Adnan Rashid – Madina al-Zahra (Cordoba) – What Happened to it

			Salam aleikum, everyone I am
		

			at Medina to Sahara in October in Cordoba,
		

			Islamic Spain. It used to be once upon a time Islamic Spain, current de Spain, the city still called
Cordoba. And this is a historic site. Our city was built in 1936. See, it was started by a black
man, the third, the most powerful ruler in Western Europe, and potentially, possibly in the world.
He started this city as a project to make the point that he is the most powerful man in the world.
And he wanted all the ambassador's to come and meet him in this place. So he wanted to show the
splendor and the power of the Islamic caliphate in the West in Spain. But this was our our started
in 1936. See, and it was finished in 10 years, let's say 946. It was finished, and it lasted for
		

			nearly eight years. Later on in 1013, just before the Umayyad caliphate collapsed in Spain, the city
was destroyed due to a civil war between the barbers and the supporters of the OMA years and other
factions. Right. So unfortunately, the city did not last more than 80 years, and then it was lost.
It became an abandoned, lost sight. It was rediscovered in the early 20th century by some
archaeologists, and lo and behold, we have what remains of this magnificent city once upon a time,
one of the greatest and the most awesome cities. In the Western world. Cordoba was the largest city
in the world with a population of a million people at this time. It was a city of scholars,
		

			philosophers, intellectuals, universities, mosques, public libraries, there were 70 public
libraries, public bots, some of the most learned men in the world were found here. Some of the most
important works on science and philosophy were transcribed in the Arabic language and then
transmitted later on to the rest of the Western
		

			Europe. Okay. And it was from here that the European scholars got the knowledge they later developed
and
		

			basically created what we called the European Renaissance. Okay, so Medina says Zara is right at the
heart of it. This was an absolute statement of power and glory on the part of the Muslim caliphate.
And it remains standing to this day as a memory as a reminder to Muslims as to how powerful Muslims
were in Western Europe once upon a time and how much influence Muslims exercised. Okay. So this is
lost history. This is unknown history to most Muslims in particular and the rest of the world in
general. We are trying to encourage people to come and visit these places with us so that we can
teach them history on the spot on the ground by showing the monuments and explaining history. So,
		

			there are many more tours taking place of similar nature in the future. You can go and check out the
dates on holiday getaways.com halaal get aways.com Check out the website for future dates for future
trips to Spain, a London us and Turkey and Morocco and other places. Inshallah we look forward to
seeing you there. This is a very important thing. You have to teach yourself history teach your
children history so that they have a sense of belonging to a civilization so they know what was
achieved before them for them to vote for them to look up to something if you don't teach this to
them. They don't know anything. They don't know what happened before they were born. They will never
		

			know and they will never look up to it. They will never try to revive it they will never try to
learn from it there is no inspiration for them. So in order to change all that join us on these
trips inshallah holiday