"Timur was a highly intelligent blood thirsty tyrant". I think this is a very concise summation of Timur's personality and frankly the reason for his success. He had a razor sharp mind and was more than prepared to couple it with systematic violence to acquire any agenda he sought.
@CAMSLAYER13
8 ай бұрын
The harsh truth is violence can get you far. You do need some brains behind it though
@jsotirakis
8 ай бұрын
Sounds like Stalin
@temurhakim2356
7 ай бұрын
AMIR TIMUR NEVER DESTROYED BUDHA SHRINE/OR BUILDINGS EDUCATION GENGHIS/ALEXANDER THE GREAT/ JULIUS CAESAR DID DESTROY TIMUR GRANDSON ULUGH BEG IS SCIENCE/MATHS KING/ TAJ MAHAL MADE BY HIS CHILDREN FUTURE NO ONE WON CHESS WITH TIMUR
@arthurmorgan3180
9 ай бұрын
Tamerlane invading China is arguably one of the greatest “what ifs” in history
@GXoXdIsNotaMANtimeUtoWakeUp
9 ай бұрын
Wow he invaded China watt Year
@majorianus8055
9 ай бұрын
He will probably lose tho
@TuDeDaTe
9 ай бұрын
He never lost tho, like not even once. @@majorianus8055
@calvinsuu1949
8 ай бұрын
He would have allied with the mongol tribes and it would have created two front for china....
@3master791
8 ай бұрын
@@TuDeDaTe He lost a battle against the Chagatai Khanate
@pukekoprobably
8 ай бұрын
Not the strangest warband speedrun I've ever witnessed
@JingLi-pw3du
7 ай бұрын
here
@jamesrella763
8 ай бұрын
You know youre brutal when your own horde is feeling sorry for the people they’re pillaging
@pinchevulpes
9 ай бұрын
Crazy to me that in a society that prized individual Marshal prowess, a crippled man from two arquebus shots could rise to control such a vast expanse of territory. Perhaps his ruthlessness was on account of his self realization that his individual abilities were extremely limited. Of course he must have been cunning and extremely intelligent, I think he could speak more than two languages which no doubt assisted in his coalescing of such a massive force.
@Historyteller346
9 ай бұрын
He wasn't shot with an arquebuse. He was shot with a bow...
@pinchevulpes
9 ай бұрын
@@Historyteller346 the source I read says it was shot. I couldn’t find a source on the autopsy done on his body after exhumation, do you have conclusive evidence evidence to the contrary?
@Historyteller346
9 ай бұрын
@@pinchevulpesThis event took place in 1363 and the first arquebuses were invented in the 1410's. More than 4 decades after the incident took place. Plus, the arquebuses were used only by the Spanish and the Ottomans for more than 100 years after their creation. The eastern world would only begin using it in the 1520's. More than a century after the events...
@pinchevulpes
9 ай бұрын
@@Historyteller346 thank you for this info. I unfortunately can’t edit the comment without losing Kudos from the channel OP. But thanks again
@Historyteller346
9 ай бұрын
@@pinchevulpes👍
@mig522
9 ай бұрын
“I used to be an adventure till I took an arrow to the knee “
@StoicHistorian
9 ай бұрын
finally, thank you
@alanhonlunli
8 ай бұрын
Was wondering when this would turn up.
@zach415
3 күн бұрын
“…so I became a conqueror instead” -Timur probably (circa 1370)
@luciusdomitiusaurelianus774
9 ай бұрын
To subdue Georgians Timur ordered to destroy vines which is basically ripping Georgia’s heart out. That is one of the most traumatic experience for us in our long history of traumatic experiences
@ryanbennett8310
9 ай бұрын
As in grape vines? As an Angelo i haven't heard of this event.
@luciusdomitiusaurelianus774
9 ай бұрын
Indeed Grape vines. It’s like huge tradition for us coz Georgia is said to be the home of wine. Fun fact king Demetrius I wrote the poem dedicated to virgin Mary called “you are the grapevine”
@notsocrates9529
9 ай бұрын
@@luciusdomitiusaurelianus774 That is so interesting to hear, Georgia gets glossed over when it comes to history and atrocities. People tend to focus on Genghis Khan, Atilla the Hun or certain regions like Rome or ancient China.
@luciusdomitiusaurelianus774
9 ай бұрын
I love this channel because it gave exposure to Armenian history as well. Georgian and Armenian history tend to get neglected which is very sad. Idk if its true or not but Georgian noble almost killed Timur in one of the ambushes. While Timur managed to escape wounded he lost the helmet which was then recovered and brought to monastery in Racha if I’m not mistaken.
@meme-potentialsearch8010
8 ай бұрын
Goobers
@lastword8783
8 ай бұрын
There is a great podcast called "Timur Podcast" The creator never completed it but it covers a large part of the early life and early rule of Timur. There is also the book by Justin Marozzi "Tamerlane" and the old novel "Tamerlane: The Earth Shaker" by Harold Lamb.
@rehobothbitege4560
7 ай бұрын
I watch that podcast on Spotify and I absolutely love it. I’m soo glad you mentioned it.
@sethleoric2598
8 ай бұрын
26:15 I actually heard he didn't actually build a pyramid of skulls, instead he built a pyramid of heads and they just ended up rotting after a while.
@valtontony826
8 ай бұрын
that's even worse, oh God
@alanl.4252
7 ай бұрын
I’ve heard of Timur in passing whenever I skimmed through the medieval history of the Middle East, I knew about his reputation as a warlord and kill count. But hearing about it in detail in this video leaves me speechless at how much of a petty and bloodthirsty tyrant he was. It’s crazy how such men would get into power and abuse the hell out of it simply to feed their own egos. Condolences to all of his victims.
@SUDMONEYBAGS
9 ай бұрын
Seriously underrated channel keep it up!
@hoodclassicsofcalifornia
6 ай бұрын
Timur vs China is one of the greatest what ifs in history, but I think it’s a great ending for the Emir to die at the peak of his power. Absolute banger of video btw, fantastic narration and visuals. Keep it up
@PrincipledUncertainty
9 ай бұрын
A lot of the YT documentaries availble on Timur are of fairly low quality or too short, but this was comprehensive and well written. Thanks.
@Lukastar1
9 ай бұрын
This deserves more views it was an amazing video!
@averongodoffire8098
8 ай бұрын
Nomads no longer having world conquerors as the world industrialized and modernizes: hey… that was fun… thank you…
@tearet741
8 ай бұрын
Why then they have conquerors back then , if they were more advance ?
@عليياسر-ف4ن9ك
6 ай бұрын
@@tearet741Uzbeks: No, they were killed
@Yes-sw8gh
Ай бұрын
@@عليياسر-ف4ن9ك The modern day Islamic region would've been better off under Nomadic rule
@shreyvaghela3963
9 ай бұрын
Do one on Nader shah!!! he is lesser known
@postyoda1623
4 ай бұрын
Best source is a book by the name of Nader Shah's quest for legitimacy.
@blakefriesen1216
9 ай бұрын
He used to be an adventurer like you, until he took an arrow to the knee.
@Car-T90
9 ай бұрын
Amazing narration!!!
@partypoison80
8 ай бұрын
“I was a great adventure till I took a arrow to the knee “ lol
@dsnodgrass4843
9 ай бұрын
Timur and Chinggis and Attila could more properly be called "land pirates" than anything else. They had no home other than in name; they amassed armies on the promise of lucrative thievery, they preyed upon realms who were actually administering their territories, looting and destroying those as found; and leaving nothing of value behind in their wakes. When they died, they left nothing that lasted; just a trail of empty predation. The many small rulers they destroyed were more worthy of our respect. Those at least were protecting something.
@Tom_Cruise_Missile
9 ай бұрын
Well said.
@lessssssgooooo
8 ай бұрын
What are you talking about Timur left Samarkand behind one of the most magnidicent cities of the time
@Makofueled
8 ай бұрын
@@lessssssgoooootoo true
@xanshen9011
8 ай бұрын
You got conquered 😂🫵
@plimpus4668
8 ай бұрын
Timur literally created the last rennaissance of the Islamic World and Genghis created a dynastic legacy that lasted up until the 20th century, not to mention the mongols contribution to the spread of knowledge to europe. The view of these nomadic civilizations as simply raiders and destroyers is only a product of stupid western views about the east
@Uberdude6666
8 ай бұрын
Nice video, very interesting topic. Its interesting that he had so close ties to the king of France, would be interesting to know more about that! What exactly was the context for their allied military operations? French crusaders in the levant? Surely Timurid troops did not find their way to distant france? Also the title of the video immediate ly makes me wonder why he was the last. What happened to the great nomadic empires? You touched on it briefly at the end, with the rise of gunpowder weapons. But maybe delving more into this is a topic for a future video? You surely put a lot of work into this, so please don't take this feedback as complaints or anything: I think you could have used more maps etc. and generally pictures that are more relevant to what you are talking about. I realize you are just 1 person and I don't expect animated info-graphics like on Kings and Generals or anything like that. But some simple sketches of troop-movements etc. would do wonders to visualize and help us understand the situation. It would be much more interesting to look at than oldmedieval paintings of rulers and battles which all look nearly identical. Just my opinion anyway, great work :)
@tiglathpileser3rd
9 ай бұрын
I would hate to be Georgian during timur's time lol. Great vid as always. Ur super underrated
@thekinghass
9 ай бұрын
Great video I wish you all success and to continue the great work
@brandonlee934
8 ай бұрын
to be fair, "iron" was a common name for mongols (I think 2-3 Yuan emperors had that name)
@nomooon
8 ай бұрын
Iron pot!
@islombekochi
8 ай бұрын
No matter what, Timur made crutial rol in Central Asian nations. In his and his successors era central Asia became centre of the world in that time and build central Asian culture, science in one word Temurid Renaissance.
@basildraffin2724
6 ай бұрын
Excellent video! I thought of doing a documentary on Timurlane some day, but I think this work suffices in telling his story.
@StoicHistorian
6 ай бұрын
Thank you!!!! Great to see you here
@guyfieriismyhero2445
6 ай бұрын
Timur was genuinely the most badass ruler, to have built what he built, not bad for a crippled livestock thief
@RumiyAforizmlari
6 ай бұрын
Hi from Uzbekistan 🇺🇿
@عليياسر-ف4ن9ك
6 ай бұрын
The heroes who destroyed his kingdom ❤❤❤❤❤
@melkormorgothbauglir.4848
4 ай бұрын
I wonder what how bad they did the Georgians that even his own troops who killed thousands horrifically already started feeling sorry.
@kaybevang536
Ай бұрын
When Timur Tried So Hard To Be His Ancestral Idol Genghis Khan
@taimermega6447
8 ай бұрын
Fun fact The ingush a nakh people from Caucasus stole timurs son , timur searched for hem everywhere. The man who stole hem was ingush warrior called Berkim, my ancestor.
@terryhsiao1745
8 ай бұрын
Why do people keep rebelling against timur. Don't they learn 😅
@StoicHistorian
8 ай бұрын
That’s what I was trying to understand😂
@angelvee07
Ай бұрын
"great" is celebrating not respecting other ppl s very lives, families, etc. we need to redefine greatness
@FPSGamer48
8 ай бұрын
Fantastic video, you’ve earned yourself a subscriber
@StoicHistorian
8 ай бұрын
Thank you!!!
@lnstall_Wizard
8 ай бұрын
Good stuff. Thanks.
@MrDididevi
8 ай бұрын
He was so competitive! Georgia forever!
@melkormorgothbauglir.4848
4 ай бұрын
TImur really the Jon Jones (shoutout to everybody who watches MMA and knows who he is) of steppe warlords unwilling to accept defeat no matter what bribing his enemies troops diverting rivers making skull towers and he wasn't true to his religion too.
@fredflinstone6601
8 ай бұрын
What a psychopath!
@Oujouj426
8 ай бұрын
That Georgia is more Circassia than Georgia, especially Tbilisi.
@MrDididevi
7 ай бұрын
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@Historyteller346
9 ай бұрын
I just want to answer a question that many ask : "Did Timur I really kill 17.000.000 people ?" The answer is : No. Timur I did not kill 17.000.000 people. Timur I or Timur "The lame" is known to have been one of the greatest conquerors in history. A man of relatively humble origins who rose to become the most powerful man of his time. Timur I was also known for his ruthlessness and cruelty during his military campaigns. His empire was build upon the death of countless people who died as a result of his wars... There is no doubt that Timur I was one of the greatest and most ruthless conquerors in history. Few men left behind a death toll at a similar level as Timur I in the medieval era. The most commonly given figure of casualties is 17.000.000 people. This was about 5% of the known world’s population at the time. However, the idea that Timur I killed 17.000.000 people seems to be false. It is a figure that is built upon exaggerations with no real evidence behind it... 1 - The Death Toll : Let me begin by what the 17.000.000 figure really represents. This number is not meant to be the number of people killed by the armies of Timur I. Rather the total casualties that died as a result of his military campaigns. This figure just represents the total number of people that died in the region during Timur I’s reign. Note that this is the total number of deaths. It includes all causes. Such as famine, disease, chaos, etc... However, it is common for a large percentage of the total deaths in a war to result from secondary causes rather than being killed by the military forces. Such as famine and disease. These secondary causes largely arise as a consequence of the war. In Timur I’s case, he was indirectly responsible for creating the conditions that resulted in these secondary causes. Thus responsible for the deaths that arose as a consequence of them. The reason for mentioning this is to make it clear exactly what we are referring to here. It is safe to assume that the majority (At least half) of the deaths were from these secondary causes... So what does the 17.000.000 figure indicate? It represents the total number of deaths that resulted from Timur I’s conquests. This includes those killed by his forces, those who died from disease or starvation and those who fell victim to the chaos. The number of people who were directly killed by his forces is probably less than half of the total... 2 - Source of these estimates : You may be wondering why I would question the 17.000.000 figure even though I myself stated that he left behind a death toll that was matched by few men. The reason is that this 17.000.000 figure has been bothering me for some time now. Not because I doubt the death and destruction left behind by the man. But because I have been unable to find any evidence of the exact source of this number and how it was estimated... So where does this 17.000.000 number come from? The truth is that I have no idea. Despite looking into it for some time now. I have been unable to find the primary source of the estimate or the methodology behind its calculation... What makes it even more doubtful is that I have come across several different estimates. There is no consistency between these numbers. The lowest estimate of 7.000.000 people comes from Ian McWilliam of the "Los Angeles Times". The highest estimate of 20.000.000 people comes from Peter Ford of the "Christian Science Monitor". The maximal estimate of 20.000.000 people is about thrice as large as the minimal estimate of 7.000.000 people. Yet, once again there is no source ever provided for the origin of these estimates... This makes me question the source of these estimates. It is common to come across articles online that mention the 17.000.000 estimated figure. If you follow the trail of these sources, it eventually take you down a rabbit hole to a newspaper article from the late 1990's. This was the time when the Soviet Union collapsed and the Republic of Uzbekistan came to be. Interestingly, none of these articles were really about Timur I himself. Rather about Uzbekistan’s interesting association with him and reconstruction of a new national image of Timur I... Here are some of those articles for those who are interested : www.nytimes.com/1997/11/10/world/a-kinder-gentler-tamerlane-inspires-uzbekistan.html www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1999-01-17-9901170256-story.html www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-08-23-wr-30294-story.html If you look at these sources and read the available articles, it quickly becomes clear that these “estimates” seem like figures magically pulled out of a hat. No source is listed from where these figures came or how they were calculated. The men who wrote these articles are not historians, nor are they experts of Timurid or Central Asian history. Rather journalists who specialize on foreign affairs... I sincerely don’t blame these journalists for using these figures. Their articles were never written about Timur I. He was simply a side note on their articles about the newly formed Republic of Uzbekistan. But the problem is that these articles should have never been used as a primary source for the estimate of people who died as a result of Timur I’s invasions. The source of such things should always be a book or a historian that has focused on Timur I or just simply the Timurid Empire in general... The only book that I have found which mentions an exact figure as an estimate is “The Lost Tribes, A Myth: Suggestions Towards Rewriting Hebrew History” by Allen Howard Godbey. He places the estimate at 12.000.000 people killed. This man is no expert on Timurid or even Central Asian history in general. Nor was the book about these topics either. Once again, no source is mentioned, nor is any hint given as to how the author estimated this figure... The best example of the use of these articles as the primary sources for historical works is the book “Atrocities: The 100 Deadliest Episodes in Human History” by Matthew White. The chapter on Timur I lists the total death toll caused by him as 17.000.000 people. The same confusing estimate. So how did this author calculate this estimate? The answer is simple : He simply used all of these old newspaper articles and the already mentioned book “The Lost Tribes, A Myth: Suggestions Towards Rewriting Hebrew History” as sources for calculating the estimate. He simply took their estimates without ever considering where these articles were getting these estimates from or how they calculated it. This is a pattern that I have seen over and over again. The use of these same unreliable articles as a primary source... 3 - Questioning these estimates : It quickly becomes apparent that these “estimates” are in reality just wild guesses. None of them seem to have used any scientific or mathematical method of calculating the dead. The most telling point is the fact that books that are written about Timur I himself shy away from placing an exact figure as an estimate. Instead, they simply mention the destructive nature of his wars and that countless people died as a result... From what I have noted, experts on Timurid history (Such as Beatrice Forbes Manz for example) do not even attempt to estimate how many people died as a result of Timur I’s conquests. All of this makes it clear that we really have absolutely no real idea of just how many people died as a result of his invasions... (I don't have enought space, so please read the first comment in the answers section of my comment to see what I have to say next)
@Historyteller346
9 ай бұрын
4 - Estimation of the Medieval death toll : Estimation of the death toll from the medieval era is quite difficult. Doing it accurately is pretty much next to impossible. There are 2 reasons for this. A - We lack any detailed records (if they ever even existed) of the population of different regions in the era. Nor any other form of supporting evidence of the corresponding decline in population... B - We also have to consider that the medieval chroniclers had a tendency to exaggerate and greatly inflate the numbers. It is common knowledge that medieval chroniclers had a tendency to greatly inflate numbers. Take the Mongol invasions of the Khwarezmian Empire for example. The Persian historian, Minhaj-i Siraj Juzjani, tells us that about 2.400.000 people were killed in Herat and another 1.700.000 in Nishapur. These figures are higher than our estimates of the total population of these cities in that era. If we are to take these medieval chroniclers at face value, that brings the total number of deaths in the Khwarezmian Empire to around 15.000.000 deaths. Which is more than our total estimate of the population of the region (Which is around 5.000.000 people). This really shows us how unreliable medieval estimates can often be... Timur I’s estimate of 17.000.000 people killed is about half of the death toll of all the Mongol invasions (Which is around 40.000.000 people). This makes little sense, as the majority of the death toll of the Mongol invasions are from China, one of the most heavily populated regions of the world (About 40% of the world’s population). The only region invaded by Timur I that contained a similar population was the Indian Subcontinent (About 40% of the world’s population). The thing is that Timur I’s invasion never went deep into the Indian Subcontinent. Nor was it a prolonged military campaign. He only ever reached as far as Delhi in a campaign that lasted only a few months. Most of India (East India, Central India, Deccan, South India) was completely untouched by his invasion. Compare this to the decades long conflict between the Chinese Empires and the Mongols... This further casts doubt on the 17.000.000 figure. It is unrealistic to say that Timur I caused about half the total death toll of the Mongol invasions without invading regions that were as heavily populated as China. We must remember that most of Timur I’s military campaigns were in the regions of Central Asia, northern Eurasian steppes, Western Asia and the Caucasus region. These places had already been recently devastated by the Mongol invasions and the Black Death. So it would have already been far less populated than prior to the Mongol invasions... 5 - In conclusion : Now, let’s come back to the original question. Did Timur I really kill 17.000.000 people? The answer to that is no. The 17.000.000 figure represents the total number of deaths that resulted from Timur I’s conquests. Not just those killed by his forces... As I have already explained, there are many reasons why the 17.000.000 estimate is very unreliable. So why is it the most commonly cited estimate ? I personally think that it's because newspaper articles from the 1990's were among the original sources to ever attempt to place an exact estimate of the total death toll. Over the next 2 decades, others simply took the highest cited estimate from a well-known source (New York Times for example) as a reliable estimate. Citing a higher estimate is also often in the best interest of many of these articles on Timur I as it's suits their bias. Choosing the lower estimates would have the opposite effect. Since many of these articles are specifically on how destructive Timur I was and how he was one of the most destructive men in history... We can even look at the total death toll given to us by the contemporary sources from men who lived during Timur I’s time. The numbers they give us are : - Delhi (200,000 killed) - Baghdad (90,000 killed) - Damascus (90,000 killed) - Isfahan (70,000 killed) - Aleppo (20,000 killed) Even if we took the numbers provided to us by medieval chroniclers as true rather than an exaggeration, the total death toll from these sources is 470.000 deaths. We would have to double it to reach just 1.000.000 deaths as all these massacres do not even add up to 1.000.000 deaths... There is no doubt that Timur I was one of the most ruthless conquerors in history. Few men left behind a death toll at a similar level as Timur I in the medieval era. His empire was built upon the deaths of countless men, women and children. However, the idea that 17.000.000 people (5% of the world’s population) died as a result of his invasions seems to be false. It is a figure that is built upon exaggerations with no real evidence behind it... The truth is that we simply have no idea exactly how many people died as a result of Timur I’s conquests. We lack the evidence to analyze the decrease in population in the 3 decades of Timur I’s reign. This is why books written on Timur I by experts on the Timurid Empire's history shy away from stating any exact estimates for the total death toll. Instead opting to vaguely state that countless people died as a result of his conquests...
@Otram58
9 ай бұрын
You wrote a two hour long passage and expected that people would read it😂
@Historyteller346
9 ай бұрын
@@Otram58Yes, and ? What's your problem ?
@Otram58
9 ай бұрын
@@Historyteller346 You know it's like coming up with long paragraphs why Stalin wasn't a mass murderer
@Historyteller346
9 ай бұрын
@@Otram58I just wanted to explain that Timur I didn't actually kill 17.000.000 people with evidence. Why do you people have to be so mean without a reason ?
@LordBluFire
9 ай бұрын
timur the lame vs talkstomuch
@mrhappyendland
9 ай бұрын
Very good and reminds me of my visit to his mausoleum
@julvadas
8 ай бұрын
Could you do a video about north eastern area of Europe
@AmadoDom
8 ай бұрын
Powerhungry maniac
@Historyteller346
8 ай бұрын
Like all medieval rulers...
@pedrosalinas6509
2 ай бұрын
This history should be taught in the West. We are constantly told of the great achievements of Napoleon, Alexander and Julio Caesar. I had never heard of these Eastern Commanders who were so successful, only of Genghis Khan.
@Houthiandtheblowfish
9 ай бұрын
hey the last one is actually nader shah during gunpowder empires
@StoicHistorian
9 ай бұрын
This is true that Nader was a nomad, but his army was not horse archer focused like timurs
@BallyBoy95
9 ай бұрын
@@StoicHistorian Yup, he used swivel guns mounted on camels instead. 🙃 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zamburak He fked my country up pretty bad (India), Nader Shah couldn't be fked, man's got territories to annex.
@Historyteller346
8 ай бұрын
@@BallyBoy95The only ones he wasn't able to defeat were the Sikhs...
@Flammenhagel
9 ай бұрын
Wow.... my literal ancestor.... im his direct descendant (im 3% uzbek)
@Rabbi-Jill-kews
9 ай бұрын
Lol
@anythingthoughanythingthou2453
9 ай бұрын
So 97 percent nothing to do with them? Hahahahhaahhah
@Flammenhagel
8 ай бұрын
@@anythingthoughanythingthou2453 you should get tested for autism
@decrexendo
8 ай бұрын
Excellent video! Small orthographical note: Polities like the Ottomans and the Timurids should be written as here, with no apostrophes, because these words are not denoting possession. Written as they are on your maps, it implies that these political entities are objects/things which belong to one specific Ottoman/Timurid (as in "the man's horse"; "the team's victory"). You are more than free to do as you wish, but I felt that it might help with the clarity, especially with differentiating it from the adjective form ("the Timurid conquest") and the plural possessive ("the Ottomans' dire situation").
@StoicHistorian
8 ай бұрын
Great note thank you
@trollfacev2_
8 ай бұрын
French kings seem to have an affinity for Islamic empires holding land in anatolia
@Ragatokk
7 ай бұрын
I find it hilarious how some of these curses come true.
@Slipp_P
6 ай бұрын
If those paintings are anything close to accurate, then there's no way the Golden Horde were Mongolian
@StoicHistorian
6 ай бұрын
It’s the rus depicting the Golden Horde
@Qazaq_Qiyat_1465
8 ай бұрын
Temürchiñ Chyñghys Qaghan has a Qazaq name and a Qazaq title of Khan. [Mongolian title is Hontaychi] Temürbek was also Qazaq. Modern Uzbeks aren’t ancient Özbeks, they are Sarts and Turkic speaking Tajiks. Modern Mongolians aren’t ancient Moghols, they are Manchus and Tibetans. Qazaq Khanate was the union of nomad Özbeks and Moghulistan.
@TheJeeghe
8 ай бұрын
@stoic historian i think you would love readung "the book of kings" otiginali named"shahname" by ferdosi
@Tamara-nn1wr
3 ай бұрын
We studies in history that the built minarets and walls with human skulls, burned and destroyed everything on their way
@davidtierney3615
9 ай бұрын
You're wrong about the names. Temujin means blacksmith according to historians like Dr Ali Ansari and Professors Mike McLynn
@tulihamber
9 ай бұрын
Enthusiasm will be missed
@Turkmenhanogly
8 ай бұрын
I am from Khwarezm. Timur wasnt a bandit, he was a local mini nobility clan. Son of Haji Barlas, he was chieften of a tribe already. Emir Hussein saw potential in him and decided to team up. The rest is history
@seto_kaiba_
9 ай бұрын
"Timur the Lame: History's Last Great Nomadic Conqueror" Nader Shah: "Am I a joke to you?"
@StoicHistorian
9 ай бұрын
Nader was a nomad but his armies were not nomadic
@TrajGreekFire
9 ай бұрын
wasn't Nader Shah born into tribal nomads under Safavids?
@StoicHistorian
9 ай бұрын
Yes but his army was gun powder focused
@sardarbootasingh2708
8 ай бұрын
A great conqueror he belonged to the mixed Mongol-Turkic Race. When the Mongols captured Central Asia they mixed with the local Turks. Now the Turks want to be referred to as Mongols. Even a blind person can make out a pure (not mixed with Mongol) Turk. See Erdogan. Now see a genuine Mongol: Ukhnaagiin Khürelsükh. Now the Turks who were mixed with Mongols want to be referred to as Mongols! There is also an agenda in this in which foreigners are involved. The Turks in Central Asia are mostly mixed with Mongols. See the people of Turkmenistan; most are mixed though there are still some pure Turks in this region.
@adidoki
8 ай бұрын
Erdogan is literally a georgian, tf you saying
@melmcintyre3211
4 ай бұрын
Perhaps it was Timur the Lama 'maybe dali lama '
@kevi152
9 ай бұрын
Amir e Kabir Temur died in Otrar.
@temurhakim2356
7 ай бұрын
THE GREAT KING OF KINGS AMIR TIMUR
@Uzbek_Student_
5 ай бұрын
Timur's land 🇺🇿
@AoE2Replays
8 ай бұрын
dude please just talk about the subject, and PLEASE dont theory-craft alternate historical outcomes. your video is on what this historical person did, not what couldve been.
@laurancedoyle4231
8 ай бұрын
"... a nuisance in the side of Timor"?
@JavohirIBODULLAYEV-sb2il
Ай бұрын
Temur is not nomad. Maybe your ancestors are nomad
@aregnazanavetisyan2275
7 ай бұрын
Before speaking about History, learn History. Azerbayjan exists for only one century and still you mention it. You must be more competent as you are speaking about major figures in History.
@StoicHistorian
7 ай бұрын
I said modern day country it Azerbaijan
@yannickille4049
8 ай бұрын
Greatest murderer😅😅😅😅
@Historyteller346
8 ай бұрын
Just like every other medieval ruler...
@Heresjonnyagain
9 ай бұрын
The last? Surely one can make a case for Nurhaci or Hong Taiji?
@StoicHistorian
9 ай бұрын
but are they "great" nomads, those guys are pretty minor compared to the Khans. But it's always up to interpretation this is just mine
@yeshichophel5428
9 ай бұрын
Qing empire is not nomad
@Heresjonnyagain
9 ай бұрын
@@yeshichophel5428 Nurhaci is Jin, not Qing. Hong Taiji as the founder of the Qing was the final Jin conqueror
@yeshichophel5428
9 ай бұрын
@@Heresjonnyagain you meant later Jin, Jin dynasty founder is Wanyan Aguda
@Heresjonnyagain
9 ай бұрын
@@yeshichophel5428 yes, I would’ve thought in this context that went without saying
@CoffeePHlover
8 ай бұрын
Not Conquerer. Murderer
@subutaykhan9387
8 ай бұрын
Imagine he didnt consider Europe worth to conquer. What if he Took Constantinople
@subutaykhan9387
8 ай бұрын
@@slawaboga1433 Bayezid the Thunderbolt defeated Crusaders at the battle of nicopolis. I think this statement is enough
@subutaykhan9387
8 ай бұрын
@@slawaboga1433 he took izmir easily. It was protected by Templars. I think he could took Constantinople as well. European knights stood no chance against Timur's light cavalry. I dont need to mention war elephants. Europe's only chance to survive would be guerilla tactics like Vlad and skenderbeg did against ottomans. I dont want to be disrespectful but during Timur's era Russians were no threat against him. He ended golden Horde so Russians could take a breath from golden horde.
@wolfgangamadeus2873
8 ай бұрын
I don't think you really understand the topic at all. This is not a pissing contest to show European power/dominance etc. Last time a real Nomad visited Europe to stay, you know what's happened (The Huns). The problem is, this guy been superior to a barbarian like Attila, in fact he could be the contender of #1 place and Attila was not even in the top 10 as a leader. That Smyrna Castle and the hospitallers in it, defended that place against all kind of attacks, not only Ottoman Turks but also Muslims before them. Timur had one of the first gunpowder using force along with Greek fire. What makes him undefeatable after he gained enough manpower/intellectual around him, he was improving both technical and tactical-wise. The most important part is that he didn't even consider Europe a place to take at time, he simply didn't care about it. A highly intellectual and cruel man like him along with the force of gunpowder and will to dominate that continent, would be an end to European world. If you don't know the hospitallers than we shouldn't even argue. Lemme give you a bonus, JRR Tolkien been used Smyrna Castle's loss(along with Szigetvár) in his second LOTR book (The Two Towers). Just check out Helm's Deep siege and Smyrna Castle's you will see the similarities. @@slawaboga1433
@wolfgangamadeus2873
8 ай бұрын
I think you have no knowledge at all. When Timur ravaging Muslims/Ottomans and nomadic Turks along with Persians and all of the other 'top tier fighter folks' like little puppets, ALMOST HALF OF OUR EUROPEAN POPULATION WIPED OUT BECAUSE OF THE BLACK DEATH. You have no historical analyse skill to understand what is happened for real. The reason Muslims could stay away from the black death was because of they have a 5 times a day (it could be 4, i don't remember exactly) religious practice, which requires washing your body parts before the practices. At the time, the European powers using bows and swords Timurids practising elephant mounted cannons, religion-based morality was in tatters due to black death which affected Papal dominance to a total failure and Sack of Constantinople by the Catholics before it. He was one ''Orthodox victory'' away to dominate Europe, but without knowledge of the Nomadic/Turkic culture, Muslim mentality, importancy of trade roads (Silk etc.) which is almost fully controlled by Timurids, one cannot understand the case. You have no idea how effective the way he did to gain dominance. Every time he enters a new area he was gathering intellectuals,artists and religious influencers and paying them a huge amount of money unlike Europeans. What makes us European is totally connected to our cultural heritage,religion with literature and imagine this guy was controlling it in every possible way. There are pages of things to type down here but am not gonna answer you again. Keep your pissing contest up with somebody else, have fun. @@slawaboga1433
@meatbyproducts
8 ай бұрын
Thank you for saying Chinggis not Ghengis!!!!
@yeshichophel5428
9 ай бұрын
The last great nomad empire is dzungar khanate
@StoicHistorian
9 ай бұрын
Great?
@yeshichophel5428
9 ай бұрын
@@StoicHistorian maybe not greater than timur empire but still an empire
@esrefyalnklcl6500
8 ай бұрын
Tamerlane, or what is called today in Uzbekistan Amir Timur, established a Semi-Mongolic Dynasty in the late 14th century with the help of Turkic tribes on the legacy of the Chagatai Khanate. Far from being a Turkic/Islamic state, his rule gave lots of harms on Islam and the Turkic world. First he fought with Toktamish Khan and demolished the Golden Horde in Eurasia, hereby paved the way for Russia's rise to power as an empire and invasion of Turkestan. Secondly, he attacked the Ottoman state and looted Anatolia and left the local people within pain, blood and tear. His devastation of the Ottomans led to internal turmoil, known as Ottoman interregnum (Fetret). Timur also sacked India and killed more than hundred thousands of innocent people there, including the Muslims. Due to his bloodthirsty ambitions on power, the conquest of Contantinople, modern day Istanbul, was delayed 50 years by the Ottoman Turks. His only intention to conquest a non-Islamic realm was China, but he could not have finished this duty, because Allah (c.c.) never destined him with this jihad and he died on his way to campaign over China. In brief, Tamerlane was a cruel tyrant, who committed atrocities and carnegies with his superego and always wanted to be a sahibkìran with a nonesense desire to conquest of territories for nothing like his predessccor and ancestor Ghenghiz Khan and Hulagû. His war campaigns only aimed at conquering Islamic states in the medieval era. For this, he always bought soldiers with money from the rival armies and won the wars and conflicts with tricking and cheating. Once, he set fires camels and elephants in order to win the war during the sack of Delhi. His futile war campaigns against the Kipchak Turks of the Golden Horde led to the dissolution of the Turkic power in the Eurasian Great Steppe, from which the Muscovy benefitted the most in order to terminate the so-called "Tatar Yoke" in the Russian history. Last but not the least, Timur's state was established in the Turco-Persian Trasoxiana, but he himself resumed the Mongolian path of plundering, looting and killing. Although his legacy is considered as part of the Turkic realm, his deeds and actions mainly gave too much harm to the Turkic-Islamic world. Regardless of Timur's negative history and imperial legacy, today's Uzbekistan is however our Turkic brother country in Central Asia. Greetings to all Turkic peoples in the world. Hope to unite under the banner of Turan in a near future... Cheers,
@homuraakemi493
8 ай бұрын
He was pretty lame 😏
@RaymondScott-q3c
8 ай бұрын
sounds like you are narrating from a history that goes back thousands yrs and beyond WHOs who in the scheme of a disgruntled and jaded part of history 😮ppl are questioning now
@kevinkevinkevin1909
21 күн бұрын
Another Asian conqueror...
@markwrede8878
9 ай бұрын
Even when not seizing the world, acquisition for ownership is morally indefensible.
@jsotirakis
8 ай бұрын
Acquisition by violence or threat of violence, not acquisition by work or trade
@markwrede8878
8 ай бұрын
@@jsotirakis Adam Smith confirmed capitalism to be identical to extortion. Ownership is retained through the state's threat of official violence.
@markwrede8878
8 ай бұрын
@slawaboga1433 Where is anthropology?
@khushbokovshokhrukhstudent2885
8 ай бұрын
🇺🇿🫡🫡
@mehmetcancakt6241
8 ай бұрын
He really wasnt the last though
@Tamara-nn1wr
8 ай бұрын
There was no Anatolia then. Eastern Turkey was Armenian Highlands/Armenian Kingdom. They also attacked Persia, Armenia......Pls. do not speak ead falsified history by avoiding the name Armenian Highlands. Turkiye celebrated its 569th Anniversary May 2022. There was no Anatolia. Western Turkey was Byzantium/Eastern Roman Empire, they were also attacked by Seljuke Turks and Mongolians.
@StoicHistorian
8 ай бұрын
It can have two different geographic names
@Tamara-nn1wr
8 ай бұрын
@@StoicHistorian-. There was no Anatolia then. Armenian Kingdom was on Armenian Highlands. Armenia is the fourth oldest country. First is Iran, 2nd is Egypt, 3rd is Vietnam. It has been a bad habit of anti-Armenian propagandist to remov the name of Armenia and Byzantium (Greece) from that area. Mongols arrived there through Persia and moved to Armenia. Pls. Look at a real historic map of the world, not the ones that have been changed for political reasons. Like another couple who made a clip of the area and were calling 1,400 and 1,700 year historic sites as Turkish history. Turkish history started from 1453 AD. When I told him in the UK they do not call the remains of Roman walls English history, they call them Roman walls and Roman history. He did not have an answer and this that it was irrelevant. Easy way out for a propagandist.
@Efishrocket102
8 ай бұрын
Anatolia is a geographical term
@Tamara-nn1wr
8 ай бұрын
@@Efishrocket102 - Real geographical term is Armenian Highlands. They also changed name of Mount Ararat, Turkified it. City of Ani was one of Armenia's capitals and was known the City of 1001 Churches. Smyrna became Izmir. Constantinople became Istanbul. About 3,800 historical sites in Turkiye are Armenian, about 3,200 Greek, 600 Jewish and Assyrian and 700 Turkish. By changing the names of the mountains, cities, rivers, historic sites you do not change history.
@Priceless_TMT
8 ай бұрын
Armenian plateau only refers to the eastern edges where as Anatolia refers to the geographical area as a whole, also the name of Anatolia dates back to roman times so you can't really say "it didn't exist"
@Kevin-cz8qj
8 ай бұрын
Babul should be the last nomadic coqueror
@Lover_of_history2152
4 ай бұрын
Babul ?
@AlistaTudor
2 ай бұрын
who tf
@Narrator_of_Tarikh07
4 күн бұрын
@@AlistaTudorI think he meant Babur, the founder of the Mughal Empire...
@dalermuradov2679
8 ай бұрын
samur kand
@nicbahtin4774
8 ай бұрын
"Last great" did you forgot about the manchus ?
@apachesurvival5440
8 ай бұрын
Manchus weren't full steppe nomads.
@ProudIndian-h2f
8 ай бұрын
Stop calling such butchers great.
@Historyteller346
8 ай бұрын
Give me an example of a great monarch who did not butcher his way to the top...
@mahdi-oe6mk
5 ай бұрын
Cyrus the great, darius the great, khowrow anushiravan, saladin ayubbi, justinian, malekshah seljuk @@Historyteller346
@aramb5482
5 ай бұрын
Typical Turk activities
@Robothuck
8 ай бұрын
great video, love this area of history! you covered it well. volume on the video could be a bit louder though!
@King_Flippy_Nips
8 ай бұрын
He had red hair and green eyes and was of aryan descent just like the scythians who were the horselords of the steppes before the mongols, the female leader of the scythians killed cyrus the great and decimated his army and cyrus the great was alexander the greats inspiration and the reason he used the title of the great, cyrus had also conquered most of the known world at that time.
@tommytells370
8 ай бұрын
He was the “Prince of Destruction” never a king, why is this? Because he was a vassal under GREATER TARTARIA
@dantepr1566
8 ай бұрын
nope, he was not of aryan descent. have a nice day.
@WMurr
8 ай бұрын
Man was asian dood
@halaldunya918
7 ай бұрын
He was East Asian in appearance. Black hair like modern day Mongolians.
@tommytells370
7 ай бұрын
He was mix decent. There were black Huns and white Huns according to Tacitus (Turkmen & Scythian). Chinese chroniclers say there were Wild Tartars, Black Tartars and White Tartars. They describe them very clearly as having either long red hair and pale faces or being blunt faced with short black hair. They were being mixed a lot which is why there are walls and statues depicting both Western Tartars and Eastern Tartars as either Western Caucasians looking or Eastern Mongolian looking. Regardless of whether there’s artefacts in the xinjang province in China showing red haired horsemen we should just appreciate that this guy never lost a game of chess in his life.
@lukasbaral5108
9 ай бұрын
The georgians and their mountain fortresses did surprisingly well, I never knew they beat back timur's sons a couple of times with (presumably) next to no golden horde assistance kudos. Battle of ankara: Least loyal serbian vs most loyal turkic mercenaries A timurid invasion of ming china supported by the northern yuan, eastern mongols and the oirats would have been very interesting. He had the possible allies before yongle's northern campaigns against the mongols took place. However ming "instability" was clearly widely overstated, Yongle was already crowned emperor by that point (jingnan rebellion was over). I would wager Tamerlane would meet his match against the Yongle emperor.
@meme-potentialsearch8010
8 ай бұрын
turks took over Serbia, why would Serbs be loyal to the dogs of Altai?
@Timurenjoyer1336
8 ай бұрын
Maybe, but he could perhaps foster instability through raising up the jianwen emperor again?
@Tamara-nn1wr
8 ай бұрын
Actually, Mongols beat Georgians in 1222? And Georgia and Armenia were under the control of Persian Empire, there are still some Georgian villages in Iran.
@MrDididevi
8 ай бұрын
@@Tamara-nn1wr georgian villages appear in fereidan district of iran in 17-th c., after abbas 1 deported georgian captives from kakheti region
@kaybevang536
Ай бұрын
It various but aw well the ming got booted off of rule by the manchus.....
@wg611
8 ай бұрын
1:05 Timur is iron, Timuçin is the iron smith.
@YY-ug9mv
9 ай бұрын
There are few historical videos about Timur that are this detailed,accurate and unbiased.Good job,finally someone that can tell Timur treated Beyazid well according to accounts.
@nestormakhno9266
9 ай бұрын
Timer was a chronically underrated figure but he likely didn’t kill 17 million
@AstroSully
6 ай бұрын
Same goes for Genghis.
@postyoda1623
4 ай бұрын
Medieval people, esp. historians of victim nations sure liked to 100x the numbers.
@Yes-sw8gh
Ай бұрын
@@postyoda1623 You're kidding yourself. There were millions of people living on this planet, and they have been for ever. A lot of people have been erased, either due to the planet taking them or the sword, or the musket, or the gun, or the bomb. One just needs to recognize this is the way the planet works, one eats the other.
@zafarahmed3468
9 ай бұрын
Great video. You earned yourself a subscriber. Timur is so fascinating because of the fact he called himself the defender of Islam yet he went around mostly killing Muslims.
@orboakin8074
9 ай бұрын
Is anyone really surprised by this?
@2pock
9 ай бұрын
He was a coward pretending to be a Muslim, with a chip on his shoulder because mongol’s first defeat at ain jalut
@miketackabery7521
9 ай бұрын
@@orboakin8074yeah. That's what "defenders of Islam" do.
@m.aryaanamiri2755
9 ай бұрын
@@miketackabery7521 smartest mainstream media consumer.
@Historyteller346
8 ай бұрын
@@miketackabery7521Most intelligent media consumer :
@viorp5267
8 ай бұрын
Georgia are chads
@Historyteller346
8 ай бұрын
Why ? They just kept losing...
@lan9252
Ай бұрын
@@Historyteller346 watch the video again.
@arthurmorgan3180
9 ай бұрын
An hour well spent, legendary video👏
@serwombles8816
8 ай бұрын
The greatest missed opportunity of the Mongols was they failed to wipe out Islam :(
@Historyteller346
8 ай бұрын
Most intelligent media consumer :
@glassman1130
8 ай бұрын
Its interesting actually,Ottomans during that time were seen superpower of the world by Europe who could defeat everyone easily. In the aftermath battle of Ankara Timur send letters to King of France and England. In The letter he said he defeated most powerful nation in Europe,The Ottoman Empire.Europe was in shock.He even sieged down the castle of Smyrna from Hospitaller Knights and gained control of two islands in coast of İzmir(Lesbos and Chios)even though he had no navy.
@Nmax
8 ай бұрын
Ottomans were not yet a superpower. Timur fought the Ottomans in 1401 when they were still a young empire. The Ottoman empire became a truly great power after conquering Constantine in 1453 and conquering the Levant and upto Vienna by the mid 1500s Long after timurs empire fell apart after his death
@tearet741
8 ай бұрын
@@NmaxStill they were great power , nobody did and could that to ottomans what Timurland did back then
@tearet741
8 ай бұрын
They french , english , and catsilian kings send a letter with congratulations to Timurlan , one castilian named Rui Gonzales de clavijo travel to Timurid state and to its capital Samarkand
@amongdrip8073
8 ай бұрын
Say what you want about his actions, but the dude had drip.
@BallyBoy95
9 ай бұрын
This was actually great to listen to, with good choice of paintings. Keep up the good work.
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