Which Ruler Rescued the Jewish People from Spain in 1492?
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Learn about the ruler who rescued the Jewish people from Spain in 1492 in this informative video. Discover the history behind this significant event and the impact it had on the Jewish community.
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Sincere appreciation for this. As a lifelong scholar of this history I am saving this lecture and purchasing the book to read to my granddaughter whose great-grandmother’s Sephardi family shares this narrative……..born in Alexandria. May I add that scholarship of Professor Avi Shlaim has also elightened my understanding of the jews who found haven in the Ottoman Empire.
Thank you so much. Yes, I absolutely respect Professor Avila Shlaim’s work.
Excelente lección ,para todos “ ojalá y los Evangélicos Zionistas y judíos Zionistas,deberían de hacer su parte de ESTUDIO.. 👏👏👌💕✌️
Thank you for delivering this message that will never be taught in public schools and few colleges. Much appreciated.
You are welcome.
I so appreciate Dr. Raja’s lecture- not only the content, namely how the ruler of the Muslim Ottoman Empire saved the Jews of Spain after 1492’s expulsion by Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand, and how the Jews of Spain, the Sephardim, thrived for centuries in the Ottoman Empire- but Dr. Raja’s gentle persuasive (not didactic, professorial) down to earth way of instructing us and correcting misunderstandings of our shared Jewish-Muslim-Arab history.
Thank you so much.
And then Jews betrayed the Ottoman Empire, by demanding Ottomans give Palestine to them. Never trust them.
Very profound and down to earth instruction. Thank you for that wealth of knowledge. PEACE
@@mradrian786 You are welcome.
@@AysenGuler369-zs1om Let's be realistic there were betrayed Jews but they were minority most of them refugee jews came from Europe and Russia but Ottoman Citizen Jews mostly loyal in ww1 especially compere with Arabs.
Thank you for this information. It indicates that the Jewish people and the Muslims lived together peacefully in the past, and can even today co-exist without conflict.
Thank you. Yes, it is important to retrieve history of coexistence in these troubled times.
Wow! 65 years old, and i never had a clue about this very important piece of history! Thank you so much for enlightening us.
You are welcome and thank you.
Gotcha beat!! I"m 82 and I just found out this morning. WE didn't know who we were until DNA told us in 2008. Now we know a little bit more.
Quite enlightening ❤ Thank you, Professor
You are welcome.
I never heard this bit of history , thank you so much .
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The Morrocan emir, did the same and saved the Mizrahi.. So did the Albanians and the Muslims of India.. Muslims were always close to the Jews, until colonization and the holocaust.. Antisemitism is historically a European Christian problem...
Thank you. Yes, I am planning a video on Sultan Mohammed bin Youssef as well.
EXACTLY!!!!!!!!
Always is being the Catholic a persecuting power since 1492 with the Proclamation of The “Holy Inquisition” burning the Bible and killing any bibleRead base religion’s believers. USA was created running away from the catholic persecution one Protestant Country “In God with trust” with separation of church and state.
How interesting. Many thanks ❤
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The printing press was invented by Johannes Gutenberg in Mainz, Germany in 1439. Ottomans were first introduced to the printing press by the Sephardic Jews in Istanbul in 1494. Ottoman Empire granted protection to Sephardic Jews who were expelled from Spain by the Spanish Inquisition in 1492.
Thank you. Yes, that’s what I said too that the Sephardic Jews “established” the first printing press in Turkey.
7:12 Muslims, Jews and Christians in the Middle East treated each other as brothers and sisters. Periodically, families argue but still have a love for each other.
Thank you. Yes, that is true of our collective history.
Thank you for the information
You are welcome.
It is nice to hear something positive about the Ottoman Empire.
Thanks
Thank you. Many spanish Jews were also welcomed in North Africa.
Thank you. Yes.
Most of North Africa was then also under Ottoman Empire / Turkish rule.
Thankyou for this very instructive video, it shows that peaceful co-existence is possible.
You are welcome.
Thank you so much. This information has been very enlightening to my history studies on the matter. Bless you.
You are most welcome
Thank you Doctor Masood Raja
You are welcome.
In Portugal, around the same time, the Jews were also expelled. Many went to Holland where they settled and made good profit from the spices brought from India by the portuguese. Profit that could have stayed in portugal if they had not been expelled. In Amsterdam there is a neighbourhood where they lived and where the streets now have portuguese names. The Jews also fled to Marroco where to this day they live in peace with Muslims.
Thank you. Yes, and also Morrici and Tunisia
Thank you for sharing invaluable information, everyone should be able to know real history.
You are welcome.
If memory serves, in the book called Dogs of God, the Spanish monarchy not only expelled Jewish people but took their wealth. The taking of wealth from the newly united Spain from various groups funded the 1492 expedition to the Americas.
Thank you. I am sure that all possessions were either confiscated by the crown or the people had to sell them at extremely low prices.
The Jews funded the building of the ships used in the discoveries, as well as the provisioning in the hope of getting a profit in return if the discoveries were successful. Afterwards the Spanish court didn't want to share the profits of gold, spices, slaves and control of entire continents.
They were broke, France leader spent all the money building and living lavishly, war, as kings do. They emptied their prisons and sent them to America. They was ata a point they couldn’t feed the people and would have killed the prisoners if an opportunity hadn’t presented itself.
Bravo sir. I salute you 🫡
Thank you.
Thank you. Yes, very interesting. Every city n town in Spain up to Toledo , Avila , has jewish quaters, n Islam left some of their finest architectural wonders in Andalusia.
Thank you for sharing your knowledge
The Ottomans were always accepting and appreciative of the Jews. Ironic!
It's called ungratefulness and betrayal, not irony.
Interesting. Thanks, peace
You are welcomr
As an American, my ancestors died and fought to save them from their fate in ww2. And all I've ever heard publicly stated is that we took too long or didn't try hard enough 🤷♂️
Some people will never be happy. And thair sadness is contagious if you let it in
Thank you so much. Really informative and interesting.
You are welcome
Under the Spanish Inquisition, Jews wore the Star of David for the first time, they were called Marranos. Moses Maimonide, a Jewish philosopher of Aristotelian thought like Averroes, preferred to take refuge in Egypt, where he was Cadie, rather than going to the North where anti-Judaism was rife. and the persecution of the Church.
Thank you for sharing your knowledge
Excellent information about the successful partnership of Hispanic Jews and Muslims in the middle ages. I was aware of the prosperity but didn't know that Ferdinand of Aragon did the dirty deed and it was the ottoman Sultan Bayezedi II who was the Saviour. I am benefited by this information, thank Dr. Raja.
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That you for your wonderful educational videos! History is all pertinent to today but we lack this beautiful history in our education system in UK & US .. absolutely nothing mentioned ..
Thank you. Yes, we all need to pay more attention to such historical facts.
Just thank you. I sent it to friends
You are welcome. And thank you!!
Thank you for this. I am glad you made the presentation. I had read about this and feel even more disappointed with the settlers and their violence towards the Palestinians
Thank you.
In my high school history class (and in many schools in the US it is taught) and my sons learned it when taking history classes in 2010. The Sultan sent 8 ships to Spain to get the Jews from Spain in 1492. The Sultan also knew that the Ottoman Empire needed business, finance, and trade to function as an empire since many Moslems were not in these professions except in the military as warriors. It was advantageous to both parties, especially since the Empire needed a strong economic base. After the expulsion, Spain's economy decreased. Also, Columbus came to the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire to finance his travel west in the Atlantic Ocean to reach India to open a new trade route flanking the Silk Route believing that the Earth is spherical, not flat but the Sultan rejected it however, Spanish Queen Isabella did not. This decision changed the world history. Furthermore, Jews and non-Christians in the Empire were taxed heavily since they were not Moslems and it was protection (protected by the military of the Empire) and wealth taxation. Recent wealth taxation was placed after the creation of the Republic of Turkiye in the late 1930s but mainly after WWII to spread the wealth of non-Moslems to the Muslim population. So, everything was not that cozy.
Thank you for reminding us our history. Iranians also welcomed Jews running away from the Egyptian pharaoh if you go way back to the beginning of Jewish history. Jews and Muslims living in Russia has also a very strong bond. They fought together against Soviet communism.
You are welcome.
Wonderful!
Many thanks!
Appreciated lecture.👍
Most welcome!
Thank you for the information. One thing that is always left out in history is that of the origin of people in those days... Mainly the Black (Africa n) Moores... At the beginning all the peoples were black they became lighter skin when they mixed with the Europeans (whos origin was also black) those in the area of Spain were more n turkey etc are the result of that mixture... If we don't go all the way back to when the issue of "RELIGION" started we will never get to the root of the problem which in most part is RELIGION DOMINANCE.
Thank you for your thoughts.
Save that humans were all shades of brown and evolved into white in the northern hemispheres.
Secondly, liberal Jews, Christians, Muslims, Ath/Ags, etc don’t butcher themselves or others but conservative ones do.
This reveals something closer to Source in regard to y/our problems.
Thank you for this most enlightening video. We do need to remember these valuable historical facts at these crazy times we live in. Muslims and Jews have peacefully coexisted for centuries before and surely can do so again. Peace is possible.
Thank you so much. Yes, I believe in the possibility of peace as well.
Conveniently under-taught in the so-called West
Yes, unless you go to a some special school.
excellent
Thank you!
Thank you.
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As @sheikowi mentioned, Turkish Embassy in Germany issued Turkish passports to Jews of Germany to save them from opression of the Nazis despite the pressure of the Nazi government. Then the ambassador was Muhtar Kent's, CocaCola COO, father and Israili goverment gave Muhtar a medal for his fathers actions. Beside that Turkiye also opened its borders for Germans and Austrians fleeing. During that time most of the Turkish universities hired the migrant professors to teach. Most of these migrants returned back after the war but big portion stayed in Turkiye.
Thank you for sharing. It adds more details
Sir , can you please make video on how to choose topic of desertation , what approaches one needs to take, and how to make a good desertation..🙏🙏
Please check my playlist on Academic Writing Tips. It’s covered there along with other writing-related things.
Amsterdam,
We the Dutch , also welcomed lots of Jewish people in our midst
at the same,..
Bringing in so much Wealth & Wisdom,...
The ,Kick- off, for the famous Dutch Golden Age......😊
Yes, absolutely. It was a huge haven for Jewish people.
The Ottoman Sultan 😊
Thank you. Yes, Sultan Bayezid II
What about those that converted to the catholic religion? Many come to the SPANISH AMERICAN COLONIES.
Thank you. I have not really researched that as the scope of this video is very limited to the rescue.
Exactly like the blacks they are moorish
Dr Masood Raja - would you talk about why these certain people continue to get expelled from here, from there, from lands. Is there some reason we aren't seeing?
Thank you. Sorry, I am probably not the right person to answer this question.
We need more fctual and positive anecdotes like this story in this world of negative misinforamation...Bravo
Thank you.
Thank you for this work you are doing. As a Christian I have had to learn of the evil history of the ghastly mistreatment leveled at the Jews for centuries in Christian lands. Its refreshing to read the welcoming given to the Jews in early colonial times by George
Washington. I am really enjoying these history lessons.
Is Bayezid in anyway connected or related to Bayezid Bistami, who is well known to the sufi tradition? And from Andaluz Ibn ‘Arabi from the 13th Century is well known.
Thank you. No, Bayezid Bistami died in 848CE and Ibn Arabi dies in 1240. Sultan Beyezid has no direct connection to either of them.
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Every country that is well aware of the history and is enough consolidated to allow itself to think about history in an appropiate timely distance has alot to regret. In the case of Spain and although it is explainable, after the 900 "reconquista" there was the idea to have catholicism installed as the only religion in Spain to strengthen unity. After a certain time the said impoverishment became more and more evident, Spain falling back in the following centuaries on nealy all cultural fields, most of all in science. And not only by the expulsion of the jews but also of the moslems. It is as it is.
Thank you. Yes, but eventually they became a more tolerant and modern society of today. I think knowing history is important for nations so that they keep getting better.
The high ranking Khazarian Turks adopted the Jewish religion in 700Ads and welcomed many Jewish people into their state which extended from the west of Caspian Sea to the Crimea peninsula. Some of those Turkic people travelled down to Turkey after the Turks invaded Anatolian peninsula. So the Turks were already accustomed to the Jewish culture during the Ottoman times. In fact, one of the Turkish small states in Anatolia had David's star in their state flag in 1200ADs.
I m jew and i didn t knew. Interresting !! 👏👏
Why were they expelled? What did they do for the king to kick them out ?
Thank you. It was an attempt at creating a purely Catholic kingdom but you can probably read more about it.
We Turks know this and we are proud of the Selim saving the Jews from Ferdinand .
Thank you!!!
I think it is important to add that the Jews of Spain prospered under Muslim rule there. The Jews of Toledo were the great translators of the Greek classics from Arabic that enabled the Renaissance. Absent Muslim rule, there may never have been a significant Jewish population in Spain to begin with.
Thank you. Yes, it was a collective golden age.
@@masoodraja I've always thought of this period as the 'golden age' too, but the official golden age was when all the gold and silver was flowing from America straight into the Genoese banks to service the debt for endless war...
I was aware of this. Just didn't know the name of the Ottoman Sultan at the time.
Great!! Welcome to the channel!!
I'm afraid you've made a mistake in the story of the Caliph Omar. He was offered to pray at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher and instead prayed some distance from it. There is a small mosque there that i have been blessed to pray at called the Mosque of Omar. The al Aqsa mosque compound is several minutes walk away.
Okay. Thank you for the correction. That’s how I was told the story in my childhood.
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I had a dream in which i was shown that whatever you call the Infinite, Jaweh, God, Allah or Beloved, underneath there is Love, And besides the cosmos is made of Love.
Thank you. Yes, love is the ultimate truth.
Why did the Sultan not assist the Muslims in Spain during their war with Ferdinand?
Thank you. I am afraid I have not researched that in detail but they were probably more interested in holding on to their own European territories and ignored all the pleas from Al Andukus, even Bayezid II didn’t do anything.
They were asked, but most went to Morocco and other countries near-by.
Thank you. Muslims and Jews from Spain went to many territories of North Africa and the Ottoman Empire.
Three interesting facts about the inquisition. 1. I believe the Jews lended money to the Spanish crown to sponsor the building and provisioning of the discovery ships in the hope of receiving part of the profits from the discoveries, gold, spice, slaves. When it was clear that the profits would be huge, probably bigger than any other in history, with the exploration of north and south America, large parts of Africa and trade with Asia, the kings decided to exclude the jews. This is my view 2. In portugal today in jewish museums there are 500 year old house keys. When the jews left, they closed their houses and took the keys with them in the hope of coming back one day. They never came back but passed the keys to the next generation until today and recently families donated the keys to the museums. 3. There are still jews today in portugal that never left and hid their religion for centuries. Today there are synagogues and mosques in portugal, a religious tolerant country.
Thank you for sharing your thoughts.
thank you. I have often thought of the potential of the semitic peoples should they ever come together and what a waste their hatreds.
Thank you.
Please make an Episode of a similar exodus of Jews from Portugal to Holland. Mirroring the mass expulsion in España. The exodus also reveals the history of crypto-Jews who stayed back.
Thank you. Yes, Portugal also issued an edict shortly after. But I do not know much about that history. I am rather trying to dispel the narrative of so-called “natural” rivalry between the Jews and Muslims.
@@masoodraja Hi.... In that aspect one can also look at Convivencia (the golden age of Andalucía) when the Muslims, Jews, Pagans and Christians lived in relative peace - period 1050-1250 AD. The foundation of Sevilla by the Muslim rulers speaks of that era of peace and tolerance.
Thank you. Yes, I am planning a video on the Muslim Spain.
Jews lived their golden age among Muslims. Their best Rubeanic scholars lived in islamic lands. The catholics did not differentiate between muslims and jews. They persecuted them and considered them ennemies. Jews went with muslims to teh Ottoman empire and North Africa.
Thank you. Yes, Muslim Spain is still considered a golden age for Jews and Muslims.
...Und ich weine ,und ich gräme mich beim Abschied von Sefarad !
The Magnificent Centuries referred to Bayezid II and Suleiman the Magnificent too provided the jews with a safe haven .... Hence my failure to understand the Israelis'hatred towards muslims. Also I am perplexed by an important factor which seems to escape both muslims & jews, namely, that they have a common patriarch, i.e, Abraham !
Thank you. Yes, not only do they have the same Patriarch but he is also equally revered in both traditions. I believe there is more in common to build on.
@@masoodraja Absolutely ! Thank you for a brilliant analysis !
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I know the historical accounts of Persia, Muslims etc..from the bible until today of those peoples showing grace to Jews. Please educate me when Jews reciprocated.
Thank you. There is a whole history of different faiths living together in peace.
They are ungrateful people.
Sultan bay azid is the correct pronoucing.
Thank you. Yes. I kind of lapsed into my Urdu pronunciation.
It is a modern problem
I have no problem whether you are a Jew, Arab, Muslim,Hindu, Christian, Black, White, Chinese, Indian; the problem arises when one nation think that they are superior to the others.
FREE PALESTINE
Well those are babylonian origin jews, but the ashkenazic come from scythians and worked together during the bce days at the fall of nineveh and jerusalem. 2 distinct groups. None of them are the real deal. But ofc the sephardic and rahdanite sides participated in merchant routes land and sea. Israelite Brotherhood has the info on that channel. Im commenting since you asked :), cheers. Tldr those are amorites anyways. The fact that its ignored is part of the problem. 2 groups and a stolen heritage.
Thank you for sharing.
To be fair, the Ottoman Muslims were at war with The Roman Empire, and had just captured Constantinople. This is like Muslims losing Mecca today. During the Muslim 8 centuries of occupation in Spain, the Jewish people acted as the middle men between the Christian elite and the Muslim elite and they became very wealthy. The Christians were treated like lesser beings by Muslims. Many Muslims would either refuse to trade with Christians or apply a tax for the privilege (Jizya). The Jews would represent Christians in all affairs with Muslims. The loss of Constantinople was the nail in the coffin for Christian, Muslim and Jewish peaceful cohabitation. The Christians saw the Jews as conspirators. If we examine the history of the Jews, you will notice that they have always been in lead roles, advisors, administrators or religious figure head (Rome), of all the great Empires; Babylonian, Egyptian, Roman, Ottoman, British, and even America today (look at the top positions in Biden's administration, hence their support of Israel in Gaza). The endless greed of mankind to want to take over the world, be it physically, mentally, spiritually, or economically, has a price!
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Is the term " Muslims" synonymous with a nation or a country? I don't support any classification of people according to the prevalent religion of the citizens. Religion is a private and personal affair not a state affair....my opinion. Religious belief being a subjective concept can be subject to human irrationality in interpretation and practice. ....and therefore dangerous for human common existence.
Thank you. Some people use it as their faith identity and others use it as a form of political identity. So, it depends. I am also opposed to any forms of exclusive confessional nationalisms.
I knew that 😂😂
Great.
Europeans started the Palestinian conflict
Muslims
Massod bhai... I have a very bitter experience that changed my life for saying almost the exact words in class, during my master studies here in Germany. I did my bachelor studies in Istanbul, Turkey at one of the Gulen movement universities. Where I was taught about this case. When, I expressed this in class during the visit of a Jewish scholar, and a former student of the University, I was honored by the Jewish scholars, but the German protestants teacher, that organized the meeting found it an anti Christian move, and then started a campaign against me to label be an antisemite, or something else like a homophobe as according to them, this is a serious transgression between Jewish and Christian relationships by the dominated Muslim. I am sure you had similar experiences, but I was seriously bullied by judeochristian liars at my university, who are actually nitzchean Nazis..
Thank you. Sorry this happened to you. I have also different kind of prejudices.
Relatable. Sorry that you had that experience of extremism and slander to your personhood.
@@kausamsalam8543 Thank you. No problem. It’s part of speaking up in the world.
The Muslims also protected Jews during the crusades.
Thank you. Yes, especially after the Third Crusade when Jerusalem falls to Salahudin.