Tiger’s Leap: how Genghis Khan cornered the last hero of Khorezm
Screex November 24, 1221. The bank of the Indus River is the place where one of the most dramatic epics of the Middle Ages ended. On one side — the rushing…
The Little Mongol Invasion that You Don’t Know About
The historical period spanning the 17th — first half of the 18th century played an important role in the history of the peoples of Eurasia. However, if for Europeans its…
How the eastern “cats” were able to defeat the Mongols of Genghis Khan
Since school history lessons, we have learned about the great generals and their armies, their victories on the battlefields. The results of their victories led to the creation of powerful…
Oirats: how did the ancestors of the Kalmyks appear and why did they not obey the Genghis Khan clan?
Today, only Russian Kalmyks, some residents of the western Mongolian aimags (regions), as well as very small groups of nomads from the Chinese region of Xinjiang can rightfully consider themselves…
The Battle of Orbulak: How did Kazakhs, Kirghizs, and Uzbeks defeat the Kalmyks together?
The Battle of Orbulak in 1643 was the first battle in the hundred-year Kazakh-Dzungarian war. Despite the fact that the Kazakhs won then, they suffered many defeats in the future…
Ashtarkhanid commander Yalangtush Bahadur — Kazakh or Uzbek
Uzbeks and Kazakhs have long argued over the nationality of Yalangtush Bahadur (in Kazakh, Zhalantos Bahadur), the creator of the modern architectural appearance of Samarkand- Kazakh or Uzbek? Sherdor Madrasah,…
Friday Greeting to the Ottoman Empire
THE FRIDAY GREETING THE PADISHAH'S WAY OUT TO THE PEOPLEThe Friday greeting or Friday Procession was, on the one hand, a way to show the people that the Padishah was…
HATICE TURHAN SULTAN: THE FEMALE PADISHAH
It all started with the fact that the Slavonian Hatice got into the harem as a concubine at the age of 12 and attracted the attention of Sultan Ibrahim. Turkhan…
“Crazy” Padishah and the Ottoman Rasputin The Ottoman Empire
Sultan Ibrahim and Jinji Khoja Contrary to popular belief, Sultan Ibrahim was not crazy. Perhaps he had a panic fear of death, inherited from living in a Cage. In addition…
Treason in the Sultan’s Palace of the Ottoman Empire
The deposed Sultan's daughters' love for freedom and revenge The first and only recorded case of treason in the palace of the Ottoman Sultan. That's what restrictions and coercion can…