Timariots are landlords of the Ottoman Empire. How did they differ from the Sepoys?
Screex 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...
Which nations resisted the Ottoman Empire?
Few people remember this now, but the Ottoman Empire began with 500 soldiers who fled...
The role of the Seljuks at the beginning of the Crusades
Historians call the Seljuks a dynasty of Central Asian origin, which reigned in the territory...
The Seljuk state at the beginning of the 11th century
The situation in Central Asia in the 10th century In the VIII—IX centuries, the most...
The Battle of the Inche River on August 30, 1722 — The Highlanders know how to fight and die as warriors
The dragoons were excitedly exchanging fire with the Highlanders. They rode in front of them...
Cilician Armenian Principality
The historical region of Cilicia has existed in the southeast of Asia Minor since ancient...
Mongolian Jalairids — conquerors of the Persians of Iran and the Arabs
The Jalair Mongols who were part of the Hulagu shock troops were not numerous. Therefore,...
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...
Seljuks — The collapse of the Konya Sultanate in the XIII century
Konya Sultan Kei-Khosrow II After the death of Alaeddin Keykubad I in 1237, the Konya...