Zaid Hamid:BrassTacks-Yeh Ghazi Episode12;Alp Arslan+Yusuf Ibn Tashfin Part2

BrassTacks program Yeh Ghazi on Timeline of the Muslim History. In this episode Zaid Hamid discusses two contemprary champions of Islam, Alp Arslan in West Asia/SouthWest Asia & Yusuf Ibn Tashfeen in North Africa. Alp Arslan spread the message of Islam in Georgia, Armenia & Asia Minor. His victory in Battle of Manzikert opened Asia Minor to Turkmen conquest. His admininstrator Nizam-ul-Mulk scripted his name in history through his great skills & helped Alp Arslan's son Malik Shah establishing a powerful setup. Yusuf Ibn Tashfeen established himself in North Africa by conquering Morocco & Algeria. Spain, which just at this time was under attack from the Christian powers of northern Spain led by Alfonso VI of León and Castile. Weakened and divided among themselves, the party kings of Spain were unable to defend themselves from the Christian advance and after the fall of Toledo in 1085 invited Ibn Tashufin to bring the Almoravid armies to their aid. Thus at the end of the 11th century Ibn Tashufin had succeeded in uniting Morocco and Moslem Spain under Berber rule. Yeh Ghazi Yeh Teray Pur Asrar Banday Jinhain Tunay Bakhsha hai Zauq-e-Khudai Do Neem Un ki Thokar say Sahra o Darya Simat kar Pahaar In ki Haybat say Rayi Do Aalam say Karti hai Baygaana Dil ko Ajab cheez hai Lazzat-e-Aashnayi Shahadat hai Matloob o Maqsood-e-Momin Na Maal-e-Ghaneemat na Kishwar Kushayi Dilay Mard-e-Momin main phir zinda kar day Woh Bijli thi keh Na'ara-e-La Tadar main Azayim ko seenom main baydaar kar day Nigha-e-Muslim ko Talwar kar day (Iqbal)