Decolonisation of History | Last True Ottoman Sultan - Sultan Abdul Hamid (1/3) | Dr Yaqub |

The Muslim world is in disarray. Disunity and division permeate every fibre of its being. Its lands have been usurped by foreign colonisers. The leaders are weak and easily manipulated by alien powers. Muslim lands are more or less bankrupt, carrying massive debt burdens that only seem to grow. Though this description fits the current situation, the year here is not 2020 but 1876. The difference is that in 1876, Sultan Abdul Hamid the Second took the mantle of Muslim leadership and in 2020 he is only a long lost memory.
The descendant of a certain Ertugrul Ghazi, Sultan Abdul Hamid became Caliph in 1876. He is renowned for reviving the zeal of the Muslim world at a time the Caliphate was falling to European encroachment and nationalism. By instilling the love of Islam into the hearts of his people, he was able to unify their ranks and repel any potential division.
Paying off 90% of the Empire's debts, building the Hijaz railway from Istanbul to Madinah and protecting the Holy Lands from European Imperialism were just some of his incredible acts as Caliph but his most momentous moment was yet to come and sadly was probably responsible for his downfall.
When approached by the founder of the Zionist movement, Theodore Herzl, to sell land in Palestine to him, the Sultan famously replied:
"If the Islamic Caliphate is one day destroyed then they will be able to take Palestine without a price. But while I am alive, I would rather push a sword into my body than see the land of Palestine cut and given away from the Islamic Governance."
In 1909, he was deposed and 15 years later, the Ottoman Empire was finished, Palestine has now mostly vanished and his 33-year defence of the Holy Lands was reduced to history.
Join us as we revive the memory of one of the greatest heroes in Islamic History, a man whose life carries many lessons for us in the fractured age of modernity in which we now reside.
Speaker BIo
Dr Yakoob Ahmed is a PhD graduate from SOAS, University of London. An Ottoman historian, he is currently teaching Islamic history at Istanbul University and was a visiting fellow at the Modern Turkish Studies Centre at Istanbul Şehir University. His research focuses are Muslim intellectual thought in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, Islamic constitutionalism, identity, nationalism and collective memory construction.
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[@amazonoz9459]

Why we dont have more muslim historians like him who are also connected with Islam?

[@dova238]

Yh it’s so sad to know there’s barely any Islamic historians who are historians and so deeply connected to Allah SWT. Finding this was like a gem super rare, but Allah Knew and guided me to this knowledge elhamdulilah to remind us of who we are and give us our history into what happened in the past and to know who’s in the wrong and what we should do to counter that and possibly bring back the Khilafa again Inshallah.

[@aadilkader]

Unfortunately Muslims in general have neglected history, including Ulama. That said, perhaps there are many more Muslims doing history that we don't know about. And if there aren't, hopefully lectures like this will inspire more practicing Muslims to do history

[@aysenaisa6207]

Abdul Hamid said ""I won't sell anything, not even an inch of this territory because this country does not belong to me but to all Ottomans. My people won these lands with their blood. We give what we have the way we got it in the first place." They finally offered 150 million British gold pieces. I rejected this as well and told them: 'I would never agree with you even if you offer not 150 million British gold but all the gold in the entire world. I served the Muslim community for more than 30 years. I did not let my forefathers down. Following my final response, they agreed on my dethronement and sent me to Thessaloniki. I pray to Allah, I did not accept to establish a new state on Palestinian lands on the Ottoman State and the Islamic community."

[@amnaajaz6065]

These are the words of sultan represents his personality That he was pious,brave,wise,tru muslim,ameen ,truleader,man of words ,not only ottman but chlifa and wellwisher to whole muslim world Allah increase his darajah in jnnah

[@rajamahani7536]

Assalamualaikum , I am Malaysian and Next January 2021 Will be 50 by the Age. HISTORY Is One Of My Most Favourites and have So Much Of PASSIONS , But, I am Studied and Qualified ,What Was BEST And SUITE Me FOR LIVING, those days and more than A Decade , I hv got My Early PENSIONS and Stay At Home...2020 Really Opened My Eyes To Study ISLAMIC HISTORIES Connected To Al Quran, Hadist, World Politics , What taken placed from The Past, Now and Where THIS WORLD IS GOING TO For FUTURE....Allah SWT Mercy by Connecting Me To This LECTURER, Yesterday's night ( 19/12/2020 @ Friday ) and in order for me to GAIN VALUABLEs ISLAMIC KNOWLEDGE, To DIGEST, To THINK, To RELATE With I am Personally ,As Muslim, As Al Mighty' Servant , and To Ask Myself, Where Am I Stand As HIS SERVANT ???? Jazakallah Khair With My Sincerest DHOA for This LECTURER and Deepest GRATITUDE To Al Khaliq, Allah SWT, for this Connections....Barakallah Fik

[@sevvalkursun16]

Set aside the video itself, the translation is incredible! Mashallah, keep up the good work "Nhl Arsln".

[@melikes8074]

Thank you for Turkish subtitles! Sübhanallah Allah bless you

[@umaima.zaynab1413]

This is the most amazing lecture I have EVER heard on importance of History. I'm blown away by the points made by Dr. Yaqub and his amazing hold on Islamic studies. JazakumAllahu kheiran kaseera Karima Foundation for uploading this. I look forward to be a distant student of Dr Yaqub.

[@fatmanursagban7203]

As a history undergrad student I have to say this is very very good! Not to mention the subtitles of course, they were also terminologically perfectly accurate! Gonna recommend this channel. Great Job!!!

[@zakali92]

Wow! I am 26 minutes in and Ustadh Dr Yakoob Ahmed has broken down and dismantled "Orientalism/Orientalist History" for what it is, in such a subtle way (without even mentioning the word).

[@dilaraasya1888]

Turkish translation work is very successful 👍👏👏👏

[@idontdomarigolds]

wow the translation of this video is so accomplished I hope all your videos get translated.

[@AbdullahEl2]

That intro before you even started on the caliph was amazing! I’m a history major from the U.S and never saw it this way before! I live in Istanbul and didn’t even realize what a gem we had in professor yakoob!

[@yunush]

Such a beautiful and thought provoking discussion. I am so glad I found this. I am definitely enjoying it and will be watching other videos from Dr. Yaqub.

[@noorsaadeh]

Not boring! Mind blowing!

[@mamoun35]

Amazing video, thank you Dr Yaqub.

[@nji7772]

"Not for the weight of the world in gold will I sell Palestine". I love the history of the Ottoman Empire. The TREACHERY of Great Britain knows no bounds. Just like when they tried to destroy Scotland. Thus the word, "treachery". Old Scottish song re: the Islands off of the coast.

[@timshei5199]

Superb explanation, great intro into the history from a muslim perspective. Great lecture!

[@KarimaFoundation]

We have a special live stream with Dr Yaqoob on Tuesday 15th March at 6pm. Live stream and Q&A kzbin.info/www/bejne/hIPHk6qJl8msrNk

[@kamranasif2004]

I am downloading this video because it is so important for my kids to understand the content when they grow up and try to analyze what is around them.

[@rajamahani7536]

Indeed, I am downloaded and save it too, because I am so IMPRESSED and STUNT, With All the Points, Phrases, constructed in such BEAUTIFUL Manners, and An Eye Opener To All The Parents, To Educate Their GENERATIONS, ( Future Descendants ), MUST HAVE in each of them, A Sense Of PASSIONATE , about HISTORY, and ISLAMIC and Political Histories, precisely .

[@KarimaFoundation]

No need this channel is waqf for sacred knowledge insha Allah

[@Karakulak1071]

İ really relate to your way of teaching, a real opening of the mind. The Turkish language struggled greatly with the Arabic script as it is a lot closer to the Latin pronunciation, the Turkish language can now be learned by millions on earth, that was the goal and yes it has a lot of İslam spirit in it

[@cakabey3323]

I just subcribed and 👍 this lecturer.

[@Muhammed_Talha71023]

Incredible

[@AC_Milan1899]

Turkey is our spiritual motherland!!!

[@rustigjazz]

Barakallahu feekum!

[@bosbanon3452]

Salam from Indonesia, we lack of muslim historian, many of our muslim historians weren't really historians , they're ustadz who telling people about conspiracy theory, i tried to spread this video on the Whatsapp there are still some good ustad who teachs history of Islam , maybe muslim from aboard can collaborate , budi ashari, agung waspodo,

[@bosbanon3452]

We also have some history instagram account likr gen saladin , i hope you will contact them for cooperation because we are more invisible because we're not middleeasterner

[@KarimaFoundation]

Please post these classes there and we can put them in touch with Dr Yaqoob

[@SkeeloHendrix]

WALLAHI I FOUND OUT ALMOST 10YEARS AGO, that LANGUAGE IS EVERYTHING!! YOU CAN NEVER UNDERSTAND SOMETHING BEYOND A CERTAIN CURTAIN. ENGLISH IS THE CURTAIN, There’s a LIMIT to an EXPLANATION ; English is LIMITED. ***

[@esh1]

Was this at Cheadle mosque pre-covid???

[@steppenwolf5956]

He was agreat muslim leader and a great Halif!

[@MR-bm6ez]

What is the nasheed name in intro?

[@thewisetzar5363]

You want Muslims who are firm on their religion and are historians, learn Arabic

[@KarimaFoundation]

We have a special live stream with Dr Yaqoob on Tuesday 15th March at 6pm. Live stream and Q&A kzbin.info/www/bejne/hIPHk6qJl8msrNk

[@fuadahmed5501]

This so called historian is promoting hatred and discrimination. What is a so called ‘Islamicate language’? The Pakistanis discriminated against Bengalis before 1971 because they said Bengali wasn’t Islamic enough. Since it is based on Sanskrit. Pakistanis wanted Urdu only to be the official language because it was an ‘Islamicate language’. It caused the war of Liberation from which Bangladesh was created after much bloodshed. So we have to be careful when categorising languages. Most people don’t speak Urdu or Arabic within majority of Muslim communities worldwide. We must respect that reality.

[@sofiaruss8958]

That's your regional problem ..it got nothing to do with muslim worldwide..

[@UmiKhawlah]

It is because majority of scholars are using these languages so that is our problem... leave nationalism and hold the rope of ummah then you will be interested in every language that can help you to understand your deen

[@noorhayati3382]

I am a Pakistani but sorry to say that the reason of separation wasn't the language there was a lot of other things.

[@nastyalfred]

Now in Bangladesh you have Bengalis discriminating against Bengalis. You have Bangladesh Govt harassing poor vulnerable Rohingya Muslims and yet Rohingya speak Bengali as well. What is going to be your arguments now?

[@fuadahmed5501]

@@nastyalfred the Pakistanis oppressed Bengalis specifically because they thought Urdu was an ‘Islamicate’ language. They looked down on Bangla language and culture as being ‘Hindu’ because its origins were in Sanskrit. This is clearly not the case in Bangladesh. So your example is pointless. It’s dangerous to say some languages are more Islamic than others. It creates hatred and discrimination. Thankfully this so called historian only teaches at a Turkish university. He wouldn’t find a job in his native UK where intellectual rigour is more important than ideological considerations in wannabe Sultan Erdogan’s realm.

[@noorhayati3382]

Maa sha Allah sey it's so unique and beautifully expressed that it opened my eyes .I forwarded to my children . May Allah give u a long life so u can continue with yr work .

[@amnaajaz6065]

Aameen From pakistan

[@kamranasif2004]

I am downloading this video because it is so important for my kids to understand the content when they grow up and try to analyze what is around them.

[@wileedabougoush5989]

Barik allah fik. Already passed it on to my children and grandchildren. Alhamdilallah 🤲

[@ha4641]

Really enjoyed this talk.

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