Last Sassanids and the anti-Caliphate alliance with Tang

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The Sassanid Empire was weakened after the war of 602-628 against the Byzantine Empire bit.ly/2BLg5lV and their defeats at al-Qadisiyyah bit.ly/2QwTBvL and Nahavand at the hands of the Caliphate forces effectively ended the empire. Still, representatives of the House of Sasan continued resisting and found allies - the Tang dynasty in China.
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Sources:
Touraj Daryaee - King of the Seven Climes: A History of the Ancient Iranian World (3000 BCE - 651 CE)
Matteo Comparetti - The Last Sasanians in China
Matteo Comparetti - The Last Sasanians in China (2003) - Eurasian Studies
Touraj Daryaee - Sasanian Persia: The Rise and Fall of an Empire
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[@KingsandGenerals]

Some Sassanid swag: bit.ly/2xglPD7

[@realred5736]

Well your Ottoman T-Shirt has big swag aswell.

[@KingExituS]

Thank you for bringing light to this less known part of history :)

[@mdaamir9963]

Make video battle of hattin

[@user-wb7ur4yp6z]

Fun fact : after the bastard An Lushan rebellion ,Tang China was financially devastated meaning she could no longer afford to pay Persian and other foreign nobles and ambassadors benefits so instead they were converted into the Tang military and started being paid wages for military service. Source: www.zhihu.com/question/299934294/answer/558731124 (In Chinese)

[@atreyuscholz5390]

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[@amirvtn6991]

"A great civilization is not conquered from without until it has destroyed itself from within." W. Durant

[@adrianbundy3249]

Not really sure this applies to the Persians...

[@MrJH101]

The Doom From Latveria I think it does. Before they were toppled, the Persians continuously had bad transfers of power (assassinations, deposings, etc), which weakened their empire from within.

[@Rostam-vk9hx]

@@adrianbundy3249 check out extra credits Khosrow video series and you'll see how the sassanids weakenen themselves so bad

[@adrianbundy3249]

Rostram1369, The Sassanid empire =/= the persian emprie. I am talking about what is colloquially called THE Persian empire, ie: the Achaemenid/Persian Empire that was ultimately put in power by Cyrus the great, and overthrown by Alexander the Great. They seemed to have a great C&C infrastructure with their various governors, were handling rebellions well, still had a lot of wealth, troops, and people loyal to them in a lot of the more important places. They seemed to be just overthrown from without by Alexander. And of course, the inability to conquer greece in the centuries prior, but that still wasn't from within.

[@amirvtn6991]

@@adrianbundy3249 not actually, if you read the history of Persian empire (50 years prior to the Alexander's conquest) you will find out about some details that eventually caused the fall of the Achaemenid Empire... for instant the structure of armies

[@lukeseerden9856]

I'm not normally one to get very emotionally invested in stories from ancient history, as much as I enjoy them, but Peroz III's story really got me. Hearing his last words got me a little bit misty-eyed. It might be naive of me, but this seems like a rather wholesome tale of friendship between cultures, at least until the last part.

[@ariyanadf5225]

You're not persian but when you heared it you got misty eye imagine you be a persian 🙂😞

[@ivorkovac303]

@@ariyanadf5225 I hope you people can get back your homeland and your freedom. This whole thing is one of the greatest tragedies of history.

[@Threezi04]

​@Weasel Arabic culture also received a lot of persianisation over the centuries, cultural exchange is a natural and unavoidable occurrence and it often goes both ways. You can't expect a culture to stay the same and remain uninfluenced by it's neighbours forever, that would be ridiculous. Cultures influence eachother, that's just how it works.

[@user-ct1mt8xo9s]

@@noblenormie1179 stop spreading your shitty Islamic ideology

[@tsuki5284]

@@noblenormie1179 Islam belongs to Iraq and Saudi arabia stop your shitty Islam ideologies

[@VasileIuga]

So, Phocas ruined both Romans and Sassanids.

[@muksimulmaad7413]

A soul for a soul lmfao

[@cheeminthao6535]

That damn Phocus

[@assumjongkey1383]

@@cheeminthao6535 that dam train !!!

[@jreiland07]

Nice going Emperor Fuckass 🤦‍♂️

[@martinusv7433]

In other words, that wicked fool ruined the entire WORLD until this day (and I hope that the meaning of this statement is fairly obvious).

[@nimbo9492]

As an Iranian, I have been desperately waiting for videos about post-Sasanid Persian dynasties and their reconquest attempts. Thanks a lot for the video!!

[@moeb6491]

eaglerising88 I agree. I think the Persian people should become Christian.

[@enkii82]

@@moeb6491 i think Persian should become Zoroastrian back.

[@moeb6491]

enkii82 Christianity is the only truth and Jesus is the only savior. Please ditch Islam and join us in the West by accepting Jesus and the cross.

[@ikiliousdasylouiyasbdetyw9124]

@@moeb6491 christianity is a false religion

[@099Nitro]

@eaglerising88 All the cultures and religions that got destroyed by Islam is saddening.

[@sherlocksmuuug6692]

Ironically enough the Sassanids had no one to blame for this but themselves. A few decades prior to the big arab expansions they had destroyed one of their client states, the arab Lachmids, who had functioned as a reliable bastion against any potential attacks from the arabian peninsula or the South-west in general. This caused a power-vacuum that the new direct persian administration was unable to fill, which gave the newly united arab tribes the perfect opening to strike.

[@farajaraf]

The Lakhmids and Ghasanids stayed loyal until they became Christian and the Persians were being kind of unPersian to Christians at the time and lost the control over the Arab tribes of Mesopotamia.

[@armbaria]

King Wiwuz IV not even that, If the Persian king listened to his Generals and defended his cities instead of looking down of the Arabs and sending his troops to fight the Arabs in their own desserts, Persian empire wouldn't have fallen.

[@alimoradi8454]

They is not an arab invasion this is an islamic conquest with muslims persian contribution even greater than any other

[@adomalyon1]

@@farajaraf Yes the Persians had let their animosity towards the Byzantines get the better of them and had been destroying churches and exterminating Christian populations.

[@secretscipio]

@@alimoradi8454 you are high or something. It was all but an Arab Invasion with a bunch of traitors aiding them.

[@yourlocalt72]

sassanids had a real game of thrones

[@titan780cool]

@Blue Dude but did all have exactly 7 great houses!!? You should research about seven ruleing houses of ancient Iran.. especially the Parthian and Sassanian's era!! In Sassanian's time these seven clans/houses were called: 1. House of Karen 2. House of Mihran 3. House of Suren 4. House of Zik 5. House of Varaz 6. House of Ispahbudhan 7. House of Spandiyadh

[@titan780cool]

@@1911Zoey not all had exactly seven royal houses!! The Parthian and Sassanians had exactly seven kingdoms to rule and seven different great houses to rule a part of it!! The title "king of the kings" has a reason behind it!

[@titan780cool]

@@persianguy1524 not exactly Persian, but of Iranian origin.. Parthian weren't Persian

[@titan780cool]

@@persianguy1524 that's just a claim to legitimize their rules! They were of Parni origin, which in reality weren't even of Parthian origin, but of Saka! They conquered Parthia first, and from there they pulled the name . In reality it's called Arsacids clan/Dynasty

[@titan780cool]

@@persianguy1524 خاندان ارشک از پرنی های داها بودند! و به سکاهای (دزد) معروف بودند، مانند ماساگت ها که به سکاهای (ماه) معروف بودند! تاریخ رو تحریف نکنید لطفاً! همه‌ی ایرانیان پارسی نیستند!

[@bvthebalkananarchistmapper5642]

Interesting. I knew the Sassanid family escaped to China, but I didn't know the specifics of it. This was pretty interesting and a great way for a bad day to get better.

[@user-wb7ur4yp6z]

Very sad today Persia is dominated by evil Islam. They were once a great civilization having diplomatic and trade relations with China for over 2000 years,older than most nations today.

[@bvthebalkananarchistmapper5642]

+太守苏定交趾 Well, Islam need not be evil, but using any religion in politics often (but not always) leads to bad results. Iran and Saudi Arabia are both Islamistic (aka, practice political Islam), and are, indeed, amongst some of the worst regimes out there today. So, while not completely correct, you aren't far from being.

[@BallyBoy95]

An awful lot of Persians fled to India also, and the Zoroastrians are referred to as the Jews of India due to their huge success in India. I wish the best for them, they seem like an awesome lot. No religious dogma to be found relative to their awful conquerors.

[@lakedaimonia9972]

@@bvthebalkananarchistmapper5642 Problem with Islam is its universality and religious xenophobia but not its politics (unity between a state and a church). Romans and Greeks practiced civil religion in its true form (unity) but they were never "fundamentally" invasive in such manner (they were xenophobic in "civic" sense, but not in a religious way) like Islam and even Christianity. Xenophobic religions are a disease - Christianity and Islam.

[@lifescience2050]

just because people do evil things under Islam doesn't necessarily mean Islam is evil.

[@tabyactayto789]

In 1955, a tomb was found in China, which belongs to general Su Liang's wife. The tombstone says that she was dead in 874 and she was a Sassanian. She was Su Liang's wife and also his daughter, and they still believed in Zoroastrianism. That is 166 years after the death of Narseih

[@rhetoric5173]

"She was Su Liang's wife and also his daughter" - Classic Persians. I see Xwedodah was quite popular still.

[@user-cu4pb1mw7m]

@@rhetoric5173 By the way, Mary was virgin, Jesus was made of semitic god 🌺 ;) ...

[@rhetoric5173]

@@user-cu4pb1mw7m made of?

[@extremistterrorist]

What the hell are you talking about

[@aliteralgarbagecan1373]

peroz iii: "hey guys, can we have some troops to retake persia?" tang dynasty: "sounds hard. how about some fancy titles and a fire temple tho?" peroz iii: "..." peroz iii: "nice"

[@segaskara9929]

Mohammad Rasool SASAANI were not Persian . They were Medies Kurdish empire. And all the Kings names are Kurdish not Persian.

[@samstock3531]

why Tang has to help you？ by giving you money and temples，you should be grateful，instead of complain.

[@vladmir6301]

@@segaskara9929 You are not a Kurd yourself. You are an Azerbaijani Turk, who hate Kurds. You go around and make people hate Kurds.

[@Kai-iq2ps]

China only send troops to protect its vassal states or tributary states such as Vietnam, Korea and etc.

[@adib4573]

@@segaskara9929 true the emperor's were not Persian , but the people's were . Just like for nearly for thousand years India used to be ruled by Muslims well Muslim is not the right word to use here cause there were many Muslim from many culture and civilization however India was mumluk Sultanate for a while then Delhi Sultanate eventually Moghul took over and many other Indian ruler ( who were indian Orgin ) . But normal people doesn't have enough brain capacity to understand this

[@judsonwall8615]

The exiled Sassanid dynasty in China is one of my favorite historical stories. I always think of them as the exiled Targaryens in far away Essos, desiring a return to their kingdom and reconquest of their previous empire - but alas, it wasn’t meant to be.

[@user-ox1mv7bw3u]

Will never be, its a Curse of Allah the Creator on them, as they shredder the Letter of the Prophet Muhammad Peace be upon him did Allah shredder their throne

[@TheDavidRJ]

@@user-ox1mv7bw3u Isn't Iran an independent country now?

[@judsonwall8615]

@@user-ox1mv7bw3u Eh, Im much more interested in the history than the religious aspects. If you ask me, Mohammed was a zealous warlord who used a message to unite a people, nothing more or less. There is no curse of Mohammed, only steal and money and blood.

[@ShahanshahShahin]

Got is based on the Sasanians there are lots of similarities between the two

[@skyereave9454]

@@ShahanshahShahin I thought it was about the War of the Rose's? Although I guess fiction can draw from many sources, I hadn't realized there were many Sassanian aspects

[@jimmyjin2713]

There are still few Zoroastrian buildings in China.

[@blackarawak83]

There are still Zoroastrians in Iran to this day. They are a protected minority

[@benefactor4309]

@@blackarawak83 india had more Zoroastrians than iran

[@behradataei6479]

@@benefactor4309 india have more beacuse islam more effected us than india and lots of our temples destroyed and the zoroastrian become more weak in our land

[@benefactor4309]

@@behradataei6479 Zoroastrians are the most educated and richest community in India . I m a Hindu but my mom named me Cyrus

[@behradataei6479]

@@benefactor4309 haha really?nice to meet you brother .But cyrus name is a greek version of Kurosh (persian),the greeks historian called persian kings those greek version names 😆your name is Kurosh now?or cyrus?

[@TheHistoryofSpainPodcast]

I didn't know the Persian Sassanians directly contacted the Tang Chinese, interesting stories of the Silk Road... Like the contacts between Rome and China, or the Greeks of Bactria and China

[@RYHo-ni4my]

Well we got a lot of foreign stuff in Chang'an and there was a market that sold foreign goods during Tang

[@justgamesaaron7968]

Bactria is modern day aghfanistan and truly aghfansitan was known as graveyard of impires

[@timomastosalo]

@@LauftFafa That description didn't show Afghanistan as a whore of Persia or any other empire, but the rape victim. They are also often blamed for the bad done upon them.

[@timomastosalo]

Persia/Iran is an interesting country. It's like the gate to east for the westerners, and the gate to west for the easterners, also the gate to the Central Asian steppes (north), and India in the south(-east). In a way it's in a similar position as Russia, and those nations have some sympathies towards each other. And the core country of Persia is mostly protected by mountains, it's like a natural fortess. A 'plug' between Asia and Middle-East/Europe. Just think: there was only one country between Rome and China - Persia. I think Persia is there to stop any one empire to grow too big. If Rome and China united - they would have ruled the whole world eventually. Or if they ended up in a power struggle, like empires often do, they would have burned the world.

[@truth-reality]

f@@LauftFafa are you serious by saying that Liu Bei was intended to flee to Persia??

[@InspectHistory]

Another great content in this year, can't wait for the next year :)

[@KingGuillotine21]

Oh dear, hate it when people say next year 4 days before new year

[@user-eg5zg7ch3h]

nah ketemu lagi kan.. kwkwkwkwkwk...

[@DrOSami]

I'm from the future. You don't wish for this year (2020) to come

[@najiibabdirahman439]

@@KingGuillotine21 n Qi

[@djasonalbay3229]

Wow

[@vakhokuparadze1688]

5:01 love the AOE 2 Unit creation sound

[@Adam.Reader14]

glad I wasn't the only one who noticed

[@KeyhaneBishomar]

time to play stronghold 2 😂

[@mohammedaljaberi2366]

The sound was of creation pikemen muslims that counter the persian cavaliers

[@supremelordoftheauspicious2928]

Take a shot everytime someone takes the throne.

[@damien4246]

Do it for the Romans, you’ll wake up in the hospital.

[@yousafmehmet]

As a Chinese, I'm ashamed of the fact that I haven't heard of this at all. Thank you Kings and Generals!

[@OGAUQROBAN]

Your picture and your name say you are not chinese

[@yousafmehmet]

@@OGAUQROBAN dude don't judge people by their online handle and profile picture.

[@yousafmehmet]

@@OGAUQROBAN China's got muslims you know

[@lawrencezhang3050]

@艾力迪江热合曼 China has never belong to any specific race, My brother. The reason of a civilization become great is inclusiveness.

[@shahsaud2625]

@@lawrencezhang3050 is that why you are genociding uyghurs ?

[@giannisg3387]

Byzantines: The twenty years anarchy Sassanids: That's cute

[@g1a18]

Finally some documents about non-Greeks and Romans With respect to the civilization of the Greeks and Romans one of the best things in these channels is diversity keep going

[@willofthemakers8625]

because of the Muslim destruction of the Alexandria and cteciphon libraries there is little known from them and all the sources that do mention these Empires are either Greeks, Roman's or the Chinese

[@peymanmostafaei6963]

Man, Do you Want to Start a War? :) By the way, thank you for your great videos. I look forward to your videos on the Iranian dynasties too. Also, I have to mention KZbin is blocked in Iran and most Iranians like me use VPN to circumvent the blocking. That's why you see few IPs from Iran.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thanks for watching! I wish you a VPN-less future and the very best in 2019. :-)

[@MDud-pg2un]

@@rubenheymans1988 Turkey blocked wikipedia, now that's something unimaginable

[@eldermoose7938]

It's pretty common in a lot of non-western orientation countries

[@hasnan7]

@@Avinashm7 American government is doing all in their power to make them disliked by not only Iran but rest of the world also.

[@arashnozarinejad9915]

Yeah, I've watched pretty much every K&G video and loved them all however It may look like I'm a world traveling salesman based on my IP record ;p

[@algeria3033]

OH MY GOD, THIS IS THE MOST PEACEFUL COMMENT SECTION EVER. Literally this can only happen in your channel, GREAT STUFF MAN :D

[@KingsandGenerals]

:-) Thanks!

[@adib4573]

@محمد رائد you should review what you said but yes peaceful then comment section of many other video

[@crisb4032]

@محمد رائد Written like a true hyppocrite

[@BESTYEAROFMYLIFE]

محمد رائد hypocrisy

[@lukashradecky5492]

Warp Drive Ok boomer

[@bprinter9238]

As a Zoroastrian myself, it's a disheartening story. Another interesting rebellion against Muslim rule was by Babak Khorramdin, who was successful until he was cheated. Really good video as usual, hope to see more Persians in the future on the channel :)

[@bprinter9238]

@hsam vita he is known as a criminal because he lost. If he had one, he would be a war hero. History is created by the victor

[@flinstone96]

@@anon-iraq2655this what u IRAQIs PREFER iranian more then arabs u iraqi brings a lot of shame to the arabs

[@bprinter9238]

Alright calm down, I just said Babaks rebellion was a relevant last stand against Islam. No need for all of this bs

[@anon-iraq2655]

@@user-ys2st1eo9o no it's not legal in shia islam actually (my religion)

[@anon-iraq2655]

@TheExplorer i'm just asking a reasonable question sir, no need for insults

[@hussainpainter52]

My glorious Empire.... 😢😭 Btw thanks for mentioning me

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thanks for bringing chess to the Middle East- changed my life. :-)

[@supremelordoftheauspicious2928]

issareign Its supposed to be a joke. Khosro Anushiravan is the most famous Sasanid king.

[@Hattori604]

Khosrau Anushirwan no emotions , just business King

[@hussainpainter52]

@issareign You must be fun at parties

[@franciscomm7675]

Your works endured

[@AMASTD2022]

I'm an Iranian and this narration was so sad, I had a bit info about king Yazdgerd and his death but i hadn't known anything about his sons in China. I think that the story of the last king of ancient PERSIA can be adapted for a good film in Hollywood

[@pirouz8042]

I feel like it could be even better if it's a tv show. Imagine having all of what he said from Khosrow Parviz to Narsieh on a well written and uncensored tv show on Iranian National TV or something. And then we could have a prequel with Ardeshir sassani rising to power

[@ShahanshahShahin]

@@pirouz8042 or with sassan and papak

[@Onlyme2015]

What do you think of Khalid Ibn Al Waleed?

[@aliazarmehralparslan6067]

@@Onlyme2015 who is Khalid ibn waldi?

[@AMASTD2022]

@@Onlyme2015 i have no idea about him i only believe to prophet Muhammad and his real successor, i mean Imam Ali most Iranian be muslim because of these two great men because they taught us real Islam personally believe that islam is a religion based on ethic trainings not an ideology to attack other country which used by some of prophet Muhammad companions to spread their territory in the middle east and north Africa as well as we have lots of great Persian kings and generals in our brilliant history like Cyrus the great, Darius the great, Anoushirvan the great so we no need to foreigner people named muslim hero

[@Roel93]

I can't believe I only found out about this channel just now. Central Asian history is so mysterious and awesome! It is never mentioned in our history classes.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Welcome aboard!

[@kingiking110]

Beautiful video! As an Iranian I want to say that I really enjoyed and learned a lot from this. thank you so much for making such great contents!

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you for watching :-)

[@alirezahamel7401]

as a Iranian grateful for this brilliant true history.thank you

[@salimalmahry]

Oh so you're not sad like some other iranians.. I guess those complaining are secular and nationalist.

[@amiralighobadian913]

@@salimalmahry Not only that. You guys dont understand I believe. Our corrupted governemnt done everything in the name fo religious. So majority of Iranian hate everything related to Islam. Its something due to situation. If I don't lie, I am also in that ship and prefer to have what you call pagan way !

[@arabam9365]

Amirali Ghobadian And do you think that the Iranian government is Islamic?! They are Persian nationalists and Islam is only a tool for them! Do you think the Iranian government will have pimps in the gulf states Iraq Yemen Lebanon if they didn't use Islam?!

[@shapur2406]

@@arabam9365 Government is not nationalist trust me, they destruct the old buildings except Islamic ones.

[@segaskara9929]

SASAANI were not Persian . They were Medies Kurdish empire. And all the Kings names are Kurdish not Persian., who can stop Persians stealing fro Kurdish history . Who can stop this farce .

[@princekalender2154]

Really touching how the court in exile mourned their king, together with the Chinese emperor.

[@boanzhou-tj8tm]

穆斯林喜欢强迫别人信他们的文化，而不是人家自愿的，中国古代很早就知道这个宗教的排他性，所以中国人信穆斯林的不多，中国人比起信仰上帝宗教更喜欢听皇帝的话有权威的家族族长和文化人

[@SweetOne968]

All those Persian names still exists today

[@boyanyordanov4550]

A lot of Iranian names existed in Bulgaria- Asparukh ,Hudbart,Bezmer, Malamir ,Bogoris, Zabergan, Omurtag etc.

[@mikestar1137]

Arina _7799 the arabs fucked your empire hard that you still feel it till today lol

[@ososstarfx]

Islam is the most reasonable religion in the world that refers to one great and mighty god, not like christians who's worshipping 3 gods like idiots, so in this case islam is an anti virus for your unreasonable ideology of worshiping

[@segaskara9929]

No . SASSANI were not Persian. This video lacks credibility , SASSANI were Medies Kurdish empire and they were ruling both Kurds and Persian , but they were Kurdish dynasty. And all those kings names are Kurdish Mides not Persian.

[@mikestar1137]

Shapur the great 😂 😂😂

[@Vincent-dl7ol]

The prince is in a tv drama "The Longest Day in Chang'an" which was quite popular last year

[@angelabby2379]

Really i watched 33 episode and still no prince, only persian priest

[@wuhui]

Me too. Which prince was that? The wolf squad?

[@factorerivative]

It starts when the time is like about 7pm night going to the temple

[@heavenwatcher100]

Very informative video as you covered this medieval great game between several glorious nations. RIP Sassanids. 😥 If Tang dynasty still exist with our Persian and Greek friends reigning the middle east and the occidental world, this timeline would be so awesome.

[@segaskara9929]

Chi Zhang Persian stealing others histories., SASAANI were not Persian . They were Medies Kurdish empire. And all those Kings names are Kurdish not Persian., who can stop Persians stealing for Kurdish history . Who can stop this farce .

[@johnanon372]

I do not hate Islam, but the classic era of Byzantine, Persia, and Tang was so beautiful.

[@laylaalthawadi3012]

@@segaskara9929 you gyus making every thing kurdish Also abraham was kurdish you kurd said I tall maybe adam was kurd hahs Hahaha

[@laylaalthawadi3012]

@@segaskara9929 median only was kurd other not

[@adib4573]

@@johnanon372 regardless you have to sacrifice something to gain something greater. Without the sacrifice of those beautiful kingdoms you wouldn't have had the Magnificent Caliphate.

[@JanKowalski-kw5iy]

0:52 Wait a sec, that guy in the middle looks suspiciously like Ahmed from the series Marco Polo...

[@arkitsingh7083]

Yes Ahmad the finance minister of kublai

[@historyrhymes1701]

Looks like John Snow

[@ahmadhabibullah6396]

Yea man

[@davemorgan6013]

You mean Spock (Leonard Nimoy)?

[@TheSoleGOAT]

@@historyrhymes1701 *Jon Snow

[@111battlefront]

This was a beautiful and unique story! Thank you so much for your time on the Sassanids :) Crazy to see how much the world got along back then.

[@scunts]

Of course people are commenting with their modern bias and prejudice.

[@TomSmith-li5se]

So obvious...

[@Radonatorr]

It's perfectly natural. What do you expect?

[@tjallingappelhof2055]

haha sadly yes

[@TomSmith-li5se]

Just normal people maybe?

[@tjallingappelhof2055]

@@TomSmith-li5se what do you mean by that?

[@fakechloe207]

The battle of mohacs 1526 is a great one to cover

[@KingsandGenerals]

It is not the very next video in our Ottoman series but will be right after that.

[@AdamNoizer]

Kings and Generals can’t wait 👌🏼👍🏼

[@Muhammed552]

@@KingsandGenerals ottomans oh boi i hope our hungarian bros are rdy lol

[@sectorgovernor]

@@akostarkanyi825Janicsár (pronunciation is 'Yanitchar') is 'Janissary' in english. This is the beggining of an era when Hungary was divided into three parts. One third became the part of the Ottoman Empire. The other two third parts of Hungary became an Ottoman and a Habsburg vassal. This is also a beginning of an era when Hungary has been continuously fucked and became the Habsburg dynasty puppet. Hungary never could recover from this. Indeed, battle of Mohács was one of the biggest tragedies in Hungarian history. Despite this, Ottoman series is one of my favourite series on this channel, and cannot wait this battle.

[@sectorgovernor]

@@akostarkanyi825 nincs mit :)

[@napoleonibonaparte7198]

Nothing in Anatolia lasts forever, huh?

[@Muhammed552]

only if u r turk lol

[@annguyenlehoang7779]

@@Muhammed552 nah . we may not know . .z. Empire rise and fall man ...

[@waterdropsfall]

Too many invaders😂

[@LuizAlexPhoenix]

@@minzblatt Humanity started in Africa, IIRC. Civilization seems to have started on the Levant. Not that it matters, we are all the same. Trying to connect us to thousands of years dead is foolish. Most countries identities are only really defined in the past two hundred years or so.

[@whyistherumgone5693]

Muhammad Talib yea Turks have the record fuckers staying here for 1000 years.

[@nocommunistbetterworld]

Our three countries really need to admire and be sympathetic to each other. China ~ Iran ~ Greece

[@MrLi-fd4hs]

Yes, China should be sympathized. China is now ruled by the Communist Party and embarrassed by communism.

[@eugeneng7064]

@@MrLi-fd4hs It depends on how you look at it. Structurally little has changed: it's still ruled by an elite in a captial while the provinces do what they please so long as they do not piss off the capital too much. Yet China has never ever been richer in all its history and never so powerful. Other than that culturally they are catching up, economically they are second when they used to be first for most of her history.

[@superfamicom5632]

@@MrLi-fd4hs too young too naive. Communist Party is just a name. what it actually is just the newer version of traditional chinese bureaucracy.And what make china great again then it's a good party.

[@rosesblue1218]

@@MrLi-fd4hs China has been ruled by many parties throughout the long history. so we don't really care as long as they are doing the right thing.they borrow the concept communist from the west, and we finally will come up with something of our own. Its not that Chinese people are brainwashed, its certain people who really do not want China to rise again:)

[@tk9060]

@@MrLi-fd4hs If you knew what communism is, then you would realize just how uncommunist China really is

[@alirezamercury2688]

This documentary is really heart breaking

[@Emcee_Squared]

Amazing video! Slight mistake at 1:43, the Shahnameh ("Book of Kings") was written by the persian poet Ferdowsi, around the year 1000 CE, some 500 years after Khosrau I. It was written to preserve the memory of their persian ancestors in the midst of cultural displacement by the Arabs. The book which Khosrau had commissioned was the Khwaday-Namag, ("Book of Lords"). It was written to preserve their own history, and may have even recorded information about the Achaemenids and Parthians, but this book is now lost. By the time of Ferdowsi, the Persians did not know too much about their ancient ancestors, and it was before the works of Herodotus had been translated to Farsi. So during that time, the Persian scholars would rely on Jewish sources such as the Old Testament to gleam whatever information they could about their ancient ancestors such as Cyrus, Darius, and Xerxes. They had even forgotten that the ruins of Persepolis was built by Darius, and so they called it Takhte-e-Jamshid, which means "Throne of Jamshid", attributing it to an ancient mythological king by the name of Jamshid. It was only in the last 150 years through archaeology and the deciphering of cuneiform that the truth started to come out.

[@Emcee_Squared]

@@Haijwsyz51846 Those are the greek versions of the ancient persian kings Kurosh, Dariush, and Khasharyashah

[@venkatjayadeepj1342]

A small group of these fleeing sassanids arrived at Gujarat in India and formed the parsi community of India. There's a beautiful story regarding their migration. When the parsi ship reached Gujarat and asked for refuge, the local king refused it stating that there enough cultures present and one more would only bring more problem to him. The parsees promised that they will never conquer nor convert any native people for which the king agreed and gave them refuge. The parsees kept their word even after so many generations and never have they conquered nor tried to convert the natives to their religion. Almost 25% of India's millionaires are parsees. (pls forgive my bad English)

[@PreparingGeneeskunde]

As far as I know a few hundreds later after Arabs conquered Iran, second big Parsi migration happened to India. I think many are still in the cities like Pune. Are you a Parsi from India?

[@cloroxbleach6344]

TJ D. There wasn’t a substantial migration when the Arabs first conquered Persia, they were treated well and were the dominant religion in the area even centuries after the Muslim conquests because they were allowed to practice freely. The real migration happened during Safavid rule, in which the ruler tried to forcefully convert all Iranians to Shia Islam, including the Sunni Muslims and Parsi, which lead to the migration of many sunnis and parsis in Iran to India/Pakistan/Mughal Empire. The Shi’a rulers eventually converted everyone, radicalized their sect, destroyed many Sunni pacifist thoughts, desecrated the graves of many important scholars, and began to spread their idea further. Traditionally speaking, early muslim encounters were peaceful and motivated by morals when in contact with other cultures. For example, when Hindus were being oppressed by one of their rulers, they called for help from the caliphate and were sent garrisons to aid them. In the conquered areas, the natives kept their cultures and religions unless they liked Islam, and were given legal rights.

[@PreparingGeneeskunde]

@Abtin Persian I'm sorry but you're knowledge about history is weak. The Aswārān (singular aswār), also spelled Asbārān, was a military force that formed the backbone of the army of the Sasanian Empire. These Iranians betrayed Iran and helped the Arabs from the start of the war (so thousands of Iranian military force helped Arab Muslims from the beginning and accepted Islam peacefully. Besides many may Iranian cities helped and accepted Arabs. ببخشید ولی اطلاعات شما از ملت خائن و وطنفروش ایران کمه

[@mogts]

@@cloroxbleach6344 do you have a reference? sounds interesting...

[@cloroxbleach6344]

M O S Here’s the sources I could remember, haven’t thought much on this issue for a while so hopefully this is adequate: The Judeo-Persian poet ‘Emrānī and his "Book of treasure": ‘Emrānī's Ganǰ… 'Emrānī, David Yeroushalmi A new introduction to Islam. Daniel W Brown Encyclopaedic Historiography of the Muslim World. NK Singh, A Samiuddin The Cambridge illustrated history of the Islamic world. Francis Robinson Immortal: A Military History of Iran and Its Armed Forces. Steven R. Ward Iran and America: re-kindling a love lost]. Badi Badiozamani The Cambridge illustrated history of the Islamic world. Francis Robinson Iraq: Old Land, New Nation in Conflict. William Spencer Islam, continuity and change in the modern world, By John Obert Voll Masashi Haneda, Emigration of Iranian Elites to India during the 16-18th centuries, Cahiers d’Asie centrale Another large migration period was during the 10th century, which was prior to the Safavids and still under Sunni caliphate rule. This migration occurred after the rightly guided caliphs, and thus is not take into account when assessing the narrative of parsis fleeing from early Muslims. Although Some did flee during the initial conquest, the real migration began in the 9th-10th centuries when the Muslims had infighting and weren’t so rightly guided anymore. I would recommend reading up on the accounts of the ulema for a good picture on what was happening as well.

[@arashinoakumyo3535]

“Your highness Maurice has been killed! “Who did it?” “Phocas!” “I want his name not what he is!!”

[@daviddavidson1417]

When I get a regular paycheck I'll consider some of your merch or even the $9/month membership. Damn good content. Keep it up

[@KingsandGenerals]

We appreciate it! Best of luck with your future employment!

[@lyonvensa]

4:19 The image of a pillow gently covering her face is something I found way too funny.

[@haraka8123]

5:00 I RECOGNISE THAT SOUND EFFECT ANYWHERE

[@vinicius2uiciniv]

ooh haah!

[@vinicius2uiciniv]

@Lil Awrix Age of Empires II sound effect for military unit creation

[@LordofBabylon]

Awesome! Please do more Asian history.

[@KingsandGenerals]

More on the way!

[@LordofBabylon]

@@KingsandGenerals Glad to hear it. You guys are my favorite history channel on KZbin

[@sturmgewehr4471]

Hey im also a marxist buddhist

[@LordofBabylon]

@@sturmgewehr4471 oh that's just a random username, I'm not either really

[@cyrusthegreat5988]

Sassanid decendets are still living 🤝

[@user-ox1mv7bw3u]

They will never be kings, they are cursed kings

[@sobaannaseer7155]

Byzantine: We will destroy your sassanid empire. Sassanid: We will destroy byzantine empire. Khalid Ibn Waleed: Hold my zam-zam.

[@sobaannaseer7155]

@Shaurya Joshi only a what?

[@Alex-rv8sd]

Sad ibn abi vaqqas conquer persia not khalid Egypt was conquer by amr ibn ass

[@sobaannaseer7155]

@@Alex-rv8sd you need to learn what happened before that. what happened on both fronts before what you are referring to.

[@Alex-rv8sd]

Abu bakr and khalid started the early wars in modern day southern Iraq when umar became khalifh he pretty much finished it

[@sobaannaseer7155]

@@Alex-rv8sd you are missing out on events. learn again.

[@tsuki5284]

Makes every Iranian cry

[@Itsfaymi00]

🥺😂😂

[@productofsociety4107]

This made me cry

[@numoesso6892]

Thanks for showing persian history with such a high quality!

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thanks for watching!

[@deadsheep404]

Islam has been successfully installed >>> SassanidSuperpower69.exe has stopped working

[@valorwarrior7628]

>>> ByzantiumSuperpower70.exe has been reduced to 40%

[@noone7692]

islam=virus

[@valorwarrior7628]

@Maarij Hassan >>>ByzantineSuperpower70.exe replaced by OttomanSuperpower80.exe

[@valorwarrior7628]

@@noone7692 LEFTISM = the AIDS that perpetrated and aided Islam on dominating.

[@deadsheep404]

@@noone7692 you probably have a neck beard and wear a fedora

[@ericconnor8251]

Great video, and I'm glad you're continuing to do stuff on Persian and Chinese history, but I am also somewhat annoyed by the little mistakes, like nails on a chalkboard for a pedant. Why was Roman Britain not part of the empire in your map of the entirely united Roman Empire? It was a province until 410 AD, long after the Sasanian Battle of Hormozdgan in Iran in 224 AD. And for that matter you misspelled it as "Hormozgan" without a "d", which I don't think is some alternate spelling.

[@ericconnor8251]

Also, at 7:00 you show several sculptures of the Chinese Tang dynasty when talking about Sasanian Persians, but these statues, while probably showing people of the Zoroastrian faith, were Sogdians (an Eastern Iranian group) who weren't necessarily under Sasanian rule. In fact, at least one of those sculptures is a Sogdian from the 8th century, a considerable while after the Sasanian Empire had fallen to the Rashidun Caliphate.

[@youwu6714]

中国的地图也不是完整的。

[@altvctr]

If I could change one thing in history, the fall of the sassanids is what I would try to prevent. Awesome video.

[@the3zoooz1]

@@soniahemmati2372 fuck no

[@MadMamluk88]

5:00 AOE2 military spawn sound effect :P I'm glad someone finally covered this intriguing topic

[@KingsandGenerals]

:-)

[@rezasalamati9652]

5:01 the sound effect from Age of Empires used when u said cavalry raiding caliphate territory was genius and nostalgic

[@Daruliable]

That's what I like of this channel! They show us the obscure tales of history that none talks about, in a nice and not boring way, good job guys of K&G's

[@KarausTheReTeller]

Alliance of *Persians, Chinese and Turks* against *Arabs.* Really interesting.

[@kakyoin8070]

and they lose against arabs

[@aliothman4469]

Hhhhhhh and all lost against arab

[@segaskara9929]

SASAANI were not Persian . They were Medies Kurdish empire. And all the Kings names are Kurdish not Persian., who can stop Persians stealing fro Kurdish history . Who can stop this farce .

[@vladmir6301]

@@segaskara9929 Sassanid were Persians from Pars province in South Central Iran. Kurds are from North West mountain of Iran. Some people education level is even less than a third grader and comment about Sassanid background. Open up a geographic map or ethno map of Iran before commenting otherwise, You make yourself embarrsed.

[@asmrnaturecat984]

The islamic conquest of persia surely end the persian heritage as superpower, however, during abassids dynasty, the persian conquer the arab through their culture. Most of the grand viziers of Abbasids were persians(Barmaki family), as well as the caliphs who had more persian blood despite being descended from arab(intermarriege and all).Plus it worth to note that earlier muslims are not as race based and nationalists as our modern world... The Persian regained their rule after the end of persianized turk(safavid dynasty) through several dynasties: ashfarid, qajar, etc However, in Islam, it has been told in a hadeeth(i forgot the exact narration-please refer by urselves b4 requote mine), that if knowledge is in stars, than the persian will/can take it. This foresaw the golden age of islam(8-13 century b4 the coming of mongol) which mostly happened in the heartland of persia aka iran... And it worth to note that almost all of the scholars at that time despite having arabic name were actually persians.(Avicenna,Khwarizm, if you made a list, there will be no end) This comment is meant to console some dumb and blind persians about their history. Personally, i think the persians heritage in terms of knolwedge is far more impressive to the world rather than mighty conquests and huge empire(This come from a war and strategies fan like me). A pen is far respectful than a thousand sword. Hence, stop blaming Arab or Islam and act like a kid, being proud as something like culture and old religion when you had something far more valuable. Even today, Iran is still one of the best in mathematics. Its easier to accept the history and islam and be proud that islam has changed your tyrannical oppression towards the people of the empire into the greatest scholar throughout the entire history of mankind civilisation...... P/s: i would like to note that both persia and rome suffer great territory loses not because their empire already exhaust, i call that bullshit, imo its because the people didnt support the empire and readily accept islamic forces as they saw them as liberators from high taxes

[@asmrnaturecat984]

@@persianguy1524 yep, totally forgot about that, my point is religion didnt bring doom to persian, it was the infighting during yazdegir III era, basically, i got sick hearing modern iranian blame islam istead of realizing the core problem

[@asmrnaturecat984]

@ठाकुरेंद्र सहस्त्रबाहु no such thing as being brainwashed by islam, it is a religion free for any race, be it mongol or turk, both of them become muslim and more succesful than their arab predeccors, the real problem is overly nationalistics like iran, bla2, northern india bla2...., human civilisation should be free from any nationalistics propaganda, thats the only way to advance

[@darknesslight9630]

Also most of indians(and pakistan and bangladesh) and turks(in central asia and anatolia)and mongols became muslim by persian.if you look at ottoman turkish or urdu language you can see heavy effect of persian language . Even their arabic words are arabic words that used in persian language.

[@climate-moneymakingcampaig305]

Dont mixup , barmaki , avecinna khawrazmi were not persian . In west they call them persian cuz the edge between them was persia but they were from ariana-khorasan . Its different rather than persia , in whole history after every recovery they named themselves ariana or khorasan and persia named themselves pars or persia , its just a century that named changed into iran(in shahname its defined as khorasan-arian that today is afghanistan-tajikestan-uzbekistan) I mean they themselves thought they are different , they couldnt accept others name on themselves ... theres many more things to say about the language , zoroaster , nowrouz and so much more that were invention of bacterians-khorasanian-arianian if ur eager for new truths about history u can dig into , it opens many new things

[@darknesslight9630]

@@climate-moneymakingcampaig305 1-khorasan people called their country "iran" and they were iranian.but in all history of iran other people(greek,romans , arabs,....)call all of iranian persian.persia is a part of iran but most important part of iran. 2-language of people of khorasan was persian . so we can call them persian too.

[@viraloracle5151]

the Huge difference between the Greco/Roman empires and the Iranian ones of ancient times (Achaemenids, parthians and Sassanids) is that the iranian ones were all ruled by a single Family dynasty , the sassanid dynasty originated from the Achaemenid family, the parthian family intermarried with the achaemenids, so you could say a single family ruled Iran for 1,250 years. all were descendents of Cyrus the Great.

[@yewsoonfatt]

what a pity for a great empire to fall like this. I always admire the history of Persian as a Chinese, their history is fascinating and interesting.

[@kamalh876]

I love how the "devastation" of Sassanid-Byzantine war was the downfall of those two empires, but everyone seems to forget that the Muslims themselves emerged out of a devastating civil war.

[@richardfeynman9341]

So does the Mongols, the Turks, The Chinese etc whats your point? Civil war had to be fought in order to rise up. Even with that much weakened economy, The muslims still couln't take Roman Empire completely until 1453.

[@habibalikhan2137]

@@richardfeynman9341 Agreed. Many great empires have emerged out of the ashes of instability. But only when they are lead by a powerful leadership. For Muslims, that was the leadership of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) and then of the Rashidun Caliphates (ABPWT).

[@richardfeynman9341]

@Syed Ahmed lol...you just literally prove my point. The THEODOSIAN WALL, yeah which the muslims could not penetrate, THUS COULD NOT TAKE THE ROMANS DOWN... your argument is like saying 'You know China could totally defeat USA,, but US got that little Nukes way more than China, and that's the only thing that stop them"

[@frazmeup]

@@richardfeynman9341 We were busy in Spain

[@yashvardhanojha7059]

@@richardfeynman9341 Bro if say point out the failure of Islamic Invasion they will start giving such shitty arguments

[@unleashingpotential-psycho9433]

Tang is pretty powerful.

[@hectorvega621]

It was China's second Golden Age After all.

[@oguzhanyurekli3448]

Because they are ruled by Turks ;)

[@ERIC-di7nh]

Turkish nationalist nonsense everywhere 😂😂😂

[@oguzhanyurekli3448]

@Hh Ii That is true, thanks for sharing history with people.

[@umaransari9765]

Lo C a land stealer who killed 99% of native population in Americas and now could do anything for oil is saying this Hypocrisy and ignorance at its best

[@beachboy0505]

The Umayid Arabs were the greatest warrior of all time. They defeated the Romans, Byzantine, Egyptians, Goths, Vandals, Franks, China, Indian and Slavs in time WOW

[@beachboy0505]

@@Jangnono Americans, Australia, NZ, South Africa from where? LOL

[@notmaireelneim]

02:05 "Meet the Phocas."

[@unclelion6564]

Arabian took the best timing to invade Persia and east Rome when this two were having 26 years long war

[@amitkumar-sz6ze]

@ITS FACTZ how do you know that. World would have been very different today

[@mohammedsulaiman5566]

Arabs were just came with an exhausting rebellion actually arabs were having disadvantages

[@holykingdom7660]

Arabs would have attacked anyway despite they being so week that no one could conquer them except Arabs

[@billisultan6224]

Ah, yes. "They won cause of advantages and stuff" crap. Good sh*t.

[@TheNEOverse]

@@billisultan6224 Like almost every smart, competent conqueror. Caesar did not conquer a united Gaul, yet he is celebrated.

[@huzaifaniaz7329]

Game of thrones sassanid version

[@JonatasAdoM]

@poortaiwanese We don't know what lies beyond the great wall.

[@segaskara9929]

SASAANI were not Persian . They were Medies Kurdish empire. And all the Kings names are Kurdish not Persian.

[@vladmir6301]

@@segaskara9929 You are not a Kurd yourself. You are an Azerbaijani Turk, who hate Kurds. You go around and make people hate Kurds.

[@momopoly2312]

@@segaskara9929 troll

[@ArtHur-hd6ti]

sega Skara ....loool you have never been to school in your life . You must probably having day dreams everyday .

[@jamilaziz9951]

A new Kings and Generals video, what better way to start my birthday :D

[@KingsandGenerals]

Happy birthday!

[@jamilaziz9951]

Thank you Kings and Generals, you guys are truly the best history channel I know on KZbin :D

[@jasonsmith530]

Sasanids were respected by romans and Chinese

[@ShahanshahShahin]

And by India too

[@zoekarlsealland3139]

Is this a gift for new year？、 The Chinese sub have been uploaded. KZbin is blocked in China, so I had to used Vpn to watch your video, but it is becoming more and more unstable. Is there a Vpn which is cheap, stable and quick? in 8:49 It seems the "persian temple" is still in Chang'an now and is one of the rare Zoroastrian temple antique in China And it seems that Pirooz appeared in the mod Umbra Spherae for Ck 2.8, in the imperial count of Tang, if my memory is correct...... But the mod is huge, my laptop cannot run it stablely and quickly, My dream of using Pirooz to restore the Sassanid Empire ended........

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you for adding the sub, despite all the difficulties- we appreciate it!

[@zoekarlsealland3139]

@@KingsandGenerals Thank you.

[@zoekarlsealland3139]

​@@KingsandGenerals And I enjoy your videos a lot and can I translateing and subtitle your videos and put it on Chinese websites so more fans of your documentaries can enjoy it. As I had mention above that most of us dont have the access to KZbin.......

[@penguinpresident3157]

Sassanids were amazing

[@historyandmilitarytraining9641]

Feeling very sad for the Sassanids and Zoroastrianians who are the founder of Iranian civilisation.

[@user-lq7qj8ue1x]

Do you feel also sad about what happened in the Americas?

[@gemilee6657]

In rencent time,China found a new cemetery in Shanxi province owned by a general.The owner of cemetery is comfired to be a persia because Ahumazda was carved on it,and his sister was also buried in it,they were married.

[@s.asadeghi9612]

even as a student of Iran history myself I learn few things here ... great job you have my thanks and respect

[@arthurchen2389]

In previous years, Russian scientists discovered Tang Dynasty stone steles on Sakhalin Island to prove that Sakhalin Island was the territory of the Tang Dynasty. The relevant records of the Tang Dynasty also stated that when soldiers marched far away, they saw colorful lights (aurora) in the sky. This shows that the Tang Dynasty reached North Siberia as far as the Tang Dynasty, and the territory of the Tang Dynasty in the video is indeed marked as small.

[@evh1734]

I dropped a sandwich in the park the other day. I own the city now.

[@sunmatr]

@@evh1734 A stone tablet is not a sandwich, you know nothing about ancient powers

[@ThroneMattAEr]

China and Iran has one of the longest lasting relationship

[@user-lq7qj8ue1x]

China and Arabs as well

[@Unknown_Soldier_2]

​@@user-lq7qj8ue1x Not Really Persian Chinese Relationships Back To Anicent Time's even Iranians Are Native Of Western China !!! Even China Is Iranian/Sanskrit Word!!!! But Arab Chinese Relationships Back to 1300 years ago and It was not warm Relationships

[@seungheuncheon4119]

Later during the lushan rebellion arab would send armies to help thse tang dynasty.

[@s-z-l-z]

Lmao “Armies”? No. Contemporary estimations range from 1000-3000 soldiers. Possibly mainly Persians. A minuscule force.

[@user-tw7kq5ti8y]

Seungheun Cheon It was actually a diplomatic group sent by the caliphate but they were forced drag into the battle between government and rebel force they didn't want to involved but they ain't got a choice.

[@s-z-l-z]

麤鬻彠爨軉灪 请问资料来源是？谢谢

[@user-tw7kq5ti8y]

Jacob Yan www.zhihu.com/question/53815653/answer/376180495 知乎关毛大佬

[@s-z-l-z]

麤鬻彠爨軉灪 感谢提供来源！不过这个人回答里说的“顶多几十号人”纯属臆想吧，毫无任何根据，再加上“用其国兵以收两都”这样的话，假设用来讨论几十号人，感觉过于夸张。

[@johnbenson9806]

I love your pronunciation of "Masterworks" and "Learning".

[@austiedlee9265]

Some Sassanid people ran to Western India and kept their Zoroastrianism belief who was called as Parsi people, and maybe that was fortunate.

[@segaskara9929]

Mohammad Rasool SASAANI were not Persian . They were Medies Kurdish empire. And all the Kings names are Kurdish not Persian.

[@user-sm5vd5uc4w]

And one of them built the band Queen

[@vladmir6301]

@@segaskara9929 You are not a Kurd yourself. You are an Azerbaijani Turk, who hate Kurds. You go around and make people hate Kurds.

[@ArtHur-hd6ti]

sega Skara ..historical faculty of harvard university must hire you as clown to make laugh students in break times .

[@anirudhvalluri4904]

I'd love to hear about the migration and eventual settlement of fleeing Persians (Parsis) to India. Love your content as always!

[@soheil527]

There are more parsis in iran than in india. The exodus happened in 900 AD with the Turkish taking power in caliphate

[@c33i]

The Army of the Rashidun Caliphate was considered the strongest army in the world at that time in terms of tactics and discipline

[@HunterOrlando]

lol no, he was just a nomad arab with pedophile peasants and a bunch of luck

[@the_son_of_man]

​@@HunterOrlandonot true but ecen if it's true they fucked you up 😂

[@HunterOrlando]

@@the_son_of_man and yet they are still nomad arabs living in a desert land sinking in the sea trying to get to the west, lmao desert people will always be embarrassing.

[@the_son_of_man]

@@HunterOrlando how ? Better then not having a toilet or doing sati...ruled the world and still does... that's why you salty

[@AGHaxio]

​@@the_son_of_manwell guess what After the Mongol evasion whole Arab rulers were destroyed At last Yall rulled by ottomons And british I wonder what would Yall do if u didn't discover oil in ur deserted countries. Even with this harible government that ruling iran we still doing better than yall

[@DELHIBOMBAYDARBAR]

Kings and Generals, you are doing a great job with your objective narrative. I am retiree and you have quenched my thirst for knowledge of history. Thanks.

[@Chronosmaster002]

Thank you so much for covering the history of central Asia. I've always been intrigued by it since in the "west" we barely cover it.

[@jackytang3683]

Made in Persia means excellent products with high quality in Chinese history record.

[@richardlouis779]

Tang Dynasty, hand made carpet

[@TyrannosaurusRex5027]

Sassanids had flashy mustaches, as a result they knew that they needed to reclaim the home of their flashy mustaches

[@buffoonustroglodytus4688]

Wow. Fuck bill burr and all those other fucks this guy is the real king of comedy

[@afterlife1897]

They had flashy mustaches because of their fire worshipping customs.

[@supremelordoftheauspicious2928]

Counter Hasbara Said the one praying towards a black stone 5 times a day. Your prayers are copied from this so called Fire-Worshipping religion.

[@afterlife1897]

@@supremelordoftheauspicious2928 Hmm interesting. www.answering-christianity.com/que11.htm

[@supremelordoftheauspicious2928]

Counter Hasbara Zoroastrians dont worship fire either. But seems like that arguement only works for muslims.

[@farshidmon3777]

Another branch of Sassanid family continued to rule across the Alborz mountains for more than a century. It is called Dabuyid dynasty. A Zoroastrian family which were descendents of Peroz I Sassanid.

[@segaskara9929]

Farshid Mon SASAANI were not Persian . They were Medies Kurdish empire. And all the Kings names are Kurdish not Persian., who can stop Persians stealing fro Kurdish history . Who can stop this farce .

[@ariyanadf5225]

I have done what I could for my homeland 🙂🙃💔as an iranian thank u for this video❤❤❤❤

[@Harry2002-z9q]

Wear hijab arab iran😂

[@ariyanadf5225]

@@Harry2002-z9q what? 😐😐😐are u stupid ? In 2021 you can't understand the difference between arab people and persian people 😏

[@lawrenceprice3090]

Anyone else recognise the music in the background as Persia's war theme from civ 5?

[@clifftrainor6774]

What an epic slice of history!

[@philRminiatures]

A fascinating and little-known episode (at least for me!) ...I'm grateful to K&G, my new homeland!

[@syimirsafrizal3983]

During the time of prophet Muhammad, he send a letter to Emperor of Rome and Emperor of Persia asking them to convert to islam (which both of them refuse of course). Thought both responde in different manner. Emperor Herculis gather his advisor whether they should convert to islam or not, afterall islam is abrahamic religion too. But they refuse politely and the emperor kept the letter (i think the letter still exist till this day). Yedegerd on the hand ripped the letter apart with full rage. News of his act reach prophet Muhammad and he said thet persian empire will be destroyes the same way he ripped that letter. A decade later during the Arab expension the Persian empire instantly destroyed while Byzantine survive for a few more hundred years before Ottoman conqered Constantinople (Istanbul).

[@mastersamin9946]

Wait is this true

[@oreeg242]

​@@mastersamin9946yes

[@komododragon410]

It was Khusrow ii,

[@pegeman1510]

Thanks for another great video! Very educational!

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you for watching!

[@pigletsquid7718]

I saw a similar documentary on TV about the exiled children of past rulers trying to reclaim their homeland - although one of them had dragons, which probably helped.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Huh, good one :-)

[@pete2389]

You never disappoint- especially when it comes to these ancient "east meets west" videos.

[@kalanaherath3076]

I am not surprised that the Zoroastrian Sassanids tolerated Christianity since Zoroastrianism is one of the most enlightened and modernish religions out there, as it was even the first and only religion to oppose slavery outright. Yet somehow a lot of other religions that came much later than Zoroastrianism tended to be very backward and close minded comparatively

[@asmaaraess9911]

There were not tolerating Manichaeism which is derived from Zoroastrian and for Christianity it was the religion of the territories that they occupy from the byzantines

[@yourmajesty1361]

Well the Zoroastrianism the Sassanids practisced was a bit different from the original teachings of Ašu Zartošt (Zoroaster). It was pretty mixed up with Christianity and highly politicalized by the Sassanid Clergy to strenghen the rule of the 'divine' Emperors & to create a national unity among the citizens of the Empire. For example Original Zoroastrianism didn't have concepts such as 'Heaven & Hell', 'Angels', etc. Zoroaster was more of a Philosoph than a religious Zealot. If you want pure Zoroastrianism only read the Gathas the rest is pretty much made up by later followers of Zoroaster. PS: I am not saying it's good or bad. I'm just stating facts.

[@supremelordoftheauspicious2928]

Kalana Herath It wasn't always like that tho. There were some real bloody conflicts between Zoroastrians and Christians. Depended on how much open minded the current ruling Shah was.

[@ottovrizo5693]

the late sassanid period is the only period were zoroastrians were not tolerant, proselitism for example was forbidden for zoroastrians and the sassanids were in favor of doing it in the late period.

[@amirh1982]

True- Islam was the most backward of all

[@cursedex3755]

I would love to see you cover the An Lushan rebellion tbh, it seems interesting to see how the (2nd?) Chinese Golden Age ended not too long after the rebellion

[@Fatihturk0071]

Nice use of Age Empire 2 sounds. Great Video

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you!

[@elsagelympne7943]

Didn't know the friendship between the Persians and Chinese were so old... And Iran and China are quite close lately.

[@persian_boy_2500]

Oh god when I'm thinking about what happened to my country I can't control my emotions 😢🖤

[@moluther2826]

Cry

[@the_son_of_man]

Cope

[@CyrusPersia-wv7zo]

@@moluther2826 you cry, we are a proud nation , not like you the ar@bs, cry more and more

[@Onezy05]

Actually kind of sad how it all ended for the Sassanid kings when they lost their kingdom. Sure, I guess the fate of the remaining Palaiologos emperor's after 1453 was similar, but the Byzantine empire had been on death's door for a while. The Sassanids still had a large empire and in the space of 2 decades, it was all gone. They became kings without a kingdom.

[@komododragon410]

All Khusrow ii have to do is showed some respect to the letter

[@mustafaalwan6523]

The decision to make Ctesiphon capital of the empire Although made by the parthians was really stupid and inexplicable. it hastened the demise of the sassiassnids. It is totally indefensible , Practically in foreign land (ctesiphon) was surrounded by non persian peoples . Not to mention it was sacked 5 times by the Romans . The fall of the sassassanids was an eventuality. If it wasn't the Arabs . It would be someone else .

[@KingsandGenerals]

True. The thing is, sometimes you need a capital closer to your borders, as a military center in order to react as fast as possible. Don't forget that the richest part of the Sassanid domain was in that region.

[@mustafaalwan6523]

@@KingsandGenerals while I agree that the reality of the constant state of war with Rome later (Byzantium) made it necessary to choose that location and the fact that Mesopotamia(Asoristan) was the richest part of the empire which makes taxation much convenient. Nevertheless being sacked 5 times by your rivals would be an obvious sign that you should probably move elsewhere . Perhaps Persia or Khorasan

[@timurthelamest5630]

Medicus Cessatura It is obvious that taking Ctesiphon really didn’t have as much of an effect on the Empire’s as you may think other than the symbolic effect and the loot, as the Parthian and Sassanid Empires realistically had other capitals closer to the Iranian heartland. The Parthians you can argue were too feudalistic and lacked the infrastructure or motivation to do so, especially toward the last century of the Empire. Furthermore, the sackings of Ctesiphon MOSTLY happened within a certain period of instability toward the ending of the Parthian Empire and the early stages of the Sassanid Empire.

[@Fman0909]

@@KingsandGenerals That's correct. It was chosen as a capital by the Parthians then the Sassanids followed. More grain and gold taxation was available to them from the surrounding regions. The Shahs didn't really see the capital in the same sense as other civilizations saw it. Since their dominion was so vast, they used to move alot with their court from province to province. Ctesiphon (Al Madain) was 170km north of Al Hirah (Lakhmid Capital)