When determining the greatness of an empire, which factor do you hold in higher esteem - longevity or legacy? Full Documentary Playlist: ru-vid.com/group/PLiPhmAD3I2Jz-1xQ0POURRX_Q-6Jxo17A&si=0B9sbSJNLU4f1b9x
All empires left legacies regardless of how long they lasted! The foremost question here should be how do we justify whether an empire's legacy is great or inglorious.
Timur is criminally underrated as one of history’s great (and brutal) conquerors. Fashioned himself the second coming of Genghis Khan, and lived up to the hype. Liking this video!
Couldn’t agree more. My favourite thing about him is that most of his conquests came in the last decade of his life. The 2/3 decades before he spent consolidating his realm and rule. It’s a shame he didn’t have the foresight to know the succession crisis that was to come!
"A man does evil deeds, and all his days Are filled with luck and universal praise; Another's good in all he does - he dies A wretched, broken man whom all despise" - Abulqasem Ferdowsi (Persian Poet)
This is the truth of this life, reminds me of the Bible in job. When Job states that he who blinds the eyes of the judges is God, from whose hand do we receive evil and Good.
Tomyris fills a wineskin with blood, and when she comes across Cyrus' body on the field, she stuffs his head into the wineskin, saying σὲ δ'ἐγὼ, κατά περ ἠπείλησα, αἵματος κορέσω -- "Just as I threatened, I will give you your fill of blood." (1.214.5) Herodotus
@@JosephArimathea29To be clear that's not meant to be a strictly true statement from Job, I don't think any Abrahamic religion truly believes God created evil
Timur/Tammerlane is notable for his destruction of the Nestorian Christian societies in the areas he conquered. He typically built mosques over the Nestorian churches and monasteries he leveled. Christianity became a European phenomenon after 1400 because it was persecuted out of existence in Asia (and most of Africa outside Ethiopia). (This is the assertion of the book The lost history of Christianity by a Cambridge scholar)
Great documentary on one of the greatest emperors and empires in history. Like you said, the Timurid Empire is highly underrated and needs to be brought onto the spotlight more often. Keep up the good efforts my friend!
Hi Hikma, Thank you for making a video about our ancestors. Timur reestablished Central Asian Turkic power, culture, and ancient cities, which had been totally destroyed by Genghis Khan 150 years earlier. Timur's grandson Ulugh Beg became a great astronomer, and his student Ali Qushji continued his work in Istanbul. Babur, a direct descendant of Timur, founded the Mughal Empire in India, which lasted for 300 years.
@@Unknown_Soldier_2 open Google, search for Temurid rennessans, read the whole articles on wiki or other sites. You will see it's also called Turkic rennessans and beginning of gunpowder empires.
It because he was muslim. And he did not destroyed Ottoman empire. If he destroyed Ottoman empire and the brutally murder 25% human. Then the hole today told him the greatest conqueror not genghis khan
Reasons he's less famous: 1. Genghis Khan and his successors had a bigger Empire and revolutionized the world stage. 2. Very little in the form of legacy - Alexander spread Hellenic culture for instance and founded many cities. His successor states lasted for centuries before being conquered by the Romans/Parthians. 3. In relation to the 2 above, Timur didnt seem very interested in building empire and/or spreading "timurid" culture. Btw the timurids figure heavily in gaming, for instance medieval 2 TW and AOE2.
@@daarom3472 No. That's not. Genghis lhan one of the successor the golden hord was defeated by timur.In case he made a successful invasion in indian were Mongol were defeated every time. And he conquered the persian land like the Mongol did. So he wanted to made a new mongol empire.
it really interesting to see the timeline of Timurid Empire how it shaped and changed the world Everyone Trying to become their Ancestor Chinggis Khan Started from the step of Mongolia Ended in the Yangon, Myanmar
1) “If you want to see our power, look at the buildings we have built” written on the facade of Aksaray (translated like "White palace", most propably American White House was inspired from) 2) Today only foundation of the gate of Aksaray survived. Attention! Only foundation of the gate! 3) The height of this gate foundation today is almost equal to the height of Hagia Sophia! 4) The real size of his building should be really intimidating for his age, even today.
@@williamruth7586 So what? This is not a news and it does not invalidate my point. Timur was the first monarch to make the supreme residence of nation white. US nation was just inspired by this Timurid statehood tradition. They just changed the "palace" to "house" for obvious political- ideological reasons
10:00 Imagine if you've never seen an elephant before in your life, the biggest animal you've seen is maybe a bear or a moose, and then you see hundreds of war elephants decked out in armor. No wonder they were afraid. 😮
That's exactly what happened when Rome conquered Britain in 43AD. Emperor Claudius entered London on top of an African Elephant. The Brits were shocked, they thought he was a god. 😂😂😂😂. They had never seen an elephant ever in their lives.
Isn't this man, Taimur killed all the inhabitants of Baghdad and Delhi, making pyramid of human skull to count the dead. One of the great killers in history
wow , I haven’t watched yet because I’m at work but tthis topic is very interesting for me as an Iranian ! please more lesser-known Iranian dynasties !
@@AnatolianHittite tatar he of an mongolian turofied tribe...same thing you say but what do you know i question so here we go...mongol in term was by the yuan china 'secret history' used for up themself as the one linage legit...very few times can see any negative words even during warring state among them are existed....everyone said tatar they called themself tatar in threats sent to rulers...kham mongol be as based of an old xiongnu military allaince famouse known...liewise only of pure chinnigshed bloodline khan or rule even after khagante split and fell timur used puppets aswell...diffrence is mongolian are nomads of steppes he manged to united you had turks speak mongolian and vice verse that became the core and only could speak in mongolian everyone else are turkic learned...gur-khan son in law timur later became highest claimed titel of non chinngished...why he went by emir for muslim and kalif hulagu killed muhammed be related for claim aswell....
Many think Uzbek and Temurids were different and others believe Uzbeks have not right to claim Temurids as ancestors. But we uzbeks believe it is our history, I wanted to explain how it's. 1) they both emerged from turko-mongol sphere 2) they have intermarriage relationships 3) both uzbek and temuri people speak same language Chagatayi Turkic After uzbek conquest all became uzbeks that's why we have 92 tribe and 3 big tribal confederations. I want to say thanks to creators work and research. Our central Asian culture and history is not well known. By this work many may know about this part of the world.
Uzbeks where divided in 3 waring khanates (khiva bukhara khoand) but in same time had together with other central asians a muslim based identity bevore the soviets raised the usbek soviet republik...was there a real usbek identity bevore?
@@milanvitu3963 Uzbek identity established as whole in Shaybanid era 1501-1600 then Ashtarkhanids 1601-1702. Uzbeks divided because of political instability and fighting outside invasions, you see after death of major ruler, his all family members tried to gaining power. It leads to rise local tribe chiefs higher positions and many become DeFacto ruler over puppet khans or established their own dynasty. In Khiva khanate there's "game of khans" changed khans 100 times in just 30 years. Bukhara khanate used to keep puppets 1711-1786 but then ruling clan Manghits become deJure rulers, it rise Fergana people against them and they established their own in 1710s. Firs Their main goal was keep Chinese and Kazakh invaders cause no army come from central government to rescue. There's still elements of pre unification Temurid time locals called "sart" or something and Shaybanids called "toza Uzbek" it's just classification.
"Uzbek" is the label came into use after the invasion of Uzbek tribe into Central Asia. The political rule belonged to Uzbek tribe, but the local population still were the same. Even the skull of Tamerlane clearly shows that he had a typcal Transoxianian appearance, which identical to modern day Central Asians
Biz kim mulku Turon, Amiri Turkistonmiz, Biz kim millatlarning eng ulug'i va buyugi Turkning bosh bo'g'inimiz. this is the one of the very famous sayings by Amir Temur. And I belive this is enough to claim Temur was Uzbek. And just saying the name Uzbek was not used at the time of Amir Temur is not reasonable enough. 1 nations will be called differently by different nations and it is also different depending on time period. Uzbeks were originally called Turks. Becouse separating the Turks were the plan from russion so they did not want any unity of Turks. separate the and control them is their anthem. Our anceters lived in these lands through the centuries and we share the same blood with them. Somethime I feel like waste of time explaining and proving to some1 why I am me ...
Yeah he was pretty much like an Uzbek in all ways and appearance, Uzbeks and Kazakhs and Kygrz look like Chinese people. Tamerlane was East Asian Mongoloid like Uzbeks. He was a very violent war lord, so don’t know if he’s someone to look up to. But at least you have your Alexander the Great.
In the Baburnama, Babur also refers to himself as Timurid Gurkhaniya and actually has a very negative opinion of Mughals or Mongols, calling them Barbarians. The author Aabhas Maldhaiyir says that's because the Babur by that time was highly urbanized and was influenced by Persia and Persian culture a lot. He had a disdain for mughals. It's a shame that the Timurids Gurkhaniya are called something they hated, Mughals.
@sohamdhoptey1466 People who look like they have small eyes and a strange shape that look like native Chinese or Turks, but they are trapped underground.
@sohamdhoptey1466 No, Timur spoke Persian because his father, the leader of the tribe, used to read it, but Timur’s father, the ruler of the tribe, was a weak person, and his son used to tell me not to oppress a person or kill a person unjustly, but it seems that Timur did not love his father.
Thank you for this excellent video! I knew only a little bit about Timur's conquests (and his famous brutality, like so many conquerors before him) in central and southern Asia before watching this. I knew virtually nothing about his legacy or the fate of his empire before watching this. Thank you for teaching me a lot with this one! God be with you out there, everybody. ✝️ :)
Western historians often blinded with their own nation's military successes, ignore and often forget the influence Mongols had in the whole Asian continent, creating dynasties and vassals stretching from Korea and China all the way to Poland and Hungary. How can people ignore such an extraordinary influence, originating from one single man, Genghis Khan. Great documentary.
your research and presentation are always fantastic but I wish you'd put a running timeline so we can always see the approximate year, that would make things easier to follow
Timur Lang was a tyrant of Delhi. When a single Timur Solder was killed by someone in an argument Timur ordered a massacer of Dehi killing hundreds of innocent people. He was just like Narendra Modi. PM of India killing 2,000 Muslim, men, women and children in Gujrat state. It has gone done in History of India From London, England.
Yeah he was more brutal than the standard “accepted” brutality at the time, does that make him so much more of a villain than the other big names in that period who also did many questionable and dubious things for the sake of power?
@@BalochiStan-y2cI think it's more timurs hypocrisy in declaring himself the sword of Islam, when he himself was the biggest butcher of the Islamic people.
@@BalochiStan-y2c yeah, I'll be real, I don't understand his singular hatred of Timur. Like, Timur definitely did some messed up shit, but that was par for the course of central Asian conquerors.
@@TorvusVae Because Timur was a big lier when he justified his atrocities and didn't keep his word like in Damascus for example and his conquest destroyed major centers of learning and trade like Damascus, Aleppo, Delhi and Baghdad and the later he burned it 3 times also the city was still recovering from the Mongol conquest and don't make me start about Georgia
Excellent video! The influence of Amir Timur and his successors would be seen in India - the Mughal Empire of which the many cultural achievements, warlike practises and constant succession wars would occur. Amir Timur reminds me of the great Sultan Muhammad Muhiyiddin Aurangzeb Alamgir, a man of capability and brutality!
@@ShubhamMishrabro bruh learning BATTLE OF NİCOPOLİS 1396 AND THAT TİMURİD OTTOMAN ALLİANCE CONQUERED WHOLE EUROPE and europeans NOT POWERFULL SİNCE WW2
@@Notreallyhereanymore i mean what is the chance timurids surviving constant invasion from Central asia. Turkey had a natural barrier as a border whereas iran was constantly attacked from Central asia and its Kingdom was replaced by them. And who said they couldn't be defeated? Times changes and technology too. Central asian invaders had advanced strategy and technology. Like Mughals were descendants of timurids and were defeated. Ottomans started losing from 16th century. Even if they survived there is no chance they can't be defeated where is innovation in technology. And last of all only tribes related to that empires are nostalgic for them as where is the choice of natives there is no chance natives would allow foreigners to rule them
@@ShubhamMishrabroottomans didn’t start declining till the late 18th century. Even then they were still a great power. It was only in the 19th century that they became the sick man of Europe. But during the 15th-17th centuries they were a, if not THE superpower.
Not a clear question! Defeating in what sense?? In military warfare there is no such phrase "to defeat". There are only strategic goals of the military campaign. What Timur was conducting towards China was a whole military campaign, which would last for several years. 1) Ming army was no match to the battle-hardened professional Timurid army, who brought all empires to their knees in Eurasia. 2) Ming army would probably use "scorched earth" tactics by avoiding to give a big one battle, which would finalize their fate in several hours. Ottomans, Mamluks, Indians, Golden Horde, all of them made this mistake and lost their military capability in one battle. 3) Even if Timur could manage to catch Ming army and destroy them, it would allow them to occupy Northern China, the Yellow River basin. Ming dynasty had enough resources to resist Timurid army in continuous battles. 4) Furthering the success southwards into the heartland of China, Yangtze river basin, would be practically impossible for Timurids, who had no supply line with their home. Thus, Timur's vision on this campaign would probably be not integrating Northern China into his empire due to the obvious geographical constraints. Without moving the core of his empire, Timur would not be able to control demographically powerful Northern China. China is a monumental prize, which would not be easy to handle as it was with Persia, Anatolia, Iraq, India. So, Timur would come and take whatever needs, then he would go back to Samarkand with a tick in the box "done" on his CV.
@@TerrorbelliDecuspacis-w5f totally disagree. The Ming dynasty was newly founded by Zhu Yuanzhang and just came out of a quick civil war and was led by the Yongle emperor, the most martial of Zhu Yuanzhang’s sons. The Prince of Yan was equally use to leading armies in the war against the Mongols, his multiple expeditions into Mongolia attest to that fact. The Ming military he led specialized in fighting Mongol armies like Timur’s and were eager to fight and well known foe. Where Timur could field hundreds of thousands, the Ming could field millions of combat veterans. I think there is a reason that for decades Timur acknowledged the Ming as his overlord and he as their loyal vassal.
Hikma please do a video on Mohammad Ali the Albanian of Egypt. He was a great conqueror but his name doesn't come whenever great conqueror names are mentioned
Central Asians have played a significant role in the history of Islam, including the Seljuks, Zengids, Mamluks, Ottomans, Timurids, Safavids, and the Mughals. I love the history and admire the legacy.
+ Gaznavids, Kharazmians, Karakhanids(frst muslim turkic state), Shaybanids, (who is the reason why ca is still sunni Muslim) and some more which I cannot remember now )
@temurkhan9601 - absolutely. Ghaznavids also come under the umbrella of Turkic Mamaluks in terms of their origin. Shah Mahomood Ghaznavi (RA) is a great hero of Islam with a phenomenal legacy.
Central Asians destroyed Islamic history, caused the Middle East to become poor, and decadent, Turks and Mongols used Islam to save face while committing genocide and slavery, at least Central Asia remains in poverty. Along with Turkey. Serves them right. For their ancestors crimes.
Ever heard about Umer ibn Khattab? Conquered 2.2 million square miles in 10 years and maintained Government to the level than nobody ever dared to revolt or disobey him.
Alexander's line died out but the Diadochi states lasted longer than the Timurids. Ptolemic, Selucid, Antigonid and the Epiriteswere around for centuries
Hikma dude - it would be a great transition if you did a documentary about Hazrat Aurangzeb Alamgir (RA). I would also be interested in a comprehensive set of documentaries about how the Crusades began and ended with the rise of the Mamluks, especially Sultan Baybars (RA) and Qalawun (RA). This would allow you to talk about the Abbasids, Seljuks, Fatimids, Zengids, Hazrat Sultan Salahuddin Ayubi (RA), Assassins and culminating with the Mamaluks.
Any real history enthusiast knows that Timur is the greatest general world has ever seen.Undefeated and his army was unprecedented until 19th century in terms of logistics and discipline
Thank you . I really liked the history lesson. I'm a student of history. I've read about Roman Empire, Alexander the Great, the Mongols, ottoman Turks, Tamerlane, Vlad Dracula, Crusades, British Empire, WW2, and modern history. There is no doubt he's one of the greatest conquers like ghenghis Khan, Alexander the Great, Julius Ceaser. I like channel👍
@@lyonard9226 definitely horde path. An old playthrough of mine that I never quite managed to carry out was to go from Timurids to Yuan to Mongolian Empire, so I really liked that they gave Timurids a more official path to go that direction.
I think the reason why Timur is not so well known despite ruffling Eurasia's feathers is because of the few good things he did. Conquerors like Alexander, Caesar, Napoleon, even Genghis at least made good on the things they brought. So, people praise them a lot. On the other hand, Timur is like the Joker who "wants to see the world burn".
I didn't know to this day my sunnah operator professor ULUGH ELDEGEZ my father's friend in Istanbul was named after the grandson of Emperor Timur ! Wow Allahu Akbar
Wow, what a beautiful story, from the grandiose to the total disappearance, very interesting and sad but all is written History is there, it's undeniable, so I've just discovered where Babur, our emperor, came from. good work, thank you. Salam from Pakistan
Definitely one of the greatest conquerors in the history the Uzbek khan was as we all know merciless although the timurid empire didn’t last as long as the Ottoman Empire for example he will remain in the history forever as brutal turko mongol warrior…. The battle of Ankara 1402 The sultan Bayezid the thunderbolt was his captif and died later on that’s quite something making a ottoman Sultan his prisoners I don’t want to mention that he was bloodthirsty because in the middle age everyone was savage in a way
Timurid empire lived until 1858! Timurid princes ruled over the richest and most powerful land, India. All great mughal emperors, called themselve "timurid-gurkhani". The Timurid India possessed 26% of world economy. Ottomans were a regional power, imprisoned in the lake! they never had access into the world ocean! They could not influence on the world affairs
Timur is not a Mongol, he is a Turk by nationality, born in Uzbekistan. why do you Europeans distort history. In your sources, you have shown the Baburis as Mongols😂 Grandson of Babur Timur. Babur was born in the city of Andijan, Uzbekistan. you know very well how the Europeans divided the Turks😊 you are jealous of Turks
There's a very thin line between Mongols and Turks, but he was from the Barlas Tribe, so Mongolian in origins. He spoke Mongolian and Turk and Persian, he was a Turco Mongol, Mongol by blood, Turk by culture and language. But he still very Mongolian, his military campaigns were modeled after the Mongols. Everything about him was about reviving Genghis Khan legacy. Calling him only Turk is silly.
@@nbdyknw Even real Mongolians don't like those Anatoian Turkish people, I've seen these Turkish argue with real Mongolian people about their history 😂😂😂
Actually Tamerlane has been quite well known in the west thanks largely to a sixteenth play by Christopher Marlowe in Shakespearean times (I had to study the play at University and I love the lines "To entertain divine Zenocrates" -purple prose if ever there was!) and then I discovered the Italian language opera by Handel called "Tamerlano" an absolute masterpiece and also similar ones from the same era by Vivaldi and Gasparini but here he is seen from the vantage point of his great rival Bajazet the Ottoman sultan.
I want to request you if you want to know the true life story of Emir Timur then please read the book of Turkish Professor Ahmet Simsirgil's 'Emir Timur'. I am also request you to review the book in your channel.
