The Mughal Empire and Historical Reputation: Crash Course World History

In which John Green teaches you about the Mughal Empire, which ruled large swaths of the Indian Sub-Continent from 1526 to (technically) 1857. While John teaches you about this long-lived Muslim empire, he'll also look at the idea of historical reputation and how we view people from history. Namely, he'll look at the reputations of Mughal emperors Akbar I and Aurangzeb. Traditionally, Akbar I is considered the emperor that made the Mughal Empire great, and Aurangzeb gets the blame for running the whole thing into the ground and setting it up for decline. Is that really how it was, though? It turns out, it's complicated.
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[@sammu]

I love how you challenge common perceptions and investigate both sides fairly. My favorite channel on history.

[@jvpeters-liamwb249]

It sounds like your saying "the muggle empire"

[@crashcourse]

Yeah, we made that joke, but it got cut in the final. -stan

[@tuseroni]

CrashCourse i did see the moogle though...so that one didn't get cut.

[@robbert-janmerk6783]

Aren't all our empires muggle empires (so far)? :P

[@Bram06]

some thinks cannot be unheard

[@anilpratap6952]

***** That's the proper way it is pronounced in Persian and in Hindi.

[@asimaahsan5283]

Humayum: I’m unstoppable Stairs: YOU DARE CHALLANGE ME MORTAL?

[@crex-pd1vv]

Sigh... starts up Europa Universalis

[@lucabero6818]

c88.rex ayyyyyyyy, my first eu game was the Mughals

[@sandis7674]

Luca Bero play as timurid and form mughal

[@yatriprasad]

Starts up Crusader Kings 2...

[@alexanderblair7890]

deadass

[@llamallamapajama9571]

LOL yes!

[@TheSeventhChild]

My entire life I have never compared the Mughals with the Moogles. Thanks, Crash Course.

[@mgraham0160]

At least it is not the Muggle Empire.

[@LuisSierra42]

I had noticed the similarities but never understood the relationship

[@collinhennessy1521]

+Mark Graham The story that the Moogles originate from is far superior to the story that the Muggles originate from.

[@gabefolco1888]

Mark Graham yeah good ol snake nose is going after them

[@outlawscar3328]

Kupo

[@ramnextgen]

Correction, Mr Green. Aurangzeb was the great grandson of Akbar, and not the grandson, as you say it. Seems not to matter, but it does. Indeed. Akbar > Jahangir > Shah Jehan > Aurangzeb.

[@alyanmeraj]

Correct

[@mohammedghufran9165]

You sir is correct.

[@LenoahChacko]

Damn....how did I miss that?

[@stoicforall]

Spot on, I wonder why we forget Jahangir and Noor Jahan's reign

[@rafimuhammadzakaria482]

Mr Green forgot Jahangir I see

[@danielBAC]

Aurangzeb is the great grandson of Akbar and not grandson. Line of descent of the Mughal Emperors 1. Babur 2.Humayun 3. Akbar 4.Jahangir 5.Shah Jahan 6.Aurangzeb 7.Bahadur Shah 8.Jahandar Shah 9.Farrukhsiyar 10.Rafi ud-Darajat 11.Shah Jahan II 12.Muhammad Shah 13.Ahmad Shah Bahadur 14.Alamgir 15.Shah Alam 16.Akbar Shah 17.Bahadur Shah II

[@naveedAli-yi8se]

Do you know bahadur shah zafar 2 , was also a poet , he wrote his last melody in a prison in Rangoon , The last two lines were "Kitna badnaseeb ha zafar dafn k lia Do gaz zameen bhi na mili koy_yaar ma" Meaning "How unfortunate is zafar for burying Can't even get 2 yards on the beloved land "

[@wethepeople1680]

Just FYI Rafi Ud Darjat and Shah Jahan 2 together reigned for not more than 6 months. They died quite young due to excessive alcohol consumption.

[@nafismubashir2479]

THE HUMANIST I would say it’s the first 12 emperors because the Mughals were vassalized by the Maratha confederacy in 1750 with all there 18 clans

[@nafismubashir2479]

THE HUMANIST nah nah nah just because their territory shrunk doesn’t mean that they lose their titles

[@ethanhurwitz6200]

Ok boomer

[@ctfamily40]

"It's just hard to rule a declining empire well- ask President Obama" Holy guacamole- I love you.

[@sarban1653]

Actually, the first Muslims to rule a portion of India were the Ummayads led under Muhammad bin Qasim who ruled Sindh and southern Punjab in 711.

[@MobinaKhan-IsNotOnFire-]

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[@sarban1653]

Mobina Khan ?

[@MobinaKhan-IsNotOnFire-]

I mean it was a good .

[@alyanmeraj]

Fun fact

[@MyPunksta]

+Sarbaṇī Paṣtun wrong it was in kerala wher a ruler converted and even build the first mosque in the subcontinent 2 yrs befre muhammad's death.

[@ayushsinha7300]

I am surprised that no one was bothered by the fact that he said that Aurangzeb is Akbar's grandson.

[@saaradabral7808]

Babur Himayun Akbar Jahangir Shah Jahan Aurangzeb so great grandson I guess

[@Mansoor0606]

Yup I noticed that too...

[@Nabilaiscute]

Saara Dabral

[@jauzihalwa]

It's not the traditional meaning of Grandson, but it works. Like My great grandpa doesn't refer to me as his great grandson, but grandson.

[@Genericperson658]

I noticed but it I am not bothered

[@personpacman7439]

Who's here because of Coronavirus and online school? :/

[@myragoenka6543]

I

[@suprizenation8798]

Mehhh

[@smaltafhossain]

you

[@rijinlee5245]

69 likes

[@nailaadnan6973]

Me

[@tehaamhashmi8989]

Mughals were a group of turkic noble families from central Asia belonging to Chagatai section of Turkic race...Mughals traced their maternal lines to Ghenghis Khan and paternal lines to Timur

[@Rogerrramjet1]

Tehaam Hashmi Very true

[@Rethrones]

Tru

[@fero5519]

true Brother selam from Türkiye

[@sarthakmishra1415]

Timur also known as Taimur Lang or 'Timur, the lame' in Indian textbooks. You are right

[@cloroxbleach6344]

Tamerlane

[@stephanddavel.1004]

How relevant this video was to me. I'm currently reading a great book called "Light of other days." I'll try not to spoil too much of the book but it takes place in a world where people are able to see into the past. Not change it- but just witness it. The whole idea is that history is dependent more on how people view it than what actually happened. Being able to look into the past and really see how these rulers made their decisions may drastically change the way we see them, and ultimately ourselves. Thanks for being awesome, John.

[@MrSenset]

That book sounds really interesting! I see a trip to amazon.com in my future. 8-)

[@partialintegral]

Of course. We have no way of knowing what really happened (before there were audio recordings at least). What we know about the past is what other people have told us.

[@Drigger95]

John Green, I really love how you reflect upon history in the right way. Really, people are incredibly simplistic and self-righteous in this day and age, and in each episode, you consistently show history isn't black and white, and our interpretation of history tells us more about our selves than the people we are interpreting. Thank you ~ sincerely a dude who enjoys learning human beings.

[@beccajoiner1473]

These videos are the only thing I have going for me when it comes to passing college classes

[@akhihitochakma1285]

Hi Beca!!

[@NSbergthor]

They are biased and half true

[@naveen2454]

Becca joiner LoL, then why did you opt for history.

[@Dasanie]

Naveen raj employment benefits

[@Hasanwinchester]

5:10 he also kind of created his own religion Deen-E-Ilahi ( the Religion of God ) ... It was a mix of Hinduism , Islam , Sikhism etc .

[@SyedShamsNasirbruh]

And all of its followers went down the drain with it

[@sumitsingh7835]

He used to hold assemblies of scholars from different religions Hindu,Jain, Buddhist,sikhs, zoroastrians,Islam ,Shia Muslims and sufis too . He segregated religion and state subjects therefore Akbar's reign saw little or no uprising and economy was also doing good . And invasion stopped during his reign .

[@rinathiara]

When talking about the Mughals, it is extremely important to talk about Sikhs. Sikhs influenced & brought an end to the Mughal empire. Please read the history of Guru Gobind Singh Ji & beyond. Sikh history is deeply (again, deeply) tied with Aurangzeb's empire & his actions & decisions. However great video! Thank you for it! :)

[@Bobbyjoeangus]

Not only that, they're also the most annoying faction in Empire: Total War.

[@starmaker75]

No the ottomans were

[@GodzEvar66]

Hear hear!

[@TheDethBringer666]

Polandgod 75 The Ottomans used to be in EU4. Before the last patch, those fuckers would take the whole middle east and piss in Europe's garden; chunk of the world green.

[@MERCENARYTAO1]

About a year ago I was playing Darthmod as the British and I was having major European woes. Once I finally put the fires out in France via piss I looked at the Americas to start conquering their freed subjects, the Mughals conquered everything but my colonies... I don't know how, but they converted the new world to Islam. It was such a bitch to get the continents under control again.

[@ChrisMcKennaCMK]

Try Europa Universalise 4. Way better, Way more complex.

[@gauravsinghmail]

You have a better understanding of Indian History than many Indian historians (both from left and right side) ... Thanks for your scientific views and honest efforts to educate people on such a sensitive subject.

[@shobharoy2033]

The tradition of being weighed against gold on his birthday,was based on the Hindu tradition of Tulabharam, and was practised by both Akbar and his son Jahangir. Not just gold, Akbar also weighed other items like grains and textiles, and distributed them among the poor and needy. That was not profligacy, but an act of charity.

[@paurepiccheeseman]

This comment section: [nationalist, religious, and ideological fights intensify]

[@dorjjodvo1992]

Exactly, so much biased opinions

[@raunaqsingh1457]

and also Harry Potter fans.

[@FranciscoCostaRamos]

+Paul Donahue Half life 3 confirmed!

[@zuha9541]

Correct, these fights are just getting to me. Yes, and the HP fans XD

[@dorjjodvo1992]

Derpity Derp lol wut? xD

[@arunimadas9882]

I've been watching so many crash courses yet I didn't realize I was watching my favorite author the whole time????!!!!! Hollyyy!!

[@NGBigfield]

Amazing show John! You always keep showing us the complexity of things. Thank you!

[@maesailor]

This was excellent, glad I stumbled on this video. I’m looking forward to watching more on your channel.

[@swapnilnarendra]

How he ended it, summed the current state of India, perfectly !

[@oof-rr5nf]

Swapnil Narendra Absolutely :) I hope religious extremism in my country dies a quick death. I don't have much hope, but still.

[@wanderingwonderer5442]

Sabyasachi Datta ...And take it out on the current Indian Muslims who had nothing to do with what happened hundreds of years ago.

[@MrJayson204]

Ihsan Mansoor I hear the Hindus in Pakistan and Kashmir are doing wonderfully.

[@Zendarkdagger]

@@s.d.966 I feel sorry for your brain

[@BALLARDTWIN]

@@MrJayson204 Didn't pakistan elect a dalit Hindu into their senate? Say what you want about that country but at least they don't use that shitty caste system

[@Uhshawdude]

I love how the entirety of crash course, especially the history sections, can be summed up with the phrase "But it's not that simple..."

[@HM-yv9xk]

This made me think so so much about how I view and judge historical moments. Thank you for including historiography in your assessments!

[@cemmett2703]

A nuanced and thoughtful take on a complex historical subject.

[@MarwanKhan]

This is probably your best video yet!

[@K12LearningCoach]

I really appreciate your impartial approach. Thank you for sharing the knowledge!

[@sabasamo2423]

thank you for the vedio. i have been thinking akbar as hero and aurangzeb as villian. thanks for changing my perspective., however, aurngzeb's policies against jains and hindus (Jizya tax) comes in religious intorance.. one more thing, there is need to see why akbar is favourite to historians, also it raises a question here wether hisotry is written from british approach? coz britishers through east india company wanted to rule and aurangzeb was ruler at that time and they demonised him in past and present.

[@fearfulsomething2628]

Love this video and how balanced it is. Thank you!!

[@supermarionini]

Great episode! Learned a lot from this one. It's very interesting to hear about less comonly discussed parts of world history (from an european point of view). And as always great job in pointing out that history is prone to interpretation. - I don't know if you‘ve done this before, but I would vote for an episode on feudal japan and the samurai as well! Exelent work, cheers

[@RAVISINGH-he6mj]

Your analysis is very much accurate....hope you continue good work

[@alextager6268]

"glory days" image is the funniest thing in the whole video. lol.

[@krishn881]

The conclusion was very polite. Thank you for that :)

[@ynigoangelob.caraig7403]

The Mughal Empire one of the 3 Islamic Gunpowder Empires. I am a kid by the way who started studying world history from Gr. 2 until now.

[@__h_.0922]

Am a mughal, nd i have timurid blood in my veins. Proud of it. ♥️👑

[@fgdfojhgl]

Nice video. Keep up the work 😍😍😍

[@zoommer888]

awesome take man. keep it up

[@chayanray2638]

Aurangzeb was Akbar's great grandson and not grandson.

[@unclepodger]

Chayan Ray Everyone forgot Jahangir lol

[@breakingbengal6353]

Everyone forgot Jahangir Selim

[@athangadawade2300]

I guess they forgot jahangir because he was an incompetent ruler and the most of the work was done by his wife Nur Jahan

[@failedfishermanBC]

I'm kinda disappointed that you didn't mention the Sikhs... or how Aurangzeb buried two of the Guru's children alive. You know, minor details about Aurangzeb's character.

[@mohitbachani2644]

that fact can't quite be a misinterpretation, I guess.

[@zxera9702]

Aurungzeb fucked up......only if he showed tolerance against other religions,he could've saved India.

[@failedfishermanBC]

zee rak It would've kept the Empire together, at the very least. But instead he forced people to rebel and fight.

[@zxera9702]

+Gagan Baath agreed...

[@nathanielhellman6952]

Or that was a brutal action that a ruler took to ensure loyalty. As John pointed out both Aurangzeb and Akbar could be very brutal people, but they were rulers before all else and a lot of the time rulers need to take brutal actions to keep the state together.

[@Faisaldegrt]

The best Crash Course yet. Completely insightful.

[@satrap2364]

One video after another has been delivered with excellence

[@General12th]

YES! YOU PRONOUNCE "PERSEPOLIS" CORRECTLY! I LOVE YOU!

[@WrathOfMega]

In EU4, my Mughal Empire NEVER declines! Sometimes it spends 300 years westernizing because it owns everything from Ceylon to Siberia and back, but at least it doesn't decline!

[@fleshhunter8703]

How much land did you get?!

[@WrathOfMega]

Zachary Saew It was an old version of EU 4 (Way pre-AoW) But from my slightly-corrupted save it looks like 212 provinces with Ceylon to Siberia, the furthest west is bumping up against what used to be the Ottoman Empire, now owned by Venice (don't ask, I really don't remember) and in the east I ate everything but Vietnam and 2/3s of Ming. I westernized off a little bit of France on the tip of Siberia after I kicked the shit out of Russia and colonized practically all of Siberia, so the only countries east of the Ottomans is Me, Ming, Vietnam, and a bit of France. Played all the way up to 1812.

[@MisterTipp]

EU4!

[@granada1493]

Thank you for that wonderful note on viewing history through the lens of the present at the end!

[@fyrkatyr5270]

keep up the great work

[@vidman163]

Having seen that the new history videos are more specific in their subjects I think he should do an episode on early modern Japan. Or talk about the Shogunates or something like that; basically the political trends in Japan from the Heian period onwards. Especially the Warring States Period (Sengoku Jidai) which has some of the most important figures of Japanese history like Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu (among many others). The unification of Japan would be an interesting topic to discuss.

[@nikrai99]

Aurangzeb is to Sikhs (and Hindus) as Hitler is to Jewish people. That's why some people will find it offensive that there is little emphasis on the atrocities committed by the later Mughal regime.

[@SakethBalaji]

And also why a very important street in Delhi is called Aurangzeb street..sigh..we aren't offended enough..we should be considering all the nasty stuff that aurangzeb did.

[@TheCuberCubes]

this video went from me trynna take history notes to a very deep philosophical question. great as always

[@davecox3013]

Loved the Clone High Pop up!

[@Texolotl]

Oh my god!!! 6:44 clone high reference dude I miss that show so much!!!

[@shaykhriyadh]

Wow, just wow. This was just so good. SUBBED AND PATRONED

[@arslanalf]

Very well articulated 👍🏼

[@chitranshsahai103]

very well illustrated :) plus very interesting point of view... keep it up guys

[@AwesomepianoTURTLES]

It sounds like you are saying muggle instead of Mughal. Seems like they weren't wizards...

[@GeishaGore]

I thought the exact same thing!

[@Bedinsis]

Personally I thought it sounded like Moogle (a fictional race from the video game series Final Fantasy).

[@BifronsCandle]

Pfft, how could the Muggles ever hope to build an empire? They can barely cast low quality spells!

[@thechannel5840]

+overthemoonwithme what of they are mud blood

[@umbra4540]

+overthemoonwithme well, they have this weird electricity thing. That's kinda magical...

[@harshit6768]

hilarious :D

[@Bobelponge123]

Puck?

[@agarwalanirudh]

Dude !!!

[@ziggystardust6418]

You made a history addict happy today....

[@jonathaneffemey944]

Thanks for posting.

[@adibaperwiz626]

Mr. Green I would like to suggest you for uploading a video on crash course about chuals and chaunakyas so that we can learn about Indian Hindus history

[@SK-xh4eo]

Hank and John, you guys are quickly becoming my favorite youtubers. Though some of the information in this video was incorrect, it was mostly minor things (like Aurangzeb's relation to Akbar). I can see that you guys try to research your stuff in detail. Good job and keep up the good work :) I wasn't even aware that this channel existed. My co-worker told me about it. For the flame wars that are happening in the comments, it's pretty obvious every empire/government in the world has committed atrocities. Can we stop the endless cycle of who wronged who first and just learn from/enjoy our rich histories as a diverse human people?

[@shrotcake]

Super fascinating!

[@fardeenahmadkhan8502]

ur explaining style is nice😊😁

[@Mansoor0606]

@CrashCourse : I would like to add a few facts bout Aurangzeb and his so called "Intolerance"... Aurangzeb ruled for 49 years... In the first couple of years, he abolished nearly 65 different kinds of taxes, most of which were levied on poor people... This resulted in nearly 40% decline in tax collection empire wide (I doubt any other govt could ever have taken such a drastic step for reducing the burden of its ppl)... After 20 years of falling Income Aurangzeb levied Jizya on his 21st year of Throne... The max slab for the Jizya was 12 Dirhams for a person who has held 200 Dirhams for a year... Thus the worst tax rate turns out to be 6% per annum... There were exceptions too... It was not levied on the income & savings of: >Women. >Children. >Senior Citizens. >Men who served in Army... Now, is it supposed to be looked merely as Tax on Hindus..? Muslims of his reign were levied 4 kinds of tax which was specific to muslims and not on others... one of them was 10% additional tax on agriculture produce the 2nd bein 2.5%% of Zakat... these two taxes itself totals to 12.5% on Muslims as compared to 6% on Hindus... Had Aurangzeb not been a tolerant ruler, how could have levied lesser tax on Hindus as compared to Muslims..? Was Jizya a reason for mass conversion... Well NO! But that is an altogether different reply... Some other time...

[@prashantchaudhary2569]

Mansoor0606 what about teg Bahadur death & Gobind Singh sons torture by him ?

[@tasinal-hassan8268]

+Prashant !!! Aurangzeb wasn't the perfect guy,but it is important to acknowledge what he had contributed.

[@nesrinemessaoudi7837]

Could you please give me your sources?

[@nesrinemessaoudi7837]

@Mansoor0606

[@nikhilsharma26500]

oh god... u r praising that person who murdered his family to rule....... what the hell???? if someone in modern world did the same would u still be praising him???????

[@bellaib3662]

Loved the video, really interesting, specially the fact that every story has its two sides, thank you :)

[@TheUSSproductions]

sikhs also had a huge impact on the decline of the mughal empire

[@onetwo6803]

Like how?

[@TheUSSproductions]

Yics Hazard They were pushing from north india. Banda Singh Bahadar was one of the sikhs who who pushed mughals out from punjab.

[@TheUSSproductions]

***** Also from punjab.

[@ibrahimchaudry3071]

Annoying Guy it's funny cuz the vast majority of punjabis are Muslim like me. Sikhs make up like 5% of punjabis yet they swap the 2 interchangeably

[@ibrahimchaudry3071]

thats just not true tho. like i said the majority of punjabis are muslim: furthermore sikhism changed alot over the mughal period. in the beginning it was a mystical religion of spiritualism but when the sikhs fought the muslims the religion changed and it became alot more militant and sikhs were banned from eating halal meat. therefore u cant say punjabi culture is from sikhism becuz sikhism today is very different from what it mightve influenced before but it hasnt influenced it anyway: give me 1 way that sikhism has influenced punjabi culture, even if it did so has islam

[@theproductionz]

Proud to be Timurid-Mughal 👑

[@parthgawarikar6481]

Mr Green I am a Hindu nationalist and also a big fan of your channel!!! I do believe that the Mughal rule was the beginning of imperialism in India. Our history books teach us to look at Akbar in a godly light but I agree with you when you say that he was just a little more tolerant than the rest of them. That's no reason to adore him or overlook his many, may restrictive policies. One small thing I'd like to point out is that Aurangzeb might have been frugal but that wasn't because of financial constraints only. He was a fanatic Islamist who'd shame the ISIS and Al Qaeda of today. He was the one who started the tradition of 'convert or die' in India. He beheaded Sikh Gurus in streets because they refused to accept Islam. But you have not mentioned any of these in your video, focussing instead of his dismissal of court musicians and jesters. That is sad. His armies laid waste to great swathes of the country even when they were under his rule. And to say that he just damaged the temples would be like saying that the WTC just got a broken window on 9/11. He and his generals defiled and desecrated temples for fun, and as provocation. Lastly, his grave being simple was mainly because of his arrogance and not because of him 'saving his subjects from any future expenses.' I have seen it. It is indeed a simple tomb which has an inscription which basically reads, 'when I am not present in this world then who will enjoy this splendour.' Akbar wasn't the only one who considered himself divine, Aurangzeb was no better.

[@sidjindal]

CrashCourse yes john. that's the most underlooked part of mughal invaders just because we can't find it in written history. i don't know what exactly happened but looking at the present, i strongly feel that written history is indeed biased with its subjects (for obvious reasons) , something must be done for this inconsistency in the history we can accept today.

[@cjbrown7745]

Anybody else waited in vain for an Admiral Akbar pun?

[@laurabac433]

+Chad Brown There is a subtle reference. Check out the Hist-erical bubble at 3:56 :)

[@ayangarg3865]

Yup

[@yashagar4443]

Awesome and unbiased!!

[@ahasanurrahman7588]

very nice discussion :)

[@terralynn9]

I think this is the first time I've ever heard of the Mughal Empire. My high school history lessons covered Canada, the US, and Europe (mainly England and France), and I think we spent about one class on China.

[@courgeonaute]

"ask Barack Obama"

[@msatinta]

all the history in 16 min. that you i learnt alote!!

[@matthewscott7116]

Anyone catch the declining empire, ask Obama, line?

[@syedfatimbilal8300]

yup

[@syedfatimbilal8300]

talk about roasting ur own country

[@thisisaname5589]

Remember when this channel used to be politically neutral? Me neither. It's always been a bunch of leftist hacks thinly veiling their ideology. There are other, far better history channels.

[@emeralddoughnut8693]

“President Obama”. Watching this after 2016, this made me actually cry.

[@valve_highlights9072]

Marshall Dan you are bothered by the facts that Muslims have played a big role in modern history.

[@sethkritarth]

@CrashCourse would like to see a video on Mauryan empire. The empire was highlighted by Chandragupta Maurya and King Ashoka. More importantly, the empire led to the rise in Buddhism.

[@mohammadmishkat6874]

Take care of yourself dude. Why the long face? edit(after watching the video): This dude is insanely neutral.

[@zanzompa]

Fantastic objective explanation.

[@mdshabbir1323]

great video bro

[@shoptok6196]

John Green, this video is a masterpiece of its genre (whatever that is). It is interesting, funny, and sensitive both to the details of this historical period and to the work of historians and the issues of historiography. My students will be watching (even perhaps studying) this video as long as I'm a teacher.

[@TheSilentDeath7]

Babur the first was half Turkish due to Timur/Tamerlane and half Mongol due to Djengiz Khan/Cengiz Khan.

[@myagmarsurentsevegsuren2599]

?genghis khan or chinggis khaan

[@Physicist-]

not "turkish" *Turkic*

[@yahuniye]

mughals were turkic indeed but babur is descendant of timur, and timurs mother is descendant of genkhis khan. which makes them easily claim they are descendant of genkhis so they have quite strong right to rule in central asia. basically turko-mongol, also not turkish, its turkic. timur's tribe is in karluk branch not oghuz

[@AB-iz3nr]

Timur is a Mongol warlord from Mongol tribe called "Barlus". not turkic at all

[@7emek]

No he were not Mongolian at all. His tribe was called Barlas and it was a Turco-Mongol tribe of Chagatais. Barlas tribe became Turkified culturally by converting Islam. Some historians say that he wanted to predicate his ancestry to Mongolians to rule where Mongolian Empire reigned.

[@786swe]

Best crash course history videos are made by Mr. Greene.

[@fortnitefrever]

I loved ur book -The Fault In Our Stars!

[@batukaganbat6093]

Plus: Mughal it means Mongol in Persian language! Mughal greated by Babur, grandson of Timur. Tumur was born in Mongolian BARLAS tribe and Descantend of Mongolian Chagatay empire! so you can call Mongol or Mughal or Moghul or Mogol etc :)

[@GinMichelangelo]

Being an Indian and scrolling through the comment section can induce embarrassment.

[@unclepodger]

PandaFromM@rs same feeling mate

[@overagemaverick4182]

Seriously.

[@911beats]

actually almost 1000 years starting with the delhi sultanate

[@pinkishreveries]

same

[@The1234567890ashish]

Same, dude same.

[@americanhindi]

Good video!

[@kirtiranjanmoharana]

Hi John, Liked the Course. One suggestion, if you could do a course on Maratha Empire that would be very fascinating... looking forward to it...

[@TheLivingLegend143]

Very good course for revision thank you Sir please can i get those ppd?

[@Agaporis12]

Finally, a video about the Mughals! I love these guys. I really wish you'd do a series on Indian history. Most history classes don't really cover it and it's hard to find good books on the subject.

[@yj9032]

Bring back Crash Course World History!

[@kiki18723]

currently doing a webquest for a quiz tomorrow...I love my life...

[@runevi]

Okay you guys teased on it, Where's the video on Tamerlane!? Make one!

[@MaskofPoesy]

To CrashCourse, I don't care about what historians, think, at all. Thank you.

[@MaskofPoesy]

I said Historians, not 'History' I'm a fan of history not so much on Historians, excuse me as I remove you and your 6 other backers, to save you any further embarassment, to people who can actually read while putting some thought onto it... bud.

[@1SuperLOL]

Outstanding Video

[@singhanmolpreet5935]

5:17 he was actually Akbar's great-grandson. Just a slight correction.

[@Rachulie]

The IRONY that so many Indians are fighting because of religious labels when he JUST SAID that's what divides India. Hmm.

[@soorma5304]

Lesson here is. Nationalist mentality will almost most definetly lead to down fall of an empire. and Inclusive and tolerant mentality will lead to prosperous and inclining empire.

[@JeffGrossCC]

Is there a place to see what primary and secondary sources that you use to create each Crash Course World History?

[@Ahmad-dv9zq]

Thanks John for helping me not epic fail my APWH test tmr🙏😂