Kazakh-Dzungarian confrontation
Screex 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…
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…
Why did Genghis Khan marry a woman pregnant with another man’s child?
The most influential women of the Turkic Khaganate The history of the Turkic peoples contains few references to influential women, since the conquerors of the khaganate often perceived their wives…
Ubaidullah Khan is the one who outlined the political boundaries of modern Central Asia
Ubaidullah Khan's father Mahmud Sultan was a murid (follower) of the spiritual leader of the Sufi Tariqa Naqshbandi Ubaidullah Shashi (better known as Khoja Ahrar). He was able to transform…
Chechens Teipa Terloi and Tsarina Tamara: a story of friendship that sheds light on the burial place of the legendary Tsarina
In June 2019, during archaeological excavations in the picturesque village of Eld Pha, located near the majestic Nikaroy tower complex in the Terloevsky Gorge, a group of archaeologists made an…
The history of the Argyns. Where and how did one of the most numerous Kazakh clans come from
The processes of ethnogenesis of the Kazakhs are an extensive and complex topic, replete with "white spots". Therefore, any new information about facts previously unknown to the general public is…
The ethnic essence of the Shaker of the Universe — Genghis Khan
Genghis Khan was a great military commander and political leader who united many tribes in Mongolia and created the Empire of the Great Mongols. He became the first great khan…
The husband of Queen Tamara, David Soslan, is an Ossetian or a Georgian
In 1155, the king of Alanya Khuddan gave his daughter Burdukhan Burdukhan (died before 1184), also known as Bordohan, was an Alan princess and Queen consort of Georgia as the…
Tsarina Tamara and the Kipchaks in Georgia: how the Polovtsian cavalry defeated the Seljuks, and the Polovtsian vigilantes married a Georgian princess
The Kipchaks were a Turkic people who lived in the vast territories of Central Asia and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages. In the XIII-XIV centuries, they migrated and settled…
The four greatest Asians. Chapter I. The Empire of the Immortal Lion
I am opening a series of articles about the four rulers of Asia, so significant that even these publications will not be able to fully reveal them to modern man.…