakgharahjeh3541]

The comments made on Zoroastrianism and the way Islam was warmly welcome in Persia are horrendously inaccurate.

[@gabrieledward648]

Shirvan is trying to glorify Islam.. That's all..

[@dotababa3715]

@@gabrieledward648 Arabs forced people to become a Muslim the one who spoke Persian they cut their tongues the one who didn't pay taxes for practicing their religion became Muslim by force and you didn't follow you probably behead

[@hazemmohammed9968]

@@dotababa3715 according to bahahag

[@Alamgir-ri6px]

@@dotababa3715 what a joke

[@HIHaiki]

@Emperor Lelouch the chrestianity is way different! Chrestianity is considered all alketab or part of the abrahimic religions, zoradians are considered pagans ! Although they did not worship fire but many thought they did at the time! Also many historians record mass migration of zoradistians to india and other parts of Asia. I dont find it logical that millions of people will convert to a new religion solely because they find it so nice !there has to be use of force

[@BrorealeK]

I really have to doubt and question the claims of a peaceful Zoroastrian conversion here. Yes, the capacity for ethnic Persians to convert was strong; however, that alone does not make people convert. Persian language and institutions were repressed heavily. Zoroastrianism was also indeed an organized faith, with a dedicated priestly caste. It has the same cultural root as the Indian Vedas, but that doesn't mean it's as disorganized as Hinduism. Persia was also a highly multicultural society, with the Zoroastrian elite symbolizing... Well, the elite. This isn't to say that millions were slaughtered in some horrific genocide, but until several rebellions flared up and the local Persian elites gained power again there was ethnic cleansing all over the former Sassanid empire. Even afterward the local religious elites were Arab, leaving religious power in Arab hands, economic power in Persian hands, and military power (later on) in Turkic hands. There is no way this didn't occur without a tradition of trying to supplant Zoroastrian or indigenous culture with Arab Islamic (Rashidun/Umayyad) culture. tl;dr: the transition wasn't seamless and it wasn't peaceful. Something clicked, but it wasn't half as clean as you described it. Love your videos though! I just subscribed.

[@TheTokkin]

+Broreale "Persia was also a highly multicultural society, with the Zoroastrian elite symbolizing... Well, the elite. " Yes. And what happened is that the Zoroastrian elite embraced another elite religion: islam. Islam mimicked many Zoroastrian institutions like their prayer schedule and a number of laws. Even the hysterically despised Muslim poll tax, Jizya, was copied from the Zoroastrians. The Sassanids had a similar poll tax on all non-zoroastrian people. The conversion of the Iranian peasantry is more convoluted than anything people image. What happened in Persia was a cotton boom lead by Muslim landowners and businesses, which imported Arab irrigation techniques. These businesses and landowners would mainly hire other Muslims, which encouraged the locals to abandoned their native religions so that they could join the new Muslim cotton-producing holdings, in addition to escaping the Jizya. Persia became a leading center of Islamic culture and learning under the Abbasid caliphate. All in all, Persia converted to Islam rather quickly compared to, for example, Egypt, which remained majority Christian until the 1400s I think.

[@TheMagiAlchemist]

+cinemadome blog and the fact they got slaughtered lol if they didnt convert to islam. Tongues were taken out if they didnt speak arabic.

[@TheMagiAlchemist]

+cinemadome blog people can be slaughtered and not wiped out. They carried on their traditions unlike Egyptians and Iraqis who consider themselves arabs after invasion. iranians do not. Zoroastrians are a none abrahamic religion, so they got treated worse, that is the law of the quran if you didnt know. They are treated like pagans. And it was mainly a Iran/persia region religion, they didnt have the support of countless other leaders and people from different countries like christianity. Thats pretty simple. Zoroastrians have treated other badly too and isnt a popular religion. Why when someone criticises these abrahamic religions they have to bring up other examples to justify or ignore their own facts. Just accept the facts. Expansionist religion at its very start and core

[@veritasabsoluta4285]

+Tony Yelensky Or maybe the Hindus did not want to convert to Islam. so they were all killed by Muslims?

[@TheTokkin]

+Kim Petersen There are hundreds of millions of hindus in the indian subcontinent even though it was pretty consistently ruled by Muslims since the Ghurid dynasty.

[@rochelimit55555]

thanks for making this!

[@tabassumkhanam5317]

The name is not "saud ibn abi gawaz",The name is "Saad ibn abi waqqas".

[@hmmm3210]

Yeah there isn't even a hard g sound in Arabic

[@__Man__]

@@hmmm3210 theorically there isn't, but in some dialect, like I use Omani, the q (ق) sound will turn become g sound, so it'll be Saad bin Abi Waggas. While in Egypt, instead of qaaf you'll get the jeem (ج) become g

[@gregorflopinski9016]

Persians: we have an army Muslims: we have Khalid Ibn Al Walid

[@mojirafiezadeh5375]

How could you say it was a blessing? So there was no bloodshed no genocide of Zoroastrian? They all peacefully converted?

[@Wartensteiin]

Well is there proof of genocide?If there isn't it probably didn't happen.

[@hisham2k5]

Persecution of zoroastrians came after not taht the arabs wanted to do it but if u taje shia sources it differs

[@matthewmann8969]

India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, possibly Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Sudan, Nigeria, Egypt, Mali, Spain, Portugal, France, Italy, Benin, Kenya, Tanzania, and more had a Arabic Islamic Invasion at some point

[@zaptosx4475]

matthew mann Nepal didn’t have an arab invasion but it was invaded by The nawab of bengal

[@lukasbaral5108]

And he got his ass whooped, narayan narayan

[@hamzamehmood1976]

What about central asia and Malaysia and Indonesia? If they were forced why they preached it after wards and spread it? Why Islam is still growing?

[@hamzamehmood1976]

@Pinaki M yeah that's why 600 million are muslims in sub continent Mohammad bin Qasim whooped your sorry arse

[@sumitsingh7835]

@@bittudey6677 yes arabs conquered sindh (pakistan) in 8th century AD , they tried to march towards north west and to central india but PRATIHAR DYNASTY and KASHMIR KINGS defeated them everytime so the caliphate dropped the plan of further expansion .

[@playlistnation2005]

I'm Impressed that the arabs were so wise in their Persian conquests quite sad though since I loved pre-Islamic Persia

[@utash321]

***** You are thinking of your mom!

[@adriannorman3994]

Airyanem Vaejah Lol thats why they had large powerful empires for thousands of years, right?

[@wrongera]

There time was up

[@hisham2k5]

Even Islamic iran was gr8 only now it was ruined

[@adash7841]

@@hisham2k5 no Islamic Iran was inferior than pre Islamic Iran.

[@boman.]

Jihad in arabic means struggle

[@trendingfunandtechnology]

It's simply means terrorism

[@pingpong1465]

@Shubham Arya go check on google stupid , u all made it a different meaning

[@trendingfunandtechnology]

@MC Revo no for the whole world who is suffering from jihadi terrorist for last 1300 years.

[@saikikusuo7361]

I don't know wtf they are struggling for when there no war in today's world. These skull caps are always involved in terrorism.

[@saikikusuo7361]

@MC Revo Why do you people involve in terrorism in the first place?

[@lessd685]

Very interesting and informative. Thank you.

[@anandzyz1725]

thank god, many pure blood Persian still living in my country, and gained prosperous life. and one culture is saved

[@ardeshirirani6451]

Thanks Anand. I believe Parsian in India are a good symbole of a great civilization.but all Iranian around the world share the same values of that old civilization. Arabs invaders just stopped Iranian temporarily but this big nation found its way soon after defeat .that s why so called golden age happened,. Long live Iran.

[@Thormil576]

But one thing is for sure, Persian culture was never the same after falling to the Arabs. Religion plays a big part in the identity of a culture. And the Persians lost their native religion after the Arab conquests.

[@peacefollower5026]

@@Thormil576 RIGHT bro

[@user-cv7mf6rt8t]

Ardeshir Irani no parsian only Arabic civilization will still for the and of the world

[@shadowborn1456]

Pure blood persian nah they are Indian now not persian the real persians are in Iran its bc of recent dna test that showed the people of Shiraz yazd and Kerman are the only remaining Persians in the world

[@shawncweed]

This was a great, easy to understand overview of a complex topic in a short video. Well done...thanks

[@DW71000]

NO! Everything he said was a lie....

[@billh8208]

+Wipit Usyzn maybe in a parallel universe, but not this universe. Stop being delusional

[@justicejustice1929]

+Wipit Usyzn He twisted allot of it and some of what he said was a lie. But, What he said about the Persian army wasn't far off. When he said that there was no genocide.. that was defiantly a lie. Because there was. And the reality is that they would not have just converted freely to Islam that makes no sense. no one would convert to the religion of their invaders who conquered them definitely not freely anyway. That makes absolutely no sense. He definitely lied about that.

[@TheAhanin]

Dont!! He lied alot cause he is a muslim and he cant talk bad against it

[@infiltr80r]

Why was bringing Islam a "blessing"? You're so incredibly biased with that statement that it's not even funny.

[@infiltr80r]

batu khan Stockholm syndrome?

[@hamzatahir3027]

You are saying this because you dont know anything about islam! Today Persians are proud muslims.

[@infiltr80r]

hamza tahir They used to have a great culture but then Islam came along and now they're just backwards.

[@asymptotesconverge3426]

Milton Waddams It helped the People stop worshipping the Created and start to Worship the Creator .

[@b.m.tikkatrust4108]

@@asymptotesconverge3426 really zarathustra was a creator of universe not like your pisslam allah

[@133speedracer]

Don't listen to the haters or stress about youtube comments man. Your content is very informative, interesting, and I'm learning a lot about some very important historical figures and events. Cheers man. Hope you keep it up.

[@marty22181]

kudos great history lessons! g-d bless you

[@zeero.0o]

Yes, according to history, Islam is founded with the blood and swords! Then Muslims claim that islam is a peaceful religion 😂

[@faisal35i92]

Islam only attacked the oppressive Sassanid and Byzantine when they started it first. Also, are you saying that those empires spread with flowers and love??

[@zan6518]

@@faisal35i92 muhammad was literally a warlord,slave owner, terrorist....

[@DusTman761]

without lies islam die

[@eindia330]

Indus valley civilization ka 80%part bi Muslim ke pas hai Pakistan me Sindhu 😂 . Agar jaL Rahi to or jaLow 😂 .

[@adash7841]

@@faisal35i92 fake religion cult mentality

[@tjwhitley5284]

RIP Sasanian Empire... it is one of my most favorite empires in history. It was an empire that was inspired by both Greece and Rome, yet kept its Persian routes and still had a culture all it's own that inspired the world It was rich, powerful, influential, and a golden age of civilization. A superpower of it's day. Too bad that war with Byzantine seriously crippled them. They were hardly even united and almost bankrupt when the Arabs rose to power.

[@7Tomb7Keeper7]

u should be thankful that Persia was conquered by Muslims and not Christians or Hindus ,because if it were then there would be nothing from the Sassanid left to view and be obsessed about.

[@BallyBoy95]

Inspired by Greek, Roman and Indian. But brought down by the fourth of these large civilisations that neighboured it, the Arabs (under the rule of Islam).

[@saeedvazirian]

@@7Tomb7Keeper7 The ARabs destroyed Sassanid documents. Sassanid history exists despite the Arabs, not becuase of them. Learn the difference.

[@tasinal-hassan8268]

*Rest in pieces.

[@Real_Gigachaddi]

Arabs rose to power... lol arabs was coming after civil war

[@tupacshakur1609]

Im iranian i dont have any problem with arabs,i think we must forget about past and be friend for having a better Region

[@Imran-yr6qh]

I'm from pakistan, northwest. I love iranian people

[@AbdulaImran]

Doesn't matter. Religion unites us

[@redhood3748]

Agreed.

[@anakinskywalker9765]

Exactly we are all brothers and sisters

[@hisham2k5]

@OldFritz1 thats fake lmao its Christian missionaries that swnda out those bs news

[@th0r_0dinson]

We are all one. As an Arab I love Iran and Iranian people. They are the coolest people on the planet. #IslamUnitesUs

[@christiancristof491]

Big L And you're proud of that?

[@subliminallistenernetherla4995]

@@Arsenal2045 why would you wbe proud of that? Btw you did nothing, your forefathers did.

[@ShezzLuvsShadow]

And you are proud of that? Karma will come and get you. Also thank you for proving Islam is indeed NOT a religion of peace

[@saadrizvi6630]

@@ShezzLuvsShadow without Islam Iran would have been nothing, rumi, Saadi, attar were all Muslims only 2% of Iran is Muslim

[@ShezzLuvsShadow]

Excuse me? Without ZOROASTRIANISM Iran would have been nothing, think of Cyrus the great and the dynasty of Zoroastrian Persian emperors Shelly.

[@ignatei]

It is impossible to understand the Mohammedan expansion without understanding the devastation caused by the 26 year conflict between the Eastern Roman Empire and Persia. Persia and the Eastern Empire were completely exhausted by the long wars Chosroes waged against Byzantium. Persia in particular was in deep turmoil; 10 different emperors were dethroned by mutiny in just 5 years. Arabs saw that as a golden window of opportunity.

[@ignatei]

***** Is this in response to my comment??

[@ByzantineBob96]

***** Why should the Persians be thankful for Islam? Nothing more than a false religion.

[@ByzantineBob96]

***** Persia was already a great place of learning. Islam changed nothing, the only reason there was an islamic Golden age is because the illiterate arabs came to know knowledge from the places they conquered.

[@ByzantineBob96]

***** Not really, Persia was still a thriving place after the last Byzantine-Persian wars in terms of culture and language.

[@ByzantineBob96]

***** You seem to lack knowledge of history, just before Islam pushed out of Arabia the Persians had taken almost the entire east of the Roman empire, hardly weak, and eventually fought the Romans to a stalemate after the Romans retook their land. The only reason the Arabs conquered Persia so easily was because they exhausted their resources fighting the Romans.

[@Vaezquezz]

Dude, the persians never embraced islam. Zoroastrism and christianity were the official religion.

[@rahmansamadzade7747]

Cox gozel video hazirlamisiz) Davami gelsin ve daima olsun) uqurlar.

[@varunvd2487]

...and regarding the unorganized Persian religion, it still survives in India. Sadly , their population is ever declining because they never healed from the burns and wounds of islamic conquest of their homeland...

[@walkingonmoonshine7452]

***** just ate a delicious beef burger with vishnu written all over it

[@varunvd2487]

+walking on moonshine : u r really sick

[@shbhmmn]

@@liFE-gt6or no

[@meceffeukada3767]

most of modern persian religion was quoted from islam

[@sivtech]

@@walkingonmoonshine7452 hey stop muslims from hugging in public it's gay.

[@fazalalikhan9263]

and Muslims won due to their faith in Allah . persians were very strong during the time of Islam .

[@shabaz1187]

@@trendingfunandtechnology You learned something wrong

[@rughayahararybh519]

This ain't it chief, read more about history, military strategies and sociology. Whenever anything happens they say god😂😂😂, read more than one book in your life mate, life's alor more complex.

[@ArabianStallion]

لا اله إلا الله محمداً رسول الله I am Muslim. Peace and love to all.

[@MrNovaMusic1]

LOL...man i think you're in the wrong place, it's youtube! Your words are only for your mosques! otherwise makes some people want to fart so hard at these words!

[@al-batal]

there is no god but allah and muhammed is his prophet.

[@touman508]

Make their devils jump on them by Saying لا اله الا الله محمد رسول الله Only Allah knows how much they hate the word of monotheism ; Infidels you lost , hell is your shelter and what a terrible eternal life it is.

[@love8lover5]

Isis is here !

[@touman508]

***** Uneducated dog shit,Fuck you and your Religion .

[@enzoventurieri8671]

Great content. I am grateful.

[@ryanm.4519]

6:44 (Breaks into song) "Don't cross the river if you can't swim the tide."

[@DavorMarka]

What a beautiful nation and country was Persia, islam only brought opression and destroyed it. I hope one day Iran will get back to its roots. When the Arab commander (Saad ibn-e Abi Vaghas) faced the huge library of Cteciphon, he wrote to Omar: what should be done about the books? Omar wrote back “If the books contradict the Koran, they are blasphemous and on the other hand if they are in agreement with the text of Koran, then they are not needed, as for us only Koran is sufficient”. Thus, the huge library was destroyed and the books or the product of the generations of Persian scientists and scholars were burned in fire or thrown into the Euphrates. By the order of another Arab ruler (Ghotaibeh ibn-e Moslem) in Khwarezmia, those who were literate with all the historians, writers and Mobeds were massacred and their books burned so that after one generation the people were illiterate. Other libraries in Ray and Khorassan received the same treatment and the famous international University of Gondishapour declined and eventually abandoned, and its library and books vanished. Ibn-e Khaldoun, the famous Islamic historian summarizes the whole anihilation and conflagration:” where is the Persian science that Omar ordered to be destroyed?” Only few books survived, because the Persian scholars translated them into Arabic. Such a sad story...

[@manojsainathreddy9515]

our Aryan brothers should realise that they are not Arabs they are Aryans like India and Pakistan. don't forget our history and our glory.

[@idach2375]

@a bean you know they'll stone us if we leave right😅! Islam is not so forgiving! But we know we are aryans:)! You can still see it in our traditions. A friend of mine was in india and told me about a wedding he attended. The traditional wedding in iran is really similar to your weddings. You can see the similarities in the food cultur as well. Its pretty incredible! I had no idea while i was in iran. Since we have an islamic goverment, the most things we learn in school are about islam and arab countries and history. I was surprized how similar we were to india and pakistan when i started learning about the cultures. Sad that nobody tells us this at home.. i dont think most people know about it!

[@kishmish64]

manoj sai nath reddy 😂😂😂😂😂Pakistan n India are not aryan please read ur history... Persians are nit one race there are many ethnic groups just like in India n Pakistan stop being a coconut

[@bgm1958]

I found your documentary fascinating. Thank you for posting it.

[@ishmael_03]

Very informative video. Thanks.

[@mattfoley4425]

The fact is that the Persians were choked to death by taxation and a forced unification of cultures. The Persians defeated themselves with incompetent leadership and uninnovative war moves.

[@marmary5555]

Matt Foley Yes but they rose back again. Look up Shah Abbas and Ismael Shah, and of course Reza Shah. Btw caliph Omar was killed by a Persian slave named Piruz Nahavandi. Look it up. Persians created Shiism in order to protest because they never fully accept Islam.

[@bernardpolicarpio651]

Hahaha. SATRAPYS are the leadership model adopted by the Caliphates

[@anonymousunknown4771]

@@bernardpolicarpio651 wtf, no u idiot. It was created by the achaemenid empire

[@luniisolar.]

Actually Arab Muslim leaders requested the Muslim governors to cooperate with the Zorastrians because they feared Zorastrians will Revolt resulting in deaths from both sides

[@user-ej2gw8vb4u]

Matt Foley Stop forcing your ideological agenda down everyone’s throats

[@vr0399]

So many butthurts Crusaders losers in the comments xD

[@TheFunFactoryChannel]

Success my ass, only first was successful, and they barely held Jerusalem for a century, second was a failure, third was a small victory that was countered quickly by some Jihads, and the rest are either in Europe or didn't even reach the middle east.

[@JohnDoe-vi1im]

greate bait, mate

[@theadz6294]

Are you blind, look at the music, customs, technology... etc. The Christian/Jewish culture rules bodie. Christians won... and always wll...

[@s.m4649]

T Headz Honestly I expected a better responsd but I shouldn't be surprised. Come back if you ever figure out which subject we're talking about

[@theadz6294]

Good luck in heaven... say hi for me to your 72! I really hope you get there.

[@dennisjones9044]

very informative, nicely done.

[@PersianBenji16]

For people who care about (ancient) iran, Iranism and love for pre islamic iran is alive and well and a danger to islamism

[@viperys1880]

GOOD

[@vvhvvj6746]

Dud iran losers

[@Lapele-fb9gj]

Dude Ali Khamenei is an arab what are you talking about 😂😂😂😂

[@PersianBenji16]

@@Lapele-fb9gj he pretends to be an arab. He looks iranic af

[@Lapele-fb9gj]

@@PersianBenji16 No he is an arab in origin

[@Anon-on1cw]

Most Persians blame all their problems on the Arab conquest of Persia... they're not entirely wrong.

[@user-ox1mv7bw3u]

Muslim Sunni Persia was so prosperous during Abbasid caliphate, after that the Safavids shia came and ruined Iran and forced people to change from sunnis to Shia, and Iran still suffering till now from that new religion opposing Islam unfortunately

[@user-ox1mv7bw3u]

@Bidu Bidu Thats the Truth. U cannot deny it😎

[@user-ox1mv7bw3u]

@Bidu Bidu Tell us your true history? I am excited to know?😎

[@user-ej2gw8vb4u]

How so?

[@blacktea65s]

imagine we were Buddhists what problems we would have today xD

[@OctavioAraujo]

I find the analysis very educational. It enhances what I already know and learn from it something new.

[@OctavioAraujo]

Look Bella you will never learn about your enemy if you don't study them and see what makes them tick. Don't you think Ms. Bella

[@Bella77758]

Octavio Araujo Yes agreed. Better to know your enemy but let's not take too much time. It's running short.

[@Bella77758]

Rawfur Rahman Who you, I'm not Jewish but I know that nothing is worse than islamonazim.

[@rawfurrahman8324]

"nothing is worse than islamonazim" ----- Why? Whats wrong with it? If you can give me real evidence I will be convinced.

[@rawfurrahman8324]

"Even if he is taken into hell to see Muhammad and his followers, this brainwashed fool would not be convinced" ----- I just red so much bullshit yet there was no facts in it what so ever lol.

[@mediocreindoman8041]

thank you for the video

[@ahmedkotb3912]

May Allah be pleased with Abu Bakr Al-Siddiq, Umar ibn Al-Khattab, Khalid ibn Al-Walid and Sa'ad ibn Abi Waqqas and grant them Ferdoos. We are proud of our ancestors and Inshallah we meet them in Jannah.

[@renasaleh3793]

shut up

[@knossostellel-amarna8502]

Proud of war criminals? People who waged war on religious dodma of virgins in heaven or spoils of war(slaves & loot). Just shameful

[@sachpoint6822]

Agree knosess bro

[@faisal35i92]

@@knossostellel-amarna8502 your ancestors were war criminals not ours

[@chiranjiv1361]

​@@faisal35i92 how

[@lucius1976]

When Persia was conquered by the muslims all went downhill from there.

[@Chromegrillz]

lucius1976 So true, look at Iran now.

[@Chromegrillz]

***** The number one liberal nation in ME was Israel and then Iran before the revolution. Islam already existed in Iran for 1400 years. The conservative theocrats took power during the revolution.

[@MsSomeone98]

Yes, because the Sassanids were doing SO WELL.

[@mr.c.3760]

+lucius1976 very true

[@brainslow]

+Siddiq Ismail i'd take the Sassanids over any Shiite or Sunni or safawid any day

[@richoz27]

The Muslims were wise to study the Art of War.

[@calvindagolden]

they didnt lol, im sure not many ppl within china itself even know what it was let alone anyone else

[@Mingyue777]

Nikolay aleksi I am Chinese, I do not think the book was translated to Arabic at the time.

[@richoz27]

Mingyue777 Quite possibly not, but the silk road was trading more than just silk into Persia. Either way the Muslims knew the same principles, whether it came from China or they developed the tactics on their own we will probably never know for certain.

[@ergenekon9981]

@CaspianReport Dear Shirvan do you have some information about how the turkic people came to islam because before that they worshiped Göktanrı/tengri. Thanks and keep up the good work.

[@mahyarghezelbash8528]

That bitter time period is nothing but a curse for Iran. One that hunts it’s people and culture to this very day

[@inter3684]

Well Done Arabs! Both Iran and Turkey are too damn nationalist, don't be confused about so called Islamic republic of Iran, although persia has been sunni for 800 years, eventually they adopted so called Shia islam to form new identity opposite to general arab/sunni muslims.

[@Ninjaananas]

Jack Hawk The western World is the most nationalistic society.

[@inter3684]

Ninjaananas no,, it is russia

[@richg998]

*Japan

[@inter3684]

Russia, North Korea are a Fascist States

[@montrealkid5418]

Persians put an end to Greeks when the parthians came to power Persian army put an end to ummayeds Persians under saffarid sammanid buyyid put an end to Abbasid and arabs until the 19 hundreds and Persians blocked the Turks from spreading west.. Well done Persians

[@dannycardona211]

Pre Islamic Persia > Islamic Persia

[@fuzzley911]

Both

[@epistemophile369]

Cope majoosi

[@Jim-pq9pm]

Don't kid yourself. They slaughtered the Persians who refused to convert.

[@HistoryBasis]

Read what Scholars and Historians said about that timeline, from Thomas Walker Arnold, Edward Gibbons, Krisciunas etc. Have wrote down about the early Muslim conquest ofPersia and Roman Lands. Read books of history and you will find the truth!

[@nahidahmed6394]

ty for the video

[@garrybrunt3392]

Not commenting on any religion. We love iran or great persia You have great history of warriors.. Respect from india

[@humblepotpie3504]

after reading all the comments i have one thing to say, haters gonna hate :)

[@themercifulguard3971]

@Cric Tube Keep projecting and blaming Muslims lololololol

[@hyamick7584]

@Cric Tube liar

[@Vanalovan]

Ehhh I'm uncertain about your conclusion about the state of the Zoroastrian faith. Which sources are you using? My understanding was that the early Sassanids had undertaken massive formalization efforts to remove the Greek influence that was still present under the Parthians. I know that conversion rates are difficult to ascertain but I remember a study that used names to try and estimate the religious demographics of the Medieval Middle East with Iran only slightly out pacing areas like Egypt, Iraq and Syria (I.e. Reaching around 50% Muslim by the turn of the millennium). It as was also around that time that we finally do have records up severe persecution, primarily from the first wave of the Parsi population that fled to India.

[@swankfiber5278]

hey Caspian did you forget that one of the reasons the sassanid empire and the Byzantine where in Decline was the plague that came from Asia? or do you think it was less of a factor in causing economic decline for the two empires? my understanding was that centuries of Wars between the sassanid and the Byzantine Empire's compounded with the black plague made both the Empire's ripe for Arab Conquest

[@reformislam7602]

+Hector Perez you are correct this is the reason why those arabs could do it. They got lucky.

[@yasoum9286]

Reform Islam well, that's how history goes

[@Lapele-fb9gj]

Even though they were both weakened the arabs were still weaker in both number and experience against the two empires.

[@Falamu445]

This is so sad, I cannot dare imagine China or Japan under Islam, it is good Arabs did not manage to conquer all Asia at least

[@tjwhitley5284]

They would of been fucking with the Tang dynasty of China if they had tried. That was probably China's greatest dynasty. Their empire was just as big if not bigger than the Arabs. It would of been a messy and a stupid war for the Arabs. Tang's military was no joke.

[@Falamu445]

Tj Whitley Actually, I think the Arabs did defeat Tang Dynasty, at the Battle of Talas...

[@tjwhitley5284]

Falamu445 Yeah, but they were holding it to a stalemate for five days despite being heavily outnumbered, however, the Karluks betrayed the Tang army on the 5th day in the midst of battle. Despite, even that the Tang army is to have said to inflict heavy losses of the Abbasid army. Besides 10,000 is only a fraction of what Tang could have field. Gao was a bit arrogant in that battle I will admit. I am not saying Tang would conquer Abbasid, I am just saying that Abbasid would hardly stand a chance against Tang if they tried to invade them. Besides I kind of like how they formed an alliance after the battle. Neither of them really wanted war. Abbasid just got out of a long rebellion against the Umayyads and Tang was too busy with the Khitans and Nanzhao.

[@Falamu445]

***** But isn't there also instability and violence in even Indonesia and Malaysia? I've heard of some extremist groups existing there, though maybe I am wrong...

[@tjwhitley5284]

Falamu445 Also... Talas was one minor battle that didn't change anything other than sending paper to the west. The Arabs didn't beat the Chinese tactically, but got lucky the Karluks betrayed the Chinese. Even, so there are two events were the Chinese and Arabs clashed prior to Talas, one being 715 were the Arabs dethroned a Turgesh king and Tang sent a force to put the king back on the throne and they succeeded. The other being in 717 were the Arabs and the Tibetans tried to besiege two Aksu cities under Chinese control and China sent a force under Tang Jiuhui and along with Karluk Turk allies who defeated the Arabs and the Tibetans who lifted the siege. Even after Talas the Abbasid had to go back home because they suffered very heavy casualties and were running low on supplies, so in a way it was a strategic victory for the Tang. So like I said the Tang army was nothing to be fucked with. In the end, both sides avoided war and the Arabs even let the Chinese prisoner go back home,

[@ReformMsia]

Don't bother with the hateful comments History cannot be changed

[@peacefollower5026]

Actually people don't hate on their defeate people hates the behaviour on native people after conquering their land In persia's case you can relate that Sorry for my bad english

[@peacefollower5026]

@@kareemtheeb1478 They did Read islamic invasion on Persia & india, you saw the cruality & hate towards non muslims & discrimination on them on the basis of religion if conquering land is main objective then why their policies become anti non-muslims?? " It's not all about land it's all about Islam rule the world & who take the command " I mentioned Persia bcoz they suffer more then us

[@hyamick7584]

@@peacefollower5026 I see no proof here, just random talk

[@alisoleimani6891]

@@hyamick7584 so there was no slaves in time of islam ? i think slaving other nations is good in your beliefs

[@arabsun7485]

.I'm from Saudi Arabia when I was younger, I was to see the Persians inferiority look, but now I see all human beings are equal

[@Gamer_2047_]

arabs are racist

[@andromilk2634]

Algerians are not even Arabs in the first place, you guys are Berbers.

[@rabbischlomobengoldbergstein]

Andromilk Algeria is a multicultural and multiracial country with many ethnic groups , we have Berbers at the coast , Arabs at the north of Sahara and black people at the boarders with mali and such .... we all speak arabic as lingua franca between us , so we are either arabized or arab indeed

[@andromilk2634]

Lebanon is multicultural and multi ethnic, most of the Arabic speakers are not Arabs. That's my point.

[@rabbischlomobengoldbergstein]

and btw nobody cares about the ethnicities of Lebanon , whether you're a greek , armenian , arab whatever you're still a Lebanese person and that's how people see you around the world .

[@husane70]

Thank you for such an amazing post!

[@FrenzyFirenze]

These videos are great! The only history courses at my school are all centered around Europe and the United States. Before this I knew next to nothing on the history of the middle-east. Let me know if there's any further reading you'd recommend!

[@suleyman4903]

from a Turkish Muslim to our Iranian Brothers do not let the Devils to trick you by Racism we are all from the same man and we are all from Dust don't listen to the Disbelievers they are Jealous to see you in Islam .. Islam religion of your father Adam do not ley any hater to deceive you

[@paulhhong8197]

+Idris Süleyman V Islam did not exist when "Adam" was around...

[@uzmasaood8314]

+LdRfilmz the birth of modern terrorism comes from Zionism, if you don't believe me then search up Zionist bombing of King David's Hotel 1946

[@LdRfilmz]

So that one act justifies all the ones done today by Jihadists?

[@uzmasaood8314]

byblis persephone there are 1.7 billion of us son to say all of us are senseless is quite absurd.

[@uzmasaood8314]

If 'son' offended you which it seems to have I would like to apologize because it was a typo I was initially trying to type 'so'. Anyhow I do believe that an angel appeared in the middle of the desert to a prophet, It may seem senseless to you but it is and was quite reasonable to the people of that time as a illiterate man began preaching some of the greatest poetic and linguistic surahs and ayahs to the populace. The Quran also had many mathematical miracles in it; perhaps you could search them up. Your comments seem to be very anti Islam which is fine being as you can judge a religion or belief however you want, but they are very anti Muslim too and that doesn't sit well with me because Muslims are like everyone else on this planet. Thus it would be better to judge a doctrine rather than a people in my opinion .

[@thewisdomtradition]

Good stuff thank you

[@palanichamyperumal2637]

This is one of the great narration about the ruthless islamic religion during the conquest of Persia and also about the egoistic and over estimation of the Persian leaders during that time. Thanks.