Kingdoms of Fire
Kingdoms of Fire (Arabic: ممالك النار, romanized: Mamalik Al-Nar) is an Arab historical drama television series about the reign of Ottoman Empire's Selim I and Mamluk Sultanate's Tuman bay II, created by Muhammed Abdulmalik and directed by British director Peter Webber.[1]
Kingdoms of Fire ممالك النار | |
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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 |
Release | |
Original release | 17 November – 9 December 2019 |
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 United Arab Emirates, the originator of the movie, and filmed in Tunisia, debuted on MBC channels on 17 November 2019.[2][3]
The second season is under development process.[4]
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 Selim I of Istanbul.[5]
Cast
- Rafic Ali Ahmad, Mehmed the Conqueror
- Abdulmonem Amairy, Bayezid II
- Rashid Assaf, Al-Ashraf Qansuh al-Ghuri
- Nadine Tahseen Bek, Gülbahar Hatun
- Khaled El Nabawy, Tuman bay II
- Mahmoud Nasr, Selim I
- Hala Rajab, Ayşe Hatun
- Kosai Al-Shofi, Suleiman the Magnificent
- Souhir Ben Amara, Hafsa Sultan
- 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
Criticism
Multiple comments from Turkish side after airing of fire episode considered the show a targeted harassment and an anti-Ottoman, due to recent tensions between Turkey to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.[6]
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.
- https://www.tellerreport.com/life/2019-11-20---%C2%ABkingdoms-of-fire%C2%BB----lighting-on-the-bloody-ottoman-empire-.HJfhVtVmhH.html
- "MBC airs new drama series Kingdoms of Fire based on Ottoman empire". www.broadcastprome.com. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
- ""قتل إخوته طمعا في العرش".. كيف علق أتراك على الحلقة الأولى من "ممالك النار"؟". قناة الحرة (in Arabic). Retrieved 18 November 2019.