Sultan Baybars - From Slave to Saviour of Islam - Animated DOCUMENTARY
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The Kings and Generals animated historical documentary series on medieval history continues with a biographic video on Baybars, who became the sultan of Egypt as the Mamluk sultan. In this biography we will talk about his modest beginnings as a slave, his rise within the Mamluks, his early military career, how he became the sultan and fought both the Crusaders and the Mongols, becoming a saviour of Islam in this period.
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Baybars was an exceptional commander and shrewd politician. Defeating the mongols and booting the crusaders out of the Levant all in one lifetime was extremely impressive.
Baybars went from rags🧦 to riches💰
Sounds like a custom character with great stats from CK3
@@shymebc 😂
@dindin8753 imagine how stressful being the leader must've been during those times aswell
@@bongo351 being leader in medieval era is both a gift and a curse, you can shape your kingdom the way you want it, yet at the same time some of your own family member won't hesitate to slit your throat for the throne...
I live in a small city in Palestine south of Hebron called Adh Dhahiryah "الظاهرية". It's named after Adh Dhahir Baybars. It is said that he had camped there during the campaign against the Mongols. May Allah have mercy on Baybars' soul. He is one of my favorite Muslim heroes ❤
stay safe brother ❤
@@ezekpersia8291 Salam dorood to our Persian brothers. Thank you ❤️
Baibars is our pride, he defeated the Mongols and defended Al Quds. Every Kazakh knows and respects him
Baibars and Qutuz. Qutuz essentially led the events of Ain Jalut.
@@deadhead532 MashaAllah👍
@@MuzaffarKazakh Alhamdulillah
He was Baibars of Egypt, not Kazakhstan though! lol
@@YahiaTheGreat Baibars was taken as a slave to Egypt from Kazakhstan. But he climbed up by the will of Allah and established a dynasty that ruled over people who enslaved him for 3 centuries until Ottomans came in 1500s
One of my favourite historical figures May Allah have mercy upon his soul
Ameen
اسمع سلسلة راغب السرجاني عن عين جالوت
Besides being a great general Baybars was also an excellent diplomat he formed anti-Ilkhanid ties with the Golden Horde based in his ancestral homeland hence the name Kipchak Khanate
1456
Yes with the leader of the golden hord Berke khan.
No he didn’t
@@dindin8753 اعتقد انه اوروبي يتفاخر بإنجازات أسياده المنغول.
It was because Bete khan the cousin of genocidal barbaric Halugu khan had converted to Islam.
Baybars, mastermind behind the Mamluk war machine defeating Mongols, Crusaders, Makurians. The Bahri Mamluks are credited for one of the highest win ratios in history
Makurians ?? Who were they ?
@@siddharthsingh3996 rulers of Nubia / Sudan
@@nenenindonu oh good to know.
@@nenenindonumy family is originally from Nubia in Egypt. We are called jaafari's and we are a mix of black, Egyptian and arab. This mix is a result of the history of the area.
Crusaders, Shia and Mongols all at once!
He even conquered the unconquerable land previously, Nubia! He was one of the most underrated military general in history.
This war hero deserves his own movie!
there is a kazakh movie about him
@@user-un7zh4kc1u cool, is there an English dub?
Better than Spartacus
he have series but in Arabic without subtitle kzhead.info/sun/hcarpN6kgZqjnIE/bejne.html
there is an old Arabic series about him ....
Baibars ( 1260-77 ) proved himself to be a formidable adversary , unleashing the full force of his military genius on the Crusaders . By the end of his rule he had driven them from Antioch , Krak des Chevaliers and Safita .
We studied this in the Turks in World History class. Baybars' life is truly fascinating, and he rose to prominence through his own efforts. He managed to defeat the seemingly invincible Mongol army. Timur is another remarkable figure who exemplifies this, as he, too, is an incredibly intriguing individual. A true genius, he never experienced defeat in any battle.
Yes. Timur is probably the greatest general ever. He destroyed his opponents and if he didn't die, he was about to march to conquer China
He’s regarded as Egyptian hero to us more than anything.
Didn't Timur attack his brother Muslim army who were about to conquer Europe beyond Hungary??
@@bilalk85 ya. Timur killed way more muslims than non muslims.
Baybars in my opinion is a better general, ruler and warrior, the enemies he fought were incredible with way less troops and the fact he never lost a single battle! Also because he was a better more merciful ruler (not with enemies) for his people unlike psychopathic Timur who massacred whole cities just for laughs.
After the Mongol invasion of their country in about 1242, Baybars was one of a number of Kipchak Turks sold as slaves. Turkish-speaking slaves, who had become the military backbone of most Islamic states, were highly prized, and eventually Baybars came into the possession of Sultan al-Ṣāliḥ Najm al-Dīn Ayyūb of the Ayyūbid dynasty of Egypt. Sent, like all the sultan’s newly acquired slaves, for military training to an island in the Nile, Baybars demonstrated outstanding military abilities. Upon his graduation and emancipation, he was appointed commander of a group of the sultan’s bodyguard.
Baibars ( 1260-77 ) proved himself to be a formidable adversary , unleashing the full force of his military genius on the Crusaders . By the end of his rule he had driven them from Antioch , Krak des Chevaliers and Safita .
Here we go again. I was waiting for tUrkiC things
@@parsarustami774 you just got it😂
@@parsarustami774 it is an article you idiot not a someones view on mamluks
@@parsarustami774 cope harder lol
Egyptian here. One other aspect that wasn't mentioned, is his internal reparation and construction movement. He constructed several projects in Egypt that were aimed at the betterment of both Agriculture and Religion. Several new watering canals, a famous barrage over the Nile still standing today, a very beautiful mosque in the heart of old Cairo ( recently renovated and reinaugurated, google 'Al Dhaher mosque), among many other water stations (or Sabeels), schools and Katateeb for teaching children the Quran and Arabic and other subjects.
The main reason for this is the fact that the mamluks, as “uncivilized” steppe people, preserved their nomadic qualities as great warriors, and on the other hand, as new converts to Islam they were full of religious fervor.
Crusade of 1101 and Baybars looks like barbar Turks saved Islam 2 times in spite of Arab nationalists lol
@@tatarcavalry2342 speak normal mongol
@@ArabianRazumZar learn english wahabi
@@tatarcavalry2342mamluks are Arabic/Egyptian not Turkic, just because they had Turkic leaders doesn’t mean they were Turkic most of the army and the people he was leading was Arabian.
@@Khattab511 Mamluks are mostly Circassian or Turks the average footmen or light cavalry were Arabs Turkmens and Kurds so you are using the term Mamluk wrong buddy.
The great historian Ibn Khaldun also argues in his “Introduction to History” (or The Muqaddimah) that nomadic peoples, the Turks foremost among them, were the most energetic and martial of peoples and that imperial dynasties and regimes emerged from such groups until they became corrupted and softened by civilization and luxury, which resulted in a loss of martial energy and group solidarity. This analysis is very true because as the Abbasid caliphate started to lose its power and influence in the mid-ninth century most of the dynasties that emerged to control the various regions of the Muslim world were founded by Turks, either tribal nomads or former slave soldiers. Ibn Khaldun even attributes the victory of the Muslims over the Mongols to the martial power and energy of the Turks, who formed the elite ranks of the Mamluk armies that defeated the Mongols on several occasions as they attempted to advance into Syria and Egypt between 1260 and 1323.
Yes, historians in China have said the same. The Xianbei Northern Wei, the Mongol Yuan, the Jurchen Jin.. nomadic dynasties either Sinicized and slowly rot away like other chinese dynasties, or failed to Sinicize and fell apart due to social unrest and racial conflict. It's always insane to me how patterns of history repeats itself in different corners of the world.
This is most true of the Safavids, a once powerful turkic led dynasty that soon fell due to decadence and incompetence after long peace, leading them to be exposed to the rising Hotakis.
@drooman kaas what's wrong with being secular?
@drooman kaas nothing wrong with secularism. Too much religious fanaticism in the world.
@@droomankaas5904 Brother, the colonial powers (British, French) always use a simple rule Divide and Conquer. After the ww1, they started planting mutual hatred between Arabs and Turks, spreading lies about one to another. Starting with school history books.. Thank God not all of Turks and Arabs are 'educated" dumps. As you know things have changed in Turkey during the past 15 years 😉✊ The strengh is in unity.
The Mamluks were among the very few enemies to defeat the Mongols in combat, and they were never conquered. The Mamluk institution had appeared in Islamic civilization in the eighth century as the Caliphs sought to create a military force that was loyal only to the Caliph and not to regional, tribal, or another personal ties. Most Mamluks were of Turkic origin, primarily because the Turks were viewed as better, or at least more natural, warriors than Persians and Arabs. Turks of nomadic origins possessed riding and archery skills from an early age, so that after purchasing them as slaves one only had to refine those skills. The Mamluks therefore became perhaps the most highly trained warriors in the medieval world. They seized power in Egypt in 1250 during the ill-fated Crusade of Louis IX (Saint Louis) and created a Sultanate that dominated Egypt and then Syria until the sixteenth century. The Mongol Art War, p.109
Well they got conquered one time from Napoleon and Mohamed Ali ended them in the massacre of the castle
@@user-yt5zt6vu9d WHAT?
@@user-yt5zt6vu9d During the age of rifle infantry, Mamluks stuck to their outdated cavalry tactics, since they had such a high regard for it.
the Ottomans conquered them & So did Napoleon & Your statement about "Turks were viewed as better" is nonsense Because they were all trained and turned into mamelukes from their teenage years on / How is a Turkic teenager any different from a Kurdish, Circassian, albanian, Georgian, Arab, Persian, Greek or bulgarian teenager ?? They undergo the same combat & archery training from a young age, so your statement makes no sense
@@aburoach9268am pretty sure most of the mamluk army is Arabic not Turkic, however they did have some Turkic leaders
"Baybars’s permanent goal was to contain the continued Mongol attacks on Syria from both north and east that threatened the very heart of the Islamic East. During the 17 years of his reign, he engaged the Mongols of Persia in nine battles. Within Syria, Baybars dealt with the Assassins, a fanatical Islamic sect. After seizing their major strongholds between 1271 and 1273, he wiped out the Syrian members of the group.
Assassin's were already defeated by Mongols when they took Persia from Khuwareazm Shah , The Biggest Victims of Assassin's were Seljuks
@@blacksheep6174 When Mongols defeated assasins in Persia, they regrouped in Syria and started their nefarious activities there. Mamluks crushed them in Syria and eliminated their strongholds.
@@AR-fr8br Perhaps , Cuz I only know nazaris of Alamut Castle and Hasan As Sabah Who Assassinated Minister Nizam Ul Mulk and Scholar Umar Khayam
@BlackSheep Yes, they were the founders this assassin group, which continued its operation after them. After assasins were defeated by Mongols, they found a new place in Syria to continue their movement.
Assassins were not a “fanatical Islamic sect”, in fact, not a single Muslim scholar considered them Muslims so where did you get that from?
It took steppe riders to defeat steppe riders. The Mamluks were one of the most impressive factions of the Crusades and Baybars was truly an outstanding leader. Sometimes I wish he could have prevented the 1258 Sack of Baghdad that crippled the region for centuries and ended the Islamic Golden Age. Thanks for this great video of a great leader!
They were not at power at that time Egypt was in civil war and ayyubis control Egypt at that time
The Army in Bagdad was much bigger than the Army in ain jalut. Many mongols retreated before the Battle because Möngke Khan died.
@@raphaz8995 evet. batılı tarihçiler moğol yenilgisini en son volkan patlamasının oluşturduğu iklim değişikliğine bağlamışlardı 😄 çünkü moğollar onlar için "kafir müslümanları" durduracak büyük bir güçtü(see franco-mongol alliance) baybars sadece moğolları yenmedi.
Always wanted to see a video from you about this Turkic warrior, Baybars. Finally!!! Thanks!
I always wondered about who Baybars was . Thank you
Unlike Western model of Chattel slavery where slaves were imported purely for production and plantation work, Slaves in muslim socities were primarily used for service jobs and, under the Islamic model, were required to be treated with respect and thus they often influenced and partook in the lives of their masters. This allowed them to become influential and rise to positions of power as can be seen from many examples in history.
Thank you That's when i hear " islamic civilization has slaves as west" I always say to them we are not the same
A slave in Islam is the equivalent of a butler today. Nothing like the transatlantic slave trade, from which European and Jewish families became billionaires and are still in power even today.
@@uniuni8855 Exactly.
Treated with respect? What about female Slaves?
@Haryo Pinandito Women were enslaved as well and were used for a wide range of purposes, mainly for sexual reasons, however, islamically, they cannot be compelled or raped/molested/harassed and its Islamically a crime, this rule was established by a hadith from the Prophet peace be upon him. So it's kinda like slave women were basically wives of the owner or part of the family or household. Furthermore, the woman would be a free woman if she bore the owner a child and couldn't be sold or given away regardless of situation because bearing a child means a family was formed which means the woman became the owners wife in all senses
Baybars was a truly impressive ruler and military commander. Imagine what he could've achieved had he lived longer.
He already did alot
3:12 Early life 6:36 Rise through the ranks of the Bahriyya 13:30 Taking power after the battle of Ain Jalut & life as Sultan
At the outset, the Mamluks won legitimacy for themselves as well as a reputation as great warriors because they cleared Syria and Palestine of the remnants of the Crusaders and, even more importantly, stopped the advance of the vaunted and feared Mongol forces at the battle of Ain Jalut in Palestine in 1260.
By the way, the entrance of the video was really impressive. You have reached the level of an expert in explaining these subjects well.
The Turkic tribes and the Viking tribes were undoubtedly the most naturally gifted and fierce warriors in modern history. They produced the Mamlukes and the Normans. When you think of formidable warriors, the best weapons and armor, these are the two who exemplify that.
The normans were not viking
@@lokkj1641 Yes they were. Vikings who conquered Northern France. Specifically NORMANDY.
@@KaidenKnox11the Vikings did a TON, from the Norman’s (latinized Vikings) taking over England, to the RUS of modern day Russia being Vikings. To conquering Naples and Sicily, to being hired as mercenaries by a lot of people.
@@KaidenKnox11historically it was the opposite afghan paki region was very developed and populated and Northern Europe was very decentralized and warring.
Ikr I always loved the mirror relationship between the Vikings and the Turks
This is why I love this channel. Excellent video about Sultan Baybars. Also quality of the script is just astonishing
Arabic proverb cited by the North African analytic historian Ibn Khaldun of the fourteenth century: dawlah 'ind al-turk, din 'ind al-'arab wa adab 'ind al-furs Power (rests) with the Turk, religion with the Arab, and culture with the Persian.
That's why when these three work together the Muslim world becomes a force to be reckoned with. Otherwise it's just a mess. They infight and take everything down with them
Mughals are a prime example. Persianised muslim Turks. Cant get any better 😅
@@saqlainalvi5485 "Persian muslim Turk"? Lmao, are you an idiot? Mughals were never persian, get your facts straight mate.
@@KaidenKnox11 They called themselves mughals because they claimed descent from them. Doesn't mean they were of pure mongol stock. That makes zero sense. They were settled in central asia before they decided to conquer india. Of course they would have mixed with the powerful turkish tribes there. they are descended from the various Central Asian Mongolic and Turkic tribes and Persians. Go read a basic wikipedia entry genius.
He was ruthless! Enemies feared him so much. Such a warrior, leading from the front.
Then, on 3 September 1260, the Mongol forces met the army of the Egyptian Mamluks at the Spring of Goliath ('Ayn Jaliit) north of Jerusalem. The Mongol army contained a large admixture of Turks. The ethnic composition of the Mamluk army was very similar, in that it was mostly recruited from Turkish and Caucasian slaves, who had been purchased, trained and emancipated, whence the name: mamluk, 'possessed'. Spuler, B. (1977). The disintegration of the caliphate in the east. In P. Holt, A. Lambton, & B. Lewis (Eds.), The Cambridge History of Islam (The Cambridge History of Islam, pp. 141-174). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
found the broke little turk 🤣🤣🤣 mongols at the top, turks bowing befor them and then this little anatolian turk comes along recites western sources and is proud of it.
it's crazy how much turkic people fought against each other, they probably fought more of their own people while trying to invade settled people than fighting others lol.
Wrong ,surely most of the mameluke army was egyptian not turkish or turkic ,if just the Turks know the story of the mamelukes of egypt and stopped talking too much about their race!! the memelukes who their number didn't even pass 2000 mameluke sold to egypt from so many countries in europe ,africa and asia not just the turkic ,while half of them are aqtay's group was against aybak's group that the first half didn't participate in the war due to the conflicts btw both sides and the jealousness towards qotoz who is the leader of aybak group, so only 1000 of them participated among 15000 egyptian soldiers so the one who defeated the moguls is surely the egyptian army not the turkic so stop bringing your race up over others))
@@radwaelshehry2679 lol. infantry of mameluke state were arabs/north africans, armenians and kurds as the video said. yes. but elite troops and rulers of the mamelukes were mostly turkic (either cuman or turkmen) or circassian. you can't change the history by writing stuff bro. i respect my egyptian bros but what your ancestors did there was mostly catching arrows from the opposite side.
@@sickturret3587 firstly iam not egyptian ,secondly you the one who won't change the history ,people be picking the first some lines from Google and copy then paste it ,but if you just went deep in the history of the mamelukes in egypt you will get that they were not turkish as the Mamelukes who were sold to iraq, syria and arabia ,the mamelukes of egypt are different and you don't have a dna tests for the elites that they were turkic or no, beside the story of baybers and qotoz and the conflicts btw aybak and aqtay says it all, and if you really know well about how sultan qotoz who is from algorithm collected the army when a huge part of the memelukes refused to participate in the war ,you will know that he took so many from the egyptian people themselves and so many from the Egyptian Bedouins who live in the desert so he can make a whole army beside the first one and fill the gab that the memelukes left ,beside so many of them were corrupted and betrayals and refused to pay anything to the army you can search abt the story of this war)
If anyone deserves a biographical blockbuster movie of his life that person is Baybars Han ! From slave to warrior to general to Emperor nad then to one of the greatest conquerors in history ! This brave Turkic warrioir had it all !
Another great Kings and Generals documentary video. The mongols met their match! Thank you for your excellent productions. I check for alerts every day.
Muhammad (sallallahu-alaihi-wasallam) said " Even a slave can be a ruler by his Qualifications " 🎉🎉 💝💝
All Christian loves Saladin for his kindness but no Christan loves Baybars! A real hero for the Muslim World! ♥️♥️
They are enemy why should we care about their love? Lol
@@fadeoutfahim2899 there is nothing better than a enemy respect an enemy like baldwin and saladin
çünkü onlara gösterdiği merhamet işgal, yağma ve soykırım için yeniden toparlanmalarına yardımcı oldu. yaşadığın toprakları korumak ayrı bir şeydir, yaşadığın topraklardan uzaklara(çoluk çocuk öldürüp her şeyi yakıp yıkarak) "tanrı adına" geldiğini zannetmek farklı bir şeydir. batılılar moğolları da sever çünkü moğol savaş gücü sadece batılılara yaramıştır(franco-mongol alliance)
No, u are wrong,.. 1st Saladin(r.h) for us...then 2nd Baybars(r.h)..... Tell me, if u don't get the chance of Conquering Al-quds(jerusalem) in the medival world, would U prefer muslims to rule Jerusalem or the Mongols???
@@abdulhamid-ii.8407 None of them but upcoming Imam Mahadi
Turkic ppl have always been considered as natural warriors.
Battle of Ain jalut deserves it's own episode
What a badass. Never one to back down from a fight, external or internal. Thanks for the video
Thank you for the video as always
Loved the video, Excellent work!!!
As someone who is following KnG from the earliest days, i really loved how the visuals improved over time. As for the narrator(hi devin), and the unbiased historic accuracy of the videos, well, they never changed really.. It was always great :) Ps: Will soon buy your exclusive videos to help you, but first i need to finish my masters :(
Great video! As someone who grew up with predominantly European History its nice to learn about other parts of the world
Each video better than the last, each story more interesting than the previous one. Eagerly waiting for you guys cover the Anglo - Mysore wars
Excellent animation & drawings. Keep it up 👍🏼
As is well known, Louis subsequently began his ignominious retreat that lead to the surrender of himself and his army. This is how Ibn al-Furat sums up the great victory at al-Mansura: Things were near to a total defeat involving the complete destruction of Islam, but Almighty God sent salvation. The damned King of France (al-malik raydafrans < roi de France) reached the door of the pavillion of the Sultan al-Malik al-Salih and matters were at the most critical and difficult state. But then the Turkish Bahri squadron and the Jamdaris, mamluks of the Sultan, amongst them the commander Rukn al-Din Baybars al-Bunduqdari al-Salihi al-Najmi, showed their superiority and launched a great attack on the Franks which shook them and demolished their formations … this was the first encounter in which the polytheist dogs were defeated by means of the Turkish lions (wa-kanat hādhahi al-waq`a awwal wāqi`a untusira fīhā bi-usūd al-turk `alā kilāb al-shirk). 15 I hope that you have noticed the nice rhyme at the end: turk/shirk. The latter term has extremely negative connotations in Islam, harking back to the opponents of Muhammad in Mecca and their pagan religion. The labeling of the Christians in this context is not a coincidence and more than just a desire for a proper rhyme. The Franks are associated with the worst enemies in Islam. But this is an aside. What is important for our purposes here is the Mamluks are exalted for their hero-ism, and recognized for their Turkishness. The latter is what enabled the former. If the price for protection against Franks and Mongols was rule by a foreign born caste of slave soldiers, so be it. Amitai, ‘Military Slavery in the Islamic World: 1000 Years of a Social-Military Institution,’ published online in Medieval Mediterranean Slavery: Comparative Studies on Slavery and the Slave Trade in Muslim, Christian, and Jewish Societies (8th-15th Centuries), - (August 2007)
Finally a baybars video ! I think he is so underrated as one of the most crucial characters in medieval middle east history. I think his impact is even more important than saladins but its just one point of view.
I AGREE.HE IS VERY IMPORTANT. HE LIVED AT THE TIME OF IBN TAYMIYAH.IBN TAYMIYAH ASKED HIM FOR HELP.
Great animations in this one! Well done, K&G
Excellent video 😊 Wait for next one.
Baybars is often forgotten about but it was essentially he provided the fatal would to the Crusaders in Levant. The man was a one man army. Greatest military general of the era.
Glad you wrote
The Battle of Ayn Jalut is recognized among common muslims as one of the most significant victories in islamic history, especially for the fact it took place in Ramadan when other great battles took place. Baybars' name became iconic being the warrior who led in this battle.
Though baibars and his comrade fought valiantly, it was qutuz who lead the muslim army. Ayn jalut is a significant battle because it saved cairo from the same fate like baghdad.And if mongols destroyed Damascus and Cairo,they could possibly went after Mecca and Medina
@@blackgoku2023i believe the battle itself is the first battle to counter the argument at the time where people said that the mongols are invincible
Vietnam's defeat of the mongols is even more impressive. Since they actually fought a FULL mongol armies over 200,000 in three wars and won them all. The mamluk at ain jalut fought a mongol army that was only 20,000.....
Amazing thank you for the video
That was a great episode, one of the best after Qutus. Great work in fact my Muslim brother named Rumzi who runs the channel DAWAH OVER DUNYA while in his stream last weekend he mentioned your channel kings and generals and the channel history marche and i told him i follow both channels and highly recommended both to be followed and watched.
His name Baybers means the Leopard, although his leagacy is glorious but killing Qutuz ( who under his command defeated Mongols ) is Baber's legacy stain. Baybers was magnificent in courage but Mamluks were known for killing each other easily without regret. This is history.Thank you for making a video about this true legend; The Leopard.
In Turkish Bay mean is great and holy . Bars mean is leopard so Baybars mean also Lion or Tiger
A few days ago, his mosque was reopened in Cairo after centuries of closure, in a joint restoration project by the governments of both Egypt and Kazakhstan.
Why it was closed?
@@blackgoku2023 During Napoleon's campaign it was used as a Fortress, then turned into a barracks, then a few unrelated things, and most of the praying quarters were left unattended for many years. 29 years ago, the Kazakhstan government and the Egyptian government agreed to start reconstruction and renovation of the entire premises, as Baybars is a huge cultural icon in both Egypt and Kazakhstan.
No doubt, Baybars was a military genius. He was among few in known history who showed exceptional qualities to defeat superior enemy in face to face battles. There was a time when he had to face crusaders from europe and mongols at the sane time and defeated both forces at the same time.
Enjoyed every bit of this
Oh yess ANOTHER GREAT KINGS AND GENERALS VIDEO
There is nothing better than your video covering the crusades :D
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There is a mistake about the origin place of baybars. He has been born somewhere between volga and yaik (ural) rivers. Most likely in Western Kazakhstan. My clan, called Bersh (barsil and barli in Western sources) lives there to this day. We are the descendents of the tribesmen of sultan Baybars.
Kazakh Bersh tribe lives between Volga-Ural rivers in Western Kazakhstan only from 19th century. Before that, all Bayuly tribe (which Bersh is part of) lived from Crimea to Aral sea
You're doing a million dollar job. Keep it up. This is the way
i like these kinds of animation keep it up ❤❤❤❤
Baybars is one of the hero of islamic world that saved the region from further crusade incursion and mongols destruction. However, it must be noted that just like any other rulers of that era, he was also a cunning politician, especially for what he did to Qutuz. Nevertheless, he is one of the islamic world's finest military commanders
Awesome content! Would love to see more detailed aspects of Baybar's campaign against the Mongols. The spy network, the consolidating of allies and supporting other local emirs! Would be so fun to learn about!
Check out our Mamluk defence against the Mongols video
@Kings and Generals oh great will do!
@@KingsandGeneralsdon't forget Khalid bin Waleed
@@KingsandGeneralsWhy didn’t you mention a boy named Sayfutdin Kutuz who was from the Khorezmshah family and was the son of Sultan’s sister Jalal ad Dina and this is a boy, before his death Jalal ad Dina was always close to the Sultan and after the death of Jalal ad Dina this boy was caught and sold into slavery by the Mamluksa boy from slavery rose to the head of the Mamluk state and at the Battle of Ainjalut against the Mongols, Saifutdin Kutuz led the Mamluk army. after the defeat of the Mongols, he was sent and after the death of Saifutdin Kutuz, Baybars became the ruler of the Mamluks...
You are my king and general! Thx for all your works
hats off to you guys, you have out done yourselves in this one.
There were 4 nations which have managed to defeat the 1200's Mongols in war ; Javanese (Majapahit), Turks (Khalji & Bahri Mamluks), Japanese, Vietnamese (Dai Viet). Mongols of the first half of the 13th century however were unstoppable Major nations destroyed by the Mongols ; -Jin(Tungusic) -Khwarezmids(Turkic) -Souther Song(Sinitic) -Kara Khitais(Khitanic) -Cumania(Turkic) -Kievan Rus(Germanic and Slavic) -Seljuk Rum(Turkic) -Abbasids(Arabic) -Western Xia(Qiangic) -Volga Bulgaria(Turkic)
The japanese never won. It was the attack that was failed twice by storm. So they never really went to battle
@@salim4512 yeah, they won just because they were so lucky unlike other winners who won against Mongols like a lion.
@@salim4512 not fully true. Japanese were able to repel their landings. Due to this , mongols can't find any base on mainland and later got struck by kamikaze winds. Japanese only had to defend their beaches and they succeeded in that.
Javanese won by tricks😂
@@muhammadabdullahy9281 so? Edit: "tricks" you said is just betrayal as usual happened in war The difference is javanese using hit and run strategy (in modern era we call it gerilya strategy) to defeated mongol who have more armies than javanese themself in tropical forest
6:16 The announcer said that name so fluidly, major props.
Baybars was an exceptional Military Leader. Stopping Mongol Advancement to Egypt and levent and eliminating The Crusaders were mighty challenges.
OP title.. should be “Servant of Islam” not a “savior” by any stretch of the imagination. He and his kind and everyone who embraces the true path of monotheism are saved and divinely guided.
يا هلا يا ابن هنتر ❤
The art of war is the ancient profession of the Turks, and he is also a Turk
Ah finally, the type of video Im waiting for
Best video of this channel. ❤❤❤
Bangladesh liberation war video should be made
Great Video and long awaited it would be good if you make one for Sultan Kilic Arslan who established the Rum Sultanate in Anatolia and Defeated the Byzantines and Crusaders in the "Crusade of 1101" this Specific Crusade isn't mentioned much in History.
Please do an in-depth miniseries on other leaders similar to Baibars like Salahuddin and Nureddin Zengi.
To be honest, sallahudin was also a great leader.
@@harunobaid4977no he was a bum and overrated
@@nickwarriordiaz sure, coming from a random KZheadr who had done nothing significant in life Go touch some grass in your front yard.
Great video
Great man 👏👏
As an Egyptian history researcher, I consider Baybars the greatest ruler in our very long history. Not the best, not the most popular, but the strongest and has the greater achievements.
There was such acceptance to slave rule in the Islamic world because of the rule the Shia two centuries earlier, who claimed that only sharifs and holders of the blood of the prophet cousin Ali had the right to rule, only to find that their lands were conquered by crusaders and their beliefs tarnished by the shia sects. This is what opened the way for foreign peoples to rule the Islamic world through merit. The turks were an example of this because of their warrior nature. Later in the ottoman period, many European converts became pashas in the Barbary states and ruled effectively.
bruh the upgrade of the animation looks fire
Always awesome content thanks! One suggestion please consult with someone on the pronunciation of the Arabic names for example, for more clarity! Thanks!
As a kypchak, thank you for this video!
From the beginning the Turks were noted for their superior military qualities, which seem to have lain mainly in their use of mounted bowmen and the nomadic speed of their cavalry. From this time on the Caliphs relied to an increasing extent on Turkish troops and commanders, to the detriment of the older cultured peoples in Islam, the Arabs and the Persians. The progressive militarization of the regime increased their strength. By the eleventh century the Turks were entering the world of Islam, not only as individuals recruited by capture or purchase, but by the migration of whole tribes of free nomadic Turks still organized in their own traditional way. Lewis, B. (2002) Arabs in history. Oxford: Oxford University Press, p.160
Baybars should be remembered as one of Islam's major heroes! One thing I would say however is that (although he did save millions of Muslims from an all out catastrophe, like Baghdad suffered - 1258 ce) Baybars did not "save" Islam from extinction because Islam is Allah swt's final revelation! Allah swt would not have let that happen if the Mongols had defeated the Mamluks!
I absolutely love your videos. I have an ancient coin business that I think would be a great advertisement on your channel. Is it possible to discuss something around that?
Wow, he was a born leader, through and through.
Baybars had a particularly destructive strategy against the Crusaders. Whenever he took a Crusader castle, he didn't occupy it but he demolished it, save for ones he considered too important like Krek de Chevaliers. The reason is that should the Crusaders launch another Crusade, they will lack for castles and forts to seize for themselves to station their armies.
Which was a good strategy.
Love this episode.
Amazing. Small correction: The Hero of Ain Jalut was Qutuz. Baybars was his right hand man
Baybars, Temujin (Genghis Khan), and etc. are examples of how many powerful rulers were those who had to endure hardships getting to the top.
Baybars, Timur, Nader Shah : the great leaders who rose to power against all odds
Thank you
I love your videos, but I really recommend that you put a Spanish audio track also because I speak Spanish and I’ll be able to understand your videos better and you’ll gain a bunch of other new followers and people who only speak Spanish
Did you really think I would let you slide this morning?
I was hopeful
Very underrated historical figure. I think he isn't that we'll known in the west because kicked the Crusaders butt so badly
we are in Egypt do not see him as a hero like Saladin or Qutuz.
@@user-bp6gp1zr1t We in Kazakhstan see Baybars as hero.
@@Adil_Turysbek why ? Are kasakhistan Muslims?
@@user-bp6gp1zr1tmany parts of central Asians are muslims
Arab nationalists dont talk about him bcause Mamluks were Turks ruling Arabs, West doesn’t talk about him bcause he manhandled the crusaders
A fascinating brilliant man.
Please also make a video about the destruction of the crusader states, would be very interesting
The Mamelukes were mostly of Kipchak Turks and Circassians. They were described as blond, tall and with light eyes. They significantly differed from the Egyptian natives.
Mameluke come from all over the place. Basically, any slave that arrive to Levant and show potential to be trained will be recruited regardless of their appearances or ethnicity. Also once Mongol Conquest has in Euroasia is stopped and Mameluke Sultanate has been established, they started to recruit the local population into the army. Also not sure what you are trying to say that Turks have blond hair. Cuman and Turks during this time period haven't interbreed much with Slav or European ethnicity. During this time period they will have black hair and will facial structure either mongoloid or caucasoid.
@@selimtheweeb2668Local population was never a main part of army but only a halqa. Do you even saw halqa reconstruction? They had no armor😂 they weren't financed by sultan. The only ones that were financed by Bahri sultan were elite mamluks who were only of turkic origin. And they were the 1 class elite and core of mamluk sultanate's army then mamluks of emirs, then only local halqa egyptians and arabs
@@selimtheweeb2668Turks were always superior to other Middle Eastern nations bc of their skills. Like mounted archery or ability to sit on a horse during the whole day
@@numeron509 Uh no? do you have any proof or historical record for that? According to reputable historian like Richards, Donald S in his book titled Mamluk amirs and their families and households, once Mongol conquest of Kipchak is done and finished, there is no more stream of slaves from that region of the world hence the slave recruit is either diminished or non-existent at that point which is why they starting to recruit the local into Mamluks. You have to remember that Neither Arab or Egyptian go out of their way to Eurasia and enslave the Turks, Balkan, or Caucasia to find slaves, war happens all the time and prisoner were sold as slaves. Once the war are done and finished, no more slaves come from that region. I have no idea what you are trying to imply here, saying Turks were superior to local Egyptian at fighting, any proof of that? since I imagine ANYONE will be just as good once underwent the same amount of training.
@@numeron509 Also Halqa practically refers to all fighting force that is not Mamluk. So they can be Egyptian, Arab, or refugees that can come from all over the world. They were not financed by sultan or emirs, yes, but they were still expected to arm themselves. So we can say that some Halqa will be well armed and equiped while others not so much.
Oh, this one. I remember this is one of the more popular epic stories the Hakawati storytellers in Old Damascus narrate to their cafe patrons. As of 2023, only one Hakawati is left doing this...
I always pray, may Allah give muslims a sultan like beybars
He is one of my favorite heroes ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
As one can see that not only Baybars but also most of the commanders, nobility, and sultans of the region were of Turkic origin such as Aybak, Aktay etc... Furthermore, the Turkic title Atabeg is also used in the region just as other titles and names. Still, it would be inappropriate to deny the contributions of different nationalities in the area, serving in the army.