After Algeria recognized Ottoman suzerainty, Morocco remained the last independent Islamic state in North Africa. It did not at all seek to fall under the rule of Istanbul, for which…
It's easy: a sipah is a mounted warrior, a traditional Turkic cavalryman of the Ottoman Empire, and a timariot is a landowner. He became the first only when he went…
Historians call the Seljuks a dynasty of Central Asian origin, which reigned in the territory from the Amu Darya to the Mediterranean Sea during the 11th century. It is also…
The dragoons were excitedly exchanging fire with the Highlanders. They rode in front of them as if on a shooting range. They just didn't hold the targets in their hands.…
The Jalair Mongols who were part of the Hulagu shock troops were not numerous. Therefore, they recruited Turks and other nomads into their tumens, most of them Oghuz. Hulagu (1217…
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…
In the II century AD, the first Turks appeared in the steppes of the North Caucasus, soon created their first states here - the Kingdom of the Huns -Savir and…
The Oirats constituted the left wing tumen (zun gar) of the Mongol army. In the middle of the XVII century nomadic Mongolian-speaking tribes of Oirats (Dzungars), in response to the…
Batu Khan (Sain Khan) (1207-1255) - the Mongol commander, grandson of Genghis Khan, the second son of Djuchi, the senior son of Genghis Khan, the conqueror of the western and…
As it is known, the Turkic world is divided into two main ethno-linguistic communities - Oghuz and Kipchaks (Kipchaks). Both Oguzes and Kipchaks played a significant role in the history…
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