Chapter 313 Past and Future
The history of the Arab Empire is actually quite interesting.
As an empire that started with religion, their characteristics of unity between politics and religion were relatively unique and profoundly influenced later Islamic countries.
But even Muslims often know very little about the early history of Islam.
The origin of Islam is even more unclear, so in the 21st century, some Muslims still believe that Allah and Jehovah are not the same god.
As for the 13th-century Turks like Elder Ilham, they were even more disgusted and knew nothing about the events of the Prophet's Age.
He was also very happy to chat with Gerris over a drink today, so he asked Gerris to talk more, so as to increase his experience.
Hearing Elder Ilham's words, Arslan on the side also pricked up his ears and listened carefully, and poured Gerris's glass with wine, looking quite humble as a student.
"The history of Islam can actually be traced back to six hundred years ago. At that time, the prophet Muhammad was born in a business family in Mecca..."
Geris did not give some Conspiracy theories, or some statements that do not conform to the Islamic historical view, he just repeated what the teaching jurists said.
For example, the Prophet began to receive revelation from Allah through the Angel Giplier in his 30s. These revelations ultimately constitute the Quran, the core classic of Islam.
The doctrine of the Prophet emphasizes the unique God, and advocates that believers approach God through prayer, alms, fasting and pilgrimage.
He called for social justice, poverty relief and care for vulnerable groups, and opposed idol worship, tribalism and social inequality at that time.
In Gerris's opinion, the Prophet is indeed a Prophet because he was changing the society at that time in his own way. As for the future?
No living people can control the future, and the history of Islam also proves this.
Accompanied by the actions of the Prophet, the local nobles in Mecca fought strongly.
After all, his behavior was to break certain rules since ancient times.
Even the later second orthodox caliph, Omer, physically beat the Prophet to the ground for teeth at this stage.
For this reason, the Prophet migrated in 622 and headed to Medina, which was the first year of the Islamic calendar.
After the migration, the Prophet established a new political and religious community in Medina, where he was not only a religious leader, but also a political leader.
He signed a "coexistence agreement" with the Jewish tribes in Medina, trying to establish a society where multi-faith coexistence was held. Of course, in the result, all the Jewish tribes in Medina were "handled" by the Prophets.
The interpretations are many angles, but in conclusion, the local Jews in Medina were "treated".
During this period, the nobles of Mecca still posed a threat to Mohammed, and several conflicts broke out between the two, most famously the Battle of Badr (624) and the Battle of Uhoud (625) .
When in 630, the Prophets returned to Mecca and formally established their Islamic political and religious rule.
In Mecca, the Prophets destroyed local idols and turned the Karl daytime room in Mecca into a sacred place of Islam.
Since then, many Arab tribes have converted to Islam, and Muhammad's influence has reached its peak.
But even so, Arabia during this period was still a corner on the edge of the world. The Eastern Empire was fighting the Sassanian Persia in an endless battle, and Iraq was winning every battle...
Maybe, When Iraqi Luk received news of Arab unification at that time, he felt inexplicably unfamiliar and had nothing to do with him.
When the Prophet passed away in 632, he did not clearly designate a successor, which caused controversy over the inheritance of leadership.
In the end, Abu Burkel became the first caliph in an election.
This also triggered signs of division.
The core controversy lies in whether leadership should be determined by bloodline or election.
The former means Ali, and the latter is Abu Burkel.
This is also the difference between Sunni and Shiites. Of course, history has once again proved that dead people cannot control the living.
Because the Sunnis, born through elections, welcomed the Umayyad Dynasty after the end of the era of the Four Caliphs.
If you don't inherit the bloodline of the prophet, just use your own bloodline...
What's more, the Umayyad family was once a famous clan in Mecca. Before the Prophets conquered Mecca, they firmly Oppose the Prophet.
The disputes and divisions between the two factions have emerged since the beginning of the Caliphate system.
Abu Burkel died of his life, and then he took over Omer.
In the hands of Omer, the Caliph expanded at an unprecedented speed, conquering Mesopotamia, part of Persia from the corners of the world's margins and eventually destroying the Sassanid dynasty that ruled Persia at that time.
In addition, Egypt, Palestine, North Africa and Armenia were seized from the Eastern Empire.
When in 636, in the Battle of Yarmouk near Damascus, Omer defeated the more with fewer and ended the Byzantine Empire's rule in Syria.
But this is the only one who was physically attacking the Maharaja who had been looking for teeth and successfully expanded the Caliphate's unprecedented expansion, but died in the assassination of a Persian slave.
Although history records that Persian slave was arrested and executed in Medina, there is also a saying that Ali saved the Persian slave from the pursuers and miraculously sent him to Iran.
Whether the latter is true or not, it represents the complex political situation at that time.
You know, the Shiites even built a mausoleum for the Persian slave and held a festival to celebrate the killing of Omer.
Then the Caliph Ottoman, who compiled the Koran, came to power and died of assassination. When he was buried, he was not even allowed to be buried in the Muslim cemetery, but sent to the Jewish cemetery.
And then Ali came to power. During Ali's rule, the situation went into irreversible chaos, and in the end he himself was still injured by the poisonous sword.
After Gerris finished the relationship between the various forces at that time, namely: the Chuangshi, the Auxiliary, the Meccans, the Egyptians, the Kufa people and the Basra people.
Elder Ilham had already shaken his head and became drowsy.
But history is like this. No matter how it is whitewashed or beautified, once the things that happened during the period are summarized, they will be stripped of the sacredness, leaving only cruelty and boredom.
Didn’t the inheritance of the former Prophets really be changed in such a fierce political conflict?
Faced with this problem, Elder Ilham actually already has his own opinion.
The dead cannot control the living, even if they are prophets.
Arslan, who was standing by, took the opportunity to ask a question at this time.
"If even the scriptures passed down from that era were distorted in various ways, then is there really a 'real religion' in this era?"
Geris looked at Arslan and thought about how this guy was Asked an inexplicable question. He did not give affirmation or veto, he just stretched out his palm toward Arslan. When Arslan felt inexplicably, a pool of wine appeared in his palm.
Geris shook his hand, and the pool of wine poured on Arslan's face, then stood up and left here.
It was not until a while that Arslan realized what had just happened.
The originally dry palm had nothing, and suddenly the drink came out. This was a slight sign, a miracle that was repeated by Gerris.
[In the Battle of Hodebia, due to lack of water, his companions asked him to help provide water. Mohammed stretched out his fingers, and the water flowed out of his fingertips, and the soldiers came to drink until they all got enough water. 】
——"Halloween of Buhari"
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Elder Ilham or other people in this settlement have discovered it while getting along A question was made.
Gerris is the only one among them who can recite the Koran backwards.
Although Gerris and the elders have discussed many things that are not suitable for dissemination, Gerris's knowledge is really too strong.
For a moment, Elder Ilham began to discuss with everyone, otherwise he would invite Gerris to be an imam and everyone would help him build a mosque.
No mistakes, one poem, one post, one content, one in 6, one book, one bar, one read!
This makes their Uktu tribe seem to be pious enough.
However, in such a discussion, an unexpected news hit everyone in this settlement like a bolt from the blue.
They were a few people dressed in tattered clothes and covered in mud and blood. They had no weapons on them, only themselves and the horse under their crotch.
When they passed by the settlement of the Uktu tribe, someone had dismounted to ask for saliva, and then brought bad news.
The Battle of Basiani organized by Suleiman II was lost. It was a total of 400,000 troops, and was defeated by the Georgians in Basiani!
Sultan himself died in battle!
According to legend, in the early stages of the war, Sudan almost defeated the Georgian central army.
But the Georgians sent advance teams to launch a surprise attack at night, causing chaos on the Sudan's flank. The Sudan managed to gather troops to fight back, almost turning the situation around.
But at this moment, the Sudan's flag fell in the glimmer of dawn!
For a moment, the flank troops whose morale was stuck on the collapse limit fled one after another.
These few defeated soldiers among them are one of them. After throwing away their armor and leaving only a horse, they run the fastest.
When he heard the news, Gerris's expression was a bit unspeakable, and Arslan thought about it and so was it.
But the other people in the tribe could not care about what was going on at this time. They were just panicked and at a loss.
Because this place in Basiani is too close to them!
In the Battle of Shamkor five years ago, Georgia won a great victory over the Muslims, successfully expanded its sphere of influence, and approached the Sultanate of Rom.
Now, the Sultan is defeated in Basiani, not to mention whether the recruited young men in the tribe have returned safely, as long as Georgia pursues the victory, they will encounter military disasters here.
They are not a strong city like Erzurum. There is not even a wall here, so it is impossible to stop the Georgian army from advancing westward.
When the tribe gathered, it didn't take much time.
This Turkic tribe made a decision - to migrate, or to return to a nomadic life.
Nomadic and nomadic, many people only understand pastoralism, but traveling is the more critical side.
For nomads, living by pursuing water and plants is only a part of their economic life.
Many times, the movement and migration of nomads do not mean that livestock can obtain suitable environmental resources in various seasons, but rather that they should avoid various natural or man-made risks.
These are human-induced risks, including oppression from higher-level rule and certain exploitation.
The government of the Republic of China in the 20th century had a report in which it said that residents in a certain place in northwest Sichuan were nomads.
The report content of the local government is: "The tax on the animals is allowed to be allowed to do so. The government dares not force it, otherwise it will move home to drive cattle and flee to the wild animals."
This is also why nomads are One reason is that you don’t need to bear too much taxes. After all, you have too many taxes, and nomads do not rely on farming to live, and they just take cattle and sheep away to get rid of political authority and exploitation.
There is also such an element in the problems that Arslan is worried about.
Now, their tribe doesn't have much land and the cost of sunk is still small, so naturally they have to pack up and escape.
After understanding the reasons, Gerris did not stop the Uktu tribe's actions. He just found Elder Ilham and chatted with the other party.
It was still outside the rather shabby tent that Gerrys sat cross-legged on the ground and asked the other party: "It's almost autumn now. Will you come back in autumn?"
< br>Elder Ilham did not drink, but seemed a little hesitant. He glanced at the farmland in the distance, and couldn't let it go.
Compared to farming, nomadic things are indeed more difficult, but nomadic things can at least help them avoid military disasters.
Now they have to race against time to leave quickly, so it is naturally impossible to wait until the farmland is harvested.
"I will wait for you to come back here, and I promise that by that time, everything here will not change."
Elder Ilham didn't know why Gerris was I can say such things, but it's nothing anyway.
If someone can stay here and help them watch the fields, it is actually a good thing.
"At that time, I hope that more people in your tribe will come to farm with me, not just an Arslan."
Elder Ilham nodded again, without saying much What.
So, in less than a day of busyness, the people who stayed in this settlement of the Uktu tribe were ready to migrate.
In this tense atmosphere of life and death, every minute, there are only two exceptions, one is Gerris and the other is Arslan.
A little bit of civilization was lit up in the mountains of Anatolia.
Faced with the cold wind blowing from the north, Gerris chose to stay here and face the Georgian blade.
(This chapter ends)