The History of Abd Al Rahman III - The Greatest Ruler of Islamic Spain WOTW EP 5 P1

The Umayyad Emirate of Cordoba in Spain is in major trouble. The economy is failing, the lands are divided, and hostile neighbors are in abundance. Abd al Rahman III now takes center stage and sets a path to pull the struggling Emirate back from the brink.
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[@maronhopequeno3033]

Spanish here. Nothing in spanish YT is close to this level of detail about the muslim medieval spain. Thank you. Very formative.

[@FlashPointHx]

Appreciate that ! Yeah I have not seen much about this topic on KZbin either

[@thepokemontrainer6094]

Even as a Christian I still love middle eastern history it’s so epic I don’t know what it is. It’s just epic!!!

[@thepokemontrainer6094]

@@ceemuhammad3707What would you call it?

[@The_ZeroLine]

It’s sad you find yourself surprised to love a history “despite being Christian.”

[@Hir655]

​@@The_ZeroLine Christianity is from the Levant XD

[@mahboed8491]

Yeah Spain is in middle east

[@chrisrose7286]

Been to Granada last week. Mainly because of your vids and podcasts. The alhambra has been amazing. Thank you!!!

[@FlashPointHx]

Wow! That really makes my day to think that someone went to Spain to check out these sites based on my podcast - I'm honored

[@dylanrodrigues]

Definitely agree that a good leader is one who leaves his country a better place than how he found it. Or at least someone who tries to improve the quality of life of his people as much as possible.

[@FlashPointHx]

And one who perhaps learns a little humility along the way.

[@informationalltypes2423]

Yes this is herro

[@rodfirefighter8341]

I hungered for history all my life. I wish this was covered in Jr. High & High School. Even in college, I'd never heard of this and I majored in history. Thank you very much.

[@FlashPointHx]

You are so welcome! You sound like me - you have a passion for history. Happy that you liked this content. This project was out of my comfort zone in history, but I was amazed with what I found here.

[@bryon5284]

Agreed! I am major in history too and never hard of this.. It made me bring out my notebook to take notes!

[@mogabriel5238]

Abd al rahman should be called abd rahman the great ❤❤

[@FlashPointHx]

He was a truly remarkable leader. Brought his emirate back from the brink

[@soundofmyguitarful]

Great content !! As a Moroccan descendant of Moors this history is so important. Can't wait for the video about the Almoravides & The Almohads . I visited the Giralda ( the masterpiece of surviving Almohad buildings in Spain) , and was fascinated by the similarities with Moroccan architecture. Keep it up.

[@FlashPointHx]

Thanks again! The Almoravid / Almohads will come into it in the next two Episodes.

[@graiant]

Moor is a generic terms. Al Andalus were white Spaniards and Germanic Visigoths that reverted to Islam.

[@shhmatdelski8386]

@@graiant wrong.

[@berserk9085]

@@shhmatdelski8386 abdal rahman was blond and had blue eyes.

[@semregob3363]

@@graiant Yes Moors in a fused ethnoreligious term, like the word Saracen refered to Arab Muslims.

[@dylanrodrigues]

I'm loving the series so far but I was wondering: will you cover the day to day lives of people in Islamic Spain? I'd be quite interested in the perspective of people who are not Emirs and generals.

[@FlashPointHx]

Get to Episode 6 and let me know if this suffices your inquiry.

[@pacificmd1054]

your program should be a hit on Netflix

[@FlashPointHx]

I agree =)

[@ANTIHYTLERS]

Great spanish king 🇪🇦🇪🇦🇪🇦🇪🇦

[@gogolgullu]

This channel is just great. Glad to have found it while on a history binge on another channel that you did a collaboration with. The quality of your work shined through that video and I had to investigate!

[@FlashPointHx]

Gogol - good to have you here as well and I’m glad you liked my content. I think you might have come from Epimetheius. Great channel as well!

[@basnation7769]

Brilliant work

[@FlashPointHx]

Hey Thanks Bas! I'm really glad you like this episode. Abd Al Rahman III was an impressive ruler IMHO.

[@lf2ut]

Anyway thank you for your video

[@fahmyibrahim1437]

it's me again, I've drawn to your podcast for days, everything is amazing, graphics, music, narration, hope you be rewarded for such neat work

[@FlashPointHx]

So happy to hear this! This history writes itself!

[@OutlandishSamurai]

Amazing video! I can't wait to hear about Almanzor.

[@FlashPointHx]

Thanks, I’m glad you liked it! Almazor comes towards the end of episode five. The man was a genius for upward mobility. You can also download the podcast form the link below and listen to the whole thing.

[@khwajanavil]

This series and channel is simply amazing my man. Great job to everyone involved. Marhaba!

[@khwajanavil]

“He is the truly Great King who makes it his chief business of his life to govern his subjects with equity.” Shahanshah Alamgir Aurangzeb in a letter to his Father, Emperor of Hindustan Shah Jahan.

[@FlashPointHx]

Appreciate that ! But just a one man Indian show here. ;) happy you like the content!

[@elwerouno1]

👑RÍOS FAMILY 👑 it refers to the ROYAL HOUSE OF ASTURIAS where the RÍOS👑 last name most likely originated from.👑.

[@ferasalawadi999]

First of all, thank u for such an extraordinary content. Could u please make a video on abdul Rahman the first... And his epic escape!!

[@FlashPointHx]

Go to my channel page and hit the 'War of the Worlds' playlist - it covers everything from the rise of Islam to the fall of the Umayyad - including Abd al-Rahman's escape from Damascus and his journey to Al-andalus

[@mattsme13]

I love this series! I'm so hooked! Random question: what's the name of the intro song with the guy singing? I tried looking in the links you provided but there are soooo many! I could swear I've heard it on HBO's Rome at the end of an episode but it's nowhere to be found

[@FlashPointHx]

Hey Mattsme - I’m really happy you like the series! Funny that you mentioned Rome - that’s initially where I was looking for this music. The man who creates this music is named Karunesh - he’s a German who was really into middle eastern and Asian music - so changed his name to the Hindu god of compassion.. Took me a while to track him down and get permission to use his work. The name of the song is called Ali Baba - but he’s got a ton of material that I love. It’s awesome music for a run or for meditation.

[@mattsme13]

@@FlashPointHx Flash Point History Thanks a bunch! I actually checked last night and it plays at the end of season 2, episode 2 on the show. This series is amazing and I just saw how many more you have and it's stunning. You need to have more subs!

[@SamuelHallEngland]

Seems like all of the Emir's named Rahman did pretty well for themselves. Whilst some of the Emir's not called Rahman lost control.

[@FlashPointHx]

It seemed to work out that way - Number I founded the state, II fought of the Vikings, and III brought Al Andalus into her golden age.

[@dylanrodrigues]

Rule of thumb: name your royal successor "Abd al-Rahman" and he will become one of the greatest rulers of your kingdom.

[@FlashPointHx]

I know, right?! All the Abd Al Rahman's rocked!

[@A.N.A8]

My name is Abdulrahman and I am no ruler of anything/anybody except my apartment lol 😂

[@teukufadel8293]

@@A.N.A8 better than nothing man lol

[@junaidfaiz]

Correction: AbdulRahman 3rd's father got his brother murdered but his own father Abdullah punished him & got him exicuted yet Abdullah chose the son of that son (Muhammad) the next ruler who became AbdulRahman 3rd.

[@Buurba_Jolof]

May Allah bless this Channel ❤️🌹

[@HVLLOWS1999]

Achaemenid Persia under Cyrus & Darius the Greats. It was way ahead of it's time as an ancient superpower.

[@FlashPointHx]

I agree

[@rkaiser7767]

A fantastic series. Great podcast.

[@FlashPointHx]

Thank you!

[@gumbie05]

These are very informative in regards to knowing more about the Muslim rulers of Spain during this time. Unfortunately it also glosses over the constant and never ending civil unrest and internal wars not only between Christians and Muslims but most often between the Muslim groups themselves. Spain, under Muslim rule was NOT a paradise or some peaceful land but instead a land with constant warfare! That's the truth of Islamic Spain.

[@FlashPointHx]

Listen to the whole series and then especially the next episode. I go into a lot of detail about how this topic of Convivencia.

[@vector2799]

For some people it was Paradise for the leaders and the soldiers it was a war zone

[@FlashPointHx]

To true - bad to be low man on the totem pole

[@damionag]

So what you're saying is Islamic Spain kept the Iberian tradition of constantly fighting each other going

[@Eabokor1]

@@damionag *Islamic Spain kept the human tradition of constantly fighting each other going Mongols thrived and prospered whilst waging multiple wars at a time lol

[@Fangtorn]

Anyone know what city that is at 2:30 ? I really like that picture.

[@karimfajar7765]

abderrahman architecture ❤️❤️❤️

[@saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014]

Omar Ibn Hafsun was not an african but a Hispanogoth who his origins converted to islam, a bit like the Banu Qasi. When Hafsun converted to Christianity he took the name: Samuel

[@marvinmarvin3388]

a good civilization is one that progresses towards perfection, a bad civilization is one raised IN this perfect country and takes everything for granted. as long as men are struggling to improve life we do better, but when we have this perfection we go yo hell. men do better when struggling to improve and bent on destroying it when we have it. we have the heroes like Patton, MacArthur and Roosevelt and powerful men like trump that make decisions that dont build a better world. not to sat he is bad but we have Cesar and Brutus.

[@FlashPointHx]

Becoming decadent and over extended has been the death knoll of many civilizations

[@Valchrist1313]

Except Roosevelt had Patton assassinated for complaining too loudly about the alliance with the Soviets and post-war murder of occupied Germans.

[@henrikhansen1023]

The Umaiyyad dynasty was founded by Uthman somewhere in the Middle East - NOT by the descendant Al Rahman I much later in the Iberian peninsula !

[@FlashPointHx]

Yes - but once the Umayyad were destroyed in the Middle East by the Abbasid - Abd al Rahman I established the new one in Iberia - it would be considered the Umayyad Emirate until 929 when Rahman III would make it the Umayyad Caliphate of Cordoba

[@henrikhansen1023]

@@FlashPointHx That may be so - but that was not what the semantic meaning of your statement in the video - that is that the Umayyad DYNASTY...in generel...was founded in Al andalus. And now that I have you.... First: Your videos are most helpful to me though Real Crusades History better manages to capture the ‘athmosphere’ back then. But at a certain point you very wrong ! You keep talking about tolerance, but in every breath stating the enslavement of non muslims and even second rate converted muslims proving the point that the Sharia political ideology is Arab supremacistic totalitarianism.....just like today where Bangladesh muslim migrant workers are offered the same slave conditions as non muslims building soccer stadiums. The Maliki school of prudence where followed to the letter - the islamic Jizya for dhimmis is slavery no matter the exemption for the ditto zakat - and consequently the occupied peoply paid for the upkeep of the occupants tyrani. Despite your sugarcoating and that the Visigoths were not being attempted genocided like the pagan Hindus by the Moguls in the Indian subcontinent later in history the dhimmis in al Andalus had it no better or worse than dhimmis anywhere else under sharia rule.....even by standards of today various places in the world since the concept slavery always will remain integrated within - due to the doktrin that whatever the so called prophet allowed can never be prohibited and what he forbade can never be allowed. There is NOTHING beautiful to be said about it - unless the pre WW2 war Nazi occupation of Eastern Europe can be justified - The non muslims in al Andalus was as enslaved as as dhimmis anywhere else in the Islamic world. And all the beautifull stories of Andalus being the sole center of acient Greek tekst being translated - into non Arabic(!) - has been challenged with good reason. Constantinople first fell in 1453 - why would those original texts catured by Arabs and more not flow to Europe at that way? Gugenheimer has establish that Aristotle was translated in Normandy meaning Christian translations were the source of Arab translations and not vice versa. The ‘beautiful’ narrative has no merit. Internal fighting on both sides was a result of the Visigoth tradition of kings dividing their realms between all their sons not mention 3 other players of different ethnic origin and Andalus descendance into fractions so why would the old rule that the enemy of your enemy is friend not apply as usual? Even the Pope started the first crusade in the peninsula - not in the holy land and when those crusades got going the later pope ordered knights of Galicia, Leon, Castille, Navarra, Aragorn and Catania to remain and focus on reconquista. In generel the ambition on both Christian and muslim sides not matter what was to totally subdue the other. Internal rivalry from time to time and some random rulers on both sides doing nothing during their reign does NOT refute that fact ! Reconquista took close to 800 years - what do you expect? Of course occational rulers forgot the big picture or being too bogged down to make a difference. There literally was no chance before the ‘caliphate’ disintegrated into taifas and Leon/Castille had the ‘muscle’ in the mid 11th century. So.... You are not debunker - but a participator in the creation of a myth. First started by a refugee of Franco Spain seeking to undermine his power base: The church. PS: I wish you would push the myth of the Andalusian paradise. Your videos could have been just as informative without that politically founded bias. I suppose you have a different agenda than mine since you do not live in Europe were that bogus narrative is used as leverage to quash opposition to unregulated immigration. What you describe as tolerance was/is no different than any other enlaved dhimmi society under sharia rule...which is far beyond the point of tolerance in generel....just look to Pakistan....so I think you disrespect all the victims. Especially the ‘tradition’ of virgin girls claimed by Al-Rahman each year as tribute.... .....but apparantly you have a more important agenda(?)

[@henrikhansen1023]

@@FlashPointHx ....besides.... Since there was no breakage in the Ummayyad linage from Al Rahman I back to Uthman and no change in policy, the fact that the Abbasid failed to extent their realm to all the corners of the Ummayyad caliphate does not distinct the remaining Ummayyad realm in al Andalus from the origin.

[@Hir655]

​@@henrikhansen1023 The lineage is so broken with the Iberian peninsula that Abd al-Rahman III was of European descent with blue eyes and blond hair. 😂😂

[@IbrahimStanikzai]

​​@@henrikhansen1023clown 🤡 crusader with his dumb history what about crusaders and what did they did with Muslims . Christians enslaved all non christians in their lands and ofcourse Islamic Spain was not paradise.For me a place will be called paradise if that place has no christians so caliphate of cordoba is definitely a multi cultural bullshit state which I don't like and don't twist the topic into illegal immigrants you dumb.

[@saeedsaid9275]

Very nice and educational. Any good books recommended in english to study Islamic spain?

[@FlashPointHx]

I'm a big fan of Brain Catlos "kingdoms of faith". Michael Barry's "An Homage to Al-Andalus" is an entry level book. Anything by Hugh Kennedy is good - but a bit stuffy. I'd stay far away from "The Myth of the Andalusian Paradise" by Morera - the guy is insanely biased.

[@A.N.A8]

@@FlashPointHx Biased towards Christianity or Islamic Spain?

[@supernivemdealbabor]

00:03:05

[@lisaa.4667]

President Lincoln was a great leader.

[@rjeeemilyzaannrichardjhon438]

I want an END not repetitive events. I don't care for your RESPECT who are you?

[@Dakotaidk]

This Islamic music is a jam at 1.5x speed

[@poisoncontrol4488]

Sounds like Matt Christiansen, great series.

[@FlashPointHx]

Thanks!

[@snekjuce]

the way the names are pronounced in an "American" English dialect for some reason takes away from the beauty and flavor of the real names and/or words. btw im not hating nor trying to cause a point of contention. this is simply something that exists and I want to bring up the point to my fellow humans who are unaware of this aspect. Peace

[@FlashPointHx]

This is a learning process for all of us. Listen to my later series. A lot of people have been helping with the pronunciation. I think in the end, if you are not a native speaker, there are certain sounds that one can never hear properly.

[@snekjuce]

@@FlashPointHx Absolutely. thank you for the series though man. you honestly worked hard on this I have watched now a few videos and love it.

[@lf2ut]

15:59 Do you mean Niebla? Because Niebla is in Spain

[@lf2ut]

I find it striking that when talking about Elizabeth, everyone remembers the failure of the Spanish invasion but nobody remembers this en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Armada

[@FlashPointHx]

interesting

[@chasemurraychristopherdola7108]

What does al andus mean in English

[@FlashPointHx]

I believe it is Arabic for ‘the land of the Vandals’

[@FlashPointHx]

Wow Chase you’re making your way through the entire series huh?

[@chasemurraychristopherdola7108]

Flash Point History yes I am making my way through the entire series

[@_Abdussalama]

I'm here because Abdel-Rahman of Al-Muqaddima recommended this channel. You've got great contents here. Well done.

[@FlashPointHx]

Thank you!

[@gabeg2434]

Dhimmis still were 2nd class citizens who had to pay the jyzia non-Muslim tax and even though they weren’t killed, they were very much exploited just as Muslims were later exploited by the Christian kingdoms of Iberia.

[@FlashPointHx]

yup. story of the world

[@beyondheartmindsoul3443]

When were Humans ever just? Muslims weren't perfect but most of Islamic history wasn't not great turmoil for people of the book. Today millions of Christians and Jews live in historical pockets throughout middle east untouched. Yes, there were periods of great instability, of new interpretations of arised, where dhimmis were attacked and killed but they were infrequent. Muslims were entirely killed, evacuated from Spain, Malta, Sicily, Portugal, Crete, Rhodes. They were cleansed entirely by Christians who claim to live a christ-like life, which Jesus was man of great mercy. Spain for 700 years of Muslim rule, Christians were majority even in Andalusia as well as 600 years of ottoman presence in Balkans, had not exterminated the christian orthodox identity majority of those nations. This proves point of Islam. This great political smear of modern Islam after 9/11 by U.S. popular media and the world is sad, we became the new negro of American lynching campaigns.

[@gabeg2434]

Mubarak Alsaleh Please you are not a victim. You are a human just like me. My ancestors come mostly from Spain and I most certainly have ancestry that is Muslim, Christian and Jewish. All 3 religions have exploited the other 2 and each other. This doesn’t take away from the fact that both Christians and Muslims exploited each other in medieval Spain and exploited others of the same religion while siding with the other religion. In the end, we are all brothers but that doesn’t change history. And yes you are not a victim.

[@mohit13reddy]

Could you please do some videos on South Indian dynasties.

[@FlashPointHx]

I have plans to do the Mughals

[@mohit13reddy]

@@FlashPointHx Could you please do something other than Mughals, South Indians have a unique history, we are overlooked even in own history books. Please consider it.

[@FlashPointHx]

@@mohit13reddy I wouldn't know where to begin - do you recommend any good books on the subject?

[@afifi1828]

Great video but I think in 900's muslim control island of Sicily. Until Norman Conquest of Sicily then muslim lost control of the island

[@FlashPointHx]

The invasion of Sicily started in the early 9th Cen and was taken by 902 - but it was the Aghlabids who were a vassal to the Abassids. These were the same people the Fatimid toppled to gain control of Tunisia - eventually the Fatimid would also take Sicily - but telling this story would have been too much a diversion from the main story of Al Andalus and Medieval Spain. Only so much I can fit into an hour of the podcast :)

[@afifi1828]

Flash Point History some said Al Andalus send army to help muslim conquer Island of Sicily. Is there any truth in regard to this ?

[@FlashPointHx]

There might be a little evidence for this - but it wasn’t a full blown army. I do recall reading that after Al Hakam I attacked and purged the suburbs of Córdoba he exiled many of his own citizens and some ended up in Sicily and Cyprus

[@ClanLcps]

Elizabeth 1st did not demolish the Spanish Armada 🤦🏻‍♂️.....

[@karimfajar7765]

normalement los españoles tienen qui poner Calle con nombre des abderrahman construit mucha cosas en España un architecture

[@jojolafrite9265]

Espana no va à poner ningun nombre musulman , porque nunca a sido tierra musulmana por sér robada A los Cristianos , que siempre estaba en guerra con los musulmanes

[@donneale7555]

Ok....so I started watching/listening to this as a freind sent me this series ....but now I am stopping..... Between suddenly being filled with commercials but also very distracting and continous back ground music is too much Shame really, I was enjoying it till now

[@FlashPointHx]

sorry to hear that - this one was hi-jacked for the song content by a third party - hence the ads - they later ones have only one ad

[@653j521]

5:45 sounds like what George Washington experienced. As a colonial he could never join the regulars and had to be content with second class status, until the Revolution came.

[@FlashPointHx]

give me liberty or give me death

[@noumanabbasi9547]

What is situation of muslim world right now that matters what happens in the past is now relics of the past...

[@oiseaudubonheur]

I must disagree with the notion that they tried and tried to subdue Asturias to no avail. Periodically raiding territories that were not to be conquered was indeed common practice throughout history in all civilisations. A lucrative sport/pastime, no more. We must acknowledge that the land beyond the Cantabrian Mountain Range was poor, rugged and very hard for agriculture, and the sea in the Bay of Biscay was too deep and so unfit for fishing (indeed Basques and Bretons are known to have sailed as far as Newfoundland precisely due to the lack of catch in their neighbouring waters), as well as full of pirates. Neither the Romans nor the Arabs had any real interest, ever, to fully settle there. The Romans kept legions in the region throughout their occupation in order to protect their mining enterprises but no real cities were ever founded there (modern-day Lugo, Astorga and León all were later developments from an original Roman military camp, not a colony). It is important not to exaggerate the invincibility of the Astures, Cantabri and Vascones and their descendants in the kingdoms of Asturias and Pamplona. They were fierce warriors, yes, but they were nothing compared to the might of the Roman and Islamic empires.

[@FlashPointHx]

I agree that they were no match for both the Romans and the Islamic Caliphs - but they new how to use the mountainous terrain to their benefit. In the end, raiding - as you mentioned, became the only lucrative pursuit - But when the mighty Caliphate fell, Asturias and then the later Leon / Castile / Navarre would retake the peninsula in time

[@A.N.A8]

@@FlashPointHx they had huge support from neighboring European countries.

[@indupacs.a.6215]

England had more serious and devastating defeats against the Spanish Armada than the Invencible Fleet defeat against the bad weather,. Of course those are well hidden by the “black legend”’against Spain built over the centuries by the English , the Dutch and the French. Go back and review well the historical data and you will see the dominance of the Spanish fleet for at least 100 years after Queen Elizabeth. Go ask who was Blas de Lezo whom defeated an English fleet with 30,000 men and more than 180 ships with 2000 cannons. That was over 140 years after Elizabeth was born, in 1741. Spain defeated 22 times the British navy. The Counter Navy was also defeated by the Spanish Armada with a more serious blow to England with 40 sunken ships in the reign of Elizabeth I. Sorry, Hollywood is not history.

[@FlashPointHx]

England may have had more serious defeats, but this one is the one that most people can relate to. The idea of using this example was to give those who may not be that familiar with history, a touch stone reference point.

[@berserk9085]

don't make me laugh.

[@bryon5284]

Anyone named named: Abd Al Rahman has deep game

[@FlashPointHx]

seriously - they all did well and their kin got the short straw

[@abdalbasset0238]

ولا غالب إلا الله

[@user-ir8hc5sb4o]

The Video is great put pls don't put Azan with music.

[@ryanwyrick6947]

2 minutes in and a commercial... unsubscribed

[@WalkingTalkingBean]

?

[@Valchrist1313]

9:07 Really? That's the definition of 'Dhimmi' you're going to go with? That kind of whitewashing only hurts your audience.

[@653j521]

LGIBT Really? And how are you preventing the whitewashing by your comment?

[@khkkhk6594]

Abd al-Rahman al-Dakhil was a Middle Eastern Arab from the Umayyad tribe Note: The Arabian Peninsula and North Africa are not black...

[@1488EVERGETES]

abd al rahman III was white. His mother was a spanish Christian. he had blue eyes and blonde hair and It is said he used to paint his beard in black to look like more arab. and even if he was full arab, árabs are not black, quite the opposite. you have to study more geography and genétics but anyway i cant ask much from someone with that photo and called "LGBT" XD. These kind of fanatic and ignorant jerks think everyone outside Europe or usa is black

[@elhombredeoro955]

That American President was a phoney.

[@egay86292]

slaver society.

[@gottem5120]

didnt europe and america develop a slave trade for 300 years and take 12 million africans from their homes and force them to work and treat them like animals?

[@Hir655]

​@@gottem5120 Africans enslaved over 4 million white Christians along with Arabs and Berbers and Turks