Ibn Battuta - The Mad Sultan - Extra History - Part 3
📜 Ibn Battuta: The Mad Sultan - Ibn Battuta meets Uzbeg Khan and finally makes his way to India! And at first, things seem fantastic. Ibn Battuta is showered with gifts and that's even before he has a job. But soon he'll find out why Muhammad Bin Tughlaq is known in some circles as The Mad Sultan.
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Forget Marco Polo, I want to see a Netflix series about Ibn Battuta.
im in
@@greenlaw6503 there is a lot o people who resent islam and see it as like there is only one way to follow (the jihad way). If they make a series about his travels and showing to the diversity of the islam world it will be awesome!
It will be full of controversial thing, for example: slaves.
Yeah. While Marco Polo's Netflix show was great, Marco Polo wasn't as interesting as Ibn Battuta. Sure, Marco had seen some places along the way when he came to China, but once there, he just stayed there for years, moving mostly inside China, while Ibn Batuta constantly traveled across different countries. No wonder the Netflix Marco Polo was cancelled, and had to invent some fake plotlines to keep things interesting.
I also think a series on Ibn Battuta would be cool- unlike Polo, Battuta’s book(s) leave a lot of information out so it’s possible to fill in the blanks with reasonable material.
"I might not be qualified for the job" "Dn't worry, I'll double your salary and those two men will do the job for you" Dream boss! XD
Outsourcing
IT'S A TRAP!
@Alessandro Delogu Just like a real job, but more killing and torturing than firing ppl and giving them crunch work
Until you inevitably annoy him and he murders you in some horrific fashion.
The guy was the Hank Scorpio of medieval times.
"trained, bladed execution elephants playing catch with their victims" is one of those things i was not expecting to hear today or ever, probably
It does sound super metal though.
This series is filled with moments like that "evil noise made by their bells" the pepole were kind and tolerant , he also saw someone being executed with a catapult " they drank fermented milk " Generally speaking it makes the world back then look like a fantasy world , almost ...
Bruh, we're living in a movie, quarantined at home. Afraid to go even to the neighborhood bakery. Nothing is unbelievable RN.
Yeah Muhammad Bin Tugalaq was real madman. So much so his name has become synonymous with mad.
While we all were playing, they studied the blade
Stages of Ibn: “This is neat!” “This is great!” “This is Awesome!” “This is too good something’s wrong. Time to skedaddle.”
"Side trip"
Ibn is not a name, it means "son of" in arabic. So his name is son of Battuta.
Next episode Ibn battuta plotting his escape The sultan : why are you running ? Whyy are you running ???
😂 Vine, I saw what you just did there!
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Lol
Why are you running ? the Sultan pays a huge salary, but always following him, can even make a men with huge salary goes into debt :(
Y I K E S🥶😱
Random person: “My boss is a psycho!” Ibn Batutta: “Really? Tell me more...”.
Ibn Batutta, whose clothes all smell of burnt flesh now: HoW unFortUNate fOR yOu!
@@biohazard724 I wouldn't recommend shortening his name to just ibn, since in arabic, ibn translates roughly to "son of" so ibn battuta would literally mean son of battuta.
@@Omar_ayach Fair point, I was aware of the translation but hadn't considered context when making the joke
@@Omar_ayach I didn't know that either. Good to know!
@@Omar_ayach maybe, in fact history geeks in my country know him as ibn batuta
I can't speak for the Ukrainian tradition, but Russian Orthodox bell-ringing raises it to an art form--often a very loud art form. I can definitely understand it freaking Ibn Battuta out.
Especially so because Islam actively avoided using bells in worship. There’s actually a story about the Prophet Muhammad debating what tool he should use to call Muslims to pray: a rams horn like the Jews or bells like the Christians. He debated this until an angel spoke to him, saying that the thing he should use is the voice given to him by G-d. And so, that’s why Muslims call people to prayer by literally calling them
Have you ever heard a muslim call for prayer from the top of a Minaret? that is at least as terrifying as any church's bells
@@tntimothyroditi1576 well i'm pretty sure they didn't have loudspeakers back then so i imagine it wouldn't be as freaky
imagine having to hear both of those thing. yep, thats my town.
@@nihil2157 that sucks. Is that how you express empathy?
Ah, the story of Ibn Battuta. The Moslem RPG character. The Father of All Side Quest. INT and CHAR focus. Lawful Neutral alignment.
DND?
Soviet Marshmallow12 very much so, definitely dungeons and dragons.
Other the the spelling of Muslim, I completely agree!
None of your Business I mean he was a judge
The question is what class. Religious Scholar fits particularly well for either Cleric or Wizard, though argument could be made for Rouge, after all, he moves a lot and doesn't seem to use any magic.
If this wasn't a real person I would swear he was a "Forrest Gump"-style character who just happens to encounter every important person and event in his time period.
Forrest Gump likely inspired by Ibn.
Forrest Gump got to meet them mostly by chances. Battuta sought them out.
The thing is a that time the “Qadi” job was very sought after , as many countries were becoming muslim and judges with sharia background was very rare the further away from arab land.
His name is not ibn and his name is not batutta
Mad Sultan: “This copper is as good as gold” Chinese merchants: *Doubt*
The major reason he tried to do that was because of all the useless things he did. Leading to the Royal treasury be drained. It failed since every house become a coin creator
No Discover cards either.
Mad Sultan: bet
We : prints on paper = *happy noises*
Fast forward to today and we're exchanging papers that aren't even based on gold.
Ibn Battuta: *sees somebody bitting off the head of a live snake* "cool" Also Ibn Battuta: *hears church bells* "Panik!"
@stereo rapier what do you mean cool? He was probably playing along
@@ezazahmed8379 he got scared of bells but a man biting the head off a snake he can some how go along with?
@The Half Brit this baffles me as much as you. Grasping at straws here but maybe it was to keep good relations with the locals or simply the khan.
Ever seen those horror movies based on a small abandoned town? All the fog descends from the hills around it and all you can hear are the crows cawing then the bells toll. They're scary as hell if you're not expecting them.
@@mrhalfwit972 he was scared of these bells probably kzhead.info/sun/ecZqhNWXq5Wwqmw/bejne.html
ibn battuta: I could stay here and stay safe, orrrr *s i d e t r i p*
Muslim:ibn battuta wtf ibn:Evİl NoİsE Muslim:DUDE THİS İS USA POPULATİON İS CHRİSTİAN STOP ACTİNG LİKE A RACİST İf ibn came to modern ages
Quest Failed : "Living a good, sane, quiet life" New Quest : "Escape before it's too late!"
New Objective: SURVIVE
Ibn battuta: "I might not be qualified for the job" Sultan: "Don't worry, I'll double your salary and those two men will do the job for you" Sounds like polish government
whats ? the minister in Polish govt must be happy ^_^
We had to read about the failed policies of Mohammad Bin Tughlaq in school , especially his transferring the capital from Delhi, which was actually not a very bad idea as Delhi being nearer to the north western border of India was vulnerable to foreign invasion, however his decision to shift most of the people and not just the administrative offices was a calamitous decision. He was also said to have issued paper currency, however didn’t have any mechanism to stop counterfeiting. He was also one of the sultans relatively tolerant of other religions. All in all a very interesting man.
Progressives are always reviled in their times.
@@ElBandito also one thing to remember here, is that most of what we know about Mohammad Bin Tughlaq is through the writing of Ibn Battuta, it's safe to assume there's a fair amount of personal bias involved in that. Many modern historians believe the sultan was not as blood thirsty as he was made out to be.
He also tried (as mentioned in the video) rolling out copper coins backed by gold (employing the same principle of modern fiat currency) Edit: grammar
@@sayakchoudhury9711 except that we also have records written by othet peoples, plus, to this day, the Indians used the term "tughlaq firman" to refer to stupid decisions made by the authorities, which shows that the Indians were well aware of the stupidities committed by that sultan
@@kucingcat8687 They were stupid because of the conditions of those times, but his ideas are described as ahead of time.
Sultan: *EXECUTES SOMEONE WITH A FRIGGING TRAINED ELEPHANT* Ibn: "..." Sultan: "..What?" Ibn: "SIDE TRIP!"
speaking of war elephants they were used like tanks because they were strong big and hard to kill without a good rifle
Actually tughlug's plan to change the capital failed because he forced every person in Delhi to travel to Daulatabad and not just the court.And the copper coins failed because they could be counterfeited very easily and had same value as the silver coins.
Don't you mean "counterfeited"?
Its funny because Henry VIII used to dilute his silver coins with copper and did it so brazenly that the silver coating could be rubbed off very easily, hence earning him the nickname "copper nose".
@@ArkadiBolschek that's what happened. Every noble house had it's own mint. They might mention it later, but he also caused the displacement of a lot of peasants.
@@ArkadiBolschek spelling error
History lessons coming handy😁
Marco Polo: I’ve traveled all over Asia Ibn Battuta: pathetic
Normal people when they are sick: Stay home People with corona:
side trip
SIDE TRIIIPP
*Side trip*
SIDE TRIIIP
Side Trip
The Mongols converting to Islam is probably one of the biggest plot twists in history
Better event spawns, piety bonuses, and the ability to enter into state marriages with other islamic nations.
Plot twist? Why? Nearly every nomadic power with any contact with settled civilization of Abrahamic faith, ended up converting. Various Turkic groups, anyone?
Islam was founded in the middle nomadic people, so it will not hard to another nomadic people to embrace it
The Mongols were one of the most tolerant societies in history. They really didn't care about your religion or your culture so long as you did what you were told
A lot of of the Mongol Khanates' subjects were Muslim so it was advantageous of them to convert. Mongol rulers were never zealous about their religion though, for they only used it as a political tool.
the presentation of this sultan just went from 0 to 100 super fast
More like 0 to 100 to -100 in really fast.
For those who don't know, Indians still use "Tuglak" as an insult. To say some govt act is like that of "Tuglak" is to say that the said action is stupid and mad.
@Lonewolf 11 I think you mean authoritarian. Autoratative is something else.
"Tuglaqi farmaan" or translated as "Tuglakisque desire" is someone's desire which has absurd elements. mostly used in conjunction with various (absurd) government decisions or any politician's absurdity.
Tuğ is the military standard made from horse tails, tugay is brigade and Tuğmen as the standard bearer (now teğmen as liuetnant rank in Turkish Army)
@@Silahtar357 Neden böyle gereksiz bir bilgiyi paylaştın ki? İsmi Tuğlak olsa da perslesmiş manyağın teki herif.
Wow, That guy's life was a roller coaster. There isn't even a fraction of the action that Battuta had in my life.
Which is a good thing...
elephant: *approaches* me: oh they're just going to lay me on a rock and crush me to dea- elephant: *flings me into the air with its sword-tusks slicing me in half from my chest to me bollocks*
boy mn bring back the tusk swords! Make India Great Again!
What wouldn't I give to see that in 4k!
Like a fucking anime character
FATALITY
Which is strange because usually executions in India were done by trampling by elephants. Elephants with tusk swords were used only in battle.
As a mongolian i wanna give you guys extra thanks for using the right references to portray us. Keep doing it.
One of the best Muslim explorers in Islamic history 🙌🏾
So the Sultan just made ibn Battuta an advisor and then Battuta learns that the guy regularly executes advisors... I'm so glad I know we're hearing this from Battuta's recollections penned many years later, so I know Battuta is getting out alive. Because the suspense is getting otherwise tense in here.
Ibn Battuta: Aww man, I can't wait to go to India and get rich. Muhammad Tughluq: Here, have all this money, an extra bonus, a mansion and clothes that are made of a material more valuable than if they were straight up made of gold. Ibn Battuta: Okay, maybe this is a bit mu-- Muhammad Tughluq: Oh yeah, how would you like to be a judge in the supreme court of my empire, have your pay doubled and literally do nothing because your assistants are the only ones who speak Persian? Ibn Battuta: No, I don't think I will.
Trained execution elephants sound like something you'd get if you either bought the DLC or put in a secret code.
"OH your not qualified! don't worry, we will get ppl ACTUALLY qualified to do the work for you and double your pay!" me: and this was when everyone realized, this wasn't going to end well...
You know, having a boss known as The Mad rarely works out.
a quarantine update a week keeps the coronavirus weak
Did you rhyme week with weak?
Soviet Marshmallow12 I mean yeah bc the original is an apple a day keeps the doctor away so I had to make it rhyme
Pls do khalid ibn al walid after this series
That dude was a beast. Probably one of the most underrated great generals in history, and probably a major reason for why Islam is a world religion today.
@@Alexander-tu3iv The dud was mega beast 😂.
That would be best series. Seeing amazing life of sword of Allah.
Ask Patreon supporters to petition this
@@azamanwar7432 about to say the same thing
>comes in on an elephant launching gold into the crowd PRINCE ALI! GLORIOUS HE! ALI ABABWA!
“The Sultan of Delhi was a bit of eccentric, you know, an unorthodoxed visionary, some referred to him as mad” this is brilliant haha
We learned about Mohammed Tughlaq in school. I'm surprised y'all didn't talk about how he designed a durbar (house) to greet his father which was designed to fall once attacked by elephants and look like an accident. He then greeted his father with a show of elephants fighting . It went as well as you can guess
gotta love how this guy just manages to find trouble even when he isn't looking for it I can't wait to see how he gets himself our to the pickle he has put himself in this week next week it is bound to be fun to hear about just like this week was
"The risk I took was calculated, but man am I bad at math" Ibn Battuta
Every time I hear this guy's name, a scene from 13th Warrior plays through my head. Eban: I am Ahmed ibn Fahdlan, Ibn Al Abbas, Ibn Rasid, Ibn Hammad. Herger: Eban. Eban: No, no. Listen. 'Ibn" means 'son of'-- Herger: Eban.
I read the original book the film's based on. Ibn Fadlan was a real life guy who met the vikings. Tne book tried to lead into the story by first including Ibn's notes, then going into the story. But personally, I don't think it worked. Ibn's account of them was far less.. honourable than Crichton, who saw the Viking as the rough 'real' honest men. You can tell when the American took over because that's the point the Viking's start getting their own kind of honour and brotherhood. Instead of say, actively killing each other when they get drunk and celebrating, which is something we read earlier.
++++++++++++++i am hammad
I thought that story with the Khan's youngest wife was heading in a different direction.
emile enightoola please brother, you must stop reading doujin lol
Ibn Batuta was clearly God fearing. A man who can say no to alcohol can go a long way.
@@krewa578 netorare vibes
Nah, Ibn battuta already had like 10 concubines.
Cleansed yourself from those Godforsaken ntr mangas.
As an Indian who lives very close to what was formerly the sultanate of Delhi, I can testify that tughlaq was indeed, very insane. He constructed tall towers for absolutely no reason, moved entire villages, tried to emulate the reign of alaud-ud-din-khalji (think of him as the Indian equivalent of constantine) and that went very badly.
Hiring foreigners because your court and vassals hate you and see you as a tyrant? Hey, that's my usual CK2 strategy right there.
Just the spymaster, if your vassals have decent stats.
The artists did a great job! This has to be one of the episodes with my favorite drawings on extra credits to date!
Indians: Yo fam, copper coins anyone? Chinese: We don't do that here Also Chinese: ( invent paper currency) Indians:💀
But the chinese drop the idea of paper money very quickly because their economy crashed
Tuglak was crazy
@@razeeem9154 he was a genius
Me trying to animate: This video: I'm about to end this man's whole career
I might have a non-animated style like that. I might make an object show (like BFDI and inanimate insanity)
1:19 actually the Quran also forbids intoxication like getting drunk or high so he was sinning even if he's argument was right wich it wasn't
they are mongols. islam cant stop them.
@@JamesJJSMilton no one can stop Mongols.
check out the big brains on Bret here
Another Act When his father Emperor Ghiyasuddin was coming to delhi after crushing a rebellion Md. Tughaq hastily put up a wooden structure to welcome him. Such was the haste when the Sultan came with his elephants & horses etc. the structure collapsed killing the Sultan. Not the best welcome in history - Source: Satish Chandra Medieval India
It was probably an assassination hidden in the guys of 'accident'
This man going for the 100% completion
Derpychicken The best in the east
Broke: going on a hajj Woke: going to Delhi to get a job Bespoke: visiting a literal Mongol ruler
I don't think Ibn Battuta had a child with one of Khan wife or consort in this story.
Ibn Battuta: The Great Gold Digger
but he became broke because of too much spending to keep up with the royals!
Okay, I have heard many people describe others as Psychopath, but I think this Sultan truly is a prime example of what a Psychopath really is o_O
As a Indian I confirm these information about Madman
*the mongols lasted longer than genghis*
Umm yeah they still do
Vivek Acharya I was making a point to people who see the mongol importance as literally only during genghis khan’s lifetime
@@lilithserena342 yeah no your right their empire was destroyed but still it's influence and successive states where very powerful.
Shivansh NA yup
@@lilithserena342 Depends on how you define 'importance', compared to the reign of Ghengis, few things at all are that important, and certainly they'd never reach that same level of power
*side trip!*
I know you're working hard already but I NEED the next one now. Im totally hooked on this story
"Ramadan With The Khan" sounds like a sitcom name.
We need more people like ibn more than ever. Or have their stories told.
I personally think "mad" is a bit of an understatement about Muhammad bin Tughlaq. His reputation as a psychopath still persists till today. Even today people when they make crazy decisions are often called as a Tughlaq.
good to know Ibn Battuta accounts are some what accurate
When your boss is both Robert Barathoen and Aerys Targaryean.
I would really like to see more explorers and adventures because this has been my favorite extra history in a while. Anyone else?
There is another explorers, ibn fadhlan, 13th warrior movies made based on him
Your work is amazing! Also, it would be great to see some episodes of extra history about tamerlane
This is getting juicy. Can't wait for the next episode!
I'm enjoying this series very much, hopefully you'll make more like this one :)
Considering the Sultan's cruelty, it's no wonder he's so magnanimous in hiring foreigners.
Yeah this gave me the impression he burns through a lot hires. Also that he probably killed Ibn's predecessor.
I used to live in Caucasus, Azerbaijan but this is some interesting information!
More!!! This series is great!
Thanks for this extraordinary journey.
Poor Ibn Battuta just wanted a vacation in India
"But first, a side trip"
He should've stayed side tripping.
Actually he wanted to spend his life working there
Ibn battuta needs a Hollywood style movie/series on his life, more like a omar series with episodes.
2-3 season
Yeah, they did one on Marco Polo but Ib Battuta is far more interesting XD
The proplem is in Ibn battuta's reHla there is many things taken from earlier accounts.
No way, he was a Muslim. ..People have to understand this reality.
Too short, but every seconds of it, I'm loving it..
Love this channel!
Ibn Battuta: *_I'm in danger_*
Ur channel is awesome! but when, heading towards the end of the series maybe, once again you should include the mali empire and include all the things, you couldn't do in the previous series of ibn battuta's visit to the mali empire.
This video was fantastic!!
i'm in love with this series , altho i'd love for the next series to be based of the gallic wars , just a suggestion
Md. Tughlaq was a crazy sultan. But he was very talented. He was tolerant towards all religions, he was well learned, and had an open mind. But was hasty and impatient, and gave severe punishment to whom he thought as disloyal
I don't know what happens after but im pretty sure its something along the lines like this Sultan:But you didn't have to cut me off Make out like it never happened and that we were nothing And I don't even need your love But you treat me like a stranger and that feels so rough No, you didn't have to stoop so low Have your friends collect your records and then change your number I guess that I don't need that though Now you're just somebody that I used to know Somebody (I used to know) (Somebody) Now you're just somebody that I used to know Somebody (I used to know) (Somebody) Now you're just somebody that I used to know I used to know, that I used to know, I used to know somebody
Your videos keep me sane at the best of times, the week normally now there gods sent in quarantine
6:55 loved the wink to Discover. I remember another youtuber saying something like "and... there is the another card which you have to Discover the three stores which accept it"
“Battuta” in Italian means “punchline” as in comedy. How appropriate after seeing this.
Stefano Movilli Battat means duckling in Arabic. It’s a nickname, and not his real name
"welcome to India, you can NEVER leave . Have fun!!' Why that did not lit up warning signs the size of Mars for IB is beyond me.
Oh man. That was really amazing
Your work is amazing ❤️❤️❤️❤️🇲🇦❤️
You know you're screwed when your enemy has to help you onto your saddle.
Christians: *ring some bells* Battuta: AAAAAAUGH Alternatively: Who would win? A well-traveled qadi who has gone on a couple dangerous pilgrimages and countless side quests Or Some ringy bois
8:48 We have heard the name of many of these Patrons for quite a while now, so it is very cool to see them drawn here.
Nice to see Zoe made so many appearances in this segment. And lol at the Discover card joke.
"trained, bladed execution elephants playing catch with their victims," If Tim Burton had free reign on Disney's reimagining of Dumbo I would imagine him using this historical fact to be used as a scene in Dumbo
"An unorthodox visionary" A visionary, vision is scary!
Could start a revolution, pollutin the airwaves
a rebel So let me just revel and bask In the fact that I got everyone kissing my ass And it's a disaster such a catastrophe
I can't wait for the next one. Don't care if the story is true, a good story is a good story. Thanks ;)
The man is a legend
Look at Ibn Butta getting to walk around outside. Lucky.
So that's the mad Sultan they were talking about in the second Mali video.
kzhead.info/sun/jLSypNuobJ6ibJ8/bejne.html Just for those who want to see what you were talking about.
@@joshuakevinserdan9331 good point. Didn't consider that there could be new subscribers watching this video
Ibn Batutta really had a ill fate as he was in the court of a really mad king, even in our history Mohammad bin Tuglak was the craziest rulers of all time. He was like the nero of India
The Mad Sultan was about to burn down Sultan's Landing until the Sultan Slayer Abdul Lannister stabbed him in the back.
Ding! You win one free Internet!
"Ramadan with the Khan" is the name of my next band.
Pretty good one!
oh yeah
The title song for your first album should be "Side Trip"
Was waiting for this video to drop it is midnight 12 in my country now that i have watched it i can have a sound sleep.
Good job I am really pleased by how you prove yourself on youtube I am also the part of youtube but of different catagory and I really wish to grow on this platform just like you did...Greetings
When I grow up, I wanna be famous I wanna be a star, I wanna be in movies When I grow up, I wanna gold dig across three continents.
Ibn Battuta: I have to make a risky escape to Chin... during which there will be a SIDE TRIP!