Although it was shown outside the distinguished season of television drama in the month of Ramadan, the historical series "Kingdoms of Fire" attracted a large segment of viewers in various Arab countries.
The largest production series in 2019 during only 14 episodes deals with the last years of the Mamluks state in Egypt, the Ottoman sultan Selim I's invasion of the Arab region in 1516 and 1517, and Sultan Toman Bey's resilience until his defeat and hanging at Bab Zuweila in Cairo.
The author of the Egyptian series, Mohamed Suleiman Abdel Malek, told Reuters, "I expected, from the beginning, even before the series, that controversy will arise around it on multiple levels, including the point of accuracy and accuracy of historical facts, but what I emphasize is that historical dramatic work is not as much documenting history." What is stimulating thinking and research and re-reading events ».
He explained, “We investigated the complete accuracy with regard to the narration of events, and all the episodes were presented to a specialized historical reviewer, Dr. Muhammad Sabri Al-Dali. Therefore, I claim that the historical accuracy in (Fire Kingdoms) exceeds 100%.”
On the possibility of writing or producing a second part of the series “Kingdoms of Fire,” Muhammad Suleiman Abdul-Malik said that “the coming days may be the one that will settle the matter after the completion of the episodes and the evaluation of the reaction and the opinion of the public.”