History of the Umayyad Caliphate - Hugh Kennedy
As well as having served in public office for forty years as commander-in-chief of Syria and as head of the Arab Empire, Mu'awiya was a brother-in-law of the prophet Muhammad and had allegedly served as his scribe, and yet he has a rather negative image in ninth-century Muslim histories. His opposition to Ali in the first civil war, during which many prominent Muslims died, and the nomination of his own son Yazid as his successor were perceived as unforgivable acts by later generations. Even Mu'awiya's success in putting in place a framework for governing the lands that the Arabs had newly acquired was criticized. Later scholars were unanimous that whereas the caliphs in Medina (Abu Bakr, 'Umar, 'Uthman, and 'Ali) had ministered to their subjects in fairness and piety, Mu'awiya had transformed this just rule into dynastic and autocratic dominion after the fashion of Byzantine and Persian emperors. "He was the first to have bodyguards, police-force and chamberlains. . . . He had somebody walk in front of him with a spear, took alms out of the stipends and sat on a throne with the people below him. . . . He used forced labour for his building projects . . . and confiscated people's property for himself. . . . He was the first to turn this matter [the Caliphate] into mere kingship."
The anguish and bloodshed occasioned by the first civil war and the growing concentration of power in the hands of a small elite certainly tarnished Mu'awiya's image. Yet 'Uthman had already inaugurated a nepotistic style of government and 'Ali had been complicit in the first civil war, so why were these two labelled as divinely guided, along with Abu Bakr and 'Umar, whereas Mu'awiya and his successors were depicted as tyrants? • In God's Path, pp. 133-134
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I have used his quotes in so many videos and this is the first time I've seen what Hugh Kennedy even looks like.
@masahibbhatti4088
11 ай бұрын
Honestly, western historians have become less biased now. The great man history is out of the picture it seems
@johnoparinde2682
4 ай бұрын
Thank you for introducing me to his work
@liammacneil5672
2 ай бұрын
You’re a paid propaganda channel
@AlMuqaddimahYT
2 ай бұрын
@@liammacneil5672 I wish. No one is paying me.
This just popped up! Amazing to find a lecture of this caliber available for free. Haven’t listened yet but know the lecturer! Fabulous. Thanks!
This was a superb lecture.
Such an amazing lecture. Thank you sir.
Very very interesting series of lectures! Thank you for sharing
thx a lot sir
Very nice
Very good lecture
Very good in detail really appreciate my gratitude to Prof sir
salam from Dagestan 🙏
@abd-ar-rahmaniii5650
3 жыл бұрын
You mean Russia?
@Makrania
3 жыл бұрын
Здравствуйте
A statistician would most definitely not call 52:40 that a bell curve! It's an exponential function :)
Great lecture thanks very much for posting, what’s the word the professor is using, sounds like Serbica? The hereditary pension law, that Muslims receive more money if they converted earlier, I’ve tried google and using the subtitles but nothing is coming up
@landwarrior348
3 жыл бұрын
He is using word أسبقية or if you cant read arabic its 'Sabakat'. It means one having precedence over another.
@ScrapironRyann
3 жыл бұрын
@@landwarrior348 Excellent thanks for the info
@abuukarata9653
2 ай бұрын
Is true, they received much.
Interesting lecture. Thanks for making it available. The professor mentions Arabic inscriptions from the Umayyad period found in Beit Shean which is now occupied by Israel. I visited and of course, they don't talk about this at all. They even have signs that say that there were earthquakes in the 500s or 600s and the place became mostly uninhabited. I found tons of examples of the erasing and ignoring of the Arab, Muslim and Palestinian history.
@skepsislamica
Жыл бұрын
Your welcome
8:40
The bow is quite distracting though
@imgguru1277
3 жыл бұрын
Crooked too
العرب شجعان اقامو اكبر امبراطرويه
@abd-ar-rahmaniii5650
3 жыл бұрын
مسلمين
@ArabianRazumZar
3 жыл бұрын
@@abd-ar-rahmaniii5650 عرب
@abd-ar-rahmaniii5650
3 жыл бұрын
@@ArabianRazumZar بلا إسلام عرب ما كأنو شيءٍ
@abd-ar-rahmaniii5650
3 жыл бұрын
@@ArabianRazumZar الخلافة كانت دولة اسلامية
@ArabianRazumZar
3 жыл бұрын
@@abd-ar-rahmaniii5650 كانت عندهم حضاره و كرامه اذا انت ما تعرف مهي مشكلتي
Any serious Islamic history does not come from Islamic sources. The Umayyads were sectarian Christian, not Islamic. There is absolutely no record of Islam or Muslims during that period. The fact that this guy calls himself a "historian" is laughable.
@abuzuhm
Ай бұрын
google "historiography early islam"
@Roofhack
Ай бұрын
@@abuzuhm Yep, and no serious information of it came from the time of Mohammad. For the first hundred years there was no historical record of armies of Islam or Hordes of Muslims. Nothing. Instead the Umayyads have crosses on their coins.
@abuzuhm
Ай бұрын
@@Roofhack No, what I'm saying is that any basic research proves you wrong.
@malinyamato2291
21 күн бұрын
agree, he is a pro islamist who provide no proofs.
@malinyamato2291
21 күн бұрын
@@abuzuhm you provide no facts... why were not the name Mohammed or Meca mentioned during Umayyads or earlier?
What's fascinating The Ummayah showed up with pages of the Quran to confront Ali. These dudes had Quran before Ali!
Respected Professor, you are missing major points. (Ali) killed many of Umayyad’s family members in battle while the prophet was still alive. Ali was hated beyond measure. Hence, when abu sufyan son muwayaa took power, he had a personal vendetta against Ali. Proof, all the battles and civil wars in his time. Uthmans death had little to do with muwayaa vs Ali.
@shah-jahan198
Жыл бұрын
you wrong man. 😂
@Ufor332
Жыл бұрын
Load of crap
@Zulfiqar32
Жыл бұрын
@Baang E Dara These are all later fabrications to re-habilitate Muawiyah. There was a clear animosity by the Ummayads and Uthamids toward Imam Ali(as). From Muawiyah, to Ayesha to Talha & Zubair.
@Zulfiqar32
Жыл бұрын
@Baang E Dara Sound argument.
@Zulfiqar32
Жыл бұрын
All valid - Readers are urged to read "Opposing the Imam" by Nebil Husayn and "Succession to Muhammad" by Wilfred Madelung.
why did umayyad put christian crosses on their coins?
what a contraditictive and silly statement: -- the tex on the dome of the rock is quoranic but nothing from the Quoran -- what makes it quoranic? No proofs or examples! He has no clue about it.