In 1081, El Cid, now a mercenary, offered his services to the Moorish king of the northeast Al-Andalus city of Zaragoza, Yusuf al-Mu'taman ibn Hud, and served both him and his successor, Al-Mustain II. O'Callaghan writes.
I wonder if western Europeans and North Americans will ever portray other humans as humans. Whenever there is a war between a nation in western Europe and a nation from Africa or any part of the world, the latter is always depicted as barbaric, while the first is depicted as civilized. Even when Europeans are the ones who are invading and committing war crimes, historians and media people still insist on portraying the first as angels. I wonder how Europeans consider themselves as open-minded!
@mizzoulibertarian The actual word used by early muslims to describe a non muslim is the arabic word 'kafir'. The word is translated usually translated as infidel; however, it really means a person who refuses to become a muslim. The word can describe the most civilized person in the word. It has no insults attached to it. The word 'barbaric', on the other hand, has all sorts of bad annotations.
The idea that El Cid and El Bueno were the legendary Crusading heroes of Spain is only a myth. They were just mercenaries and fought for whoever paid them. El Bueno wasn't even Spanish. He was a Muslim and came from northern Africa. Did you know the name El Cid derives from Arabic meaning "My Lord" or "My Master". There is an excellent British documentary on YouTube, called "When the Moors Ruled in Europe".
British documentary? Come on,are you gonna believe to the brithis historiacans?
El bueno arrived from north spain,like a lot of "spanish" people,ho is more spanish? the one ho was visigothich? or roman? or celtic? or what?...Guzman el bueno was spanish,like averroes or like el Cid or like another ones ho arrived from different part of the world.......
@len1414 this documentary is a sum of nonsense and falsificacions
Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar fought for the king of Zaragoza,himself vassal of Castilla.
When the almoravids came ,the taîfa's kingdoms were destroyed and the beginning of the worst islamic integrism = expulsion and massive murder of cristians and jew
some links christians historians and writers telling the trute the positives and the negatives about almoravids and youssef ib tashfin S.lane-poole:The Moors in Spain;Fisher Unwin;London;1888;p.192 p.178
H.C.Lea:The Morisco of Spain;Burt Franklin;New York;1968 reprint p.1
C.Cahen:Orient et Occident au temps des croisades,Aubier Montaigne,1983
this is crap history fabricated youssef ibn tashfin not what this mavie called him was a great leader hummble net slautered any unnarmed person event knoghts that put their sword dow and surrendered were spared sheck lea`s book britich christian man library of london
In 1081, El Cid, now a mercenary, offered his services to the Moorish king of the northeast Al-Andalus city of Zaragoza, Yusuf al-Mu'taman ibn Hud, and served both him and his successor, Al-Mustain II. O'Callaghan writes.
ANashuu 1 year ago
I wonder if western Europeans and North Americans will ever portray other humans as humans. Whenever there is a war between a nation in western Europe and a nation from Africa or any part of the world, the latter is always depicted as barbaric, while the first is depicted as civilized. Even when Europeans are the ones who are invading and committing war crimes, historians and media people still insist on portraying the first as angels. I wonder how Europeans consider themselves as open-minded!
md4u2002 2 years ago
@md4u2002 such as the muslims call those they are attacking "infidels"?
mizzoulibertarian 1 year ago
@mizzoulibertarian The actual word used by early muslims to describe a non muslim is the arabic word 'kafir'. The word is translated usually translated as infidel; however, it really means a person who refuses to become a muslim. The word can describe the most civilized person in the word. It has no insults attached to it. The word 'barbaric', on the other hand, has all sorts of bad annotations.
md4u2002 1 year ago
the Muslim cobra commander
bobbydigital20g 3 years ago
@bobbydigital20g That's actually a pretty funny and on the mark analogy.
phimseto 10 months ago
The idea that El Cid and El Bueno were the legendary Crusading heroes of Spain is only a myth. They were just mercenaries and fought for whoever paid them. El Bueno wasn't even Spanish. He was a Muslim and came from northern Africa. Did you know the name El Cid derives from Arabic meaning "My Lord" or "My Master". There is an excellent British documentary on YouTube, called "When the Moors Ruled in Europe".
len1414 3 years ago
British documentary? Come on,are you gonna believe to the brithis historiacans?
El bueno arrived from north spain,like a lot of "spanish" people,ho is more spanish? the one ho was visigothich? or roman? or celtic? or what?...Guzman el bueno was spanish,like averroes or like el Cid or like another ones ho arrived from different part of the world.......
maicolin 2 years ago
El Cid was a Spaniard with tough balls. That's enough.
Go with your stinking Woody-Allen-like philosophy to the horsedung pile you emerged from.
nt8814 2 years ago
@len1414 this documentary is a sum of nonsense and falsificacions
Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar fought for the king of Zaragoza,himself vassal of Castilla.
When the almoravids came ,the taîfa's kingdoms were destroyed and the beginning of the worst islamic integrism = expulsion and massive murder of cristians and jew
RECESWINTUS 1 year ago
in 1086 at the battle ofallaqa with the lead Youssef Ibn Tashfin
rra3d 3 years ago
some links christians historians and writers telling the trute the positives and the negatives about almoravids and youssef ib tashfin S.lane-poole:The Moors in Spain;Fisher Unwin;London;1888;p.192 p.178
H.C.Lea:The Morisco of Spain;Burt Franklin;New York;1968 reprint p.1
C.Cahen:Orient et Occident au temps des croisades,Aubier Montaigne,1983
rra3d 3 years ago
this is crap history fabricated youssef ibn tashfin not what this mavie called him was a great leader hummble net slautered any unnarmed person event knoghts that put their sword dow and surrendered were spared sheck lea`s book britich christian man library of london
rra3d 3 years ago
This is a fabricate lie about Yusuf Ibn Tashfin
rockseezur 4 years ago
LOL :-D
ManguelaTjc 4 years ago