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,…
Uzbeks (uzbeklar). Kipchaks / Cumans / Cumans and their descendants: towards the problem of ethnic succession
In the 20th century, Kipchaks or Kipchoks (Kipchoklar) lived compactly in the Zeravshan River valley (Samarkand and Bukhara regions of Uzbekistan), in the lower reaches of the Amu Darya (Khorezm…
KHAGANATE OF THE YENISEI KYRGYZ
How did it arise and what connects it with the current Kyrgyz In 840, a large nomadic state arose in Central Asia — the Kyrgyz Kaganate. References to him have…
Khorezm: A sunny city in Asia
Great Scythia revered the sun god Khors; it is not surprising that the cities named after him were scattered throughout its vast territory. Chersonesos in Crimea and Khorezm on the…
The Seljuk Turks . The invasion. The Khazar madness
Everyone probably knows about the Turkish Ottoman Empire that existed for many centuries. But it was the empire of the Ottoman Turks. Here we will touch a little on the…
The Seljuks. Kipchaks, Oguzes. Medieval history of the Turks and the Great Steppe
In the era of the Crusades, the East became the "fiend of hell" instead of Byzantium. There were many reasons to hate Muslims. It turns out that they also revered…