14 - Black Raiments

The Turkish History Podcast

On the eastern frontier of the Umayyad Caliphate, the state has become increasingly hated by the local Khorasani Arab settlers and the Mawali converts. Al-Harith's message that there is no difference between Arab and non-Arab Muslims reverberates throughout the frontier region. After the fall of Suluk Khan, the new governor of Khorasan, Nasr ibn Sayyar, attempts to stabilize the frontier region through reform. But it is too late - when tinder and kindling have been building for years and you introduce oxygen, all that it takes is a spark. The East erupts in the fire of revolution, as the enigmatic Abu Muslim picks up the torch from Al-Harith and burns down the whole Umayyad Caliphate.