Alexander the Great in Quran and Middle Eastern Myths
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The Kings and Generals animated historical documentary series continues with a video on Alexander the Great and how he was portrayed in Quran, Shahname, and other Middle Eastern traditions, including writings of Persian, Arab, and Jewish authors. This video will explore how the historical reality of Alexander's conquest of Asia, the collapse of the Achaemenid empire, and the formation of the Macedonian empire led to the creation of a number of legends that had him as the protagonist, often as Dhu al-Qarnayn.
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As much as I love your videos, I think it would be better if you guys could work on the correct pronunciation of the foreign names such as Dhul Qarnayn
it's just a speculation nothing is known for sure could be him or Cyrus or someone else entirely
you strangely do a Quran topic and you don't even know a word in arabic and still you made a 17 long video
Quran means another person
"Zulqurnain"
King of media and parsa ,alexander didnt ever build a wall nor he was kind hearted to correct yourself you idiot zulqurnain or dhulqurnain was cyrus of persia get some knowledge
Through an Action, a Man becomes a Hero.
Through Death, a Hero becomes Legend.
Through Time, a Legend becomes Myth.
Through hearing a Myth, a Man takes an Action.
Where did you get this from?
@@TheCharismaticNerd_ probably from a music vid, remember seeing that there.
@Mohammed Afraz that quote has been copy-pasted in A LOT of music videos, and that probably includes victory indeed.
Isn't this from danmachi?
Through a comment you become Socrates
Her: He must be thinking about other girls
Him: How was Alexander mentioned in the Quran?
Good one, but Alexander is not mentioned in the quran
quaran was written in 600 AD, after Alexander lived. Bible prophesied of Alexander in the book of Daniel
@@samhalemba verse in the bible please?
@@kafon6368 nope, but it’s a speculation if Alexander is tho alqranayn (the two horned man)
He’s the goat in the book of Daniel in the Bible.
The man was offered mounted axe-wielding female warriors by a satrap in present-day Azerbaijan and even though they were fierce and skilled he didn’t want to risk losing them or having them get captured so kept them as rear guard and married them off to elite Companion cavalry to create the next generation of elite horse-mounted warriors. Despite burning too bright and too briefly, his long term, multigenerational thinking and respect for his former enemies/cultural multiplicity is truly inspiring.
Damn right.
This time we're going to space!
There's only one Alexander. Lol
Thats bs , there were no female warriors especially in Alexander's time .
And female warriors will not be beautiful at all , males warriors are .
Alexander is not great. He is just a blood thirsty dictator that slaughtered thousands in his conquest. Same as Genghis Khan whom the West call a brutal dictator. If Alexander is great, then Genghis Khan is greater.
This is clearly white washing his massacres. A dictator in the West is called great but a dictator in non Western countries are called evil.
Just as they glorify Columbus.
lol nice lie karen, MOST HEALTHIEST of women have testosterones rate of a dying 80 yo man Tf would they do? make sandwich for horses?
Alexander was a pagan and Zul Qurnain was Monotheist ... they are not the same
Zul quranai is Cyrus the Great
Also Alexander didnt build the wall
@@funnyclips4550 not confirm yet. Maybe their have similar but many intellectual still believe dhul qarnayn was different person
Zul qarnain era is thousands years before Alexander
@@harithdanial141 Yes I believe so too
In Persian there is a proverb that states "Sekandar zamin-o zaman ra gereft be zur, ba yek moshte khali raft be gur", which roughly translates as Alexander conquered all the lands and the time forcefully but went to the grave empty handed. This proverb is usually used when one wants to state the importance of humility and the inevitability of death no matter how rich or great u become.
It is also said in Pakistan
@@wanderingRebel69 But who said he wasn't humble?
@@seedo201 he also burnt down persopolis for avenging something that happened 200 yrs before him
@@wanderingRebel69 Wtf you talking about lol, humble? LMAO
But he will be remembered for thousand of years, that is what all leaders and conquerors wants.
Imagine being so cool you’re talked about over 2000 years later.
@@ramez5881 yeah Alexander is talked 2,350 years and without as much advertising.
People like that truly are immortal
Makedonia was colder than Israel, therefore Alexander was more likely cooler than Jesus, but everyone has a different opinion on whom would live in a colder area in history... lol
@@ramez5881 dumb jokes are meant to be dumb
@@ramez5881 I prefer Mohammed
On the contrary, story of Dhul Qarnain is more closely related with campaigns of Achaemendic Cyrus the Great, not Alexander
Kuroosh e Azam
It was Darius not the boys lover alexander.
@wanka wanka Alexander took out Darius the 2nd or the 3rd not 1st because of family disputes and betrayal.
Yes thank you
@@anubhavswami5730 how?
Dhul-Qarnayn, translated as "the possessor of the two horns," whilst Alexander the Great has no symbolic possession of a two horns otherwise it will be written in histories or engraved in his statue, Furthermore Dhul-Qarnayn was very respected never feared nor disliked by his people including his army for he was righteous rewarding those who does good and just punishing those who does evil but Alexander was betrayed by some of his generals and his army mutinied once thus gave a great speech recorded in history although what he said was unknown it deeply affected his army leading to an emotional apology to alexander. Also the very important difference is that Dhul-Qarnayn was worshiping only one God while Alexander was worshiping Idols and this is very important for he is mentioned in the Quran as a Muslim a person who submitted his will to only one God. Thus, Dhul-Qarnayn Can not be Alexander the Great both are great conquerors but not the same people so this is a very weak theory. Although, some scientists believes that he might be King Cyrus who is also mentioned in the Jewish scripturas as he is the one conquered Babylon and freed the Israelites and they praised this man who his name is Cyrus He used to worship only one God; Believe in only one God and was a righteous man. King Cyrus was also a great conqueror rather he conquered it before Alexander the Great and the world was open to him. Finally, Dhul-Qarnayn might have been King Cyrus or someone else entirely.
Apologies for my bad English and this is only to correct the misconception that Alexander the Great is Dhul-Qarnayn for he isn't. both are great conquerors but not the same person.
I've heard some people think Alexander was Dhul-Quarnain. Because his enemies claimed he had two horns under his thick, curly hair? Your English is excellent by the way.🙂
Agree
In many coins and statues Alexander the Great is portraited with two horns indeed.
When Alexander entered Egypt and Alexandria, the tetradrachms was done with Alexander's face with the horns of the god Amun which, in fact, had 2 horns.
Cope
Mythic Alexander: I will travel to India to seek knowledge, show my piety, and engage wise men in philosophical debates.
Real Alexander: Bro what if we kept going east and never stopped
That's just another way to colonize America
If he lived long enough, he could've been in touch with Eastern Civilization before Spring and Autumn Period
@engosama design dude,this was in no way attacking Islam since early Muslim scholars also hypothesized that they're the same person,also you're the one spreading hate and misinformation about the channel,you also admitted that you judged the channel without watching the video,it just shows how much of an idiot you are,also why assumr he's Christian out of nowhere?you just seem like the type of person to blame everything bad in your country on people you don't like
"Your grace, we have conquered enough territory and captured enough treasure to rule over a stable and prosperous empire. There is no need to go further."
"Cool, but India has elephants and I want to ride one there."
@@Monke-fj2qz I mean,he got a point,there do be elephants
"Killed by its own explosive insides" will be my epitaph after eating Chipotle
based and redpilled
XD
A very scatological epitaph, hahahaha
Laughs in Indian
Too much red sauce and sour cream.
The figure in Qur'an (Dhu Al Qarnayn) literally translated as (The one with the 2 horns) weren't Alexander or Cyrus and most likely believed that he came along time before them.
Sure buddy.
Agree, it is more ancient...he was the king of the world right after nimrod
My hypothesis he was fereydoun, legend king in shanameh. His vazir is khidr - known as melchizedek in judaism tradition -
They both live in time of Abraham, and i think he is elamite
And I’m pretty sure Alexander the Great was a polytheist, while Dhul Qarnayn might have been a Prophet but we don’t know that for sure, but we do know he was a pious Muslim and helped build the walls against Yajuj And Majuj.
Yes it is right.
Do you know that the word "Qarn" also means state, territory, reign, or kingdom, or realm
This was such a good video. What an awesome channel.
Dhul qarnayn and alexander aren't the same person. Dhul qarnayn story is totally different from Alexander.
Yes there is some debate about dhul qarnyan. Some believe he is cyrus the great, founder of the achamaenid empire, but most scholars beleive he is alexander the great
@Truth Seeker they are totally different people as he was mentioned as a Muslim king i.e Dhul Qarnayn
@Truth Seeker that's the joke, some scholars want Alexander to be dhul qarnayn so badly they fail to reconcile the two, he simply isn't dhul qarnayn.
you're right
Well we don't know what really happened but there is a possibility that he had changed his religion given that he ruled over jews for quite a bit and jews had no complains regarding him
Alexander: in just nine years built an empire bigger than the Roman empire
Me: in nine years got into high-school.
Yeah and he lost it immediatly after his death, whereas the Romans lasted for roughly 2000 years.
@@justinianusiii289 2000 years, really ?
@@jpm8782 he refers to Byzantine empire
@@jpm8782 technically, the kingdom of castile, now spain, still holds the right for the byzantine throne.
Hence, Rome still lives.
@@orlandofurioso392 ok thks
Over 2000 years later and his military strategies are still being taught, battles still being studied and the legend is known throughout the world. Truly is The Great.
Historical facts = Strabo (63 BC) tells us that Illyrians, Thracians, Bottians and Thesprotes shared the Macedonian territory (Tribes of Pelasgian origin 🇦🇱 ).
Source: (Strabo, VII, Frg .n°.11)
The Macedonians have just propagated the Hellenic culture and have adopted it little by little ...
The ancient authors called the Macedonians Barbaros/non-Greeks...
For example the great Thucydides...
Example : Thucydides (II, 80- IV, 126) who qualified of Barbaros (not Greek) the MACEDONIANS, Thesprotes, Molosses, Châones Atintanes, Paravaiens, Orestiens etc!
Moreover it is not the only one, far from there ....
Historical facts =
Olympias, the mother of Alexander the Great.
But who was this woman who is said to have astonished the Macedonian king with her beauty ?
I will write based only on facts, that is, on the quotes of famous ancient authors, mainly Greek.
( For me there is one thing in history, which with the facts are not said ... )
According to Plutarch, Alexander was a descendant of Ajax through his father Neoptolemos and this is accepted without discussion.
According to Justin, Philip married Olympias, daughter of Neoptolemos, king of the Molosses.
All the authors thus agree on the fact that Alexander the Great was the grandson of a Molossian.
For those who do not know this tribe (the Molossians), who were they, what territory did they occupy and how were they considered by the ancient authors ?
Let us stop for a moment to know more about the tribe of the Molossians from which the mother of Alexander the Great came.
To make it simple, the tribe of Molossians is in Epirus somewhere in the region of Chamerie on the back of Thesprotians who dominated the coastal part.
In addition to this, the Kaons who were in the south of present-day Albania and who constituted three of the great tribes of Epirus.
Historically, tribes like the Molossians or others who composed Epirus like the Kaons, the Thesprotians, the Paraue, the Antintans and others, are historically linked to the Illyrian (🇦🇱) culture or to a part of it.
As Thucydides tells us about the events of the Peloponnesian War that involved both actually in reality Illyrians and Illyria itself, these tribes were commonly considered barbarian (non-Greek) tribes.
Thucydides: - "Among the barbarians there were about 1,000 Kaons who ruled without a king. Along with the Kaons, the Thesprotians also participated and were also ruled without a king. There were also the MOLOSSIANS, the Atintants and the Paraues.
( HISTORY OF THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR )
All these tribes, mentioned by the historian of Athenian origin Thucydides for their participation in the famous Peloponnesian war in the 5th century B.C., are considered as barbarians, therefore not Greek!
( Thucydides II, 80- IV, 126 )
The Kaons, the Thesprotians of Chamerie, the Arintans and the Parauets constitute the backbone of what one called Epirus.
Among them are of course the Molossians where are the roots of the family of the mother of Alexander the Great !
And Thucydides is not the only source which defines the Epirotes as non-Greeks.
There are many others!
According to the encyclopedia Basic Antiquity, composed of 86 volumes... Pauly Wissowa the Real "Encyclopedia Alterumswissenschaft" says that the Epirotes are of Illyrian origin 🇦🇱 and have strong links with the population of southern Italy!
More concise on the issue, the only Nobel Prize in history 🎓 is none other than Theodor Mommsen author of the cycle "Corpus of Antiquity inscriptions" which says that: - "the brave Epirotes, the Albanians 🇦🇱 of antiquity supported with traditional loyalty the young and brave Pyrrhus or "the Eagle" as they called him " .
Let us point out on this subject that the Albanians name themselves "Shqiptar", that is to say "sons or children of the eagle".
The soldiers of Pyrrhus (3rd century BC / Epirote King), called their King "the Eagle" and that the latter retroqued them one day that they were his "children", so the Albanians are the children of the Eagle ...
"Shqiptar = child of the Eagle .... " .
(Pyrrhus was the cousin of Alexander the Great, of the Molossian tribe and himself an ambitious conqueror, Pyrrhus is one of the most formidable adversaries of the early days of ancient Rome).
Lorenzo Braccesi (Professor of Greek History at the University of Venice, Italy, in 1986) tells us:
- "Olympias was originally from Epirus, on the part of the father who was king of Epirus, on the part of the mother also and that Illyrian blood 🇦🇱 circulated in the family, there is no doubt. "
( 9,01- 9,15 . The true story of Alexander the great ... - Gjurmë Shqiptare )
That the Epirotes are or are not Illyrians is a discussion that, from an archaeological point of view, is resolved.
The Epirotes and the Illyrians have the same culture, if we consider the Iron Age, the use of tombs, fortifications with several rows of walls, their material culture, the shape of the pots or the ornaments which are identical to those of Korça (current Albania) and religion.
Not only ancient authors like Thucydides, Strabo and others have called the Epirotic tribes barbarians (non-Greek) but also later serious publications based on documents and archaeological findings point out the same thing.
The Molosses, were one of the Illyrian tribes of Epirus from where came the mother of Alexander the Great Olympias daughter of the king and the sister .
The Molosses, were one of the Illyrian tribes of Epirus from where came the mother of Alexander the Great Olympias daughter of the king and sister of another well known Illyrian prince "Alexander the Molossus".
I believe that all or part of the strong character of Alexander comes exactly from his mother, from the house that also gave birth to Pyrrhus.
The powerful role of women in Illyrian society has been documented by many authors, including those who today identify themselves as Greeks, such as Athenaeus and Theompope.
Olympias' influence on her son Alexander was so great.
She believed that her son had divine blood and that he was born to rule the greatest kingdom of all time.
But the mother's family was not the only Illyrian family to which Alexander was affiliated, his link with the Illyrians was stronger than that!
Historical facts
=
The family of Philip II, father of Alexander the Great.
This last, according to the data, had a Macedonian father, but not his mother.
She was called Eurydice and came from the tribe of "Lyncestides".
Who was the grandmother on the side of the father of Alexander the Great?
The mother of Philip is the daughter of the daughter
Of Arrhabaeus, daughter of king Sirras, says Strabo.
Plutarch is very detailed on this subject.
He insists that although Eurydice is Illyrian (🇦🇱) and barbarian in every sense of the word, she was educated to help children.
He says very clearly that she is Illyrian, and barbaric in every way.
(Plutarch, De liberis educandis. p.69)
Lyncestides from where came the mother of Philip II, were a tribe which extended not far from the lake of Ohrid, somewhere in the area of Manastir where the ruins of one of their most important cities are today.
(Illyrian, no doubt. It is the last province that has a border with Macedonia)
As for whether it was an Illyrian tribe, this is clearly proven by ancient historians and geographers, including Titus Livy, Strabo, as well as Pliny who lists many in detail in the fourth book of the collection of 37 works entitled "Natural History", not to mention the great ancient geographer "Claudius Ptolemy" who also classifies the Lyncestrae among the Illyrian tribes .
And the later authors have the same attitude since on several occasions, they mention Eurydice, the mother of Philip II and the grandmother of Alexander, as being illyrian etc...
Here what Demosthenes says to us about Philip II of Macedonia (father of Alexander the Great):
- "And yet, with regard to Philip and his conduct, they
don't feel that way, although he's not Greek and he's not related to the Greeks at all..."
(The third Filipino)
By Demosthenes (384-322 BC)
@@Universal.. you're on a mission to steal everything Greek arent you my little jealous Albanian
@@Universal.. the Albanian flag is it from the byzantine empire?
Alexander was truly great, how can a man be this great that his name and character is also recognized and respected after thousands of years.
drinking that european kool-aid, stop it!
@@Aminkhan786 so u saying he wasnt great..? lol cope harder, he is right
If his father had not gotten drunk and raped a boy, and therefore not been assassinated, then we would be hailing Philip the Great. Alexander got lucky. He was not the one who developed the army, the strategy nor the tax base.
@@Aminkhan786 cope, he was great
@@Jondoe297.. i cant cope with something that isnt true
tfw Alexander spent his life conquering the world at the age of 20 and I've spent my life watching history videos and hentai
rip your ass
Blame your father for not being the King of Macedon
dude we are just a common people some are born with greatness already but still luckily we live in a modern age
Don't be too depressed, Alexander carried his thousands of bara troupe with him for a live OnlyFans. And he can only do what he did because he continues what his father was already planning to do.
I see no issue with this.
There is a old proverb in India - " Jo jeeta wo Sikandar" Means "the one who won is Alexander" 😄😄
We can see where that got him...
@@ricky-sanchez ye, influencing million people, spreading theaters, libraries, roads and bridges around the world, be one of the best general of the History
yup
@@psypsynos That kid Ricky is all over the comment section trying to spread hate over Alexander. Seems he gets butthurt whenever he hears about anything related to Europe, lol.
What does it means?
What a great video ! Thank you
He was very rare and unique, and transform our present time over 2000 years ago. He might have been a good or a bad person but there is no doubt that he solely did the ground base work for the world that we live in today. Alexander you are more than great, u were divine.
ALL THESE CONQUERORS HAVE BEEN CREATED TO SPREAD OUT TO THE WORLD AND EXPAND THE DIVINE PURPOSE OF CONNECTING HUMANS IN ALL THE DIVERSE REGIONS SO THAT THEY ALL ACHIEVE A CERTAIN LEVEL OF CIVILIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND PROGRESS...
Whether he be ZULKARNAIN OR ALEXANDER their role in mankinds progress is to ensure all humans know what is going on in the other diverse parts of earth.
Without such characters we all remain aborigines locked in the cave age livelihoods.
GOD CREATED THOSE CHARACTERS TO ENSURE COMMUNICATION AND SPREAD OF KNOWLEDGE EVENLY THROUGHOUT THE LANDS OF EARTH WHERE HUMANS LIVE AND BREED..
SO THAT BY TODAY WE HAVE MORE OR LESS UNIFORMITY IN THE WAYS OF OUR RESPECTIVE CIVILIZATIONS.
SO whoever Alexander or Zulkarnain was...both have same role to play ie let human learn and be civilized at uniform standards OR THERE WILL BE PEOPLE STILL IN STONE AGE WHEN CERTAIN OTHERS HAVE REACHED THE NUCLEAR AND INTERNET AGE...
100% bro
Most of if not all the credit goes to Alexander's father, Philip II who built a great well organized powerful army and his son inherited it. He is certainly great, but there are many greater figures throughout history that him.
@@moonvenerable7897 I agree, my father in Macedonia, Greece, named Alexander, named me after him.
Alexander at the age of 22 was conquering Continents. While in the year 2020 we've got 30-year-olds doing Tik Tok Challenges.
He conquered the world at the age of 21.
He didn't have tiktok
@@lazarturanjanin8110 Imagine if Alexander takes a selfie and posted on his instagram of every place he has conquered.
Anything above the age of 13 using TikTok shouldn’t be allowed to live.
Pacifism. Fuck war.
As a historian in love with Alexander, this videos was more than marvelous. Excellent job guys!
thats kinda gay bro....
I am a student of Islamic studies. Dhul Qarnayn is not Alexander. Early muslim scholars rejected this. That's a huge misinformation
@UCihLgNfBg5hQxud30rxhl4g the whole human history is full of occupation and oppression we cant just go on one guy alexander even used to help poor lost land tribes in his asian campaigns
@@dcanedemboyz7431 Members get access to the videos early.
@@southwestsaxon what a sad comment, what you said can be applied to pretty much every country and religion out there
Fascinating stuff, as always! ⚔💪🙏
GREAT VIDEO!!!!!!!!!!!...As usual!
Are we finally heading for a series about Alexander’s battles? Can’t waitttt
Didn`t they make a series on it already?
Or maybe that was BazBattles.
@@newname4941 that was baz battles alright.
epic history tv already made a full series about him. check it out
There already are a few really good series on them (bazbattles, epic history tv, etc), but I’d definitely understand if you’d want one in their (amazing) style
I wouldn't mind another great series
he actually managed to gain the secret of inmortality, how people remember you after you re not here anymore.
Maybe hes still here maybe he found the fountain and was told to never tell anyone about it and he could never remain a king after that. Main reason why no one to this day knows where hes buried.
Secret to immortality?
Well his remains lies beneath the ground as I type. So how can you say that. Without a thought.
@@saajidrasheed8707 who is your great-grandfather? No one remembers him and no one will remember you 100 years after you die.
Alexander the Great is still remembered after thousands of years.
@@petert802 he never mentioned about me though. Why you adding own spices to the conversation. Truth cannot be changed. Yes Alexander has a name but what has he really achieved? He has no legacy. Only two small states of Greek and Mecodonia remains.
@@jamescawl6904 I don't even know my great - grandfather. Unlike yours we ain't had any education in those times in Maldives 🇲🇻.
Just people were religiously educated. They don't had nothing, but they knew how to survive in the most unsuitable and harsh environments.
They were great sea men's. They build boats ( search Maldivian Dhoni ). They made sails out of palm leaves. They build a civilization out of nothing in small islands.
So yea they might not be great as Alexander. They are still something.
Also I don't have any hate for Alexander. It's just that the way he said it. The fact is we all will perish in this world and one day world will end.
I've always viewed Alexander as the living embodiment of the Achilles legend. To Mega Alexandros! 👍👍👍
According to Plutarch Alexander always carried a copy of the iliad.
It uh was more tied than even he knew...Reincarnation is a hell of a drug.
True he really was!
His mother was telling him that his ancestor was Achilles actually :O
Very nice series/producer. The new breath to the military History!
Guys harping about "it's not Alexander"... the video literally addresses this 4 minutes in. It's one of many possibilities.
That's the truth & everything they quoted in the video is in some Islamic books. Perhaps some are afraid that these types of legends found ways into scripture
That right Alexander havet much time for building that wall that wall buil by akemenid empier
it is alexander he converted to Islam and never went back to Macedonia basically said fuck Greece
He was named a god by greeks and Egyptian and acted like it . I don't think there's something further from monotheism than that.
this shows that many of their viewers are quite retarded
The animation is so good, sometimes I forget to listen.
*It's a big misconception that Alexander is mentioned in Quran, he is not*
Again great work with the documentary. Though, I'd like to feature that in the Avesta prayer book that I have is about a mastery of seasons, farming calendars, health and hygiene whilst also following vedic sciences of Shri Krishna. The fact about Alexander the Great being portrayed as learning vedic sciences is a good take for me.
It was definitely why he didn't invade India more so that and people were just tired the Persians were mitigated as the order so to speak of Melchizedek would require of Alexander at the time.
Now I've reincarnated and can teach again through Yahweh's & Ishtar's cosmic portal of life because souls recycle.
As a Muslim I respectfully disagree. Dhul Qarnayn literally means "two horns", Islamic Scholars think him of Cyrus the Great as he indeed did possess the two-horned ram, gave favorable laws to the Jews at the time and was a follower of Zarathushtra's teaching; a monotheistic religion at the time.
Historicity gives much more support to Cyrus the Great in these regards.
As a Christian I have to agree with you. Persia is symbolized as a two horned ram in the book of Daniel. Cyrus the great having been it's greatest ruler.
Yeah, I found it weird that they would consider Alexander a follower of God considering he was widely regarded to be pagan. Cyrus makes more sense since Zoroastrianism is a dualistic religion and the Jews are already known to hold the Persians in high regard.
@@thomaswilson3827 Exactly, it wouldn't make sense for Monotheistic religions (Islam, Christianity,Judaism) to give religious support to a pagan over a monotheist.
Also the Jews gave their support to Cyrus the Great historically speaking and spoke very favorably of him in their scripture.
@@jeffreycarroll1632 Also, Cyrus the Great liberated the Jews from Babylonion captivity, resettling them and allowing them to rebuild Jerusalem.
Would this not prove Cyrus the Great's support for Monotheism and give him the honors of favorable mention in the scriptures?
@Yolo Swaggins
That could also be the case. Main point is that Cyrus the Great actually liberated the Jews from Babylon and allowed them to settle in Jerusalem again after such a long time. He did a lot for the monotheistic religions at the time and was directly mentioned in the Torah favorably.
I do agree Alexander the Great has been romanticised extensively in most cultures, though the title of "Two Horns" ( Dhul Qarnayn) would probably be a weak argument from a historicitical point of view as compared to Cyrus the Great.
Doesn’t matter who you are, or what you did, greatness is admired by everyone.
And then there is Hitler.
@@godtiermindfricker8376 entry-nick
Well, except by those who always focus on the fact that to be called great, you need to break an apportionate number of proverbial eggs. Or, like me, who point out that Alexander takes a lot of credit for his father's achievements.
@@godtiermindfricker8376 give it 200 years then he will be lauded
@@godtiermindfricker8376 hitler has movies, books, etc made about hit yearly. He is already widely revered
When I started watching this history channel . I become addicted to his great and unbiased explanation.
Man you have been fooled!! Ask any muslim, there is no such thing as Alexander in the Quran. This guy is telling you fake stories and you all falll for it!
@@abayomrunkojemusa9086 it's a thumbnail serve as clickbait, he technically say the truth if he put word "speculation" In it.
This was a great video. Thank you. Alexander truly deserves the title "Great".
Just last year I read an Islamic book on the Stories of the Prophets (compiled by Hajjah Amina Adil) which had an entire chapter on Alexander the Great. It's content was quite similar to the video including the story of the dragon, and all sorts of strange encounters like the Amazonian women ruled by their queen. Alexander missed the fountain of youth but Khidr and the Prophet Elias found it and they drank of it. As for his religion it was said that he followed the religion of Abraham and was advised throughout his life by his master Aristotle. The book also mentioned that Oğuz Han is Alexander(or Dhul Qarnayn of the Quran). And Gog and Magog according to the book are a tribe descendants of the son of Noah - Japeth.
When Caesar was in Egypt he visited Alexander's grave, and wept. Caesar said "Alexander conquered so much and died at 32,and I have done so little!"
@Eric Kim 😅🤣😆 CZcams, the new home of alternative facts..lol
It probably also makes sense to mention that at this point it was sort of a tradition to compare yourself to Alexander to humble yourself. He had become accepted as the benchmark for greatness and the point was that you were always supposed to see yourself as being humble compared to him. Even if this did happen Caesar was probably also putting on a bit of a performance and wasn't just awestruck by Alexander's greatness.
33 Alexander died when he was 33
Crassus felt the same way, but he got his ass whooped by Parthians!
Eric Kim It is not a myth all tho he didn't visit his grave he came across a statue of him.
The fly in 5:33 was indeed annoying........ soooo glad the lizard took care of it .....😂😂😂😂😂
Mannnn i love this channel !!!!
@engosama design Noone will unsubscribe from this channel just because you called them "hatred ignorant extremist christian". You must be delusional. lol
@engosama design it was either Darius or Cyrus but allah knows best
@engosama design
I never liked this channel it is the definition of a shit hole there is a channel much better than it called History Marche but i don’t know why I dislike it is it because it’s content which suits people who live in a fantasy world far away from historical accuracy or the painfully annoying voice of the narrator that is supposed to be for anime episodes not historical videos
@@alimoradi8454 I like History Marche but the narrator often feels like he is pushing himself to sound overly dramatic.
@engosama design WELL SAID . HE EVEN SAID THAT ALEXANDER FAME SPREAD AFTER THE MUSLIM CONQUEST AND MADE IT INTO QURAN WHEREAS THE HOLY QURAN WAS COMPLETED LONG BEFORE THE MUSLIM CONQUEST
I always hear my dad play your videos and whenever I’m walking around the house he’d shush me
One of the coolest vids on Alexander !
It's crazy to think that some people have had such an impact when they lived that we are here years and years later still talking about them.
And People like him will likely NEVER be forgotten because no one can repeat what he did anymore.
@@Janibek35 that's the reason we preserve history, brother. So that none of it may be forgotten. For even the worst part of history always contain one grain of lesson in it.
One day Alexander went in person to Diogenes; and he found him lying in the sun. Diogenes raised himself up a little when he saw so many people coming towards him, and fixed his eyes upon Alexander. And when that monarch addressed him with greetings, and asked if he wanted anything, "Yes," said Diogenes, "stand a little out of my sun."
Then alexander said "if I wasn't alexander the great then I would want to be diogenes"
Alamana Iqbal
Thanks man. This is an amazing story. Makes your mind think so much with so few words. Thank you that you studied my people's history.
@@mohamedelhediissa289 He wasn't known as great back then
It was before his Asian campaign
@@pranabmallick01 you do realize this story is over 2300 years old and may have changed with time; although, you are correct
That legend of the dragon in Abyssinia could have been inspired by the Greek myth of Perseus and Andromeda(the lady he rescued from a dragon) -this story was also located in Abyssinia also known as Ethiopia.
great vid
"An army of sheep led by a lion is better than an army of lions led by a sheep"
-Alexander the Great, probably
AN ARMY OF DEER LED BY A LION IS MORE TO BE FEARED THAN AN ARMY OF LIONS LED BY A DEER.
Philip II
Sounds about right I guess.
@engosama design yours is the type of ignorance that causes wars
@@236jad As a Muslim representative we don't claim him 😂
@@236jad it’s copypasta. I’ve seen it in many places. He needs to understand mistakes can be made and secular authors often have different interpretations as Islamic sources are very challenging
I like the way of his logical explanation. This channel don’t know that it helps many students in history subject in schools and colleges
Thank you!
Welcome sir.
May Allah bless you
@@KingsandGenerals Why don't you make any more videos about Cyrus the Great in different inscriptions? So far, you have made more than 12 videos of Alexander and only 1 video of Cyrus, while videos about the character of Cyrus can be much more than just one! Example:
- Cyrus in the Bible
- Cyrus in Cyropedia
- Cyrus in the Shahnameh under the name of Kay Khosrow
- Cyrus cylinder
- Dr.Llloyd llewellyn Jones's interesting theory of the similarity between the story of Zal and Cyrus in myth
- Cyrus' interest in gardening and Paradise of Pasargad
-The battle of Pasargad and the important role of Persian women in this battle on side of Cyrus the great
-General Pantea Arteshbod, the female general of Cyrus and the organizer of the Immortals for the first time -interesting information about his nomadic lifestyle (of Cyrus the great) and the uniqueness of his appearance in ancient times
- his cultural impact in modern society and human rights, and more.....
Great documentaries
The dislikes are from Darius the third and his persian homeboys.
Edit: this video fails to mention the fact that Alexander was not a good figure in persia. Both in shahname of ferdowsi and in zoroastrianism. It's been said he burnt the old avesta containing 815 seasons. What was left of avesta was actually copies in other cities that was ordered by vologases of parthia to be collected and the resulting version ended up being 348 seasons.
And clearly by reading poems of shahnameh one can understand that ferdowsi wasn't happy about Alexander having three Persian wives.
"ببستند آذین به شهر اندرون
لبان پر ز خنده دلان پر ز خون"
This is a couplet referring to the marriage of Alexander and roxana which I made a cheap translation of it:
They ornamented the city as celebration
While lips smiling, hearts full of blood.
@Ariyan Eighty Thu Alqarnain is in the Quran referring to Alexander the Great which means “ the man of Two horns “
But in Arabic Thu also means person from The place which could be Two horns also he owns a tool consists of two horns.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@ktheterkuceder6825 Alexander the great is NOT Dhul Qarnain.
@@theemirofjaffa2266 ALEXANDER NEVER LOST THE BATTLE. ANYONE LOVE HIM AND YOU HAVE MANY CITIES BY HIS NAME ALEXANDRIA IN EGYPT KANDAHAR - IS KANDAHAR IN AFGHANISTAN AND MORE.
@@vildanetemi6186 there are scores of generals who've never lost a battle. I guess they're all Alexander now.
Besides, I dont hate him.
Alexander... So great that I didn't even know there were 2 other Alexanders before him.
Eyy indo
@Ephraim Matthew Sebastian Situmorang .. are your parents drunk when they give you this name?
@@xananymous431 umm it's actually family name judging by "situmorang" word
i love your vidéos
“Alexander's association with two horns and with the building of the gate against Gog and Magog occurs much earlier than the Qur’an, and persists in the beliefs of all three of these religions: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.”
[Rebecca Edwards in an address to the American Philological Association, 133rd Annual Meeting Program (Philadelphia, January 5, 2002)].
Last time I was this early, Hadrian hadn't yet expelled all Jews from Palestine/Judea
you mean Syria Palestina?
He didn’t expelled all of them
Judea*
Palestine will be free
@DuyDD Pham Based.
Honestly love this channel so much. As a Muslim, I'm impressed by the research done for this video. The channel never lets me down.
I see you are a man of culture as well 😌
But dou alqarnayn was not Alexander
@@yacinemaamardine364
Most Muslim scholars said that Alexander or a king from yemen(Like Biruni) is dhul qarnayn. It can be him.
@@shapurthegreat8314 It is not you fool, this alexander was a non Muslim.
There is no mention of Alexander in Quran because he is only of significant to the western culture it is Cyrus The Great in Quran and it is Cyrus The Great who is of significance to all cultures all civilizations all religions in Quran Cyrus The Great is mentioned as zul qarnain meaning ( The one with two horns) so if you see Cyrus the great's depiction on the stones he has two horns on his head and he is in Hebrew bible depicted as God chosen king of the world and he freed Jews and created the first human rights and the title ''' The Great ''''' was originally given to Cyrus and he is the first to be called ''The Great '' in Human history and then Alexander took the title just because to fill the mighty shoes of Cyrus The Great . and alexander was a big fan of Cyrus The Great that's why he took Cyrus's title The Great and so Alexander is not in quran it is Cyrus The Great and he is in bible he is the God chosen king in All three major religions
Awesome!
Wow i didnt know we had 2 alexander
This one is verry difrrent from last one
You deserve recognition and gratitude for the time and the quality of all your content.
From all my heart , thank you for the knowledge.
IF.
We have no clear knowledge of who Dhul Qarnayn was. Most of Muslim scholars disagree on Dhul Qarnayn being Alexander, since he was a Polytheist and claimed himself to be a God, whilst in the Quran Dhul Qarnayn worships only one god. So the scholars agree that the best claim to Dhul Qarnayn is Cyrus the Great
No, he was a pagan too
@@saifaladwan9321 Cyrus was far more Monotheistic tho
@@saifaladwan9321 not pegan. he believe in one god.
@@monarchblue4280 prophet in Old Testament
@Kdrgrpkdrgrp The time is too far and sparse to be sargon. Nebuchadnezzar is an option but its unlikely since their empire got conquered as well.
Excellent host.
The believe of Dhul Qurnayn is said to be prehistoric. Dhul Quarnayn was said to a strict monotheist. Alexander was a Polytheist which would contradict many Muslim ideology and beliefs. Some Muslim believe that he is Darius the Great or Cyrus. Most Muslim choose not to know who he is.
On a side note the person that mentioned Alexander the Great was Abdul Yusuf Ali who wasn’t really good at Arabic and some scholars mention that he took credit from others.
Alexander: Ima name all new cities after myself. I'm gonna be the greatest influencer there ever was!
The greatest influencer tho is Mohammed peace be upon him
@@moetasembellakhalifa3452 maybe Jesus then? Since there are more Christians?
@@surendravelamuri7162 wait guys don't fight
*grabs a popcorn
ok let's start
@@moetasembellakhalifa3452 no, the greatest influencer is man itself. If nobody followed muhammad or jesus, there will be no islam or christians. It all comes down the the individuals of humanity
@VAIBHAV LOHITASHV yep, the power comes from individuals that choose to follow an individual. One man alone cant do much without followers, and followers who cant find someone to follow/lead them wont progress.
This was such an interesting topic I didn't know I needed. Thank you so much for it!
13:46 You're forgetting the Maccabean writers, who lived prior to the account of Josephus. Considering how the Book of Maccabees describes Alexander as "proud and arrogant," I think the Arabs - aware of this scripture - probably would have viewed him in the same light. Conversely, in the book of Ezra, Cyrus the Great is described as a benevolent liberator of the Jews. My guess is he's a more likely candidate. Obviously, I could be wrong.
@Kuffar punisher 🤣🤣
Interesting indeed👍
Me: About to do schoolwork
Kings and Generals: New video just uploaded
Me: Schoolwork can wait
'schoolwork' can always wait :)
this guy is soo confused; It's just pure suppositions from a story teller, dragons?! loool he mixed it so bad trying to discredit the Qur'an..God said "And when Our verses are recited to them, they say, "We have heard. If we willed, we could say [something] like this. This is not but legends of the former peoples." No one really know the real story of Alexander & no one have a single solid evidence that Alexander is Dhul Quarnayn.
Actually, some people believe that Dhul Qarnayn was Cyrus the Great, or Darius. It would make more sense to include them since, unlike Alexander, they were Monotheistic.
They werent monotheistic , Zoroastrianism is a dualistic religion
@@mihailupu5107 Muslim sources considered them as such, so in this case, it counts
@@kuroazrem5376 Well, you choose to believe whatever you want.
@@kuroazrem5376 Muslims don't consider Zoroastrianism as monotheistic your Quran and swahabah call them Fire Worshippers it doesn't mention their God I'll like to see how you're going to go against your Quran
@@eons8941 first of all, I'm not Muslim. Second of all, Zoroastrians were considered dhimmi, or protected people, which was a title only people Muslims considered followers of revealed religions had
Alexander the great isn't dhul qarnayn
cause dhul qarnayn was a good hearted monotheist king
Alexander was a pagan
And Cleopatra was Geek yet most people today think she was actually Egyptian... There's a difference between story and reality.
Mate, the Quoran was written hundreds of years after Alexander died and multiple empires took over and changed the story,, and this story is basically taken from Iranian or Jewish writings and their view based on Alexanders propaganda, so don't expect actual truth...
Just cos the real Alexander was a pagan doesn't mean he's not the person who inspired the Shul story... It hundreds of years of the story passed down up until the point you only have fables.
@@lovinmclovin5290 listen their is no scholar of islam that ever said it was alexander the quran only recognizes monotheistic individuals and the Quran denounces pagans past and present and it outright calls them nonbelievers and enemies of Allah and alexander was exactly that and if you want to disagree then provide your evidence from our books
@@lovinmclovin5290 who told you the Quran is based on jewish or iranian writings? It simply is not and remains unchanged to this day. Looks like you're the one who needs to get his facts checked. The Quran was not written by a man or inspired by any dumb book! But Rather it is a revelation from God (Allah). You can keep throwing non sense and spewing wrong facts as much as you want, but that will not change historical facts and reality. You're just another ignorant fella in a sea of ignorant people spreading ideas and opinions they think are correct or must be correct. Please next time keep things you based on formed opinions to yourself and don't use them as facts.
@@moeb9561 He can't provide anything from our books!! because he simply didn't read them! He is just another dude who reads what enemies of islam say about it and then regards their sayings as facts, instead of reading about islam itself rather then about what its enemies think of it.
@Rational Islam no he wasn't, give clues from the Sunna of the Prophet pbuh and the Sunna of his Sahaba and Tabi'on to back up your claim. And the Mutazila aren't the early muslims, and don't even follow the ways of the early muslims nor even the ways of the prophet pbuh! They're just a sect that sprouted out of the followers of Jahm bin Safwan, and adopted later on some notions of greek philosophy, now is that what the early muslims such the Sahaba followed?
I hope you make Alexander the great life and death content or about the rise and fall of Macedonian Empire
It Takes courage to make a Video like this, a video about history and RELIGION... especially during this period... so thank you my dears... Such a Great WORK.
Really good one. Want more like these combining myth and history.
Bro are you muslim?
It's a big misconception that Alexander is Zulqarnayn, Zulqarnayn was a believer and a servant of God, Alexander wasn't.
Good
@@adler9213 I'm speaking from the Islamic perspective which believes that ever since Adam came to this earth religion was established, and Zulqarnayn was a prophet and he spread the word of God all over the world
@@shawdexter1586 _Zulqarnayn was a prophet and he spread the word of God all over the world_
while also leaving zero evidence of him spreading the "Word of God" anywhere in the world. He must have been remarkably unsuccesful, given his power.
@@bezahltersystemtroll5055 don't make a fool out of yourself entering a matter concerning muslims only and discussing islam that you know nothing about, we have nothing to prove, except destroying the lie that alexander was zulqarnain
@@shawdexter1586 If you make claims about human history, be prepared to have your claims judged on a scientific basis by historians, sporto 😛
If you claim, following Mohammed, that a king ruled over vast areas of the world - or even *all* the world (!) and lived according to Mohammeds ideas while "spreading" (i.e. proselytizing) them, then you should have evidence for that claim.
The majority of Islamic scholars said that Dhu Elqarnin in the our holly book (Quran) can by no means be compared to Alexander cuz Alexander was a pegan who worshiped multiple gods while Dhu El-qarnein was a monotheistic king who worshiped Allah the one true God
that was a good way to attract us to this video, Thank you man it was great.
All I'm saying is that when Alexander's Wall is finally destroyed signaling the beginning of the Apocalypse, the 'Attack on Titan' theme song had better start playing.
A man of culture I see
Gog and Magog are the half of our size and titans are like really huge
@@Leilapeach so we're literally going to fight midgets/dwarves.
nice
Hi im an arab from city of alexandratte, the city which Alexander found, we have our own religious sect here, still islam but different in many aspects, we see Alexander as a prophet.
Proud ☺🇬🇷🇬🇷
He was Macedonian ; )
@@Jose-xh5qb and the sun rises from the east what's your point?
@@KosovanWarrior1 said the guy that thinks he's descendant from Illyria with no evidence whatsoever for what language they spoke their traditions and culture but when you have evidence that Makedonia spoke greek had the same traditions and culture's with the rest city states and kingdoms spread Hellenism as far as Afghanistan and India then it's just silly to say that they are slavs
@@Dourios_96 I was expecting to trigger a firestorm between the Greeks and Macedonians in the comment sections.
@@Jose-xh5qb well seems like it worked more or less. Still thought, you shouldn't say inaccurate things even if it is just for fun
I adore this channel. You guys feed my insatiable appetite for historical knowledge.
Do you know any other channels like this one ? Thanks in advance ☺
Zulqaernain is not Alexander in Quran . it is about "Cyrus the great".
Not Cyrus too !!
Cuz in the Quran it was written he is a believer!!
Both Cyrus and Alexander were pagan !!
So not them at all 100%
@@memomashash1287 true
Zulqarernain he was praying to God ,
Alexander the Macedonian he was paganism , he was praying to zeus and .... ( Bu.. shit) hahaha 😂😂
@@memomashash1287 Cyrus was not a pagan, man do your research!
@@leeseman Dhulqarnayn was just a title, Cyrus may have not been mentioned by name in the Quran, but if you do your research you will find Cyrus to be dhulqarnayn. The rabbis of Medina wanted to question Muhammad (pbuh) to see if he really was a prophet. One of the questions they asked was about the 2 horned great traveller which according to their scriptures was Cyrus the great. This is when Allah revealed the last part of surah kahf and Muhammad (pbuh) told the story of dhulqarnayn.
this is a pleasant surprise
This channel is so great that I can't find words describing it. It is like history becomes alive. History enters the 21 century.
This was one on the most {} episode :]
Yani Zülkarneyn=Büyük İskender mi
Maybe the reason why all the names of the cities he founded are called Alexandria, could be in order for all regions of his empire to have a regional capital named Alexandria. So that everyone who traveled would know that when entering a new region of the empire, that Alexandria would be the main city to visit.
Could anyone name me the background music used in 11:00?
Love these history videos that are short & to the point! That’s how we make our history videos too!
Really inspired by the editing and narrative of this one!
Ayyy History Dose, I loved your video on Stilicho
Greatest crossover!
In recent time muslim researchers have found Cyrus the Great as a Dhulqur nain..his crown was said to be one evidence as having 2 feathers like thing in it..this gives meaning to Dhulqurnain name in Arabic
Teenage girls on Instagram wish they could influence half as many people as this mad lad
😑🔪💉 for comparing thots to a LEGEND...........kidding but really don't make that comparison
Historical facts = Strabo (63 BC) tells us that Illyrians, Thracians, Bottians and Thesprotes shared the Macedonian territory (Tribes of Pelasgian origin 🇦🇱 ).
Source: (Strabo, VII, Frg .n°.11)
The Macedonians have just propagated the Hellenic culture and have adopted it little by little ...
The ancient authors called the Macedonians Barbaros/non-Greeks...
For example the great Thucydides...
Example : Thucydides (II, 80- IV, 126) who qualified of Barbaros (not Greek) the MACEDONIANS, Thesprotes, Molosses, Châones Atintanes, Paravaiens, Orestiens etc!
Moreover it is not the only one, far from there ....
Historical facts =
Olympias, the mother of Alexander the Great.
But who was this woman who is said to have astonished the Macedonian king with her beauty ?
I will write based only on facts, that is, on the quotes of famous ancient authors, mainly Greek.
( For me there is one thing in history, which with the facts are not said ... )
According to Plutarch, Alexander was a descendant of Ajax through his father Neoptolemos and this is accepted without discussion.
According to Justin, Philip married Olympias, daughter of Neoptolemos, king of the Molosses.
All the authors thus agree on the fact that Alexander the Great was the grandson of a Molossian.
For those who do not know this tribe (the Molossians), who were they, what territory did they occupy and how were they considered by the ancient authors ?
Let us stop for a moment to know more about the tribe of the Molossians from which the mother of Alexander the Great came.
To make it simple, the tribe of Molossians is in Epirus somewhere in the region of Chamerie on the back of Thesprotians who dominated the coastal part.
In addition to this, the Kaons who were in the south of present-day Albania and who constituted three of the great tribes of Epirus.
Historically, tribes like the Molossians or others who composed Epirus like the Kaons, the Thesprotians, the Paraue, the Antintans and others, are historically linked to the Illyrian (🇦🇱) culture or to a part of it.
As Thucydides tells us about the events of the Peloponnesian War that involved both actually in reality Illyrians and Illyria itself, these tribes were commonly considered barbarian (non-Greek) tribes.
Thucydides: - "Among the barbarians there were about 1,000 Kaons who ruled without a king. Along with the Kaons, the Thesprotians also participated and were also ruled without a king. There were also the MOLOSSIANS, the Atintants and the Paraues.
( HISTORY OF THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR )
All these tribes, mentioned by the historian of Athenian origin Thucydides for their participation in the famous Peloponnesian war in the 5th century B.C., are considered as barbarians, therefore not Greek!
( Thucydides II, 80- IV, 126 )
The Kaons, the Thesprotians of Chamerie, the Arintans and the Parauets constitute the backbone of what one called Epirus.
Among them are of course the Molossians where are the roots of the family of the mother of Alexander the Great !
And Thucydides is not the only source which defines the Epirotes as non-Greeks.
There are many others!
According to the encyclopedia Basic Antiquity, composed of 86 volumes... Pauly Wissowa the Real "Encyclopedia Alterumswissenschaft" says that the Epirotes are of Illyrian origin 🇦🇱 and have strong links with the population of southern Italy!
More concise on the issue, the only Nobel Prize in history 🎓 is none other than Theodor Mommsen author of the cycle "Corpus of Antiquity inscriptions" which says that: - "the brave Epirotes, the Albanians 🇦🇱 of antiquity supported with traditional loyalty the young and brave Pyrrhus or "the Eagle" as they called him " .
Let us point out on this subject that the Albanians name themselves "Shqiptar", that is to say "sons or children of the eagle".
The soldiers of Pyrrhus (3rd century BC / Epirote King), called their King "the Eagle" and that the latter retroqued them one day that they were his "children", so the Albanians are the children of the Eagle ...
"Shqiptar = child of the Eagle .... " .
(Pyrrhus was the cousin of Alexander the Great, of the Molossian tribe and himself an ambitious conqueror, Pyrrhus is one of the most formidable adversaries of the early days of ancient Rome).
Lorenzo Braccesi (Professor of Greek History at the University of Venice, Italy, in 1986) tells us:
- "Olympias was originally from Epirus, on the part of the father who was king of Epirus, on the part of the mother also and that Illyrian blood 🇦🇱 circulated in the family, there is no doubt. "
( 9,01- 9,15 . The true story of Alexander the great ... - Gjurmë Shqiptare )
That the Epirotes are or are not Illyrians is a discussion that, from an archaeological point of view, is resolved.
The Epirotes and the Illyrians have the same culture, if we consider the Iron Age, the use of tombs, fortifications with several rows of walls, their material culture, the shape of the pots or the ornaments which are identical to those of Korça (current Albania) and religion.
Not only ancient authors like Thucydides, Strabo and others have called the Epirotic tribes barbarians (non-Greek) but also later serious publications based on documents and archaeological findings point out the same thing.
The Molosses, were one of the Illyrian tribes of Epirus from where came the mother of Alexander the Great Olympias daughter of the king and the sister .
The Molosses, were one of the Illyrian tribes of Epirus from where came the mother of Alexander the Great Olympias daughter of the king and sister of another well known Illyrian prince "Alexander the Molossus".
I believe that all or part of the strong character of Alexander comes exactly from his mother, from the house that also gave birth to Pyrrhus.
The powerful role of women in Illyrian society has been documented by many authors, including those who today identify themselves as Greeks, such as Athenaeus and Theompope.
Olympias' influence on her son Alexander was so great.
She believed that her son had divine blood and that he was born to rule the greatest kingdom of all time.
But the mother's family was not the only Illyrian family to which Alexander was affiliated, his link with the Illyrians was stronger than that!
Historical facts
=
The family of Philip II, father of Alexander the Great.
This last, according to the data, had a Macedonian father, but not his mother.
She was called Eurydice and came from the tribe of "Lyncestides".
Who was the grandmother on the side of the father of Alexander the Great?
The mother of Philip is the daughter of the daughter
Of Arrhabaeus, daughter of king Sirras, says Strabo.
Plutarch is very detailed on this subject.
He insists that although Eurydice is Illyrian (🇦🇱) and barbarian in every sense of the word, she was educated to help children.
He says very clearly that she is Illyrian, and barbaric in every way.
(Plutarch, De liberis educandis. p.69)
Lyncestides from where came the mother of Philip II, were a tribe which extended not far from the lake of Ohrid, somewhere in the area of Manastir where the ruins of one of their most important cities are today.
(Illyrian, no doubt. It is the last province that has a border with Macedonia)
As for whether it was an Illyrian tribe, this is clearly proven by ancient historians and geographers, including Titus Livy, Strabo, as well as Pliny who lists many in detail in the fourth book of the collection of 37 works entitled "Natural History", not to mention the great ancient geographer "Claudius Ptolemy" who also classifies the Lyncestrae among the Illyrian tribes .
And the later authors have the same attitude since on several occasions, they mention Eurydice, the mother of Philip II and the grandmother of Alexander, as being illyrian etc...
Here what Demosthenes says to us about Philip II of Macedonia (father of Alexander the Great):
- "And yet, with regard to Philip and his conduct, they
don't feel that way, although he's not Greek and he's not related to the Greeks at all..."
(The third Filipino)
By Demosthenes (384-322 BC)
“Born on 3rd and thought he hit a triple “ very fitting goal for an Instagram socialite
In his 20s he so lively and passionate, damn what a man.
Wkwkw 🇮🇩
Iya mas anak 20 tahunan sekarang, taunya pubg sama mobile legend. Termasuk saya
Hey @Kings and Generals
I just wanted to say that it's not Alexander the Great in the Qur'an. It is 'Cyrus the Great' also known as 'Dhul Qarnain'. The King who was established on Earth by God and who was an Achaemenid. Also known as Cyrus II. He was the one who built the barrier to hinder Gog and Magog. Alexander the Great was a Macedonian King who actually defeated the Achaemenid empire later. King Cyrus was a Persian and he was the one who rebuilt Solomon's temple the second time and mentioned in the Jewish traditions because he saved the Jews from exile taking them from Babylon and giving them their homeland plus freedom. Just wanted to let you know
The fountain of life, Al Khidr story all of this is Cyrus the Great.
Can someone identify which EpidemicSound song is playing in this one?
The Cyrus the king only mentioned in Quran without mention his name, but some people who have lack of knowledge in islam thinks he would be Alexander
Alexander was idol-worshipper. Dulqar nain was mentioned in Quran as monotheist. Alexander cant be Dulqar nain. May be its Cyrus the great or Oghuz Khan(the father of oghuz turk)
Cyrus is not mentioned. Dhulqarnain is. We don't know who he is. He might be Cyrus, but for all we know, he might be somebody modern history doesn't even know of.
@@mahfuzurrahman1894 Oghuz Khan was also a Pagan. Later on, Islamified in the oral tradition.
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Zoroastrian religion was the first monotheistic religion
And some of the things in Zoroastrianism are similar to Islam
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Cyrus the Great is more likely to be "Dhu Al-Qarnayn".
Agreed. Alexander is nothing like Dhul Qurnain.
Most probably it is Cyrus the great
Historycally, yes. But Allah know best.
@Fekir 2k may be bro
Most scholars beleive that he is alexander, some beleive he is cyrus, only allah knows
my people call him Sikandar-e-azam, Sikandar is actually a popular name here, I am an Afghan
Cool. What does the rest mean?
@@FieldMarshalRommel23 it's similar to his arabic name, Al-Iksandar-al-adham, meaning Alexander the great. I think it means the same in afghan
In Lebanon, and I'm sure elsewhere, he is known as "Iskandar el Kabir," which means Alexander the Great.
@@FieldMarshalRommel23 It means Alexander the great
@@hamzashinwary4215 interesting. Do Afghans like or dislike Alexander?
Learning about Alexander the Great made me admire and respect the Greek culture overall. Everyman living today would most definitely love to have lived a similar life as Alexander the Great. Any negativity today is only a way to slander his unbreakable name.
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"Both things is he: both a goodly king and a mighty warrior" (Homer Iliad 3.179)
According to Moralia 331C, Alexander judged this verse to be the greatest of all.
@engosama design then why are u here? go back to the mosque
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We are not really sure of who were dhul qarnayn it will be always mysterious but good video.
@Kuffar punisher he wasnt greek too but Macedonian, also i agree they even did blasphemy on Sulayman a Prophet very important by calling him a pagan in many bibles i hear, but the prob is nothing can be 100% authentic fi dounia the truth is more complicated to reach, Alexander is known mostly by legends transmitted by older generations who could litterally have made up another mythology even thought there can be potentially archeology
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The other thing is, before you write about the Qur’an, you must verify your words by reading the writings of the commentators