Kingdoms of Fire
| Kingdoms of Fire | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Historical drama |
| Created by | Muhammed Abdulmalik |
| Directed by | Peter Webber |
| Original language | Arabic |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 14 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 50–60 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Release | 17 November 2019 – present |
Kingdoms of Fire is a historical drama television series about the reign of Ottoman's Selim I and Mamluks's Tuman bay II, created by Muhammed Abdulmalik and directed by British director Peter Webber.[1]
The 14-episodes series which is produced by Geomedia Studios with a budget of $40 millions debuted on MBC channels on 17 November 2019 and planned to be on Netflix afterwards.[2][3]
Overview
The series depicts events that took place between Egypt, Syria and the Ottoman empire between the 15th and the 16th century. It demonstrates the competition between the Mamluks and the Ottomans over the control of the middle east, through the rise of two main characters, Tuman bay II, the last Sultan of the Mamluks in Cairo, and Sultan Salim the I of Istanbul.[4]
Criticism
Multiple comments from Turkish side after airing of fire episode considered the show a targeted harassment and an anti-Ottoman.[5]
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". web.archive.org. 5 November 2019. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
- ^ "MBC airs new drama series Kingdoms of Fire based on Ottoman empire". www.broadcastprome.com. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ ""قتل إخوته طمعا في العرش".. كيف علق أتراك على الحلقة الأولى من "ممالك النار"؟". قناة الحرة (in Arabic). Retrieved 18 November 2019.
External links
 | This television program-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |