Crimean Tatars: which peoples they are descendants of
Screex The Crimean peninsula has never been empty. During wars, invasions, epidemics or great exoduses, its...
Horde Ezhen — the eldest son of Juchi refused to give up power over the Golden Horde
Already soon after the proclamation of the ruler of all Mongols Genghis Khan allocated to...
The Battle of the Pass: How the Arabs gave Central Asia to the Turks
Central Asia is Central Asia because Iran is located to the south of it, nomadic...
Jungar-Manchurian wars
With its Genghis Khan-style policy of conquest, the Dzungar Khanate could not help but clash...
On the «borderless» alliance between the Ottoman Empire and the Sheibanid state
In the 16th century, the Ottoman Empire and the Sheibanid state formed close allied relations...
The Chobanid dynasty: how did it rule Azerbaijan after the Mongols?
After the collapse of the Arab Caliphate, various Islamic dynasties ruled the territories of the...
Great Khorezm in the process of Islamization lost its culture and language, becoming a small Khanate of Khiva
The modern republics of Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan are partially located on the territory of...
Baba Sultan — the last nomadic ruler among the Uzbeks
Baba Sultan is one of the most reviled figures in Uzbek history. Despite the fact...
Karamanogullar: the fiercest rivals of the Ottoman Sultans among the Turkish beys
Formation of the Karaman beylik The founder of the Karamanogullar dynasty (1256-1474) is considered to...
Were there Byzantine revolts after the Ottoman conquest?
Byzantine Empire and Byzantine are fictitious names invented by Habsburg historians to avoid calling the...