Comments by "Samson Soturian" (@samsonsoturian6013) on "Medieval Arabic names had 5 parts, but no surname" video.

Caveat: Many Arabs change their names or become known by other names several times in their lives especially if they're into politics. Yes, these names are often much too flattering.
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They didn't stop naming themselves like this. That's why there's confusion over which is a surname. Many Arabs actually have to change their names in order to have a first-last name. Most Arabs still do not have birth certificates or other records.
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@Kenan-Z the Turks are more or less from central asia.
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Personal identification. Yes, there are loads of fake family members associated with large and powerful clans.
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 @Stickminbasi90 educated guesses based on family stories, I'll judge?
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@premodernist_history Arabic names applied to very large cities and modern Arabs. For instance, there is President called Abu Mazen Mahmoud Abbas.
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@Albukhshi dude, Arabs change their names and falsify family connections among dead people all the time. Usually this was to make their family connections reflect their political/national affiliations so it's not so common now that we have political parties rather than tribes.
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@premodernist_history most do, but that is for rich people who give birth in real hospitals (many hospitals are fake guru scams).
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Caveat to those biographic dictionaries: They're loaded with falsifications. Tribes are nominally kinship based states but often neighbors, friends, slaves, and allies are included by creating fake family connections about dead people.
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Outrageous! China was never civilized.
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Written Arabic is a dead language. No one speaks it.
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