Kingdoms of Fire
| Kingdoms of Fire | |
|---|---|
| ممالك النار | |
| Genre | Historical drama |
| Created by | Muhammed Abdulmalik |
| Directed by | Peter Webber |
| Country of origin | Egypt Tunisia United Arab Emirates |
| Original language | Arabic |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 14 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 50–60 minutes |
| Production company | Genomedia Studios |
| Original release | |
| Release | 17 November – 9 December 2019 |
Kingdoms of Fire (
Tuman bay II, created by Muhammed Abdulmalik and directed by British director Peter Webber.[1]
The 14-episodes series is produced by Genomedia Studios with a budget of $40 million, financed and supported by the government of Saudi Arabia and the
Foreign Policy wrote that the show is "an expensive salvo against Turkey’s cultural neo-Ottomanism" and that the director was chosen for "added cachet".[4]
Overview
The series depicts events that took place between
Cast
- Rafic Ali Ahmad, Mehmed the Conqueror
- Abdulmonem Amairy, Bayezid II
- Rashid Assaf, Al-Ashraf Qansuh al-Ghuri
- Nadine Tahseen Bek, Gülbahar Hatun
- Tuman bay II
- Mahmoud Nasr, Selim I
- Hala Rajab, Ayşe Hatun
- Kosai Al-Shofi, Suleiman the Magnificent
- Souhir Ben Amara, Hafsa Sultan
- Yassine Ben Gamra, Kurtbay
- Fethi Haddaoui, Qaitbay Al-Ragbi
- Alaa Al-Zuabi, Şehzade Ahmet
- Ramez Al-Aswad, Hadım Sinan Pasha
- Yamen Fayoumy, Sultan Cem
- Nedal Nejem, Hayır Bey
- Shadi Safadi, Yunus Pasha
- Saad Minah, Janbirdi al-Ghazali
- Farazdaq Dyub, Şehzade Korkut
Reception
Bhutto, a Pakistani journalist, stated in 2020 that the show in terms of an anti-Ottomanist production "has apparently failed; no one seems to be watching" in Pakistan.[4]
Criticism
Multiple comments from the Turkish side after the episodes aired characterized the show as harassment targeted at Turkey and as
anti-Ottoman, reflecting recent tensions between Turkey and both Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates;[6] This was during a time when Turkey had been trying to assert its Ottoman identity and its rule over Arabs.[7]
References
- ^ "مسلسل – ممالك النار – 2019 طاقم العمل، فيديو، الإعلان، صور، النقد الفني، مواعيد العرض" (in Arabic). Retrieved 18 November 2019.
- ^ هي, مجلة (19 December 2018). "مؤلف المسلسل التاريخي "ممالك النار" يكشف لـ"هي" تفاصيل ومفاجآت العمل". مجلة هي (in Arabic). Retrieved 18 November 2019.
- ^ "بطل مسلسل ممالك النار . دار الحياة – اخبار فلسطين اخبار المملكة العربية السعودية اخبار العالم". 5 November 2019. Archived from the original on 5 November 2019. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
- ^ Foreign Policy. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
- ^ "MBC airs new drama series Kingdoms of Fire based on Ottoman empire". www.broadcastprome.com. 18 November 2019. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
- ^ "Islamism and its discontents / No solution / Once an organised force, brief bids for power have left Islamists adrift" (print & web). The Economist. No. Special report: The Arab world. The Economist Newspaper Limited. 28 August 2021. p. 7. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
'Mamalik al-Nar'...It cast the early Ottomans not as benevolent overlords, as they are often portrayed in Arab historiography, but as harsh occupiers. Saudi television takes its cue from the government; the series was seen as an effort to sour public opinion against Turkey.
- ^ ""قتل إخوته طمعا في العرش".. كيف علق أتراك على الحلقة الأولى من "ممالك النار"؟". قناة الحرة (in Arabic). Retrieved 18 November 2019.
External links
- Kingdoms of Fire at IMDb
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