Who was Esugei, Genghis Khan’s father?
Screex For most history buffs, Yesugei is in the shadow of his formidable son, being only one line in his biography. We remember how this man was poisoned by his enemies…
Genghis Khan’s favorite Turks
Relations between the Mongols and the Turks are difficult to call even now, what to say about the Middle Ages, when between them regularly broke out bloody armed conflicts, ending…
How did Genghis Khan treat his warriors?
Remember the old Soviet saying that the commissar says, "Do as I do!" and the political officer says, "Do as I say!" Genghis Khan understood this rule well, so he…
Ten facts about Tamerlan that few people know about
Timur, son of Taragai of the Barlas family, came from a Turkicized Mongol tribe that came to Central Asia with Genghis Khan. Its representatives were considered distant relatives of the…
The Chagatai Khanate: what became of the Mongols’ most obscure state?
The rise and fall of the Golden Horde, the Mongol state that was founded in Eastern Europe, is understandably well known in our country. We also know the fate of…
Khiva Khanate: How One of the Greatest Uzbek States Emerged and Fell
We know very little about the Khanate of Khiva. However, it is one of the "robber" states, which raided each of its neighbors for slaves. The reason for its conquest…
Bukhara Khanate: the greatest of the Uzbek states in Central Asia
The Bukhara Khanate is one of the three Uzbek states in Central Asia that existed from the 1500s to the 1920s, but for the last half century under Russian protectorate.…
Mass circumcision of Georgians/Armenians/Parsis by Jalaladin’s Turks
In general, I was shocked to read this description, but you can't take words out of a song (in this case, the chronicle of the Armenian historian Kirakos Gandzaketsi (c.…
The invasion of the Khazars in Romania. Khazar trace in the Balkans
In the history of Khazaria there is one interesting and little known episode of the invasion of the Khazars in Romania. Khazar Khaganate, which existed from VII to X century,…
Horde Ezhen — the eldest son of Juchi refused to give up power over the Golden Horde
Already soon after the proclamation of the ruler of all Mongols Genghis Khan allocated to his first-born son Dzhuchi a separate ulus - at that time under this word was…