The four greatest Asians. Chapter I. The Empire of the Immortal Lion
Screex I am opening a series of articles about the four rulers of Asia, so significant...
Which Eastern peoples have a «foreign» name?
Each nation has at least several names used: for itself, for everyone, for certain neighbors....
Where the Khazars disappeared: The nationality of Batu Khan
It is believed that the mother of Khan Batu – Uki-khatun or Shukinia – was...
Derbets: What happened to the main Kalmyks clan?
Now Derbets are a subethnos or a tribe within the Kalmyk people, depending on which...
The first independent ruler of the Crimea under the Mongols was the Seljuk Sultan Kei-Kavus II
The Seljuk Turks, back in the period of their power, at the beginning of the...
Who are the dervishes in Islam? Do they exist in Azerbaijan?
In short, these are members of the Sufi brotherhood, a religious order (Tariqa) in Islam...
The Battle of the Three Kings: How the Turks and Moroccans defeated the Portuguese and changed the course of history
After Algeria recognized Ottoman suzerainty, Morocco remained the last independent Islamic state in North Africa....
The Bektashi in the Ottoman Empire are the patrons of the Janissaries who fell with them
People tend to represent major movements within Islam as separate denominations, the difference between which...
Timariots are landlords of the Ottoman Empire. How did they differ from the Sepoys?
It’s easy: a sipah is a mounted warrior, a traditional Turkic cavalryman of the Ottoman...
Bayezid II – the forgotten grandfather of Suleiman the Magnificent
Bayezid II is one of the most forgotten and unpopular Ottoman sultans. It cannot be...