Adnan Rashid – Historic Trkiye- Fateh Mosque and Ayup Sultan

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The tour of Istanbul in Turkey takes a brief dive into the city’s history and sites, including the Heraclius church and the church of holy apostles. The church of holy apostles is important for Christendom and is buried under Heraclius, Constantine, Julian, and the Greekification of the holy apostles. The Heraclius and Justinian are important sites, and the church of holy apostles is a place where the church of holy apostles buried the Heraclius, Constantine, Julian, and the Greekification of the holy apostles. The Heraclius and the church of holy apostles are important sites, and the local community's faith is important.

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			Okay. Bismillah, Bismillah Rahmanir Raheem. Here we are
		
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			in Turkey. We were in Spain,
		
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			a couple of days ago. We did vlogging
		
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			from Spain. We went to Cartoba. We went
		
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			to Seville. We went to,
		
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			Granada,
		
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			magnificent Alhambra.
		
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			Now we are in a very special place.
		
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			We call it
		
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			Istanbul
		
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			or previously known as Constantinople,
		
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			the city of Constantine.
		
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			And we're gonna show you something very special.
		
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			Let's go inshallah. I'm with the group. It's
		
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			a separate different group from the one we
		
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			had
		
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			in Spain.
		
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			Brothers and sisters have joined us from all
		
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			around the world to visit
		
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			historic sites
		
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			in
		
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			Turkey.
		
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			So we we will be visiting in the
		
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			coming days.
		
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			Iznik, which was ancient Nicaea, also called Nikia.
		
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			And there we will look at some ancient
		
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			sites going back to the Roman period and
		
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			then the Christian period
		
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			and the Ottoman period. Then we will make
		
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			our way to where
		
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			Sultan
		
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			or Gazi or Togru is buried.
		
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			And then from there, we will go to
		
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			Bursa.
		
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			Once upon a time, the Ottoman capital
		
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			in this territory where 6 sultans are buried.
		
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			And then finally, we will come back to
		
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			Istanbul
		
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			where we will look at the historic sites,
		
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			say Hagia Sophia, Blue Mosque, and Topkapi Palace,
		
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			and other historic places. Right now in front
		
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			of us,
		
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			we see a very famous place,
		
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			very important place historically,
		
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			as I will explain inshallah.
		
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			This is
		
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			Fati mosque,
		
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			named after
		
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			Sultan Mohammed al Fati,
		
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			the conqueror of
		
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			Constantinople
		
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			in the year 1453.
		
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			He took this city
		
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			from the Romans.
		
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			So we will stand here, do a very
		
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			quick introduction
		
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			before we move on.
		
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			So Sultan Mohammed al Fatih
		
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			stands as a towering figure
		
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			in Ottoman history.
		
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			He is basically, you can say, he represents
		
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			the peak of the Ottoman Empire.
		
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			Okay. The Ottoman Empire officially
		
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			started
		
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			about 12 99 CE. This is the date
		
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			scholars give to the beginning
		
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			of the Ottoman Empire as a dynasty in
		
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			northwestern
		
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			Anatolia.
		
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			Okay?
		
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			And we will explain the history in a
		
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			bit more detail as we go along. Okay?
		
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			How did the Turks come into Anatolia?
		
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			Where did they come from? Why did why
		
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			did they come in the first place?
		
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			Who was here before they came?
		
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			Where did they go? All these questions are
		
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			very important. This was basically Greek territory.
		
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			This was Greek speaking world,
		
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			all of Anatolia. Anatolia
		
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			is also called Asia Minor
		
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			because
		
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			the land mass is quite huge. It's it's
		
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			it's it's very, very
		
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			big,
		
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			chunk of land. This is why it's called
		
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			Asia Minor, smaller Asia.
		
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			So
		
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			this land starts on
		
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			Constantinople
		
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			going all the way to the borders of
		
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			Syria. Okay?
		
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			So it's a huge chunk of land. This
		
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			was Greek territory and the also there were
		
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			Armenians here.
		
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			In the, on on the eastern side. We
		
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			had Armenians there on that side. Okay? So
		
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			this territory was Greek. And then the Turks
		
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			came in and they took this territory. We'll
		
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			talk more about that later. Coming back to
		
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			Sultan Mohammed Al Fatih, I want you to
		
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			remember the names of individuals
		
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			and dates. Where did the Turks came from?
		
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			Very good question. They actually came from where
		
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			did the Turks come from? That's the question.
		
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			They came from Central Asia.
		
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			All of them, all the Turkish people or
		
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			people who are called Turkic,
		
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			they,
		
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			they came from Central Asia. And, of course,
		
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			they came from different clans,
		
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			different,
		
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			branches
		
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			of,
		
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			the, the the the same body of people.
		
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			They were the same people originally once upon
		
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			a time. And then there were there there
		
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			there were diverse tribes and,
		
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			branches that spread out. Moguls,
		
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			Seljuks, and all. Mughals, Seljuks,
		
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			Safavids, Ottomans, they all originate from Central Asia.
		
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			They are Turkic people. Okay?
		
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			And,
		
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			this is why a lot of the things
		
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			that Turks or Turkish empires,
		
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			different Turkish empires are doing,
		
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			went back to the traditions they brought with
		
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			them from Central Asia. But we will talk
		
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			about that in a bit more detail. So
		
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			I want you to remember dates and personalities.
		
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			This is Sultan Mohammed Al Fatiha.
		
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			The date you have to remember
		
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			with regards to him
		
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			is the year
		
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			1453.
		
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			Remember that date. This is a very important
		
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			date. Just like when we started in Spain,
		
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			we wanted everyone to remember 2 dates. And
		
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			what what are those two dates? Who remembers?
		
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			711. 711?
		
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			14/92.
		
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			14/92. Thank you. Masha'Allah, you remember.
		
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			7 11 to 14/92.
		
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			Why? Because this is the entire length of
		
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			Muslim rule in Al Andalus in Spain.
		
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			So 14/53
		
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			is the year when the Ottomans finally
		
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			take
		
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			the
		
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			metropolis
		
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			or the giant city called
		
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			Constantinople,
		
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			which was
		
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			absolutely important
		
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			for a number of reasons.
		
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			Taking of Constantinople
		
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			represented
		
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			defeat of Christendom.
		
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			Okay?
		
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			The rise of a new power in Asia
		
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			Minor called the Ottomans. Now they have superiority
		
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			over all other little dynasties and principalities in
		
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			Asia Minor.
		
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			Ottomans were not the only Turkic,
		
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			Beylik or
		
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			the only Turkic dynasty here in Asia Minor.
		
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			There were plenty of them. There were many.
		
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			And how they came about, we'll talk about
		
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			that later again
		
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			Okay. When we discuss this a bit, in
		
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			a bit more detail starting from Iznik and
		
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			when we go on to Zugot and Bursa,
		
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			we will talk more about the origins of
		
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			the Ottomans
		
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			Okay. So it's coming. So bear with me.
		
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			Why are we starting here? Because this is
		
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			the peak. This is right in the middle.
		
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			Just like when we start from Spain,
		
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			we start from Seville. We don't go to
		
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			Cordoba. We don't go to Granada. Because Cordoba
		
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			represents
		
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			the beginning. Granada represents the end of the
		
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			Muslim rule. We start in Seville
		
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			right in the middle when there were 2
		
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			revivals with the, Almohads and Al Murabitun. Al
		
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			Murabitun first and then Al Muwahidun.
		
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			Right? Here, this is the peak. 1453 is
		
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			when the Ottomans have reached their pinnacle.
		
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			They are now a a military power that
		
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			the whole world
		
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			is
		
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			is,
		
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			is aware of.
		
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			That the Ottomans are now on the global
		
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			scene. From a very small dynasty in northwestern
		
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			Anatolia, they have become a global power now
		
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			because they hold one of the most important
		
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			global capitals in the world.
		
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			And why are we here
		
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			at this spot?
		
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			This is
		
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			the spot where Sultan
		
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			built the Masjid.
		
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			Okay?
		
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			And this is one of the 7 hills,
		
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			right,
		
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			of Constantinople.
		
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			This is one of the 7 hills,
		
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			okay,
		
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			of Constantinople. This is one of the high
		
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			plains.
		
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			Okay. So, obviously, it's a very important place.
		
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			It was already important before Sultan Mohammed Fatih,
		
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			Mohammed al Fatih chose to build this masjid.
		
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			And later on, when he died in,
		
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			in 14/81,
		
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			he was buried right next to the masjid.
		
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			We will see it. We will see his
		
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			tomb as well. Now why did he choose
		
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			this spot?
		
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			Highest?
		
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			Okay. Highest.
		
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			Maybe it was highest. Any any more guesses?
		
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			A dream.
		
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			A dream. Okay. Possibly.
		
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			Anything else?
		
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			Okay. Let me give you the shock now.
		
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			The shock or the surprise, I promise you
		
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			guys.
		
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			This is where
		
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			one of the holiest
		
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			sites stood
		
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			for Christendom,
		
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			for the Romans,
		
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			especially those Romans who became Christian.
		
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			Okay?
		
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			On this very spot stood a church called
		
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			the church of holy apostles.
		
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			Yes.
		
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			Okay. And it doesn't stop there. Wait. It
		
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			doesn't stop there.
		
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			Inside this church, this church was more important
		
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			than Hagia Sophia
		
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			because the church at this spot was built
		
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			by Constantine himself.
		
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			And to make it important, Constantine
		
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			actually,
		
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			brought relics from the Middle East, from Palestine,
		
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			attributed to
		
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			the disciples of Jesus Christ.
		
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			Okay?
		
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			This is why this church was called the
		
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			Church of Holy Apostles because Holy Apostles are
		
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			who? The disciples
		
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			of Jesus.
		
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			Right? So he had brought,
		
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			relics,
		
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			objects
		
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			attributed to. When I say attributed, I'm very
		
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			careful about this because we can never know
		
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			whether those relics were actually original because they
		
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			were flying around throughout the Christian world. Right?
		
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			And,
		
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			everyone believed that everything is real, unfortunately.
		
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			So Constantine brought these relics to this place
		
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			to make it more important.
		
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			So every single Roman emperor since Constantine
		
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			was being crowned here.
		
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			This is where they they would be made
		
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			emperors officially. Right?
		
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			And when they died,
		
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			this is where they would be buried.
		
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			Now hold your
		
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			breath. Guess who's buried there?
		
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			Start
		
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			noting the names.
		
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			On this very spot, on this hill, under
		
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			that Masjid,
		
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			Constantine.
		
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			Constantius.
		
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			Justinian.
		
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			Justinian is later. I mean, even before Justin.
		
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			Basically, Theodosius.
		
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			Okay? Even Julian who was an apostate is
		
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			buried here. Right? He wasn't a Christian. He
		
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			was he's buried here. Right?
		
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			And
		
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			there is a whole list of Roman emperors.
		
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			Some of the most Roman, important Roman emperors
		
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			in history. Constantine, one of them. Then we
		
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			have Theodosius,
		
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			another one, very important,
		
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			Roman emperor. Then we have Justinian the great
		
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			who revived the Roman empire in the 6th
		
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			century. Right? And then most importantly,
		
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			the the the one of the most important
		
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			figures in the history of Islam. Who did
		
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			the prophet communicate with? Which Roman emperor?
		
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			Heraclius is buried here. That's the same Heraclius
		
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			that Absolutely. Heraclius. The same Heraclius Abu Sufyan
		
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			had a dialogue
		
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			with, which is narrated in Sahil Bukhari. Heraclius.
		
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			In Arabic, Heraclius
		
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			in,
		
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			English or,
		
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			Latin.
		
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			They are buried here. And the list goes
		
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			on. They were being buried here
		
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			very very late. Later Roman emperors also. Because
		
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			this spot never lost its importance.
		
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			So, basically, when Sultan Fatih took Constantinople,
		
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			the important this site was still very important
		
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			for Christendom. Right? And for the Romans.
		
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			But it was neglected.
		
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			They couldn't take care of it, especially after
		
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			the the 4th crusade in 1204
		
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			already mentioned.
		
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			The crusaders came in to Constantinople,
		
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			and they took the city of Constantinople in
		
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			1204 CE from the Romans
		
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			temporarily for about 50 years. Okay? And when
		
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			they took it, they ruled it by their
		
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			own laws, Latin laws.
		
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			The Byzantines, the Romans, or Greek,
		
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			they chose Greek language to,
		
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			you know,
		
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			do what whatever business they were doing. Lat,
		
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			the crusaders were Latin, so they brought their
		
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			own system. So the crusaders
		
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			sacked the church,
		
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			and
		
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			they desecrated the tombs of the Roman emperors.
		
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			Of Christians are they, and what kind of
		
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			Christians are these?
		
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			The Byzantines were obviously they're following they were
		
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			following a different version, orthodox. Greek? Greek orthodox
		
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			version of Christianity, and the Latins were Catholics.
		
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			They were represented by the pope papacy. So
		
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			the crusaders came in, and they sacked the
		
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			site, and they opened the tombs of the
		
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			Roman emperors looking for gold and relics and
		
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			all those things.
		
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			There are reports that when they found Heracles'
		
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			tomb and they opened it, they took his
		
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			crown made of gold, which was put with
		
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			him inside the tomb. And they said his
		
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			hair his hair was still on the crown
		
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			when they took the the crown. So the
		
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			crusaders desecrated the tomb,
		
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			tombs of all those Roman emperors, and this
		
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			place was then neglected. And then it fell
		
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			into more,
		
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			despair, and it was it was falling,
		
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			for falling apart. And when Sultan Mohammed al
		
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			Fatih took Constantinople, it was already in ruins.
		
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			Right? So
		
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			I don't know whether he actually knew the
		
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			importance
		
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			of this place.
		
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			Clearly, he knew that there was an important
		
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			church once that stood here, but I don't
		
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			know if he had this idea, this history
		
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			at his disposal that all the major Roman
		
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			emperors are buried. So he put a mosque,
		
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			a masjid right on top of them, as
		
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			you can see. And then he himself chose
		
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			to be buried. As if Allah is making
		
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			a point through this. That this is a
		
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			Muslim Sultan who has taken this, and he's
		
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			above all these Roman emperors. He's buried on
		
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			top of them.
		
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			How things change? So this is a very
		
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			important place. Not many people actually realize the
		
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			importance of this place. So when you walk
		
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			inside the masjid, remember that you might be
		
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			walking on top of Heraclius,
		
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			Constantine, Julian, and all those emperors buried underneath.
		
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			Okay? They could be anywhere here because this
		
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			whole hill was covered by this church of
		
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			holy apostles. Okay? This was more important than
		
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			Hagia Sophia. Hagia Sophia became important
		
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			because later on, the the gigantic
		
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			size and the importance given to it by
		
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			the Roman emperor. But even then, look at
		
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			this. Who built Hagia Sophia?
		
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			Justinian.
		
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			Emperor Justinian. It was completed in 537
		
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			CE.
		
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			Right? But where did he choose to be
		
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			buried?
		
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			Yeah.
		
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			Why not Hagia Sophia? Because this was more
		
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			important. This is the church of all the
		
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			apostles.
		
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			And now it is a masjid, and sultan
		
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			Muhammad al Fatih is buried on top of
		
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			all those women and Roman emperors.
		
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			And what happened to that relics? And what
		
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			happened to the relics? They were Oh, they're
		
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			gone. They're long gone. Crusaders destroyed everything. Crusaders
		
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			came and they desecrated the whole place,
		
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			because the Romans, the Byzantines,
		
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			they had respect for these Roman emperors because
		
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			they were all Christian. They were all Christian.
		
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			Right? They're Heraclius and Justinian, they were Christians,
		
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			and they did a lot for Christianity. Crusaders
		
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			considered them to be a bunch of heretics
		
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			and and what so they're like, who cares?
		
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			Open the tomb and take all the gold
		
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			and the swords or whatever is buried with
		
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			them. So in 1204, they sacked this place.
		
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			They messed up the city of Constantinople. You
		
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			said who do I respect for who? Chris
		
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			the Christians
		
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			who were living here. That's why they didn't
		
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			desecrate.
		
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			Right? Crusaders did it because they didn't really
		
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			believe in the same version of Christianity. So
		
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			let's keep keep moving inshallah.
		
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			This was a very brief summary of the
		
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			historic importance
		
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			of this spot. I believe this is one
		
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			of the most important places
		
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			in Constantinople,
		
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			in Istanbul because of the historic
		
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			nature
		
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			of the people who were buried here.
		
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			And, you know, we read so much about
		
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			Constantine and Justinian
		
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			and Heraclius so much. We know so much
		
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			about them, but we don't know where they
		
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			buried. No one knows. But this is where
		
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			this is where they were actually buried. And
		
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			this is very much downplayed for some reason.
		
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			Very much downplayed. This is not common knowledge.
		
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			Even amongst scholars, this is hardly known.
		
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			And I even bumped into these facts by
		
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			chance by accident because I was looking into
		
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			something, and I found that they are actually
		
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			buried at this place. So, brother Mohammed, we're
		
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			going, to the masjid or
		
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			I'm only 1. You want to share? Did
		
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			you want to say some words if you
		
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			maybe just
		
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			few sentences? Yeah. Go ahead. Okay, guys. This
		
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			is another thing which is the importance of
		
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			you. Of course. Yeah. I'm Mohammed. I'm the
		
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			local guide,
		
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			with you. So another thing, as you know,
		
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			the Hagia Sophia was a petrochate,
		
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			right, of the
		
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			Eastern Orthodox Christians.
		
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			So
		
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			when the crusades came in I mean, sorry
		
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			for that. When Mohammed al Fatih conquered the
		
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			place
		
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			and changed the Hagia Sophia into a mosque,
		
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			so they had to move the petrichate another
		
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			place. And that was the first spot
		
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			after they got the Hagia Sophia. And then
		
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			Mohammed al Fatih
		
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			actually took this place
		
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			and wanted to build the mosque and also,
		
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			you know,
		
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			tomb. So they also moved to the Char
		
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			Shamba area.
		
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			And from Char Shamba area, that was the
		
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			old Sultan Salim, Salim the first, who actually
		
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			wanted to build a new complex in there.
		
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			So they had to move it to the
		
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			Balat in 16/17.
		
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			So it's still in ballot right now. What
		
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			what is it that they
		
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			What what is it that they move? The
		
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			patriachate It's patriachate. What what is that?
		
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			Patriach. Patriot. Yeah. You know, the the patriarchs
		
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			were moved, because it was it was a
		
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			patriarchal.
		
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			That's what you mean. Right? Yeah. Okay. Yeah.
		
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			So,
		
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			this is what they moved. Main church? Yeah.
		
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			Yeah. The body, you mean? No. No. No.
		
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			No. The body's not moved. Yeah. The seat
		
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			of the patriarch. Oh, the The the patriarch
		
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			the patriarch of the city of Constantinople
		
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			was was would be based,
		
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			here. Right? And then it was moved later
		
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			on somewhere else by Sultan al Kante. This
		
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			is what Saddam Hussein. Yeah. Okay. So still,
		
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			he's still right there.
		
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			And
		
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			the Patrick is a Greek guy who born
		
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			in a island in Istanbul.
		
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			So the Patrick is still the Orthodox, Christian
		
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			Patrick still there. Yeah. And giving the speeches.
		
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			Yeah. It's like the orthodox pope. Yeah. Patriarch.
		
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			Okay? Yep.
		
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			So they were patriarchs of every single major
		
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			city,
		
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			like the the bishops. You can call them
		
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			the bishops, the cardinals,
		
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			the Catholic,
		
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			equivalent. So here in Greek orthodox, they would
		
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			have the patriarchs.
		
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			Okay?
		
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			So just like when Omar Ibn Khattab
		
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			when he came to take the city of
		
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			Jerusalem, who was dealing with him, who was
		
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			talking to him was patriarch Sophronius,
		
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			the bishop of the city. Right? So we
		
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			had different patriarchs here.
		
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			So they were based here, and then they
		
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			were moved they were moved elsewhere when Sultan
		
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			Mohammed Al Fatih took this spot. Okay. Let's
		
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			go. Let's go. Are we going inside the
		
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			jammy? Yeah. Okay. So we can go inside,
		
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			have a look. So let's say we should
		
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			have,
		
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			how many minutes in there? About 10 minutes?
		
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			Oh, okay. Well, we we are quite free
		
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			with time, so no problem.
		
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			And then once we are finished with the
		
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			the jamid, the masjid, then we'll come out
		
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			again, and we will go around and we'll
		
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			look at the tomb of Sultan Mohammed al
		
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			Fatih, which is right next door.
		
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			And his name is there and all,
		
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			the things, the hadith about Constantinople, the conquest
		
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			of Constantinople
		
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			is written on top of his tomb. So
		
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			you will see all that
		
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			So we're gonna go inside
		
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			the masjid.
		
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			Okay. Bismillahir
		
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			Rahmanir Rahim.
		
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			So this
		
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			is Jameh
		
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			al Fatih or al Fatih Jameh.
		
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			Okay?
		
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			This is Fatih mosque. As you can see,
		
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			it's magnificent.
		
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			It's quite normal in size and magnitude for
		
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			Istanbul.
		
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			In Istanbul, you have so many magnificent mosques
		
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			that every mosque looks the same, but they
		
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			all have unique features. This one has its
		
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			own independent unique features. Unfortunately, the original building
		
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			that was built in the 14 seventies fell
		
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			due to an earthquake in the 18th century,
		
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			and they had to rebuild
		
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			the whole thing or part of it,
		
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			but the foundation is the same. So as
		
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			I was talking about it earlier, this is
		
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			where all the Roman emperors
		
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			are.
		
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			Okay? So they are under this ground.
		
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			I'm very sure they are because this is
		
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			where the Church of Holy Apostles stood, and
		
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			this is where they were buried. So
		
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			they are within this compound. All those major
		
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			Roman emperors, and they were obviously spread out
		
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			when they were buried. So there's a long
		
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			list of them. And, inshallah, I can, take
		
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			out that list later on and,
		
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			read the list. Does anyone have Internet?
		
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			Yeah. Can you check very quick? The Roman
		
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			empress buried at the church of hope holy
		
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			apostles.
		
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			Roman empress buried at the church of holy
		
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			apostles. So I can quickly read the list
		
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			for our online audience as well.
		
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			Now I want to mention very quickly, this
		
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			is very important,
		
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			that we are doing these tours to educate
		
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			Muslims around the world about
		
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			the the history of Ottoman Turkey and Islamic
		
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			Spain and Morocco. So we are doing these
		
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			tours every few weeks. And if you want
		
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			to join one of these tours, brothers and
		
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			sisters,
		
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			check out halalgateaways.com.
		
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			Go on the website and check out the
		
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			future dates. I myself,
		
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			going to be,
		
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			joining these
		
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			tours
		
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			and
		
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			will be,
		
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			presenting history. So among those buried in the
		
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			church
		
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			of holy apostles,
		
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			okay,
		
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			is the Church of the Holy Apostles.
		
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			People who are buried here are Constantine the
		
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			first,
		
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			Constantius the second,
		
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			Julian,
		
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			Jovian,
		
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			Valentinian,
		
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			Theodosius,
		
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			Marcian.
		
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			Okay?
		
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			Ariane,
		
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			Anastasius,
		
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			Justinian,
		
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			Ino Anastasia,
		
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			Heraclius,
		
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			Eudokia,
		
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			Fausta,
		
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			Anastasia,
		
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			Anastasius,
		
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			Eudokia, Irene of Athens, Leo,
		
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			the 6th. Okay. Eudokia, Ingerina,
		
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			Nikephoros,
		
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			the second,
		
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			Constantine,
		
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			the 8th.
		
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			Okay. Zeo,
		
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			porphyrygentia
		
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			genita. Porphyrygentia.
		
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			Sorry. I can't pronounce that name.
		
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			Okay. And Theodora. So as as late as
		
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			1056,
		
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			the last Theodora
		
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			was buried in 1056.
		
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			So you can imagine
		
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			from the year 3 37
		
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			all the way up to 1056,
		
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			Roman emperors and Roman empresses,
		
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			are being buried here. Okay?
		
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			There are many famous names here who were
		
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			actually dealing with the ambassadors. Nikki Forrest is
		
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			one of them. Okay. Yeah. Sorry?
		
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			Kalbar.
		
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			Ibn Qasir, he narrates
		
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			this,
		
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			anecdote
		
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			that,
		
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			the empress Irene
		
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			was paying taxes to the Abbasids.
		
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			Right?
		
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			And,
		
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			when she was ousted,
		
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			by Nikki Foros, he refused to pay taxes
		
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			to the Abbasids. He said this was a
		
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			woman. She was weak. She's paying taxes to
		
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			these guys, these bullies. I'm not gonna pay
		
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			taxes.
		
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			So Harun al Rashid, at the time, he
		
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			wrote a letter
		
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			to Nikephoros, the emperor, the Roman emperor at
		
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			the time, and
		
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			he writes and the words are,
		
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			harun al Rashid, ela kalberom
		
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			from
		
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			the leader of the believers,
		
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			Harun al Rashid, to the dog of Rome,
		
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			basically. This is how he was addressing him,
		
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			and he told him that if you don't
		
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			start to pay your taxes, the army will
		
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			start here and end there with you. And
		
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			he still refused. And then the long story,
		
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			Harun al Rashid invaded,
		
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			and then Nikki Forrest,
		
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			surrendered
		
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			and agreed to pay taxes. But when Harun
		
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			al Rashid turned around, he refused again. Then
		
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			Harun al Rashid came back. He attacked the
		
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			city, the Roman territory again and took few
		
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			more cities. And then Nikephoros again surrendered, and
		
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			he said, please, enough is enough. We will
		
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			pay taxes. So this is how important some
		
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			of these figures are historically. They are directly
		
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			linked to the history of Islam. Heraclius onwards,
		
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			pretty much all Roman emperors were dealing with
		
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			first the Umayyads and the Abbasids,
		
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			and later on the Seljuks.
		
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			It is the Seljuks who took this territory
		
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			from the Roman emperors. Okay? Romanos
		
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			was the Roman emperor. In 10/71, there was
		
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			a very famous battle called the battle of
		
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			Manzikert. As a result of this battle, the
		
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			Turks came in, and we will talk more
		
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			about it when we are in Sogut and
		
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			Bursa.
		
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			So for now, inshallah, enjoy yourself, look around,
		
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			and, explore. And then once once we are
		
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			done, we will make our way to the
		
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			cover
		
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			of Sultan Mohammed Al Fati, inshallah.
		
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			Okay, everyone.
		
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			We are now
		
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			outside
		
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			the the Masjid compound, and we are making
		
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			our way to
		
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			the Muslim
		
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			cemetery.
		
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			Okay?
		
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			And right next to the Masjid, you can
		
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			see outside the Masjid, Sultan al Sateh is
		
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			buried
		
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			in this
		
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			very compound, in this very
		
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			room or mausoleum,
		
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			you can call it.
		
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			And
		
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			one of the greatest sultans to have ruled
		
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			the Ottoman Empire, one of the most powerful
		
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			ones, one of the most dynamic ones,
		
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			young Sultan, he was in his early twenties
		
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			when he took the city of Constantinople.
		
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			This was absolutely mind blowing, phenomenal.
		
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			How can such a young man lead such
		
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			a huge army and do something his predecessors
		
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			could not do for the previous
		
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			150
		
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			years? This was absolutely phenomenal.
		
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			Okay? So,
		
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			many sultans before him attempted,
		
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			but he had his mind bent on
		
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			taking
		
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			Constantinople
		
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			from
		
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			Christendom
		
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			and make it a Muslim capital.
		
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			And later on, Napoleon Bonaparte
		
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			was to remark that if
		
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			I had Constantinople
		
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			as my capital, I would rule the world
		
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			from it. So we're gonna go inside.
		
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			Yeah.
		
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			This is
		
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			the very
		
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			cover of Sultan Mohammed Al Fatih.
		
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			Mohammed the great also called
		
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			and you have verses of the Quran all
		
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			over
		
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			his,
		
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			tomb. There is that hadith.
		
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			And here
		
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			we have
		
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			the name of the sultan very beautifully
		
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			inscribed on this cloth in silver wires.
		
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			This is his name there.
		
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			And this is one of the things we
		
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			want to highlight that nowadays, many,
		
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			Turkish
		
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			brothers and sisters, they use the word to
		
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			refer to him.
		
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			And the actual name is Muhammad,
		
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			which is written on the very cover there
		
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			of the sultan.
		
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			It says a sultan Muhammad
		
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			Khan bin a sultan al Ghazi,
		
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			Ghazi Murad Khan.
		
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			So
		
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			Sultan Mohammed al Fatih was the son of
		
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			the great Ghazi
		
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			warrior, Sultan Murad the second, who fought the
		
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			Crusaders. His history is also very dynamic, absolutely
		
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			mind blowing.
		
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			And he was a very pious man.
		
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			Maybe it was his barakah, his prayers
		
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			that gave his son the honor
		
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			to take the city of Constantinople.
		
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			And, obviously, the credit goes to the father
		
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			as well for raising such a strong son,
		
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			Allahu Akbar. And Sultan Murad,
		
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			the second, he, basically wanted to worship Allah
		
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			and seclude himself from the affairs of Duniya.
		
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			He fought against the crusaders. He fought against
		
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			a coalition of,
		
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			the Christian world at the time from in
		
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			the west.
		
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			He took many lands in the Balkans
		
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			and he wanted to basically
		
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			leave the state
		
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			or the government to his son
		
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			and basically
		
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			seclude himself to worship Allah
		
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			But then he had to come back to
		
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			take power from his young son,
		
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			who could not,
		
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			at the time, you know, handle pressure. Or
		
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			maybe the wazirs were not very pleased with
		
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			things the way they were going, and Sultan
		
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			Murad had to come back the second time
		
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			he took power
		
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			and did what he had to do. So
		
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			when he died,
		
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			he had left a will that Barimi in
		
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			a very humble, very simple tomb. When they
		
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			go to Bursa, InshaAllah, we will see his
		
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			grave and you will see how simple it
		
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			is. Allahu Akbar. So this is Sultan Muhammad,
		
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			Sultan Muhammad the Great.
		
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			I was just asked a question about the
		
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			significance of
		
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			the turban, the huge
		
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			turban
		
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			on top of,
		
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			the grave,
		
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			or sarcophagus,
		
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			of the sultan.
		
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			Why is it there?
		
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			Why such a big turban?
		
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			In his real life, if you look at
		
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			some of his portraits,
		
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			his lifetime portraits, you will see his turban
		
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			was very weak. And this question comes up
		
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			very often that why did the Ottoman sultans
		
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			wear such big turbans?
		
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			The point was they would put cloth around
		
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			the turban
		
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			so that they could be buried in the
		
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			same cloth. It was their coffin.
		
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			Sorry.
		
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			Coffin not in,
		
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			as in the box, but the cloth so
		
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			that they can be put in this very
		
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			cloth. And when they die, they will be
		
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			wrapped in this very cloth and put in
		
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			the grave. So this was the idea why
		
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			the sultans
		
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			had such
		
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			huge turbans because they had cloth,
		
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			wrapped around their heads. So this is a
		
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			history we have to tell our children, the
		
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			humility of these people.
		
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			There was something very special about these people,
		
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			why Allah chose them to be here and
		
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			do all these great deeds.
		
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			If you go beyond sectarianism
		
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			and bigotry and prejudice, you will see that
		
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			Allah
		
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			chose them to serve Islam
		
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			in this way. There
		
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			is Adhan,
		
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			there is Salah, there is Quran being read
		
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			in these lands because of the struggles of
		
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			these people.
		
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			Allah chose them to do this, what they
		
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			did. And in other places we lost
		
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			land like Al Andalus in Spain because people
		
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			got too busy with this this dunya, and
		
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			they were too,
		
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			comfortable with the the ease and the luxuries
		
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			of this world.
		
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			But these sultans chose hardship.
		
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			They chose he spent
		
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			much of his life on the battlefield.
		
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			Sultan Suleiman, the magnificent,
		
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			one of his great
		
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			grandchildren,
		
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			who ruled from 15,
		
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			20 to 1566,
		
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			nearly 46 years. Guess what, brothers and sisters?
		
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			Nearly half his life was spent on the
		
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			battlefield. Half.
		
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			Nearly half his life even as a prince
		
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			and even after he became sultan.
		
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			After he became sultan, he spent nearly 20
		
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			years on the battlefield
		
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			fighting on two fronts,
		
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			the Europeans
		
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			on the western front and the Shia Safavids
		
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			on
		
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			the eastern front because they would attack him
		
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			repeatedly from behind. When he would attack the
		
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			Europeans on the western front, the Safavids would
		
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			launch an attack behind him, so he would
		
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			go and subdue them. So it was a
		
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			very difficult situation, very, very tough situation for
		
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			him.
		
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			But he lived 20 years of his life
		
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			fighting these battles,
		
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			trying to maintain
		
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			this territory for the Muslims. So it's very
		
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			important we teach our children this history so
		
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			that they can be inspired by the characters,
		
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			by their achievements,
		
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			and look up to these people.
		
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			Inshallah. Constantinople
		
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			was technically the city within the walls. The
		
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			Theodosian walls. The walls you see going around,
		
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			we will see them inshallah when we leave.
		
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			You will see the walls with red bricks.
		
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			Okay? There are stones and there are lines
		
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			of red bricks. These are Theodosian walls. They
		
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			were built in the 4th century, but mostly
		
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			there are older parts, but mostly in the
		
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			4th century,
		
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			and, these were impregnable
		
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			walls.
		
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			There were 2 layers. There's there was an
		
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			outer wall and there was an inner wall.
		
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			So even if you were to breach the
		
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			outer wall, it would be very difficult for
		
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			you to,
		
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			pass the second wall. But Sultan Mohammed al
		
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			Fatih and his army managed to do it
		
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			somehow. You know? Location in Constantinople.
		
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			Yeah. Absolutely. We we are right now this
		
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			is Church of Holy Apostles.
		
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			We are on one of the seven peaks
		
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			of the city of Constantinople. Right now, where
		
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			we're standing right now is one of the
		
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			7 peaks. 1 of the when when we
		
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			say one of the 7 peaks,
		
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			7 hills that overlook the city of Constantinople.
		
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			So this is very high plain. Okay? Sultans
		
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			who were before him were controlling the land
		
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			around.
		
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			Yeah. Land around
		
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			in Europe, on the European side, and the
		
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			Asian side. Okay? So the sultans before sultan
		
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			Muhammad al Fatih had pretty much taken
		
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			most
		
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			of northwestern Anatolia.
		
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			The only part left was Constantinople
		
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			that divided Asia from Europe. Okay? So the
		
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			sultans had taken land around Constantinople
		
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			as well, but they couldn't take Constantinople
		
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			because it was
		
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			impregnable. Right? Many sultans attempted. In fact, Sultan
		
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			Bayezid the first,
		
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			when Timur
		
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			came in
		
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			in 1401,
		
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			1402,
		
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			the battle of Ankara. Right? Timur from Central
		
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			Asia was another conqueror who wanted to
		
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			be another Genghis Khan. He came conquering land,
		
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			and he decided,
		
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			to attack the Ottomans. At the time, Sultan
		
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			Bayezid Yaldrum,
		
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			the thunderbolt,
		
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			was besieging Constantinople.
		
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			This was one of the dreams of the
		
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			Ottoman sultan. They wanted to do it for
		
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			Islam. They wanted they this is why they
		
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			were called ghazis.
		
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			Ghazis.
		
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			And only one of the sultans died on
		
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			the battlefield,
		
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			was killed after the battle. We will talk
		
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			more about him when we're in Bursa So
		
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			I don't want to give all the history
		
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			now because there's a lot to talk about,
		
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			a lot to cover in the coming days.
		
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			So I just wanted to quickly show you
		
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			this brief history of sultan Muhammad al Fatiha.
		
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			And remember the name,
		
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			the wazir, Shandarli
		
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			Halil Pasha. We will see his, grave in
		
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			his nick when we get there inshallah. And
		
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			he's buried there in a very humble grave,
		
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			but he was the 2nd most powerful man
		
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			after the Sultan himself. And Sultan had to
		
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			kill him,
		
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			and we will see why when we get
		
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			there in charge. Welcome, everyone.
		
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			So this is the Jewish street. Alright? That
		
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			the ottomans
		
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			after Muhammad al Fatih was must use it.
		
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			So what I mean, Jerusalem means sitting. Right?
		
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			Sitting. Jerusalem. And Merazim?
		
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			And Jerusalem. Jerusalem. Jerusalem. Jerusalem. Jerusalem. Jerusalem.
		
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			Jerusalem. Right? So each sultan after Muhammad al
		
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			Fatih
		
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			had to visit
		
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			the Abu al Ansari,
		
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			and then should walk all the way to
		
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			the top top of palace more than 2
		
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			hours.
		
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			So that was must. And then they can
		
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			be considered as a sultan.
		
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			So,
		
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			this is the importance of the, you know,
		
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			Abu Bakr and Sari.
		
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			So they all done. And, you know, like
		
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			people were sending just like us
		
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			and maybe he was
		
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			giving some coins to the people
		
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			all the way to the top couple of
		
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			palace. And this emirate is the emirate of
		
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			Mary Shahvari desultans. She was the mother of
		
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			the sarin the third and the wife of
		
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			the Mustafa the 3rd. So it's a soup
		
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			kitchen.
		
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			They are still cooking for more more than
		
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			4,000 people every day for free, you know.
		
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			Yeah. It's supported by waqf. Yeah. It's a
		
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			waqf. It's a foundation.
		
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			49%
		
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			of the foundation
		
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			are actually
		
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			ruled by women.
		
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			So they didn't spend money to get, you
		
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			know, like fancy
		
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			clothes or Chanel bags, whatever.
		
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			So they spent,
		
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			you know, for the sake of public people.
		
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			Right? For the sake of Allah. And even
		
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			we have a one,
		
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			what you say, aya
		
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			on the top of the gate.
		
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			We have a Yeah. That's So so so
		
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			the point what what brother Mohammed is explaining,
		
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			every time a sultan was crowned,
		
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			he would come here, this very route,
		
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			walk to
		
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			the the mausoleum of
		
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			Abu Ayub Al Ansari
		
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			Okay? Pay his respects there, and then walk
		
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			back to Topkapi Palace
		
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			to be to be throned or enthroned. Okay?
		
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			And this is their love for the prophet
		
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			sallallahu alaihi wa sallam. Why are they doing
		
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			this? They are doing this because this is
		
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			the closest thing they have to the prophet
		
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			sallallahu alaihi wa sallam,
		
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			a Sahabi.
		
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			Now the question keeps coming up, is he
		
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			actually really buried here? That's not the point.
		
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			The point is they have come to believe
		
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			already that he's buried here,
		
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			Okay?
		
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			And
		
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			the fact that they believe
		
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			this
		
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			and they walk here to show their devotion
		
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			to a companion of Rasulullah SAWSOLUM to honor
		
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			the prophet SAWSOLUM,
		
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			it shows you the dedication and the level
		
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			of respect and love the Ottoman Sultans had
		
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			for Rasool Allah sallallahu alaihi wa sallam. We
		
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			can disagree with this devotion
		
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			yet,
		
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			if you think about it, this is the
		
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			best they knew at the time and this
		
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			is what they practice. So this is the
		
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			verse brother Mohammed was talking about. This is
		
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			a soup kitchen
		
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			which was built by one of the,
		
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			mothers of,
		
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			sorry, mother of 1 of the sultans. Sultan
		
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			Salim the 3rd, his mother, she initiated this.
		
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			Okay? So
		
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			the calligraphy situation. Even if you know Arabic,
		
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			it's not easy to read all the calligraphy
		
00:38:07 --> 00:38:08
			styles. There are 14 types of
		
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			a calligraphy.
		
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			And this
		
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			is, jelly.
		
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			Alright. So it's really hard to read it,
		
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			but it's it's written on it because I
		
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			read it from somewhere else. Yeah. So it's
		
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			written
		
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			So we feed you for the sake of
		
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			Allah.
		
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			No reward we wait from you nor thanks.
		
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			And you know why this aya received? Does
		
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			anybody
		
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			know to explain?
		
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			So this aya received actually, you know, there
		
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			was a boycott for Muslims. Yeah. And Ali
		
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			bin Talib and Fatima radhiallahu an, they barely
		
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			found a little bit dates to break the
		
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			fast. They were fasting
		
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			and immediately the door is is knocked and
		
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			somebody asked for the sake of Allah something
		
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			and they gave it and they kept fasting
		
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			till the other day. And the other day,
		
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			they barely found a little bit dates to
		
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			I mean, to break the fast
		
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			but
		
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			door is knocked again.
		
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			So and Ali,
		
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			Karam
		
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			gave whatever he has, and this ayah received
		
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			to our prophet Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wa sallam.
		
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			So you can imagine, like, he was not
		
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			waiting for anything. So these guys probably know
		
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			the situation that's why they put this ayah,
		
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			like, we feed you for the sake of
		
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			Allah and no reward or no thanks wait
		
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			from you. So this this shows you the
		
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			love of even the women, the ladies of
		
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			the the royal,
		
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			the household
		
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			who were,
		
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			trained in such,
		
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			manners
		
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			and such,
		
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			such moral,
		
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			you know, uprightness that they would initiate projects
		
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			like this
		
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			and feed people,
		
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			free of charge. And amazingly, this is still
		
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			a wakf, and it still runs to this
		
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			day. As brother Mohammed highlighted,
		
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			4,000 people nearly come and receive their soup,
		
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			daily soup. It's a soup kitchen. So
		
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			if you're hungry in Istanbul and you don't
		
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			have money in your pocket, this is the
		
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			place to come. And you will
		
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			you won't be disappointed because the soup here,
		
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			what they call shoruba. Right?
		
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			Is is the it's the best.
		
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			But you will you
		
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			you you will notice sorry?
		
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			This is her tomb. This is her tomb,
		
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			the lady's tomb.
		
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			May Allah have mercy on her. May Allah
		
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			accept from her her sadaqah, her khairat,
		
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			that she did, and it still continues to
		
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			this day. We cannot forget these people. These
		
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			people
		
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			are very important, in our history. This way?
		
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			Yeah. So you might have noticed already, brothers
		
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			and sisters, that there are so many graves,
		
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			unbelievable
		
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			amount of graves around this compound.
		
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			Why do you think?
		
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			Even look up in the hill, there are
		
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			graves
		
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			there. Look.
		
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			There are graves here. There are graves here.
		
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			There are graves here. There are graves here.
		
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			There are graves on the mountain.
		
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			Okay?
		
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			You know why?
		
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			Look behind me there.
		
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			This is where
		
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			Abu Ayub al Ansari
		
00:41:08 --> 00:41:11
			his Muslim is. So everyone, all these Ottomans,
		
00:41:11 --> 00:41:13
			they wanted to be close to a Sahabi
		
00:41:13 --> 00:41:15
			of Rasulullah SAWSAW. When they die, they wanna
		
00:41:15 --> 00:41:16
			be in the same vicinity,
		
00:41:17 --> 00:41:18
			in the same area, to be close to
		
00:41:18 --> 00:41:20
			the Sahabi of Rasool Allah SAW Salam out
		
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			of their love. Yeah. And by the way,
		
00:41:23 --> 00:41:25
			it's pretty clear before
		
00:41:25 --> 00:41:28
			Muhammad al Fatih actually, you know,
		
00:41:28 --> 00:41:31
			found this place, his teacher Aksham Sethin.
		
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			So there was nobody living in here. So
		
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			this is the only place, one of the
		
00:41:36 --> 00:41:39
			only places in Istanbul populated only by Muslims.
		
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			There are no, you know, like non Muslims
		
00:41:42 --> 00:41:44
			in here, just Muslims.
		
00:41:45 --> 00:41:47
			So, again, to highlight the point whether,
		
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			Abu Ayubal Ansari radhiallalan is buried here or
		
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			not is a very good question.
		
00:41:53 --> 00:41:54
			Okay? There are opinions
		
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			that people claim that he is buried here.
		
00:41:57 --> 00:41:59
			Okay. Others say no. We have no evidence.
		
00:41:59 --> 00:42:02
			We cannot trust a dream. But regardless, people
		
00:42:02 --> 00:42:05
			come and express their devotion and their love
		
00:42:05 --> 00:42:08
			for the prophet by paying respects here, making
		
00:42:08 --> 00:42:08
			dua.
		
00:42:08 --> 00:42:10
			But any of the
		
00:42:10 --> 00:42:13
			noncherry activities here, of course, they are not
		
00:42:13 --> 00:42:14
			the responsibility
		
00:42:14 --> 00:42:15
			of,
		
00:42:15 --> 00:42:17
			people who are taking care of this place.
		
00:42:18 --> 00:42:19
			There are people who,
		
00:42:20 --> 00:42:22
			express their devotion in, different ways. So
		
00:42:23 --> 00:42:25
			when we walk in there, okay,
		
00:42:26 --> 00:42:28
			we make dua for all the people who
		
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			are buried around this compound.
		
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			Accept them.
		
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			And may Allah accept the errors. Sorry. May
		
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			Allah forgive the errors and accept the good
		
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			deeds.
		
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			And at the same time, remember that we
		
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			have to follow the Sharia when we are
		
00:42:40 --> 00:42:41
			paying respects
		
00:42:42 --> 00:42:43
			to the deceased,
		
00:42:43 --> 00:42:45
			the ones who have passed away, whether they
		
00:42:45 --> 00:42:47
			are Sahaba or people who came after the
		
00:42:47 --> 00:42:47
			Sahaba,
		
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			we pay respects according to Sharia. We do
		
00:42:52 --> 00:42:54
			not break the rules of Sharia. We do
		
00:42:54 --> 00:42:56
			not do anything that is against the sunnah
		
00:42:56 --> 00:42:58
			of Rasulullah sallallahu alaihi wa sallam. He has
		
00:42:58 --> 00:43:00
			taught us how to visit
		
00:43:01 --> 00:43:02
			graves
		
00:43:02 --> 00:43:04
			and tombs. He has taught us how to
		
00:43:04 --> 00:43:06
			visit the graves of people who have passed
		
00:43:06 --> 00:43:08
			away. So we stick to that inshallah. We
		
00:43:08 --> 00:43:10
			stick to the principles of Islam and sunnah
		
00:43:10 --> 00:43:10
			And
		
00:43:14 --> 00:43:15
			yes. Okay.
		
00:43:19 --> 00:43:22
			Well Ahmed the first. So before Ahmed the
		
00:43:22 --> 00:43:24
			first built this place Right. Everybody was just,
		
00:43:24 --> 00:43:26
			you know, like, looking Sultan Ahmed the first,
		
00:43:26 --> 00:43:28
			he built this, and you can see the
		
00:43:28 --> 00:43:29
			amazing decoration.
		
00:43:29 --> 00:43:30
			Very Ottoman.
		
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			Very distinctive of Ottoman,
		
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			artwork.
		
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			Very beautiful.
		
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			And we're gonna go inside
		
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			the mausoleum
		
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			from this. Where do we enter from? This
		
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			this this is the entrance.
		
00:43:43 --> 00:43:45
			Okay. As I said,
		
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			this is an attribution.
		
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			We can never be sure whether he is
		
00:43:50 --> 00:43:51
			actually buried here,
		
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			But he's definitely close to the walls of
		
00:43:54 --> 00:43:54
			Constantinople,
		
00:43:55 --> 00:43:56
			or he was buried
		
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			around
		
00:43:58 --> 00:43:58
			the city of,
		
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			or close to the city of Constantinople
		
00:44:02 --> 00:44:05
			because he, well, he came on an expedition,
		
00:44:06 --> 00:44:08
			that was sent to conquer
		
00:44:08 --> 00:44:10
			Constantinople. This is during the period.
		
00:44:11 --> 00:44:13
			This is during the period.
		
00:44:13 --> 00:44:15
			So we're gonna go in. We can take
		
00:44:15 --> 00:44:16
			our shoes inside.
		
00:44:17 --> 00:44:18
			We're gonna put them in the in the
		
00:44:18 --> 00:44:19
			bags.
		
00:44:21 --> 00:44:22
			Oh, we can carry them in the hand.
		
00:44:22 --> 00:44:23
			No? Okay.
		
00:44:24 --> 00:44:26
			It's many Oh, yeah. Yeah. Plastic bag is
		
00:44:26 --> 00:44:27
			better. Yeah. I'm gonna do it for you.
		
00:44:27 --> 00:44:28
			Don't worry.
		
00:44:30 --> 00:44:32
			Give me one more, please. Mhmm. We'll put
		
00:44:32 --> 00:44:34
			Hamza's shoes in there.
		
00:44:36 --> 00:44:38
			Okay. I got it. I got it. I'll
		
00:44:38 --> 00:44:40
			carry it. No problem. No. No. It's alright.
		
00:44:40 --> 00:44:40
			Come.
		
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			Now okay. So we enter
		
00:44:46 --> 00:44:46
			from here,
		
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			and
		
00:44:49 --> 00:44:50
			the
		
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			the alleged the alleged tomb or
		
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			the attributed tomb
		
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			is in
		
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			there.
		
00:45:03 --> 00:45:05
			You can see there's a cover inside.
		
00:45:06 --> 00:45:07
			It is there.
		
00:45:10 --> 00:45:12
			As I mentioned, that we should stick to
		
00:45:12 --> 00:45:14
			the principles of sharia when visiting
		
00:45:14 --> 00:45:16
			tombs and graves.
		
00:45:16 --> 00:45:18
			In this case, we're not sure if,
		
00:45:19 --> 00:45:20
			our is
		
00:45:21 --> 00:45:21
			buried, but
		
00:45:22 --> 00:45:24
			we respect the local custom
		
00:45:25 --> 00:45:26
			and local attribution.
		
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			Okay. We'll leave now.
		
00:45:43 --> 00:45:44
			So here,
		
00:45:45 --> 00:45:47
			brothers and sisters, it's very clear
		
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			that
		
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			a lot of people from Turkey around Turkey,
		
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			around the world, they come and visit this,
		
00:45:53 --> 00:45:54
			mausoleum.
		
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			And,
		
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			I'm sorry.
		
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			And it's a source of inspiration for the
		
00:46:01 --> 00:46:02
			local
		
00:46:02 --> 00:46:03
			Turkish Muslims,
		
00:46:04 --> 00:46:06
			and you see a lot of people in
		
00:46:06 --> 00:46:06
			religious,
		
00:46:08 --> 00:46:08
			dresses.
		
00:46:09 --> 00:46:12
			Many religious people in Turkey who are very
		
00:46:12 --> 00:46:13
			religious, they come here
		
00:46:13 --> 00:46:15
			and pay their respects.
		
00:46:16 --> 00:46:18
			Of course, we do not agree with things
		
00:46:18 --> 00:46:19
			that people do
		
00:46:19 --> 00:46:22
			against Sharia or when they are doing
		
00:46:22 --> 00:46:23
			actions.