The first since Genghis Khan
Screex 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…
Sholoy-Setsen Khan
At the beginning of the 17th century, the Manchus set out to conquer eastern Mongolia, a prospect that the Mongols themselves viewed in different ways: some resigned themselves to fate,…
How did Batu become khan? Why did he not fight for power in the Mongol Empire?
There is a certain stereotype that a great ruler and military leader should look stern and formidable. As for our today's hero, he was often ill during his not very…
Grandson of Genghis Khan, son of Djuchi — Batuy
Titulature Originally, Batyi's name was Bat. That means strong. That was Batyi's name in his parents' yurt. Bat is a common name among Mongols. Hence the term Bata - a…
Kazakh mythology about Naymans
The second mythology of Kazakhs is that Naimans are Segiz Oguzes. Where do they get such nonsense at all? Let's look at the haplogroups of Manjur, Koreans and Kazakh Naimans.…