The Mamluks are a military quasi-caste
Screex The Mamluks (translated as "belonging") were a military quasi–caste in medieval Islamic Egypt, recruited by the Ayyubid dynasty from young slaves of mainly Slavic, Georgian, Circassian and Turkic origin. The…
Turgeshi. Three vanished peoples
Like the Abars and Mukrins, the Turgesh (more correctly Turkesh, Chinese – Tukishi) did not belong to either the bodily, Chui, or the Turkic (Turkyut) group proper. The first information…
China’s friends are its enemies. The history of mankind. East
It is quite possible that the Hunnic empire, which was an alliance of 24 tribes and was divided into two parts (eastern and western), was formed long before the beginning…
On the way to a Great Empire. Genghis Khan
Temujin owed his reputation as an ideal steppe ruler not only to his princely roots and military successes. He was distinguished from many other members of the noble family by…
Unification of Mongolia. The Empire of the Turks. The Great Civilization
Some people had concerns about the new ruler. For example, the Keraite king Vankhan, who understood that his yesterday's vassal was becoming his equal. According to the official Genghisid history,…