What did the Golden Horde do to those Tatars who refused to convert to Islam?
Screex Despite the enormous loss of life during the Mongol conquests, they had at least one positive side. Genghis Khan and his heirs, out of the need to manage the disparate…
How did Tokhtamysh take Moscow and why did he fail in the Golden Horde?
"Your father has been executed," the messenger said. At the same moment, Tokhtamysh felt his insides turn cold. Just three words turned his fate around. Now he had to save…
Kipchak, who became Sultan of Egypt and Syria Baybars
A thin, frightened boy looked around and wrapped himself in rags. He barely had time to realize what was happening when most of his tribe was slaughtered, and he himself…
The descendants of Genghis Khan’s warriors are the Hazaras of Afghanistan
The Khazarians have an unusual fate. They now live in a mountainous area of central Afghanistan. These people have a Mongoloid appearance and speak the language of the Iranian group.…
The Barlas: What Happened to Tamerlane’s Native Tribe
The Barlas belonged to the Hamag Mongols, a northeastern confederation of nomadic tribes that would eventually unite their people into a single entity and become the core of the Mongol…
Forgotten victors: how the nomadic Dzungar army with muskets challenged the greatest empires of the East
The evolution of steppe warriors: the transformation of the Dzungaria military arsenal The history of the military art of the nomadic peoples of Central Asia spans thousands of years. From…
Haidu: What happened to the first known Khan of the Mongols?
The Mongols did not immediately settle and dominate the territory now known as the Mongolian Plateau. Their historical predecessors, the Xianbei and Rouran, lived to the east and south of…
Why did Prince Jochi not become Genghis Khan’s heir? What happened to him?
Of course, the author could have tried to cast a shadow on the fence in order to create intrigue. But it is no secret to history buffs that Genghis Khan's…
How did the Iranian Shah Abbas the Great defeat the Ottoman Empire?
At the end of August 1514, the Ottoman Sultan Selim the Grim defeated the Iranian Shah Ismail Safavi in the grand Battle of Chaldiran. The more modern and organized Ottoman…
Why did no one borrow the Mongols’ military tactics?
In their time, the Mongols fought their way across Eurasia. They stopped only at the shores of the “last sea,” as Genghis Khan had bequeathed to them: this was the…