The Historical Context for Assassin's Creed Mirage | Al Muqaddimah

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[@UsefulCharts]

That beard!

[@RockSmithStudio]

Majestic indeed. Also love seeing his YT silver plaque behind him. You can tell he's proud of it(as he should be)

[@hansgarriell2525]

Booooooooringggggggggg. We want to Assassin Creed witj Prophet Muhammad in it Masjid Al Aqsa Burraq and stuff like. Alhamdullilah Allah u Akbar

[@img426]

​@@hansgarriell2525 shut the fak up dummer you want porpet Muhammed in it are you dumb shut your faking mouth

[@kennyalpha22]

​@@RockSmithStudioWhat is so special about that beard? Is that rare? I also have similar beard.

[@Hoboken90]

As a spaniard european i really appreciate all this info, i want more pls, the islamic scenario is sooooo deep that you could tell 1001 tales

[@abdulatefal-rabah9054]

haha, I see what you did there

[@Noctuam734]

This is a very welcome surprise, i'm hoping for more videos regarding Mirage when it releases!! I'm not too familiar with Arabic culture and history, so you're helping me on this! btw wanted to point out that AC Mirage starts out 20 years before 872 (Valhalla), but it progresses throught Basim's life in the brotherhood

[@AlMuqaddimahYT]

So, it's possible that al-Mutawakkil might be in it but not likely. I think he'll get involved in the Anarchy only.

[@Noctuam734]

@@AlMuqaddimahYT Yep, but also knowing that the game will be restricted to Baghdad and it's surrondings it can be quite limiting too, but hopes up.

[@mrenigma1564]

@@AlMuqaddimahYT so here is how it will go the game will start in 852 AD when basim age 17 years when he was a thief we will play maybe the first squence of the game around that time 852 AD later they will skip to basim training which he did train a lot 852AD to 855AD basim becomes an officiel assassins on 855AD assassins are with ranks so basim around 855AD he was still an apprentice climbing to become a master assassin so i think the game will END before 868AD because we learn from basim lore he traveled to constantinople to meet sigurd and he stays there for 2 years and the event of valhalla begins in 870AD so here it is AC mirage timeline we play as basim in 852 AD 855AD = maybe we will see how al-Mutawakkil got assassinated ( i'm not surprised that it's a main quest for his DEATH to be in the game maybe basim killed him or a templar and that templar basim will hunt ) 862-868AD = when on this time he already is a master assassin

[@korusgamerbolt4431]

And do not forget the Non Islamic Persians and their History !!! , Well old Persians and their civilizations were existent only during 600 ADs and later Islamic Conquest converted them.

[@LNDN1905]

@@AlMuqaddimahYT Are you a Muslim?

[@theoikoumene]

Just today I watched one of your videos, the 2020 recap, in which you said you wanted an open-world game set in Harun Al-Rashid's Baghdad. Mirage was possibly being worked on at that very moment!

[@AlMuqaddimahYT]

Haha, probably, yes. I'm disappointed at the scope of the game but I guess the Anarchy at Samarra makes for a more exciting time.

[@theoikoumene]

@@AlMuqaddimahYT I hope Mutawakkil does make an appearance. He is a fascinating character.

[@fuladh]

I am so excited for this game, Basim was in the previous game as well and was mentioned to be tutored by Al-Khwarizmi, so i think there is a good chance he will see other scholars as well! Really great video, love your channel!!!!

[@iiReTr0Z]

lol thats funny for some reason! WHATS 1+1!! ELEVEN!!! then al-khawarizmi pulls out a whip

[@abbasq4263]

@@iiReTr0Z wheres the joke?

[@izanazir7088]

​​@@iiReTr0Znice joke, i can't believe he is the same guy who created algebra and algorithms,for which you use computers, man Muslim history is such a whip, i mean if they didn't existed you guys were already 1000 years behind.

[@lapis722]

please make a video of the adal sultanate or the ajuran empire, people really forget somali history and especially because of modern day stereotypes, since you already made videos on malaysia and indonesia which are countries outside of the middle east hopefully you make videos on african muslim empires like the mali empire as well.

[@amogusmale]

Fr Fr

[@ibreathairunfortunatelyish4444]

I’m Somalian so I’m down

[@filhanislamictv8712]

I second this. Some of us no very little about Somali Muslim Civilisations

[@ezazahmed8379]

That would be interesting

[@lpbszn2957]

Ifat Sultanate too

[@Honeyless-Badger]

Assassins Creed belongs to the Middle east. I am so happy that this game finally goes back to the original place.

[@sampagano205]

Trying to Google your channel led me to discover the actual muqaddimah, so I just wanted to say thanks because now I'm very much enjoying reading that book too.

[@JoeyBonzo]

SO excited for this game! I loved the first Assassins' Creed game and even the Prince of Persia series! I'm very excited to see how Ubisoft handles this game and the history around this area. They've picked a great location during a really great period of history as well! Fantastic video as always and hopefully you'll do more once the game's released on some of the historical characters that they've promised to include

[@mayazmahmud1740]

I hope Ibn Fadlan is here... he was the great traveler who travelled to the Viking kingdoms of rus, I hope he's in the game and he gives Basim the information about the Vikings

[@Solon1581]

Just one problem. Most of not all of the events in the game will take place nearly a decade before Ahmad ibn Fadlan was even born.

[@coreycasciano3255]

Videos like these make me wanna play the game even more, I love learning about different history of cultures because I have always been fascinated by history (always been my favorite subject in school) I don’t know very much about Baghdad so this was a great informative video 😊👍

[@MrHazz111]

The game has been confirmed to have only two locations to explore, namely Baghdad and its immediate outskirts and the fortress of Alamut to the north in Iran (Which according to the game lore was being constructed a century prior to it existing) So I don't know how much it would feature the Zanj rebellion (as far as I know his rebellion was down south in the Iraqi marshlands?)

[@AlMuqaddimahYT]

Yeah, but it's possible that Ali ibn Muhammad is a Hidden One or something and then goes to the rebellion regions later (in 869).

[@starcapture3040]

so Sammra is not included that sucks

[@BrorealeK]

@@starcapture3040 They spent so much time and money on samey locations but couldn't make an open world out of the very rich regions of Mesopatamia and the Iranian plateau. It's sad.

[@starcapture3040]

@@BrorealeK maybe because they plan to make one in the Assyrian empire or the babylonian one in the future. but not having Sammra,Aleppo,Isfhan,Damascus is disappointing.

[@dazshcan1224]

I appreciate you adding some context to the game and its era. Very informative and interesting.

[@blususpect]

As an AC fan I’m happy you made a video regarding Mirage’s setting, as I was very excited when Ubisoft announced it would be taking place in 9th century Baghdad & as a Muslim it’s nice to our history being depicted.

[@stevenyarnell8422]

There is the first Assassin's Creed game from 2007. You play as a member of the Levantine Brotherhood. The assassin you play as is one Altair Ibn-La'Ahad.

[@hiddenone4882]

@OURDARKVENGEANCE altair is an atheist but in a muslim setting, idk why they made him atheist instead of muslim

[@hiddenone4882]

yea i know but in the game they will probably do that

[@rover5058]

Atheism "officially" wasn't a thing back then but there definitely were people that didn't have any religion. Altair was one of them.

[@hiddenone4882]

@علي يا سر i remember in game he said he doesnt belive in god. its so stupid that ubisoft did that he should be a muslim

[@theadmiral4157]

Its nice to know some insights about the settings of the game before it actually releases. Hoping the names you mention will be shown as either targets or the historical figures Ubisoft talked about that may appear in the game

[@Scirollo]

Well done, earned a sub. I like how informative you are with these!

[@KinoTurk]

Same!

[@selimnokashi9249]

Great vid and content man!!! I learn a lot more about world history (especially from other cultures) from Assassin's Creed than any other hahaha lol. I am most excited for Mirage since I have been living and working here in the Middle East for 7yrs now. Cheers mate. 😄 Let's gooooo AC 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@thesilentassassin1167]

Was super excited when I read about AC game being set in Abbasid Caliphate, although would like it more if it was during time of Harun Al Rashid and his wars with Byzantine empire, but this aint bad setting either, I had a feeling you would make a video about it

[@user-jy8lc2vs3b]

I was going through your videos about Abbasid revolution and Caliphate when Mirage's trailer came out and then i see this video!!!

[@PascalPalace]

Found you because of assassins creed mirage and i believe it’s amazing that you create such videos and that the history in the Arabic speaking areas gets also an enlightened through you and videos games like ac mirage 🙏🏼 i definitely come back to research more about this time 👀

[@hassankamran1227]

Amazing video brother thank you for covering this

[@Uzair_Of_Babylon465]

Fantastic video keep it up your doing amazing job

[@AJDraws]

This was incredibly interesting. Thank you.

[@totidoki05]

honestly i'm glad there is some coverage about this time and place, i'd love to learn more about abassid califates, islamic expansion or even how the ottoman empire worked (because i think it was kinda complex and different from other kind of empires ) i'll look for your videos on that!

[@rinlizer2605]

you will have an interesting journey my friend

[@totidoki05]

@@rinlizer2605 indeed i'm having lots of fun learning about it bit by bit, really fascinating!

[@sebresludolf9611]

*Please make a video on Chechens and central Asian Muslims states which existed before the Russian conquest of Central Asia.*

[@itacom2199]

The Checens are actually an interesting case, since their conversion to Islam dates only to the XVIII-XIX centuries, and was mostly a reaction against the imperialism of the Czars.

[@t.wcharles2171]

@@itacom2199 like the Circassians

[@MedievalRichard]

A very informative video about the history for the new AC game. Thank you Sir. MR

[@brendondellinger355]

I know next to nothing about this area of history so I'm glad Assassin's Creed is branching out to areas that we don't normally see in the U.S. Thanks for the video! Very interesting!

[@kayleecampbell2123]

This setting will truly be great to see in the spotlight within a triple A studio's game. The thing about Ubisoft's historical settings though is they get quite a few things wrong, a lot has been correct in the past sure, but wardrobe, language, architecture and even things like plant-life in the time period has often been slightly off. So although I can't wait to see how they do it, I know for certain there will be a lot of inaccuracies

[@ahmercankhan]

This was very nice Jazakullah

[@MrHazz111]

The moment I saw the trailer I thought about your channel and your Anarchy of Samarra video haha

[@edurodriguesigues]

WOW thanks for this best regards from Brazil 🇧🇷

[@mrpullafastone]

Thanks for the insight

[@mattinaq]

As a fan of the series and a fan of the channel 🤝

[@mdog86]

Playing through Mirage right now, and one of my favorite things is going around to the historical sites and reading up on the real world history. The developers definitely did their research for this game and it's incredibly interesting!

[@hkohles1]

Great information!

[@HistoryOfRevolutions]

I think that they would not leave Al Tabari out of the game. Al Tabari was a massive figure who was not just a historian. He was also an Islamic scholar who had strong political convictions. He once stated: "If in every discord between two factions, one has the duty to flee, stay at home, and withhold one’s sword, then no single law would ever be upheld and no injustice would ever be negated. Moreover, every hypocrite and transgressor would find a way to unlawfully seize what Allah made unlawful from the wealth of the people, their women and spilling their blood, by joining forces with one another, while the Muslims would withdraw their hands by claiming this is a discord that they have been prohibited from getting involved in and have been ordered to flee, which is in contradiction to the Prophetic teaching “Seize the hands of the foolish ones” (i.e. stop them)" -Muḥammad b. Jarīr Al-Ṭabarī لو كان الواجب في كل اختلاف يكون بين الفريقين من المسلمين الهرب منه و لزوم المنازل و كسر السيوف لما أقيم حد ، و لا أبطل باطل ، و لوجد أهل النفاق ، و الفجور سبيلاً إلى استحال كل ما حرم الله عليهم من أموال المسلمين و سبي نسائهم و سفك دمائهم بأن يتحزبوا عليهم ، و يكف المسلمون أيديهم عنهم بأن يقولون هذه فتنة قد نهينا عن القتال فيها ، و أمرنا بكف الأيدي و الهرب منها ، و ذلك مخالف لقوله عليه الصلاة و السلام خذوا على أيدي سفهائكم

[@abdallahyousef2999]

good job explaining this to us before the game launched. thanks

[@tesso.6193]

If you do create a video on the Zanj rebellion I'd love if you focus on the economic conditions that led to it, and why peasants and poor nomads supported it so much. I see lots of youtubers just focus on the battles part when the context for the rebellion and their cause is waaay more interesting.

[@Ishpreetb264]

I hope they do justice to this game. AC 1 Is still one of my favourite games.

[@ptlemon1101]

Oh man, I'm so excited for this game! I was so coping and seething that Valhala was in shithole England while the Golden Age of Islam and the Abbasid Caliphate was happening at the same time.

[@lpbszn2957]

Hyped to see al-Tabari

[@saturn724]

Some sacred characters of the Shia doctrine were present in Samarra around that time, most notably Hasan Al-Askari and his son Al-Mahdi. Al-Askari has a shrine in Samarra which is still visited by Shia today.

[@PokemonDude880]

No way islam has shrines 🤣🤣🤣

[@user-hc2vk2ic3u]

@@PokemonDude880 he said shia. They do alot of weird things like this

[@dragonrage2645]

@@user-hc2vk2ic3u what kind of weird things tho ? A shrine is built to pay respect to the dead whats weird in that ?

[@user-hc2vk2ic3u]

@@dragonrage2645 in islam it is forbidden to do this

[@dragonrage2645]

@@user-hc2vk2ic3u if it really was forbidden then there wouldn't be any shrines. I end my argument here

[@Idontcareaboutthisrn]

Amazing video ❤🙏

[@yasifaizi4316]

Its gonna be amazing ❤❤❤

[@mattbarbetti]

This video is awesome!

[@lulish1]

Ubi should hire you as a consultant for enviroment and setting

[@vladavram9209]

I just realised aside from the first game and origins, all ac games are set in the west. Nice to visit the east again. And with the upcoming game set in japan it feels like the series goes even broader than before.

[@elihinze3161]

Awesome video! I've never played AC, but I've always been interested in the games' settings. Plus, Iraq's history and contributions to the world are often WAY overlooked.

[@Shrek-pu8uu]

Mesopotamia (Iraq today) was the greatest civilisation to have ever existed, and without it, the world would be completely different today - it’s not as heard of for a reason, all the world’s roots and secrets go back to Iraq

[@elihinze3161]

@@Shrek-pu8uu Ancient Mesopotamia is one of my favorite areas of study, so trust me, I agree with ya. Greece isn't the foundation of western civilization; Mesopotamia is!

[@samwill7259]

If the title of "City of the World's Desire" was not already claimed, Baghdad would be on the short list.

[@kuroazrem5376]

Wait, you're doing a video on the Zanj Rebellion? When is it coming out?

[@OkatuLegends]

Awesome I love this video.

[@theRatsAmongUs]

Interesting topic. =)

[@Jordan-xm6wo]

Very good to know

[@BrahmaDBA]

I really hope that they have Harun Al-Rasyid and Abu Nuwas as well as the mystical backdrop for the stories of One Thousand and One Nights with Sinbad the Sailor, Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves and Scheherazade.

[@hamzamrkaljevic9406]

Wow!!! Great video!!! Thank you so much for the history lesson!! 😊 can’t wait for game and for more of your videos!!!

[@FIVEBASKET]

You're doing historical background of games

[@AlMuqaddimahYT]

Just this one, I'm very very excited!

[@rizkyantoni3948]

great video, so in your personal opinion which of these historical figures do you think would play the role as the ally of the Hidden Ones, and as which of them turn out to be a member of the Order?

[@derdreckigedan9909]

You seem very knowledgeable

[@syedamerali6236]

bro what is the best way to remeber books.? i was reading history of spain and i m forgetting the last page i read.. what to do?

[@th3freakie]

You're gonna stream it when it comes out, I hope

[@ibrahimsaad2250]

I think the game will be poor historicity, since the western dont care much about that era, but maybe if you try to reach to the developers of this game about the most important events that happen at that time they might adjust! Anyhow i’m excited to see how is the game going to be

[@arnold_ondra7456]

For real man? That is why this game is being made... Do you think that west "cared" for the horrors of Crusades? Nah, but look at AC1! I think that AC is doing good job at learning people about Historical events.

[@Noctuam734]

That's so ignorant.

[@greendro6410]

This was a nice video.

[@sinaaafshar4154]

Probably we might hear bout İbn Tülun and Yaqub Leis Safari too since they were almost the same time

[@laenorvelaryon5835]

Im more interested in the recreation of the city of baghdad. there's almost nothing left of abbassid baghdad, we know by the 9th century the city far outgrew its circular walls, many more palaces we built along the tigris and the caliphs no longer used the old one, also where's the house of wisdom and what did it look like? I think most of it will be guesswork. and what about samarra, and alamut (I think that's the castle in construction we see in the trailer) I'm sure they'll include most of the characters you mentioned if not more, it's in the basic dna of the games. can't wait to see it, and also now that the mughal series is over, I hope youll post more about the abbassids, you do it so well, thanks.

[@ragequ1t944]

nice timing

[@dominicbaubau]

I can't wait to play this game😭

[@Oscar_Lasco]

2:40 I hope you will have time to make a video about the Zanj rebellion. Apparently, it was one of the greatest and bloodiest rebellions in Western Asia history! Though I already heard about it a decade ago from a Lebanese author, I never heard about it from Western media (KZbinrs included). I wonder how it is perceived now in the Middle-East.

[@felixhistorygaming8503]

Ac Valhalla is set in the 870s and ac mirage is 20 years before that so I think we would see al-Mutawakkil.

[@Rocinante2300]

Will you be doing a stream of this game?

[@basilofgoodwishes4138]

What do you think about the Akkadian mask, the guy Basim killed in the trailer? Was knowledge about the ancient Mesopotamians quite common during that era, or was there a serious gap of knowledge?

[@AlMuqaddimahYT]

Muslims knew quite a bit about them. Persians looked back to their predecessors a lot. But I think that mask has more to do with AC lore than real history, no? I think the mask represents the Hidden One or something.

[@basilofgoodwishes4138]

@@AlMuqaddimahYT The mask looks similar to the bust of an Akkadian ruler and it's mentioned that it's a relic from ancient Mesopotamia, though they mixed it up with Babylon. You can look it up online, it looks nearly identical to the real one.

[@user-hc2vk2ic3u]

@@AlMuqaddimahYT in ac its to do with the order of ancients

[@basilofgoodwishes4138]

@@user-hc2vk2ic3u The Order of the Ancients uses due to being affiliated with Pagan beliefs symbols from the cultures that practiced it. The Akkadian mask is the Mesopotamian branch of the Order, which are clearly based on the ancient faiths of Pre-Islamic Mesopotamia.

[@najibrizvi]

One more prominent Islamic personnality was present at the time in Samarra and Baghdad, Imam Al-Askari. He was imprisioned by al al-Mu'tazz and poinsoned by al-Mu'tamid. I don't know if refernce id to be made or maybe just stay away from that side. But would be cool to see Al-Askari's death being having some impact in the game

[@MazharKathi]

rocking in that beard broo

[@vetarlittorf1807]

I hope the game will be available on Steam. I missed out on Valhalla because Ubisoft didn't put it on Steam.

[@kingsgaming2265]

You should have bought a ps5 with ps plus essential Valhalla,rogue,black flag,ac ezio trilogy,origins,unity,freedom cry are free to all on PlayStation 4 and 5 i have been playing valhalla for free

[@dinero187]

Nah just get Ubisoft+ something like 10.99 a month and gives you access to all the AC games and most if not nearly all modern ubisoft titles along with alot of retro ones.

[@someone-wo5nu]

nice video! where are you from?

[@lerneanlion]

While definitely have nothing to do with the Ottoman Empire, do you think the Anarchy at Samarra contributed some to the idea of Ottoman fraticide?

[@AlMuqaddimahYT]

I'd say that came more from the Turko-Mongol culture. They had a tradition that all sons were equal claimants to the throne. Abbasids weren't exactly like that, they had more defined succession. The Caliph chose a son and he ruled. But I guess, brothers always pose a danger to the throne.

[@lerneanlion]

@@AlMuqaddimahYT I know that that was part of the Turco-Mongol culture. It was just that I was wondering how much Sultan Mehmed II needed to convince himself and the ulema to go with the idea of fraticide. If the civil war that happened in the aftermath of the capture of Sultan Beyazid I did not help, I guess he may try to bring up the Anarchy at Samarra to help his case.

[@AlMuqaddimahYT]

I think he would've made a better case looking at al-Ma'mun and al-Amin's Civil War which was much grander and was actually between two brothers rather than a bunch of cousins.

[@lerneanlion]

@@AlMuqaddimahYT This actually got me into trying to picture the scene where Sultan Mehmed II actually try to legitimize fraticide within the royal household with the ulema right now. I can see it as a heated debate that the ulema resisted fiercely but the Sultan came out on top by bringing up the conflict between his great-uncles and the civil wars that the Abbasid Caliphate went through to back up his case.

[@alperen9206]

nice video

[@surriyajabeen2646]

Nice

[@itacom2199]

Hi comrade ❤️🚩 good video

[@abdelra7man87]

I like this short

[@ratblack8207]

There is a Ali ibn Mohamad (a.k.a. Al-Hadi, a.k.a. the 10th Twelver shia Imam) who lived Samara at the time. But I dout it would be him.

[@Spartanmomo]

They’re gonna have an Arabic Dub too which I find super exciting

[@filhanislamictv8712]

Happy to put a beard to the voice..

[@magma9000]

Hi can you make a video on Pakistan history

[@AKaash-wr1iw]

Didn't exist in map before '47.

[@icantstopnow]

@@AKaash-wr1iw pakiston numbar won india shit dierty hindi

[@anoakenstaff]

@@icantstopnow Lol kid, take it easy.

[@anoakenstaff]

I don't think they cover early modern history. Might be wrong though.

[@ragnarlothbrok7973]

@@AKaash-wr1iw well even before 47 the region and people existed Nd he could talk abt that

[@hanwenyap]

Baghdad, husband of Baghmom, father of Baghkid. Perfect setting

[@zero12348]

Could Ikhwan al-safa be the Hidden ones (Proto Assassin Brotherhood) ?

[@5Giants5]

Poor Ctesiphon and Babylon 😔 they didn’t make it past this point.

[@12gmkk29]

We need a video about how Baghdad looked like at that time ? And how was the life for the average citizen

[@Sharifabc]

I knew a video was coming lol

[@danthiel8623]

I think it is going to be an alternate history.

[@iman7j887]

Hello from ahvaz 👍

[@K-EL-uz6zv]

I was watching your videos on Baghdad when the game was only rumors before it was officially released. 😍

[@bankruptcoffee650]

It makes sense. The Assassins Brotherhood tend to be anarchists, so naturally it would be in their interest to cause anarchy.

[@aminhassan4544]

It's based on the ismaili. Main characters are supposed to be from the qila al maut

[@storytimezombeh858]

finally back to the Midlle East

[@sulemanhaider1305]

There was also a figure known as Alī Ibn Muhammad, the tenth Shi'a Imam, Alī Al-Hadi. Which one they mean, it's a matter of waiting.

[@ItachiAli1993]

Yes, the AhlulBayt always get ignored because they have a way of pulling the people of Taqwa towards them. May Allah bring us close to the 12 Imams of the AhlulBayt.

[@petrusgamez755]

ali ibn muhammad syia?

[@starcapture3040]

@@ItachiAli1993 these are mythologies majority of Muslims don't believe in them since they are not quranic

[@Soofi716]

@@starcapture3040 just because it’s not mentioned in the Quran doesn’t make it a mythology ya Jahil, are you saying Omar is a myth? Ali? Abu bakr? They are not mentioned by name but mentioned in Hadiths just like the 12 imams. Unless of course you are a Quranist and you deny all Hadith

[@starcapture3040]

@@Soofi716 these are historical figures they were not prophets and no body care what they say or not. quran comes first Anything is not mentioned in the quran is a myth.

[@logancarlile8895]

So excited to see ancient Baghdad before the Mongols destroyed it

[@danthiel8623]

interesting

[@saveuyghurmuslims2354]

you are the guy i want to hugg soo hard, love u bro

[@sir_agito7705]

do think we will see Al-Kindi, Imam Hasan ibn Ali?

[@micahistory]

very interesting video. Tho i do not play this is a good review