31 January, 2011

Fall of The Bed Rock

Walls were high but breached,
Came down the enemy and we freezed.

There was scream, blood and arrow,
Path to victory was narrow.

One by one fell the fellows,
Left were no eagle or sparrows.

There was one odd call,
The hero fought but fall.

The sun went away to rise in east,
Giving way to chaos and beasts.

Explanation:

I wrote this small poem to express the fall of the Abbasi Khilafat by mongols and tataris. I was careful in choice of words and in sequence of events. Following are some details.

"The Bed Rock" -> At that time muslim world was divided in many empires, all of them were legally under the caliph of baghdad though he not interfere. Each one of the empires were a rock, that is shelter but there was a rock on which the other rocks rests on. This was the bed rock, the khilafat.

"Walls were high" -> Here I refer to the many empires that the mongols must cross before entering baghdad. The empires were quiet strong, especially the khwarzam.

"We freezed" -> The fall of the empires, especially the khwarzam empire was such an unbelievable shock that effectively muslims of the time were shocked and were able to do little to stop the invasion.

"Eagle" -> The brave ones. The fighters. The soldiers. Those who resisted the invasion. They were few so I used singular term.

"Sparrows" -> The peace lovers. The easy preys. Those who didn't fought. Symbol of women and children. The singers. The musicians. The dancers.

"Odd call" -> Here I refer to the event when the minister (wazir) of the khilafat called soldiers for salaries right in between of the war of baghdad. Even at the last stand, the khilafat had mustered lots of soldiers and had actually strong chance of victory, but alas the mentioned deed of the minister resulted in a huge loss. We lost not just baghdad or iraq or one khilafat but actually the golden time of muslim history, vast knowledge of maths, philosophy, science and arts (mongols drowned books of baghdad in river dajla) and much of bravery.

"The hero" -> The caliph.

"East" -> India. When Abbasi khilafat was falling a new muslim empire was building in India. In centuries to come it become one of the most glorious empires of all the times.

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