After the collapse of the Arab Caliphate, various Islamic dynasties ruled the territories of the South Caucasus and Azerbaijan. As a rule, they were originally of Arabian origin, but were…
Baba Sultan is one of the most reviled figures in Uzbek history. Despite the fact that he had all the rights to the Bukhara throne as the eldest in the…
At the turn of the XVII-XVIII centuries, the Ottoman Empire, formerly an inviolable stronghold, whose name frightened both peasant and queen, which was the eternal headache of many European and…
By the 17th century, the sprawling Russian kingdom had already dealt with all the khanates around it. It was Moscow that became the main force in the region of Eastern…
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…
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…
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…
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'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…
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…
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