Who were the medieval Uzbeks and why is it not the same as the modern ones?
Screex 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…
They are their own masters
In the summer of 1499, the whole of Samarkand was alerted. The signal trumpets of karnai were blaring, the sultan's guards were hastily lining up at his palace, hastily armed…
Do Siberian Tatars consider themselves Tatars?
Actually, initially the Tatars are far from being one people. These are several separate ethnolinguistic groups that are quite close in their language. The latter was obtained during the Golden…
The Battle of Cannes. Burials of slain warriors
After the Battle of Cannae, a huge number of dead soldiers remained lying on the plain, whose bodies had to be buried. I have repeatedly come across claims that if…
When and why did Armenians speak Tatar? How and when did the Armenian-Kipchak language appear?
In the history of the world, it has happened more than once that representatives of one nation suddenly took and switched to the speech of a completely different neighboring ethnic…
Why did Suleiman kill his own son? Historical facts about shehzad Mustafa and his execution
The execution of Shehzade Mustafa is one of the most painful events in the history of the Ottoman Empire. To this day, historians are arguing about whether shehzadeh Mustafa was…