Bayezid II – the forgotten grandfather of Suleiman the Magnificent
Screex Bayezid II is one of the most forgotten and unpopular Ottoman sultans. It cannot be said that he was a bad warrior or an inept administrator, but the only thing…
The Battle of Ain Jaloud — the victory of the world of Islam over the Mongol sphere with the help of the Mamluks
In 1256, the Mongols began a Western campaign in the Middle East. Hulagu, the brother of the great kagan Mongke, commanded the campaign. In February 1258, with the help of…
Genghis Khan is the guarantee of a great future for Temujin his wife Borte
Temujin marries 19-year-old Borte in about 1180. 19 years for a girl of those times is the limit for marriage. She really liked Temujin. Borte-fujin, Borte-uchjin (from Chinese Fujin -…
Genghis Khan — the rise of Teemujin
The elders of the Taijiuts sent a detachment to catch the barimtachi. They caught Teemujin and put him in stocks as a criminal. There was no revenge of Targutai-Kirultukh as…
Genghis Khan — Bekter’s massacre
In 1172, Targutai-Kiriltukh, the chief of the Taijiuts, decided to migrate from their forced places near the Onon. History has not left the destination of their migration. Knowing this would…
The Golden Ulus — the power of t
When Genghis Khan's grandsons Ordu and Batu (Batu), fulfilling the will of the founder of the Mongol Empire, conquered in the 30s-40s huge territories in Eastern Europe and Western Asia,…
How the Mongols conquered the Caucasus
The Mongol Empire (Khamag Mongol ulus), having arisen in the XIII century as a result of conquest campaigns such as the Mongol-Tatar invasion of the Caucasus by Tamuchen (Genghis Khan)…
Chagatai ulus (Mogolistan) and the process of its Islamization
The history of the Central Asian region in the XIII-XVIII centuries is directly connected with the emergence and development of the Mongol Empire, which finally took shape by 1260. In…
The call of the nomadic world
Modern civilization is in the deepest crisis, more and more resembling a deadlock. There are dozens of reasons for this deadlock crisis, but if we look at the very essence…
The Borjigin clan. Genghis Khan’s clan
In the 13th century the concept of "nationality", especially in the sense in which we know it now, did not exist. But there is a question of ethnicity. And here…