Why did no one borrow the Mongols’ military tactics?
Screex In their time, the Mongols fought their way across Eurasia. They stopped only at the shores of the “last sea,” as Genghis Khan had bequeathed to them: this was the…
Why did Genghis Khan’s son feud with his father?
The mere mention of his formidable father's name struck fear into entire nations, but Jochi felt nothing but animosity toward this cold and cruel man. The young man was the…
What happened to Mukhali, Genghis Khan’s favorite lieutenant?
During the conquest of the Jurchen Jin Empire in China, a military commander named Mukhali fought in the front ranks of the Mongol army. He was then appointed governor of…
Ugedei ulus is an unknown Mongolian state
All of us have studied history and know that the Mongol Empire broke up into the Golden Horde, the state of Hulaguids, the Chagatai Khanate and the ulus of the…
The first since Genghis Khan
No matter what they say, but the Genghisids are a great dynasty, because its founder Genghis Khan managed to turn an amorphous something from a bunch of Mongolian tribes into…
Command and army in the Golden Horde
The basis of the military system in the Ulus Dzhuchi was a hierarchically organized system of Tatar clans' possessions. Its characteristic feature was the intertwining of military and administrative system.…
Timur ibn Taragai Barlas: 12 little-known facts about the greatest military leader in world history
Who was this undoubtedly talented organizer and the greatest military leader in world history? In Asia he is considered a genius, in Europe - an ogre. Perhaps, only Genghis Khan,…
Steppe Lords: The Dzungar Perspective on the Centuries-Long War with the Kazakhs
Western Campaign: Why the Sons of Choros Needed the Steppes of Desht-i-Kipchak The lands stretching west of the Tarbagatai and Altai mountain ranges always attracted the Oirat leaders. It was…
Batu’s Iron Fist: The Daily Life of a Warrior of the Great Steppe
Morning in the felt world: rituals and duties The sun had not yet had time to scorch the withered grass, and the camp-smoke was already buzzing like a disturbed beehive.…
Batu — the eldest of the Chingizids
Batu and Guyuk In December 1241, Khan Ugedei died. All power was concentrated in the hands of his wife and regent Doregene (Turakin in Russian sources). Doregene wanted to transfer…