The Byzantine Sailors who switch sides and joined the Muslim Caliphate

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  • čas přidán 24. 09. 2023
  • In this video, we delve into the fascinating history of how three Byzantine sailors-Photios, Leo of Tripoli, and Damian of Tarsus-converted to Islam and played significant roles in weakening the Byzantine Empire.
    Through a dramatic narrative, the video explores the rapid expansion of Muslim territories, the rise of Islamic naval power, and key battles that shaped control of the Mediterranean.
    Watch to discover how these individuals defected from Byzantine ranks to contribute to Muslim victories, leaving an indelible impact on the balance of power during this pivotal period in history.
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Komentáře • 132

  • @ahmadfrhan5265
    @ahmadfrhan5265 Před 8 měsíci +102

    our history has many secrets and champions that needs reveling. Thanks brother and May Allah rewards you for your work. ☝🏼🏴🏳

    • @blackpanthar906
      @blackpanthar906 Před 8 měsíci

      Sadly we don't have a movie industry like Hollywood to do the without corrupting our own people. Movie industry is a double edged sword.

    • @nexusmania1851
      @nexusmania1851 Před 8 měsíci +1

      My favorite is Jonah the Lover

    • @bronem7902
      @bronem7902 Před 8 měsíci +5

      Allahumma Ameen

  • @undead9999
    @undead9999 Před 8 měsíci +56

    From prisoner of war to governor of Tripoli. That is a beautiful life story. And evidence to the fact that the concept of servitude and slavery is very different in the Muslim world. Think about it, it would be like a field hand from a southern plantation making it to mayor of the city. Unconcievable in the Americas.

    • @samiman5606
      @samiman5606 Před 8 měsíci +12

      The world at 1299 the German native by birth become the sultan of Egypt of the ayybid sultanate and his name is yugin

    • @hendrakurniawan3658
      @hendrakurniawan3658 Před 8 měsíci +1

      They can do that of the black man becomes a white person

    • @jondo7680
      @jondo7680 Před 6 měsíci

      Yes people hear "slave" and think at what the racist people in the usa did to the slaves. Islam encourages freeing slaves, threaten everyone well and equal no matter if it's a king or a slave.

    • @testtester6520
      @testtester6520 Před 3 měsíci

      Wait until you hear about jan Jansen van Haarlem .

  • @LightOfDawah
    @LightOfDawah Před 8 měsíci +26

    Found this to be pretty cool because I guess I could say I have “byzantine” heritage, we are Mediterranean. I am a revert to Islam and I found this history lesson to be awesome and motivating in my life. Thanks for posting. 👍

    • @wewenang5167
      @wewenang5167 Před 3 měsíci +2

      During the Ottoman empire there are loads of Greek Muslims in Greece especially Athens. But after the Greek war of independent, the Greek Government declared that any Muslim in Greece no matter what their ethnicity is will be call a TURK and must get out of Greece and go to Türkiye. So if you go to Türkiye today A LOT OF TURKS HAVE GREEK DNA. Some of them even have pure Greek blood the only different is that they are Muslims. Many Muslim in northern Anatolia are actually Greek, some old people still speak Greek at home over there.

  • @muslimresponse103
    @muslimresponse103 Před 8 měsíci +7

    may Allah ﷻ have mercy upon our 3 Muslim brothers and accept them as shahids/martyrs 🤲🏻 ameen.

  • @muhammadrehman8307
    @muhammadrehman8307 Před 8 měsíci +13

    this channel is truly a gem of islamic history

  • @wheatblue7592
    @wheatblue7592 Před 8 měsíci +29

    Even as late as 16th century, wrong ideas about Islam is still prevalent in Renaissance Italy, Spain and other European kingdoms. Even the most rudimentary belief about not worshiping prophet Muhammad sallahu alayhi as-salam, not rejecting the miraculous birth of Maryam alayhi as-salam, not worshipping idols, et al-general populace of Christendom still thinks that we hold onto all the mentioned beliefs. Once that barrier breaks and they get the correct information about Islam, most will convert especially so when Islamic kingdoms are the dominant force during that period. There's also many cases of renegades in piracy context which is equally as fascinating.

    • @Ali-fc1bv
      @Ali-fc1bv Před 8 měsíci

      Spot on.

    • @qoohooq
      @qoohooq Před 8 měsíci

    • @Storm-zc6ji
      @Storm-zc6ji Před 8 měsíci

      Well same vice versa. Many muslims believe christians are polytheists. Without the byzantine empire christendom would not have been what it is today, the largest religion on earth.

  • @truejustice8849
    @truejustice8849 Před 8 měsíci +3

    Mashallah beautiful long live Islam ☪️

  • @grand13mastr
    @grand13mastr Před 8 měsíci +6

    Amazing video as always. But please fix the map at 4:07 it's Palestine not Israel.

  • @moyurbird7829
    @moyurbird7829 Před 8 měsíci +7

    Amazing facts told & recorded to grip us, keep us on edge and jump for joy 🎉at the success!! (4:07 map is WRONG it should state PALESTINE 🇵🇸)

  • @fadial-mufti2338
    @fadial-mufti2338 Před 8 měsíci +21

    Ma sha Allah! Another wonderful video in what I pray to be an extremely long series of videos.
    I really cannot get enough of them.
    Jazakumu'llahu khairan for your great efforts!
    May this legacy be on your scale of good deeds in the Hereafter 🤲

  • @Craft-Addict
    @Craft-Addict Před 8 měsíci +12

    Barakallahufeek Omar❤I have learned tremendously from your channel.

  • @JunaidSalehHayat
    @JunaidSalehHayat Před 8 měsíci

    Jazak'Allah Khair for sharing!

  • @hananmagan
    @hananmagan Před 8 měsíci +1

    Excellent my brother! keep up the great reminders

  • @lula383
    @lula383 Před 8 měsíci +1

    We love your channel very educational, thank you very much xxx appreciate

  • @draliyarashid68
    @draliyarashid68 Před 8 měsíci +2

    Jazakallahukhairan for the information. Please keep up 5 good work

  • @ramtilaakchintu8863
    @ramtilaakchintu8863 Před 8 měsíci +8

    Love your content man! Keep it up, inshAllah you'll grow more and more and educate even more people

  • @MrZamiruddin
    @MrZamiruddin Před 8 měsíci +5

    Subhan Allah. Allah swt chooses whoever HE wants.

  • @imranb4985
    @imranb4985 Před 8 měsíci +10

    Interesting. What I would just say as it’s worth mentioning to those who aren’t currently Muslim, it is not mandatory that you change your name if you accept Islam and become a Muslim. You are only required to change the name if it’s offensive or just plain weird or devilish or has an evil meaning. These days, names are very generalistic and do not fall into this category.

  • @muslimresponse103
    @muslimresponse103 Před 8 měsíci +1

    I really like the ending of your videos! keep the videos coming insha’Allah

  • @sanjmalik6282
    @sanjmalik6282 Před 8 měsíci +2

    Thank you for this video, I want to know more about these heroes.

  • @saudaumar3354
    @saudaumar3354 Před 8 měsíci +1

    Thanks for your story

  • @QADerby
    @QADerby Před 8 měsíci

    Another fantastic story. Thanks

  • @bryanhernandez3439
    @bryanhernandez3439 Před 7 měsíci +1

    It’s so interesting to see so many Greeks converting to Muslim. From Byzantine times to The Ottomans. Shaping history forever.

    • @Unknown00432
      @Unknown00432 Před měsícem

      There are greek muslims in the black sea region of turkey that speak the pontic greek dialect even tho they identify as turks, there are many greek muslims in turkey because of the population exchange also

  • @masjidrats2012
    @masjidrats2012 Před 8 měsíci +9

    I love the Islamic versions of the flags in the thumbnails. Would love if you just made a post with all of them

    • @salman_alanas
      @salman_alanas Před 8 měsíci

      I have this original flag template without Allah word and the moon

  • @basilaj8243
    @basilaj8243 Před 8 měsíci +1

    beautiful story, i will subscribe.

  • @Friday0891
    @Friday0891 Před 8 měsíci

    Another grear history lesson upload.

  • @abdurrahmansiraj
    @abdurrahmansiraj Před 3 měsíci

    شيخ عمر. بالله وين تعلمت العربية مع عمقك في التاريخ الإسلامي والتاريخ العالم؟ ومخرج حروفك ممتاز جداً. بارك الله في جهودك وتعلمت منك كثيرا والله. ولله الحمد على ذلك

  • @fadial-mufti2338
    @fadial-mufti2338 Před 8 měsíci +11

    I'd advise myself first and everyone else to watch these valuable videos over and over again.
    As enjoyable as they are, these videos are intended to educate not just entertain.

  • @overmanonfire
    @overmanonfire Před 8 měsíci +2

    Now I know, we have Muslims Byzantine martyrs and Muslim heroes.
    May God mercy be upon and unit us on the final day with our prophet, peace and blessing be upon him.

  • @suleymanthemagnificent9117
    @suleymanthemagnificent9117 Před 8 měsíci +2

    Omar you are doing what I always wished to so
    You're educating the muslims on their history, which is very important
    The Muslims don't know anything about their ancestors and just how much land we lost the last 200 years
    Please for the sake of the ignorance of many muslims, make a video on how the state of Muscovy expanded and how it formed Russia
    What it did to all the muslims of the captured land we call Russia today
    Russia has been the biggest oppressor and enemy of islam for 500 years

  • @AdnaneAqartit
    @AdnaneAqartit Před 8 měsíci

    Jazakallahu khayran, we need to shed some light on all our Muslim historical heroes

  • @dabombgq
    @dabombgq Před 8 měsíci +3

    You videos are amazing! I love them so much. Thank you for educating us on the history of Muslims. Can you please make a video on the Mughal empire. BJP is getting rid of this history in text books and this can be potentially lost. Please please please make one. Thank you for your hard work

  • @bluesky11237
    @bluesky11237 Před 8 měsíci

    thanks for those history lesson.

  • @2009noor1
    @2009noor1 Před 8 měsíci +1

    Asc, Mashallah bro I love your content please do a video on the Mughal Empire.

  • @arena4656
    @arena4656 Před 8 měsíci +1

    Masha Allah good to know

  • @anubis1405
    @anubis1405 Před 8 měsíci

    What is the name of the lecture provided at the end of the video? Any book recommended?

  • @servant-of-the-federation
    @servant-of-the-federation Před 8 měsíci

    Thank u

  • @muddassirhaseeb
    @muddassirhaseeb Před 8 měsíci

    ماشاءاللہ، ممتاز

  • @RafaMiura1
    @RafaMiura1 Před 8 měsíci +2

    Yusuf Reiss aka Jack Sparrow. Yep he became Muslim and worked for the Ottoman empire. True story

  • @SaceedAbul
    @SaceedAbul Před 8 měsíci

    Can you send me a link to the lecture at the end of?

  • @mohammadarbani8368
    @mohammadarbani8368 Před 8 měsíci +1

    Masha Allah nice

  • @AllaahuAkbar60
    @AllaahuAkbar60 Před 8 měsíci +1

    Fajr Zuhr Asar Maghrib Isha and Witr Namaz
    Allahu Akbar Allah is the greatest

  • @zaanz-lp8lc
    @zaanz-lp8lc Před 8 měsíci

    Interesting. respect

  • @waqarsaleem1412ah
    @waqarsaleem1412ah Před 8 měsíci

    JazakAllahu Khayra, Amin
    Cool backgrounds and wall designs, Allahumma Barik 'Alayh, Amin
    Salam 'Alaykum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatuh, Amin
    Can you share the most authentic Muslim and non Muslim references you have with us and their names and pages numbers, preferably not pdf thesis which are lokced, which we have to pay for to unlock and download or borrow, please lol?

  • @zulkiflihjahmad5095
    @zulkiflihjahmad5095 Před 8 měsíci +2

    Takbeer! Allahu Akbar!

  • @user-tg9ri8lu4v
    @user-tg9ri8lu4v Před 8 měsíci

    nice

  • @icaicciai3171
    @icaicciai3171 Před 8 měsíci +1

    BTW We know about these men because they were ranked high, but there were thousands of towns and villages of Europeans who converted to Islam.

  • @arnembatubara7868
    @arnembatubara7868 Před 8 měsíci +1

    Masya Allah Tabarakallah
    Great muslim mariner
    I am from Indonesia

  • @adamesd3699
    @adamesd3699 Před 3 měsíci

    Interesting history and love the AI generated art. New subscriber.
    One suggestion: Check the AI-generated art to make sure it’s accurate for the period and place. For example, there are several ships shown with guns. But this period was several hundred years before ships had guns.

  • @muhammadtaufan5621
    @muhammadtaufan5621 Před 8 měsíci +4

    may allah grant all the mujaheed jannah

  • @wawaweewa9159
    @wawaweewa9159 Před 8 měsíci

    MashaAllah

  • @maddogbasil
    @maddogbasil Před 8 měsíci +3

    *"Salam brother Omar"* 👋👋
    *Can We Get A Video on Sayyid Abdullahi Hassan*
    *the man who led the dervish wars in Africa*

  • @so.marley
    @so.marley Před 8 měsíci

    Who's the guy at the end of the video?

  • @izaya6585
    @izaya6585 Před 8 měsíci

    Very good content

  • @hamza_hasnat_hbk
    @hamza_hasnat_hbk Před 8 měsíci +2

    Mashallah ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ 😘 💕 love you

  • @emirergun1474
    @emirergun1474 Před 8 měsíci

    Many Byzantine commanders, governors also joined early Ottomans in 14th century (1300s). Most converted to Islam. Like Mikahiloglu, Evrenosoglu…etc. They gathered around warlord Osman. They became Ottoman commanders.
    Some historians (like Gibbons) even claim early Ottomans were a Turkish- Greek-Serbian mix.

  • @md.arifurrahman8704
    @md.arifurrahman8704 Před 8 měsíci +1

    Salaam & Love & Alhamdolillah From Bangladesh ❤❤❤🇧🇩

  • @kadsc3049
    @kadsc3049 Před 6 měsíci

    Mashallah

  • @ahmedismail2501
    @ahmedismail2501 Před 8 měsíci +1

    Legends

  • @Patlichan
    @Patlichan Před 8 měsíci +1

    Make a video about the Circassian genocide please

  • @samiman5606
    @samiman5606 Před 8 měsíci +1

    The world at 1299 the German native by birth become the sultan of Egypt of the ayybid sultanate and his name is yugin

  • @zk321
    @zk321 Před 8 měsíci

    We need an hour long Ottoman Empire series and if they were upon bidah

  • @dradamkhan4707
    @dradamkhan4707 Před 8 měsíci

    👍👍👍

  • @mdshadkhan775
    @mdshadkhan775 Před 8 měsíci

    ❤❤❤😊😊

  • @YallaGoetheTV
    @YallaGoetheTV Před 8 měsíci

    It is time to make blockbuster movies about muslim heroes

  • @Nashwan07
    @Nashwan07 Před 8 měsíci +3

    Assalamu Alaikum, can you make a video upon muslim vikings?

    • @hamza_hasnat_hbk
      @hamza_hasnat_hbk Před 8 měsíci

      There is a video about it on CZcams

    • @Nashwan07
      @Nashwan07 Před 8 měsíci +1

      @@hamza_hasnat_hbk yeah he explains well and also he a muslim so it better to know from him :)

    • @hamza_hasnat_hbk
      @hamza_hasnat_hbk Před 8 měsíci

      @@Nashwan07 the video I saw was also from a Muslim preacher but I forgot what was the title 😞 now I can't find it

  • @ceziredernegi
    @ceziredernegi Před 8 měsíci +14

    Cyprus has a rich Islamic history 🕌

    • @Alrightmira
      @Alrightmira Před 8 měsíci +2

      Can you list some examples or link a Video about it? I’m intrigued in knowing more about this topic

    • @SignofJonahYunis.Jesus.Warrior
      @SignofJonahYunis.Jesus.Warrior Před 8 měsíci

      ​@@Alrightmiraczcams.com/video/e8CUezErX0s/video.htmlsi=uNkEPBbzNOruXq1E

    • @Ilk-adimmusluman-soy-adimTurk.
      @Ilk-adimmusluman-soy-adimTurk. Před 8 měsíci +2

      ​@@Alrightmirajust click on the account of the one you commented on. Lots of videos.

    • @Alrightmira
      @Alrightmira Před 8 měsíci +3

      @@Ilk-adimmusluman-soy-adimTurk. ohh alright thanks!

    • @ceziredernegi
      @ceziredernegi Před 8 měsíci +3

      @@Alrightmira thanks for taking an interest. Yes, if you visit us, we have 50+ videos about the long history of Muslims in Cyprus. Interviews, TV shows, seminar talks etc.

  • @NewPashtotv.com1234
    @NewPashtotv.com1234 Před 8 měsíci

    😍😍😍😍😍😍

  • @georgiossgk7384
    @georgiossgk7384 Před 6 měsíci

    For the local people those persons were nothing more than pirates and bandits.

  • @BizzBizz69
    @BizzBizz69 Před 8 měsíci +1

    These brothers were wreaking havoc on the shores of the Byzantines 😂😂😂😂

  • @AishaKhan-jg8xt
    @AishaKhan-jg8xt Před 8 měsíci +1

    No one teaches this history in schools

  • @ahmeda5110
    @ahmeda5110 Před 8 měsíci

    Mu'āwīyya! Mu'āwīyya! Mu'āwīyya!

  • @User-xh5zu
    @User-xh5zu Před 8 měsíci

    I am a bit late sadly

  • @aciuschristophores7789
    @aciuschristophores7789 Před 8 měsíci

    Omar are you Muslim by any chance?

  • @fidelcatsro6948
    @fidelcatsro6948 Před 8 měsíci

    😼👍

  • @naptimusnapolyus1227
    @naptimusnapolyus1227 Před 8 měsíci

    6:16: and taking as much plunder and booty 💀

  • @TuRK...
    @TuRK... Před 8 měsíci +1

    🇹🇷 💪

    • @None2o
      @None2o Před 8 měsíci

      Gaymelist 😂

  • @achmadyazir1039
    @achmadyazir1039 Před 8 měsíci

    That was hilarious...

  • @moosa9850
    @moosa9850 Před 8 měsíci

    But But Islam was spread for the Sword, not through guidance by ALLAAH

    • @samiman5606
      @samiman5606 Před 8 měsíci +2

      Like Christianity spread by sword and blood too by the Romans sloughterd germanic tribes and the slavik people of balkan the Romans forced them to convert to worship the man called jesus instead of worshipping the only one creator alone

    • @femmis-bm4ss
      @femmis-bm4ss Před 3 měsíci

      ​@@samiman5606The unholy catholic celtic brutish ✝️errorism.

    • @femmis-bm4ss
      @femmis-bm4ss Před 3 měsíci

      ​@@samiman5606🙏 for clarification. I am neopagan germanic, and I still hold the trauma of 🤞❌ terrorism.

  • @artair70
    @artair70 Před měsícem

    lol "coverted" that's a way to call it...

    • @MaaZy_
      @MaaZy_ Před 23 dny

      What do you call it?

  • @jayb871
    @jayb871 Před 8 měsíci

    "THE MUSLIMS RAIDED THE ISLAND"???? SOUND LIKE PEOPLE FROM GOD OR THE THE OTHER WAY ROUND? 1:00

  • @southface6684
    @southface6684 Před 8 měsíci

    We had many traitors in byzantine empire we call them prodotes προδότες

    • @samiman5606
      @samiman5606 Před 8 měsíci

      Good for them because the become the core of Islam now

    • @southface6684
      @southface6684 Před 8 měsíci

      @@samiman5606 what good look at the state of human rights in Muslim countries.Even the dogs in Europe have better life then them