Baba Sultan — the last nomadic ruler among the Uzbeks
Screex Baba Sultan is one of the most reviled figures in Uzbek history. Despite the fact that he had all the rights to the Bukhara throne as the eldest in the…
Karamanogullar: the fiercest rivals of the Ottoman Sultans among the Turkish beys
Formation of the Karaman beylik The founder of the Karamanogullar dynasty (1256-1474) is considered to be the leader of the Turkmen militia Karaman-bey (died in 1261 or 1263). Karaman at…
Were there Byzantine revolts after the Ottoman conquest?
Byzantine Empire and Byzantine are fictitious names invented by Habsburg historians to avoid calling the legitimate Roman Empire as such and to support their claim that the state led by…
A tulip is more expensive than a throne or the Ottomans strike back
At the turn of the XVII-XVIII centuries, the Ottoman Empire, formerly an inviolable stronghold, whose name frightened both peasant and queen, which was the eternal headache of many European and…
«The Dzungarian Khanate was a state that occupied part of modern Russia»: opponents of Russian expansion into Siberia
By the 17th century, the sprawling Russian kingdom had already dealt with all the khanates around it. It was Moscow that became the main force in the region of Eastern…
Who were the medieval Uzbeks and why is it not the same as the modern ones?
Before the Russian conquest, there were three states in the settled part of Central Asia: the Khanates of Khiva and Kokand, and the Emirate of Bukhara. In each of them…
Who was the Tatar commander Nogai, the ancestor of the Nogai people?
Genghis Khan's eldest son was Juchi, Juchi's eldest son was Orda-Ezhen. In the understanding of the Mongols of that time, primogeniture was an important, though not obligatory, argument in favor…
Kazakh-Dzungarian confrontation
The Oirats began to penetrate into the territory of the Kazakh Khanate in the 15th century - that is, when the Kazakh state was formed. Relations were peaceful - there…
Who are the Yurüks, the last nomadic Turks?
Central Anatolia, along with the historical region of Azerbaijan, is one of the few places in the Middle East that is suitable for nomadic pastoralism. That is why it was…
Kayy: what happened to the native tribe of the Ottoman sultans
The origin of kaya is shrouded in mystery. But traditionally they were considered one of the 24 original Oguz tribes and usually stood at the head of their people. It…