Islam: Empire of Faith

The work is a documentary series. Its subject is the history of Islam. The account begins with the birth of Muhammad. From there it reaches to the Ottoman Empire. The series is made up of three parts. The first part tells the life of Muhammad. The second looks at the early caliphates. The Crusades and the Mongol invasion are in that part too. The third part takes up the Ottoman Empire. The Safavid dynasty is covered in the same part. Ben Kingsley narrates it. Robert H. Gardner directed it and Jonathan Grupper wrote it. The work was filmed in seven countries. Syria, Egypt and Tunisia are among them. Israel, Spain, Turkey and Iran are the other places filmed. The account turns to large-scale reenactments. A full-size replica of the Kaaba is among them. Eighth-century Baghdad is rebuilt as well. The American documentary of 2001 runs a hundred and sixty minutes.