Dr. Yakoob Ahmed is a PhD graduate of the Department of Languages and Cultures, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. He also graduated from the same institution with a Masters degree in Near and Middle East Studies with a focus on Ottoman history and Turkish politics. His research focuses are Late Ottoman History, Muslim intellectual thought in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, Islamic constitutionalism, nation-state construction, ulema history of the Late Ottoman state, identity and collective memory construction. Earthquake Relief Links: Heroic Hearts: HCHearts.org Syria Needs You: SyriaNeedsYou.com  0:00 - Start 1:58 - Why he's in the United States? 5:25 - Why did he become a historian? 7:23 - SOAS 11:00 - What part of UK he's from? 12:25 - Why Ottoman History? 13:54 - What is Empire? 15:55 - Were the Ottomans a Caliphate? 21:00 - Questions on the legitimacy 26:00 - When did it start to decline? 28:13 - Periodization 28:54 - What CHATGPT thinks caused the collapse? 39:30 - What could have prevented collapse? 49:45 - Lessons learned 57:22 - The Janissaries  1:04:03 - Periods on Consolidation 1:07:30 - Attitude towards Arabs 1:15:30 - Armenia 1:18:00 - Crimea 1:21:15 - Fratricide 1:23:49 - The Harem 1:29:25 - Jizyah  1:32:50 - Relationship with the Mughals 1:38:50 - Academic Freedom 1:48:50 - Was there spiritual corruption? 1:49:50 - What kind of Caliphate should Muslims have? Please support us: Patreon.com/themadmamluks or via PayPal themadmamluks.com/donate  ============== E-mail us your feedback and questions at: info@themadmamluks.com Follow us on Twitter, Instagram & Facebook @TheMadMamluks Follow SIM on Twitter: @ImranMuneerTMM