When determining the greatness of an empire, which factor do you hold in higher esteem - longevity or legacy? Full Documentary Playlist: kzbin.info/aero/PLiPhmAD3I2Jz-1xQ0POURRX_Q-6Jxo17A&si=0B9sbSJNLU4f1b9x
@brookechang49423 ай бұрын
Personally, I'd say legacy, but the two go hand in hand. The longer your empire lasts, the bigger your legacy can be.
@HikmaHistory3 ай бұрын
@@brookechang4942 Fair point. I'd agree, legacy weighs more.
@user-pc3ts8yc5b3 ай бұрын
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.
@faadiloloriegbe24333 ай бұрын
Please do the Sokoto Sultanate next 🙏🏾
@shzarmai3 ай бұрын
@@HikmaHistory please make a video about Nader Shah please
@HistoryDose3 ай бұрын
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!
@HikmaHistory3 ай бұрын
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!
@ironmiketyson2203 ай бұрын
Oh, shut up history dose
@TravelBandit3 ай бұрын
I would bet my soul you would never dare speak about Hitler in the same fashion. Why are Westeners so hypocritical. It's mind boggling..
@Kimgangze3 ай бұрын
While you guys glorify like that we German can't glorify our Austrian painters hero 😢
@Kimgangze3 ай бұрын
Turkic were great until they meet thier father Mongols
@Caiser-e-Rum3 ай бұрын
Thank you a lot for including Temurid Empire in your channel’s history. Love your channel from Uzbekistan 🇺🇿.
@HikmaHistory3 ай бұрын
Rahmat!
@Techtalk20302 ай бұрын
He was mongol
@LukeBunyip3 ай бұрын
Timur has a reputation, but I was not expecting screaming camels on fire. One can empathise with the elephants.
@muhammaduzbek36583 ай бұрын
Ты бы лучше сочувствовал десяткам тысяч погибшим детям Палестины
@deathbyglo90803 ай бұрын
@@muhammaduzbek3658sighs🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️, these comments not gonna make any change
@Dr.Dokman27 күн бұрын
@@muhammaduzbek3658I prefer god’s animals and camels over balestinians
@HistoryOfRevolutions3 ай бұрын
"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)
@JosephArimathea293 ай бұрын
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.
@user-pc3ts8yc5b3 ай бұрын
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
@gabrielethier20463 ай бұрын
@@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
@shadowborn14563 ай бұрын
Chad ferdowsi still speaking facts after 1000 yrs
@bettyhade18443 ай бұрын
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)
@andyb2813 ай бұрын
"Greatest Empire You've Never Heard Of..." man thinks we haven't played EU4
@HikmaHistory3 ай бұрын
Haha!
@Daladun24 күн бұрын
Or EU3!
@BoltaBekOzbek3 ай бұрын
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.
@RajaRam_electrician3 ай бұрын
Are you a Chagatai Turk.
@dilkhozaimarwat34793 ай бұрын
Reestablished cultures and ancient cities buy butchering millions of innocents and destroying cities.
@BoltaBekOzbek3 ай бұрын
@@Unknown_Soldier_2 Ahaha Timur himself and his army and nation all were turkic. They were not German speaking nation as you think.
@BoltaBekOzbek3 ай бұрын
@@RajaRam_electrician Yes, we called Uzbeks today.
@islombekochi3 ай бұрын
@@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.
@ruggedindividual7083 ай бұрын
Timur is so underrated in history. Can’t believe he’s not spoken about more.
@HikmaHistory3 ай бұрын
Couldn’t agree more!
@bosbanon34523 ай бұрын
He killed to many people so there's nothing left to tell his story @@HikmaHistory
@noshinnanzibadhera97692 ай бұрын
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
@daarom3472Ай бұрын
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.
@noshinnanzibadhera9769Ай бұрын
@@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.
@No_name.01033 ай бұрын
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!
@mohamedhaybe2353 ай бұрын
Internal Conflicts is what brings any "mighty" Empire to Collapse. That is the Lesson History teaches us.
@wannaknowwho253 ай бұрын
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
@user-pc3ts8yc5b3 ай бұрын
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.
@williamruth75862 ай бұрын
The white house was actually built by an Irish guy who modeled after the leinster house in irelandm
@user-pc3ts8yc5b2 ай бұрын
@@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
@mrmr4463 ай бұрын
Persian gardens also influenced those made in Europe from the seventeenth century onwards.
@joeshmoe83453 ай бұрын
Thanks a bunch for sharing this with us Big Dog!
@barahng3 ай бұрын
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. 😮
@user-pc3ts8yc5b3 ай бұрын
Look at how Timur managed with this fear of war elephants in Delhi, and how ottomans were terrified and lost the battle.
@dfui.3 ай бұрын
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.
@chrisleon59182 ай бұрын
My sixth grade teacher in Brooklyn covered this empire and the man it was named after. I remember being fascinated. Thanks for posting.
@nicholaspearse22223 ай бұрын
Babe wake up, Hikma History made a new video.
@HikmaHistory3 ай бұрын
😂
@Loy-AFG.3 ай бұрын
😂
@thescorpio84703 ай бұрын
It definitely be like that.. videos be loop mode 🔁
@vze4vjxt20 күн бұрын
This was awesome. I like your presentation of the material which allows for a better understanding - thanks
@ferrjuan3 ай бұрын
Hikma History there is a reason why I have no girlfriend and know of the Timurids cuz I played Paradox games like CK3 and EU4!
@brookechang49423 ай бұрын
Fantastic video!
@rns-t6p2 ай бұрын
Great presentation of History. Thanks
@friedonions3 ай бұрын
Thanks for this. Can't really find any good documentaries on the Timurids.
@HikmaHistory3 ай бұрын
Glad you like it!
@bigsarge20853 ай бұрын
Interesting and informative as always!
@sohamdhoptey14662 ай бұрын
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.
@عليياسر-ك9ظАй бұрын
You mean Gog and Magog, they resemble Gog and Magog in appearance 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@sohamdhoptey1466Ай бұрын
@@عليياسر-ك9ظ what? What is Gog and Magog ?
@عليياسر-ك9ظАй бұрын
@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.
@sohamdhoptey1466Ай бұрын
@@عليياسر-ك9ظ okay, but like Babur looked the same, he was the direct blood descendant of Timur. He just didn't associate with their culture anymore.
@عليياسر-ك9ظАй бұрын
@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.
@ajam2823 ай бұрын
Excellent work! I admire your dedication.
@explosivereactionstv74143 ай бұрын
He was one of the few historical figures who talked his stuff and backed it up big time while standing on business.
@tawan200820083 ай бұрын
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 !
@HikmaHistory3 ай бұрын
I’d love to but I did one on the Zands that performed terribly!
@AnatolianHittite3 ай бұрын
Timur has nothing to do with you Iranians except that he committed massacres in Iran because he is a Turk.
@billdehappy13 ай бұрын
@@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....
@Techtalk20302 ай бұрын
He was Persianized by I wouldnt describe him as an Iranian dynasty
@Techtalk20302 ай бұрын
@@AnatolianHittitehe massacred ottoman torks too
@honesty_provides_tranquility2 ай бұрын
India where empires go to die of excess & decadence
@jasemalhammadi42283 ай бұрын
Thanks you. Perhaps the Ilkhanate, the Golden Horde and the Seljuks will be next.
@HikmaHistory3 ай бұрын
The first two I have no plans as of yet but the last one, yes I plan on it!
@StoicHistorian3 ай бұрын
can't wait to watch!
@mikeforbes47353 ай бұрын
He was born 35 km far from my village . Kamashi region kashkadarya uzbekistan.
@eliech71122 ай бұрын
Great video thank you 👏
@unusualhistorian13363 ай бұрын
Keep it up Hikma, great video like always!
@HikmaHistory3 ай бұрын
Appreciate it!
@islombekochi3 ай бұрын
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.
@milanvitu39633 ай бұрын
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?
@islombekochi3 ай бұрын
@@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.
@user-pc3ts8yc5b3 ай бұрын
"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
@temurkhan96013 ай бұрын
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 ...
@appleofeden91013 ай бұрын
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.
@LuCa8_3 ай бұрын
bro made this at the perfect time for me lmao I was just getting back into learning abt Timur
@ShubhamMishrabro3 ай бұрын
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
@HikmaHistory3 ай бұрын
very interested in his, his son Ibrahim and grandson Ismail's life story - so don't be surprised if you see such a video!
@TorvusVae3 ай бұрын
I've been watching you and Al-Muqadimma for a couple years now, I've definitely heard of the Timurids, lol
@user-rf1qf7oo4d3 ай бұрын
Al-muqadimmah is a hater when it comes to Timur. Just because he was a better conqueror than the other conquerors at the time.
@user-rf1qf7oo4d3 ай бұрын
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?
@JosephArimathea293 ай бұрын
@@user-rf1qf7oo4dI think it's more timurs hypocrisy in declaring himself the sword of Islam, when he himself was the biggest butcher of the Islamic people.
@TorvusVae3 ай бұрын
@@user-rf1qf7oo4d 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.
@omaraboal-azm87053 ай бұрын
@@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
@5ooshAshk3 ай бұрын
Persia has always been a good starting point to start an empire.
@wasnt.here.38533 ай бұрын
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
@HikmaHistory3 ай бұрын
Great suggestion! Now I just gotta figure out how to do that
@nicholaswhitman46203 ай бұрын
No one's talking about the Amir Prince/ A mere prince pun, but that was smooth.
@HikmaHistory3 ай бұрын
Haha one of my proudest moments!
@MrTTuguldur2 ай бұрын
Great Mongol warrior.
@عليياسر-ك9ظАй бұрын
Who kills the Mongols and the Turks
@ben-ben23669 күн бұрын
@@عليياسر-ك9ظ He only killed Turks and Persians.He idolized genghis khan and saw himself the protector of the mongol legacy.
@عليياسر-ك9ظ9 күн бұрын
@ben-ben2366 How is he killing the Mongols and the Turks? He killed literally millions of them.
@emiliospowerballer14413 ай бұрын
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.
@mohammadahmadnaz92322 ай бұрын
Thank you very much ffor your excellent History of Timurid Documentary. From London, England. I was born in Delhi, India.
@Numba0032 ай бұрын
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. ✝️ :)
@manpreet12833 ай бұрын
Great image reel.. subd!
@ruggedindividual7083 ай бұрын
Good content bro
@ForgottenIslam3 ай бұрын
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!
@mohammadahmadnaz92322 ай бұрын
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.
@Talibros13 күн бұрын
😂 so what
@poet.alhashimi3 ай бұрын
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.
@temurkhan96013 ай бұрын
+ 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 )
@poet.alhashimi3 ай бұрын
@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.
@elespectador18873 ай бұрын
@@poet.alhashimi Sultan Mahmood Ghaznavi. The first Turkic Sultan ever
@appleofeden91012 ай бұрын
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.
@poet.alhashimi3 ай бұрын
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.
@Goen-pp4vi2 ай бұрын
He was so brutal to Muslims that they removed him from histroy books
@carlfalcao-clavel53103 ай бұрын
Timur was playing Mount and Blade IRL
@timurpodcast43793 ай бұрын
Fantastic video! I've been slowly getting through Timur's life. Definitely a forgotten portion of history that doesn't get the attention it deserves!
@HikmaHistory3 ай бұрын
Good to hear from you dude, tried contacting you on Twitter a bunch!
@timurpodcast43793 ай бұрын
@@HikmaHistory Oh shoot I'm sorry! I was off of twitter for several years.
@HikmaHistory3 ай бұрын
@@timurpodcast4379 No worries, when can the viewers expect new episodes of the podcast?
@timurpodcast43793 ай бұрын
@@HikmaHistory Workin on my next episode now!
@HikmaHistory3 ай бұрын
@@timurpodcast4379 What's it on?
@orunabho2 ай бұрын
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
@DubyaDeeEight3 ай бұрын
Guy just shows up and ruins your Medieval 2 Total War campaign and then leaves without explaining himself. What a chad
@taetae......2 ай бұрын
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.
@Nom_AnorVSJedi3 ай бұрын
Could Timur have defeated the Ming?
@benjamindo81423 ай бұрын
the ultimate question lol
@Brandonhayhew3 ай бұрын
He had the resources and capacity to field hundreds of thousands of soldiers
@user-pc3ts8yc5b3 ай бұрын
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.
@Nom_AnorVSJedi3 ай бұрын
@@user-pc3ts8yc5b 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.
@Nom_AnorVSJedi3 ай бұрын
@@Brandonhayhew the Ming could field millions. The dynasty was newly established.
@tareqanamtheworriorking83782 ай бұрын
My favorite emperor 🤍👑
@LewisPulsipherАй бұрын
When I read about the empires of central asia, I always wonder what the basis of their wealth was. Think how poor modern Afghanistan appears to be.
@IndianExMuslim9919 күн бұрын
Pillaging, raiding, looting and tributes of conqured realms.
@timothygalli96013 ай бұрын
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👍
@tjk0103 ай бұрын
Only if the Timurids and Ottomans became allies and fought against others maybe both would still exist 😭😭😭
@ShubhamMishrabro3 ай бұрын
You talk like Europeans wouldn't get powerful. Times change. You're still nostalgic about old age empires
@ChinaPlaNaxalitiesKhalistan3 ай бұрын
@@ShubhamMishrabro bruh learning BATTLE OF NİCOPOLİS 1396 AND THAT TİMURİD OTTOMAN ALLİANCE CONQUERED WHOLE EUROPE and europeans NOT POWERFULL SİNCE WW2
@Notreallyhereanymore3 ай бұрын
I dont think Europe could handle Ottoman Timurid alliance@@ShubhamMishrabro
@ShubhamMishrabro3 ай бұрын
@@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
@HMMMM._-.3 ай бұрын
@@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.
@jacksonterrance883329 күн бұрын
hard to imagine how smart this guy was. I mean imagine hearing the Golden Horde was beaten by a man.
@HalalHistory3 ай бұрын
You should make a full video on the Uzbek khanate; especially abu’l Khayr Khan and Muhammad Shaybani
@LudosErgoSumАй бұрын
Damn, skull mountain is savage!
@Jamshedac-gf4bh2 ай бұрын
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
@krakatoa_81803 ай бұрын
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
@user-pc3ts8yc5b3 ай бұрын
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
@sendyseptian87733 ай бұрын
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".
@abdullahozek80163 ай бұрын
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
@dfui.3 ай бұрын
Timothy Timur was a menace.
@FreedomForever20103 ай бұрын
I'm playing as them in EU4 right now as this came across recommendations :D
@lyonard92263 ай бұрын
Do you plan to form the Mughals? Or maybe Persia? Or stay as the Timurids and play the horde path?
@FreedomForever20103 ай бұрын
@@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.
@orkun1713 ай бұрын
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
@ThomasWhiteXАй бұрын
nice video! - where do you source your images/maps? You were recommended by another channel :)
@JimySlow-wq9bw3 ай бұрын
Amazing empire great turco mongolian dynasties too terima kasih-thx for made n share this video documentary
@LuisAldamiz3 ай бұрын
Never a boring day in the Timurid Empire, right?
@ProxyGL3 ай бұрын
I wonder when their patent on horse-archers will expire? Seems pretty OP.
@HikmaHistory3 ай бұрын
I like to call it the nuclear bomb of the medieval period
@nathanielmadera37023 ай бұрын
Somehow you don't mention the different religious beliefs at the time but it's the best👍👍👍
@rns-t6p2 ай бұрын
Good pronunciations of words, cities, countries and names. Seen of the late Samarkand is spelled Samarkent .
@Timurenjoyer13363 ай бұрын
Thanks to you, Timur’s glory can remain illuminated forever, instead of being relegated to the dustbin of history, where he languished for so long
@salmanbashar19963 ай бұрын
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.
@kaloarepo2883 ай бұрын
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.
@McVaySwifty3 ай бұрын
Nice doc boss!!
@HikmaHistory3 ай бұрын
Thanks bro
@Notreallyhereanymore3 ай бұрын
Timur probably takes the cake as most Evil dude to ever live.
@user-pc3ts8yc5b3 ай бұрын
Stalin (30 million) Mao (60 million) Selim Yavuz (12 million)
@HikmaHistory3 ай бұрын
Selim killed 12 million people?!?
@azizdelta26933 ай бұрын
You should mention that all Muslims scholars at the time deemed him a heretic.
@beachboy05053 ай бұрын
35:39 Excellent video 📹 Watched it twice Again, the winter of Russia, defeated great dreams.
@kryts27Ай бұрын
Interesting man Tamerlane. Not being nobility, unlike Alexander the Great and Ghengis Khan. He may have been the last ruler of a significant part of the Northern Silk Road.
@aftekharyounas4841Ай бұрын
Timur was master in The art of war
@kryts27Ай бұрын
I've seen a lot of painted battle scenes (usually cavalry), artistically drawn. Mounted swordsmen (or possibly knights) are often holding straight swords. I was under the impression that Turkic peoples used curved scimitar swords.
@AVGN-w2sАй бұрын
and another one of our greatest of empires. seem we had so many of the greatest didnt we
@hongyaohome3 ай бұрын
@hikma history I have been looking for the picture you shown on 7:15 for years. Can you please let me know where you got it (please please please) thank you
@colinbarnard65123 ай бұрын
The Tamerids lasted longer than Alexander's did. Yet, Funky Alex is the much better known tale. Eurocentrism rocks!
@ShubhamMishrabro3 ай бұрын
Because Alexander reached unknown lands while being undefeated during ancient times. Not easy seeing the circumstances
@adammiller36093 ай бұрын
Mostly a function of timing more than anything. Alexander established an empire of completely unknown proportions some 1500 years before Timur.
@odyssey25483 ай бұрын
Alexander's line died out but the Diadochi states lasted longer than the Timurids. Ptolemic, Selucid, Antigonid and the Epiriteswere around for centuries
@wtice46322 ай бұрын
Aw are you crying?
@MrAMandTM3 ай бұрын
10:50 What a preposterous thing to say out loud.
@HikmaHistory3 ай бұрын
Timur operated on different rules!
@abuyousefaliАй бұрын
السلام عليكم This was a great documentary On pages 393-394 of volume 3 of The History of Islam, Abkar Shah Najeebabadi'' states that Timur put Bayazid in a iron cage and kept him there throughout the journey. Is there any documentation that the opposite is true? As a history teacher, I like t have the most accurate accounts of the past. This is especially true for Muslim and Islamic history Barakallahu feek for your efforts and work
@عليياسر-ك9ظАй бұрын
In his memoirs, Timur says that he treated Bayezid well and with respect, but he did not mention that he left him in a cage
@ZS-rw4qq3 ай бұрын
8:50 are any of these still standing?
@mueezadam84383 ай бұрын
4:17 no matter how wrong you may be, remember that you are at least better than the guy that thought Timur would make a great puppet
@Zarrar-KhnАй бұрын
Good video
@kryts27Ай бұрын
You can see the influence of Iran on the buildings and clothing styles on central Asia
@ironmiketyson2203 ай бұрын
Hikma history for life!
@shadowsofsunsow365719 күн бұрын
Timur is my idol
@mohamednazirbasharat9133 ай бұрын
Amazing❤
@HikmaHistory3 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
@mohamednazirbasharat9133 ай бұрын
@@HikmaHistory I truly enjoyed it . Your art is reaching out well to support great substance of your work🌹