I am currently stand at the top
place of Jordan and Palestine. qal'at Salahuddin Al-Ayubi
Ajlun, This place is calld Ajlun, Quds is located here. we are standing here and these mountains Jerusalem is behind these mountains. And some places are from here. It is a very strange fort. qal'at Salahuddin Al-Ayubi Ajlun this was market here where slaves were sold, There are also Vistors
on that side besides us. "In the name of Allah, the Most
Gracious, the Most Merciful." Peace be upon you as
well as the mercy of Allah! I am Zubair Riaz present in Jordan, First of all Durood & Salam.. [O Allah, bless our Prophet, our
beloved, our master Muhammad, his family and companions, may
God bless him and grant him peace] I am here for the historical
status of top part of the Jordan. and you can see fort behind me,
you can read it's name from there Qila'at Ajlun Ajlun is the name of this town, and this
fort was made by Salahuddin Al-Ayyubi before conquering the Bait Al-Muqaddas. I think in year 1099 A.D Crusaders declared Bait
Al-Muqaddas as there country, after that in 1117 A.D or 1170 A.D when Sultan Salahuddin Al-Ayyubi went through these
places of Karak and Ajlun here to conquer Jerusalem and to make
the cradle of peace for these places he made this fort here, today we'll show you and
visit this fort [ InshaAllah ] This fort is approximately
nine hundred years old, I'll try to show you from here that how this fort made from stones. so, come with me, I hope that this fort and the
history of Jordan I show you is the top most place. You watch this fort from ground, We'll go to upper
side [ InshaAllah ], I'll show you from this
side so you"ll understand that how high we are and this
is the highest point of Jordan and and mountains of Jordan. I'll try to show
you from here, below these are all forests. Now we are going inside
the fort, see this is the fort Fort Salahuddin Al-Ayyubi this cold weather, This is the photogragh of the fort This is the bridge that is used to
go inside that fort from mountains but there are so many clouds here there are some issues with viewing. This fort is build on very high
point and have very difficult paths, and from here Salahuddin
Al-Ayyubi make this as a main point for
the forces of Al-Quds and he gave this in
command of Ameer-izzideen and here Sultan Salahuddin Al-Ayyubi
keep one battalion of the forces He is not Sultan at that time but this fort was build before
the conquest of Al-Quds, Let's go further and will show you what
things are here and how we get inside. This is the entrances, there are two main doors
here, one is where we are standing and second
is on ther other side there are three more
doors which is written here [ Arabic ] Fort is inside, this is external view. I think it is very huge fort, let's go inside and will show you,
I'll try to show you from outside too as you can see how this
is build on a mountain. [ Allah is the Greatest ], see this [ Arabic ] see this, [ Allah is the greatest ], archers
ware sat here and do the archery so no one could came near the fort, same thing is here too here were the archers of
Sultan Salahuddin Al-Ayyubi. [ Allah is the greatest ] see this, This is what I showed you
from inside about the archers this is the view of that from outside, and see the second
one there, I'll try to show this is place of archers
what I showed you that archers sat
there and do the archery, this is the outside view of that. From here they used to
shoot arrows at the enemy. and above that there is a big window for light and air, you can pause video here and
can read all the details written here, now let's go inside. It is written here that [ Arabic ] [ Arabic ] at the first place the
purpose to build this fort is that Crusaders must be prevented from here, there is another place for shooting arrows, let's see what's on that side there is a Ottoman letter here This fort has also been in the
possession of the Ottoman Empire, see this, [ Arabic ] [ Arabic ] fort was build in 1184 A.D by the order of Sultan Salahuddin Al-Ayyubi
Ameer izzideen Ameer izzideen Usama [ Arabic ] he was one of the great generals, and in the Ottoman empire there were fifty soldiers here. Here you can see whole fort and
how it is build on the highest point, We entered from here it is a very huge fort. see this, how the
soldiers looks at that time. and I think this is the place
where they used to gather this is one of that room Used for the gatherings, I think. You can see this is the
model of whole fort here these are the stairs which
we used to enter here we entered through this door and
currently we are here at this place These are some relics here I think some Quranic verses written on it. "In the name of Allah, the Most
Gracious, the Most Merciful." [ Arabic ] [ Arabic ] [ Arabic ] [ Arabic ] [ Arabic ] [ Arabic ] [ Arabic ] [ Arabic ] There are some other tourists
over there on that side, besides us. let's go further this side this Qa'lat Ajlun Salahuddin Al-Ayyubi this was the market here slaves were sold see this, See, I told you that these
rocks are used by them to attack This is some kind of bricole [ Arabic ] [ Arabic ] In 13th century you can see that kind of rocks were used in these types of bricole or
catapult I don't know what is this, anyway they put rocks here and release it so it fell on the
enemies at very long distance. how paths are made inside every side they made a place to
shoot arrows, this is closed now and here I'll show you, this is also closed this is all made of stones very Precious. See that is chamber for air system on this side come on this is very hude fort
and it is all packed from above, we didn't
see any open place here you can see there are rooms
inside rooms and halls inside halls. We climb some more stairs here. some more places are from here this is very strange fort. don't know how they made it, compilicated. There is a Mosque, ahead on that side. and here let's see what's on this side There is a system for rain water rain could came from every side, there is plant growing
because of rain water Allah is the greatest. I'm seeing this type of fort frist time
in my life, you can see down there how it is made layer by layer. see, this is where we entered we entered from there. Light and air system is very strange. You see
here second floor of the fort there is outside watch that, there is also place for the archers soldiers stand there and shoot arrows show you from this side
that what's the atmosphere see this upper area, this is
only place opened in this fort. It's way was from there, there are stairs. I don't know what they kept there. take you to place for offering prayers here place made for the prayers at that time is situated at this side in fort. This is Musallah [ Arabic ] come on it's very huge, Let's find the mahrab for Qiblah direction It's very huge place for prayers. [ MashaAllah ] don't know the direction of Qiblah here there is no sign presented for Qiblah but this wass the place to offer prayers Allah is the greatest, let's see from here also a place for shooting arrows, As you go up and up
windows are getting bigger for air and sunlight, see this Allah is the greatest let's ask the boys that they
watched something like that before I thinks I watch this type of war
fort first time in my life see this this is old place for ablution, They used to do ablution here [ Arabic ] now lights are on, see this there is small water pit here, and they did ablution
while sitting in that stone Now I'm leaving from the place of prayers,
you have watched that side already. now let's go further This is the Fort Salahuddin Al-Ayyubi made in 1187 A.D Watch these stairs how big they
are, I think 1 to 1.5 meters wide steps one or one and a half meters wide. Allah is the Greatest There are some more stairs going up. how was the water system here for showing that, this is the well here [ Arabic ] when the fort was closed what we showed you in the
middle, you can see in video that open place, that was for the water, water was drawn up from there stones which are made here you can see on this side water stored here at that time. I'll try to show you from
here that how they bring water The place to fetch water was from this side system to bring water up here
is there, you can see the stairs From here they used to bring water upstairs Inside the fort there are
pools of stones on every side, you know that rock
does not absorb water so water is stored easily. You
watched that before in some videos So the water bring from there when
the fort is closed because of war. ameer izzideen here inside [ Arabic ] here at this place, the chief who was ordered by Sultan
Salahuddin Al-Ayyubi to build this fort this was the office or
sitting area of the chief, located here At the moment clouds are so now you can watch the
view of outside, and from the fort you can see this is the view we bring you to the upper floor of the fort this is from the above of the fort you can see see how far and down city from here very deep I tell you again in Jordan this is the highest place okay, We are coming down very huge fort as you can see I told you before
that this is how water stored in that pit or pool rain water in it Nowadays there is no need to store water, The cleaning is also going on and drain all the water now from here let's move further in fort you can see paths are paved to go up see this above the fort there
is soil for agriculture used for that purpose some parts of that are has fallen see this here [ Arabic ] this is Jordan valley and valley of Yabis [ Arabic ] Quds is over here we are standing here right now. mountains over there Bait Al-Muqaddas is behind them, At the moment I'm standing at the
highest point of Jordan and Palestine, Fort Salahuddin Al-Ayyubi in
Ajlun, this area is called Ajlun, This Fort is also knows
as Ajlun. Sultan Salahuddin Al-Ayyubi ordered
to build this fort here so, the crusades prevented to came in the
areas of Arab and Syria so this fort is build for
the defence purpose, on my this side behind the fort from
this point you can see the views ten to twenty
kilometers from here and Bait Al-muqaddas is on that side and as you know that after some
times Bait Al-Muqaddas was conquered. This is all Jordanian
territory including this place. On this side this path is in the area of Jordan's capital Amman. when you see from
here, it is the highest place and those were the paths for armies, for that reason this fort was build here so no one can trespass from here To prevent the crusaders so
they won't come on this side. This is very cold place, at the moment the tempreture
is 4 or 5 degrees here, Rain also falls from time to time, I hope you liked this video of fort today, and knowledge about the
history Here is what told to us at the same time we have been telling you this is the view of exiting from this fort, [ Allah is the Greatest ] See this is the bridge here this is whole valley down there you can see so enemy who wants to came here first the go down and than they
reached up. See the fort from outside Now not very much cloudy so
again will show you outside view this is the ouside view of fort. and down there there
is this 'what it's called may be gorge or canyon fort is surrounded b this gorge besides that they get water in war times from those pools inside the fort rain water was collected in them then there are small pits
or pools inside every hall so, they were filled with water. Please like and share this
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