How Iran Lost The Caucasus | Persia History

Khabib Nurmagomedov: one of the most famous Muslims in the world. Proud of his Dagestani heritage, he is also seen representing Russia. So how did Dagestan come under Russian rule? Well, the same way that Georgia, Azerbaijan and Armenia did! The subject matter that we’re going to cover in this video sheds light onto a period of Persian history that was a far cry from the prestigious heights of its past glory. But the same can be said about the Islamic world in general because this was a period that brought an aggressive and energised Europe hell bent on acquiring resources from every corner of the world against Muslim states that had fallen behind in the race for technological progress.
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[@HikmaHistory]

Which European colonial power had the biggest impact on the Muslim world in the modern period? Early Modern History Playlist: kzbin.info/aero/PLiPhmAD3I2JwdVOt4lI39d3XENLktUgP5

[@etsuhiro6684]

Either the UK or France. Maybe even both because of the Sykes-Picot agreenent and also the creation of Israel.

[@HikmaHistory]

@@etsuhiro6684 I'd agree with the UK but I don't know about France. I reckon Russia is a decent shout as well.

[@etsuhiro6684]

@@HikmaHistory that is true.

[@tyronechillifoot5573]

@@HikmaHistory france did colonize large chunks of the Muslim world

[@HikmaHistory]

@@tyronechillifoot5573 this is true, even in sub-saharan Africa they colonised many Muslim countries.

[@themissionproductions2336]

Generally speaking PERSIANS/IRANIANS are not so proud of The Qajar dynasty. They lost a lot and gained a little during their 136 years of ruling PERSIA/IRAN.

[@aliazarmehralparslan6067]

Still, if it weren't for Agha Muhammad Khan Qajar, Iran would've been divided in a million pieces. He unified Iran under one flag. But his successors were not competent.

[@XQQ-qm8ow]

@@aliazarmehralparslan6067 I think things would have gone better had the Zands stayed in power. They were not expansionistic, but they were very politically and militarily competent. It was only by massacring entire populations that Agha Mohammad Khan triumphed over Lotf Ali Khan (the last of the Zand princes)

[@OrangeBurgerSC706]

They are fine with Agha khan qajar and Abbas Mirza, unless they're the retarded type of "Iranian" who curses the qajars and praises the pahlavis in the same breath

[@OrangeBurgerSC706]

@@XQQ-qm8ow if the zands remained in Power, there wouldn't be an Iran, there would be a mess where Iran used to be

[@ibrahimsayedi9632]

@@aliazarmehralparslan6067 He didn't unify Iran lol. Most of today's Afghanistan and East Baluchistan still remained out of his domain. They should've pushed as far as Kabul, I'd argue all the way to Badakhshan.

[@KhAnubis]

This video turned out great, it was nice to do this collab with you!

[@HikmaHistory]

Thanks man, likewise!

[@archenema6792]

@@HikmaHistory An American rainbow mafia member was a very poor choice. I would have subscribed if you hadn't made such a fundamental moral error.

[@rodrigomaciel3644]

A very important video above Caucasus history and the relationship between Old Persia and Russian Empire.

[@HikmaHistory]

Gracias Rodrigo!

[@dadyarmo7861]

if you have nothing to watch ,at the least do your homework and do not listen to this idiot for advise ,he has a agenda to mislead history to people like you, Azerbaijan did not exist before 1918 and that is the biggest lie this idiot pushing in to your kind of people, that was all Armenians land they came from Albanians Muslim population that Stalin send to work in oil fields in now Baku ,just see the historical maps and all this bowl of shit will be explained

[@user-eh1tv9pj2d]

@@dadyarmo7861 Accusing someone of agenda while spiting agenda, ironic. This lends were Armenian, but not in 19th centuary, by that time they were already populated by shia turks. The country of Azerbaijan may not have existed, but the people did. If you actually do check historical maps, you will see that, like the 1914 map of nationalities of Russian Empire, obviously drawn long before Stalin came to power. And even if we ignore that, if Azerbijanis were resettled From Albania to Eastern Caucasus by Stalin, then why do they speak a Turcick language, not Albanian, why are they Shia, not Sunni, and most importantly, why does Iran have more Azers they Azerbaijan?

[@GuineaPigEveryday]

@@user-eh1tv9pj2d yeah its very obvious who’s talking propaganda. I mean if you see someone from one country saying that their neighbouring/rival country was nonexistent, and their land belongs all to them and that only their status is valid - especially in regard to the Caucasus (or even Balkans) - and being extremely hostile and aggressive about it then you know that its quite like they are probably spouting propaganda themselves.

[@yazdan7774]

old Persia? this isn't old Persia.

[@HungryGoat96]

Ive been told by my Iranian Turkmen side of the family that we used to live in Ganja in now Azerbaijan, but forcefully migrated during the wars vs Russia south to now Tabriz and settled near lake Urumieh. Family name is Marzban - "defender of the border" xD Also thank you so much for such wonderful and educational content, I've loved and follow a lot of these History channels but none truly grasp the complex and rich (bloody too) Histories of the Middle East, North Africa/Africa and Western Asia.

[@bosbanon3452]

I knew marzban title from Abu Hanifah biography his ancestor was a marzban too

[@sabinababayeva7296]

I am from Ganja.

[@tulparkultigintengrikut8440]

As a turkish guy with turkman origin, I love all the turkman people

[@zaurzaur1409]

А как вы попали на земли кавказских албан где ныне Сталин придумал азербожан не рассказывали тебе?)

[@rossib6974]

@@tulparkultigintengrikut8440 ,Are you gay or just platonic attraction ?

[@HikmaHistory]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="0">0:00</a> Intro <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="51">0:51</a> Pre-19th Century Context <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="401">6:41</a> First Russo-Persian War <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="797">13:17</a> Second Russo-Persian War

[@Ali-gt8wj]

thanks man

[@Gofale]

Georgia : "Breathes" Romans, Byzantine, Seljucks, Arabs, Persians, Mongols, Timurids, Ottamans, Russians : "And i took that personally"

[@HikmaHistory]

LOOOL! Don't forget Timur...

[@Gofale]

@@HikmaHistory Oh yea thanks

[@user-ui3pw1ys3k]

The Mongols invaded Georgia as well .

[@Gofale]

@@user-ui3pw1ys3k Thanks mate

[@hazenoki628]

The plural of Ottoman is Ottomans, since it's derived from the name Osman and is unrelated to the English word man.

[@rpg7836]

Im lranian and i Love our caucasian brothers

[@rpg7836]

@Future Caucasian Politician go study the history of your land ,you dont belong to russia,they took you from us,i mean u go to osetia (iranestan)old name they still speak farsi,in dagestan (darband)also draband made by sasanian narin kala,..........

[@ebparsa]

@Future Caucasian Politician Ever since you spent centuries under our flag.

[@ebparsa]

@Future Caucasian Politician You clearly don't know much about Iran. Iran has never been about one ethnicity or one language. Iran is an empire and Historically Caucasus has been our land and our territory. Take a look at Azeris and Armenians killing each being played by Russians and Turks as pawns. This is what happens to you people when Iran is absent in the picture.

[@rpg7836]

@@Rhadamistus5 why you talking like that?

[@rpg7836]

@@Rhadamistus5 you still talk about safavids?,i have many georgian friends ,my best friend is achiko an gorgian man and we are like brothers ,we are not guilty for what happend in the past

[@aceter5462]

Love seeing content about under reported eras of history and the world! Keep it up!

[@HikmaHistory]

Thanks!

[@mikexstad1121]

@bastiat it's not withheld, it's not like there is a conspiracy.

[@StoneyBoyz818]

The Tat people (also: Tat, Parsi, Daghli, Lohijon) are an Iranian people presently living within Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Russia (mainly Southern Dagestan).

[@sael52]

@@Anticolonialist azerbayjanis are turkified persians, armenians, and dagestani people.

[@amomehdi9907]

Majority of South dagestani are Caucasian no ethnic iranic leave there tat leave in azerbajan

[@StoneyBoyz818]

@@amomehdi9907 true

[@tunar619]

@@sael52 iranians are arab

[@saman335]

@@tunar619 Azeris are persian

[@wow1371]

It is good to point out that at the time the eastern caucuses regions were not called Azerbaijan. The area was Aran. The name of Azerbaijan came about first after the fall of the russian empire and was used by Soviet leaders to drum up a unification causus Belli against Iran.

[@kamranmaharram1529]

Another stupid comment. The name of Azerbaijan is here since the 7 century Arabs historians mentions when they start invasion the region. Read first then write ✍️

[@wow1371]

@@kamranmaharram1529 First of, the name Azerbaijan is not the point, the region is the point. Azerbaijan is Athurpatene, no historical record from any period of history until the 1900s has marked the region of republic of Azerbaijan as Azerbaijan. In Roman/Parthian period that region was split in 5 and Romans called them Armenia, Carteli, Kolchis, Iberia and Albania. In Iran the region was split in 5 and was called Armin, Wiruzan, Segan, Balasgan and Arran. The name Arran is attested to have been used by the local rulers as early as the 2nd century CE and Balasgan eventually faded and in its place Shirvan rose to prominence in the same region. We can see this as late as 1800s in the Qajar surveys and maps and correspondence. Unless you have some unearthed document that no other historian in the world has ever had access to which recognises the region of Republic of Azerbaijan as Azerbaijan in the said time periods you are welcome to share them with the world, you will probably win an award or two

[@__Man__]

​@@wow1371 you can say there was no Azerbaijan or so on, but the people will always be Turkmen. Even today they identify as Azerbaijani Turks instead of Azeri because the meaning of Azeri is the people who live in Azerbaijan regardless of their ethnicity including Talysh, Tat and so on

[@wow1371]

@@__Man__ 😂 you are contradicting yourself in your less than 200 characters comment.

[@__Man__]

@@wow1371 what is the importance of chracater numbers in comment? You can make it as simple as you can. But, clearly Azerbaijani Turks do not acknowledge as Iranian. Turks are Turks, not Iran, OK?

[@PersianHistorian]

I was about to do a similar video but you already did a nice job.

[@AddictedRevolutionary]

@@RadRust yes, all Persians Regonize Turks,Lurs,Kurds,Azeris,Turkmens as persian inside Iran

[@AddictedRevolutionary]

@@RadRust ok lamo

[@jangjueparsi9915]

I made many history videos about persian history

[@nimatar]

@@RadRust they became part of Iran during their migration to Iran many years before this event. They are definetly not persian, but they are Iranian and we people in Iran are all united and mixed somehow

[@nimatar]

@@RadRust ghorme sabzi is one of Iranian national dishes not the main one. if you have this kind of view, people in turkey go to "meyhane" for drinking which is made by persian words of mey + khane means house of wine. it's not just geographical, It is also cultural. for example, if they wanted to stay pure Turkic, they didn't celebrate Nowrooz or Yalda night. or even they didn't accept Islam and they used their Shamanism today. by your sight of view, migrant people to USA or Australia are still European or whatever, which is definitely not true. All tribes in all countries have differences between each other, like the differences between Zaza and Kurdish people in Turkey with Turkish people. but all Turkic tribes are part of this geographical state during history, like other tribes like Persians, Balochis, Kurds, Lurs, Turkmens, Armenians, Gilakis etc.

[@JohnSmith-ym6ow]

you have used the wrong to describe the area. There was no Azerbaijan in the north of Araxis river at the period. It was called Arran.

[@mahdiyargholmm2021]

Or it's original name Caucasian albania

[@OrangeBurgerSC706]

Azerbaijan was the part Iran kept, shirvan and Arran form the modern republic of Azerbaijan.

[@googleuser4053]

😂😂😂😂 stop believing in armenian propaganda . so ignorant

[@grunt9044]

Arran is an area around modern Gyandja, Mingechevir, Evlakh. Not entire Az

[@owlmirror178]

Azeris are turkified persian tribes like lezghi, talysh, kurds, dagestani, persians a few caucasian albanians, georgians and kidnapped armenians . Now it's a neo fascist petrol Sultanate controlled by Turkey, Israel. UK. Founded 100yrs ago by the British Empire and USSR

[@liammcguinness7824]

This is a good video. I am surprised you're not a larger channel. A well-deserved sub!

[@HikmaHistory]

Thank you, all in due time!

[@metipersian]

Love Pesria ❤❤❤🔥🔥🔥🙏

[@tunar619]

Fuckia

[@aliazarmehralparslan6067]

*Iran

[@aryanshahab1594]

That was so good you deserve more subs!

[@HikmaHistory]

Thank you for your support Aryan, all in due time!

[@abdulshahriad7167]

Finally a Muslim, historical and cultural channel where I know there won't be any myths and bias information...keep it up akhi 👏👊

[@HikmaHistory]

Thanks Abdul.

[@badshahSelamet]

And there aren't terrible pronunciations too.

[@borisdejong8962]

Came over from khanubbis. Nice vid subbed

[@HikmaHistory]

Good to have you!

[@khvichakuprashvili6719]

Actually, the casus belli that Tsitsianov used for capturing Ganja is that the city at some point in High Middle Ages belonged to Georgian kingdom but lost it after multiple invasions of Mongols and Turkmens and he argued that since Russians incorporated Georgia, they also inherited Georgian claims to the surrounding territories. Also, whole Georgia was not considered part of Persian/Iranian influence area, only eastern part. Western Georgia has most times been under influence of western powers like Romans, Byzantines or Ottomans

[@FirstnameLastname-py3bc]

Greatly researched by the way

[@sasalijoon3506]

A very important point went missing. The main point Persian lost the second attempt was that at the same time, they were fighting with the British who attacked from Southeast Balochestan regions . Persian didn't have enough resources to fight in two fronts .

[@Zejva]

Iran doesn't only consist of persians. There're many ethnicities living there. Persians weren't even the rulers of iran when they lost the Caucasus to russia. It's weird how you give all the credit to persian while ignoring all other ethnicities. I bet the people of Caucasus are happy that they're free instead of being occupied by iran.

[@yeganeeslami4237]

@@Zejva maybe you should do your research and read some ACTUAL books before you decide to put your opinion out there 😊

[@abrahamagiba3000]

@@Zejvaidk they still have the same religion as Iran and love wrestling like the Iranians lol

[@AGHaxio]

​@@Zejva ik what you saying and that's true But the world know the country Persia not iran They call our country persia and the people Persian That's kinda sad though

[@EurasiaOnYT]

Great video!

[@HikmaHistory]

Thanks man!

[@majiddehnow7950]

Thank you for sharing

[@araratboland939]

thank you for this video.

[@HikmaHistory]

My pleasure!

[@truthseeker6142]

Iran thank u for your service to mankind, your glorious past is amazing, which is unfortunately ignored by my fellow western historians. only empire against slavery, men and women had equal rights, religious freedom, labor rights etc. Alexander destroyed much and dragged the world to darkness, but the Caliphate destroyed everything u had. It would take the rest of the world 5000 years to catch up on these rights. U were ahead by 1000s of years. But now look at u, imprisoned by Abrahamic religions. Iran u need to revive your Vedic aryan culture for God, for mankind, and most importantly for the Iranian people! Kind regards Fellow german american aryan from TX

[@abhimanyujha5550]

Iran doesn't have vedic culture, India had and still has vedic culture. Iranians were worshippers of ahuras which is asura in sanskrit which means devil.

[@truthseeker6142]

Nope, the divide came w Zoroaster, who deviated from the Vedas, and encouraged worship of asuras instead of suras (demigods). Xerxes finalized the process by destroying temples of demigods Across Iran. But before Zoroaster, Vedic culture was practiced, such as vegetarianism etc. Even Kasyapa Muni had his ashram in Baku area, historic Iranian land. Caspian Sea is named after him.

[@truthseeker6142]

Yes that is true, only india still has vedic culture in many areas. Unfortunately Abrahamic religions have destroyed much of the culture in Iran, i have never been there, but from the outside perspective it seems that way. If Islam is removed from the gov, I’m sure iran will reclaim its aryan (noble) heritage.

[@abhimanyujha5550]

@@truthseeker6142 i believe even if islam is removed Iranians will gravitate towards zoarastrianism and not vedic hinduism. By the way just out of curiousity r u a follower of vedic hinduism frm germany ??

[@truthseeker6142]

@@abhimanyujha5550 I’m American, but my grandparents r from Germany, my wife is Iranian. Hinduism would be a wrong term, proper name would be Sanatan dharma, path of self and God realization., this is not sectarian. And God is realized in 3 aspects Brahman (all pervading energy) Paramatma (Supersoul in all living entities etc) and Bhagavan (the Supreme Personality of Godhead) The Vedas r not exclusively monotheistic but conclusively monotheistic. Growing up my grandfather told me that there is no comparison to the Vedas. And he was not even Indian. Bhagavad Gita, Srimad Bhagavatam are in their own league unmatched by anything this world and it’s religions has to offer. Whatever u find in other religions u can find in Vedas plus much much more. F ex Muslims try to reach the heavenly planets, but this process falls under the karma khanda section of the Vedas. And heaven is still part of the material world, hence it is not the ultimate goal. Even nazi scientists got inspiration from the Vedas when developing their missile program. Maybe, or Vedic culture will rise again. But there will be a change, since ppl r no longer interested Islam.

[@agostocobain2729]

Salam Alaykum my Muslim family from the Middle East. I'm Iranian Kurd, and Azeri from Tabriz Iran Azerbaijan. It looks like from you videos that England really used us strategically for our resources. We all need to unite one ummah, and leave the politics behind us. I love you all

[@beachboy0505]

A very brilliant video 📹 Excellent knowledge 👌

[@clarencehopkins7832]

Excellent stuff bro

[@czhousehold]

These powers brought so much turmoil to the region, we still live with their curse. All political struggles aside, much love to my Caucasian brothers and sisters, from an Armenian.

[@czhousehold]

@Абдульзефир sure, until Stalin gave historic Armenian lands to Azerbaijanis to appease the Turks with bull border divisions. Now we have to live with their falsified history and warmongering. Otherwise, I'd be inclined to agree.

[@czhousehold]

@Абдульзефир well, simply put, the lands faught over today had significant Armenian majorities before the people were massacared, persecuted or deported. Artsakh, or Nagorno-Karabakh as Turks call it (a Russo-Persian name btw), has remains of 7000 year old inhabitants that can be traced back to modern day Armenians of the Caucasus region that cannot be detected in Turks or Azerbaijanis. It is the fact that such conflicts would not have been as prevelant today if leaders like Stalin didn't go against Soviet and international law to please the Turks and give a region of plus 90% Armenians fighting to unite with Armenia to Azerbaijan. They are lands that have faught for autonomy but were met with warcrimes that have been unasnwered for. I ask any nation the same question then. What is historic Russia? Historic Germania, historic Brittain? Etc. Fact is, they are lands that have been inhabited by our ancesters for centuries and one of the oldest civilizations known to man being desecrated by states formed in the early 90s because of powers that brought us turmoil. Lands that have thousands of year old monuments testament to our history there. None in that region, other than Georgians and Greeks, can even begin to trace their history in these "disputed" territories as far back as Armenians. So yes, ancestral lands, as in indigenous to us, the original inhabitants that none living today can dispute. Same as any other region or people in their lands. I love Russians, and they have been our allies for years. I am not hating, I am simply stating facts. Your argument can be made for any country.

[@aahmadov]

Do you really claim that something which is 7000 years old is Armenian ? really ? @@czhousehold

[@mrpopo-sf3ke]

@@aahmadov Culture is hard to define. If we speak of language, the Armenian language is , according to linguists, about 8000 years old. If we speak of genetic continuity, the Hayassa, ( commonly known as Armenians), 7000 year old bones found in Artsakh (commonly known as Nagorno Karabagh), match exactly modern Armenian DNA. But if we speak of CULTURE, the Armenians presently have a modern high level Christian culture. Before that a Zoroastrian culture. Before that it had its own pantheon of very interesting deities. Before that, Karahunge, a 7000 yr old celestial observatory in Armenia dedicated to the constellation of Signus (the Swan), and before that, Portasar (commonly known as Goebelik tepe), 12,000 yr old cult center. So to answer to you with one word- yes.

[@khashayar8989]

If Armenia was part of Iran today Azarbayejan wouldn't have had Guts to attack Armenia Although Iran supports Armenia today not Azarbayejan

[@malikshabazz2065]

excellent work!

[@HikmaHistory]

Thanks!

[@arya1357]

My grandma emigrated to iran from baku after iran lost that territory

[@hereweregoagain6278]

Lol

[@arya1357]

@@hereweregoagain6278 what is so funny?

[@hereweregoagain6278]

@@arya1357 nothing lol l think just lying

[@winnerswontquitquitterswil544]

@@hereweregoagain6278 Not a lie so many Azerbaijanis from north emigrated to Iran for example an Azerbaijani tribe called ayrumlu ppl literrally left that region for Iran/Turkey after russians attacked

[@PAFMILAD]

True , as an Azeri Iranian which my family where the Khans (Lord's) of Derbent in Caucuses Dagestan, and ruling class in Imperial Safavid , Afsharid , Qajar and Pahlavi Dynasties, the defeat of caucuses wars was a great loss for my family . my ancestors forced to move to Tehran as refuges to work for the Qajars who where responsible for the defeat , and they had to endure so many hardship and separation from family members in Baku Derbent and Lankaran. Gerogia was main reason for the war and Stupidity of Heracles II Bagratoni , Georgian People suffered a lot because of the Stupidity of their leadership, its true Iranian Kings wanted to Convert the Georgian lords and people to Shia Islam and Georgian people suffered a lot under Persian rule however we had a deep historical connections with our Georgian , Ossetian and Armenian Subjects we were one people that stand together during hardship and Ottoman Expansionism , look at what happened to the Armenians and Georgians after the Persian defeat , they are still surfing and fighting to this day, Russian created Hatred among the people in Caucuses. divide and conquer.

[@mexasadiqov2474]

@Nbal Bal I am an azari but l hate iran and persians we iranian azeri turks hate iran we are call ourself Azerbaijanian and Qajars also are azari turk not persians and these guys are assimlited persified azaris even when you answer any question to them they in their mother language can not answer because they are assimlited azari-persian attidude is like scottish/irland-english attidude or relations

[@luka-qc5xr]

your family doesnt belong to caucasus. how can it be great loss.

[@astorias5386]

Still it's better having his own country

[@johnmilon9584]

@@mexasadiqov2474 YOU ARE NOT IRANIAN AZERI!!!!!! DONT THINK WE ARE FOOLISH!!!!!!!!! EAND OF DISCUSSION!!!!!!!!!!

[@blacksheep6174]

Look whats happening in Central Asia ... moscow should have been sacked and massacred by changez khan

[@user-vn7ce5ig1z]

• <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="605">10:05</a> - Persia was long in the tooth. They'd survived for a long time and were resting on their (old, obsolete) laurels. 🤷 It's like parents still using Facebook while kids moved on to TikTok (no, I won't consider Byte). • Losing territory in wars is one thing, that's normal, but some of the Qajars also lost land to Russia over games of backgammon, he/they actually gambled it away. No wonder they weren't very popular. 🤦

[@TSOUE2004]

Great video

[@HikmaHistory]

Thanks!

[@eliscanfield3913]

Great job

[@StopFear]

I am not related to any people from the Caucasus but it seems in some ways they are like Poland be used they were historically stuck in the middle of more powerful aggressive states plus have different types of cultures stuck together. It’s like the most fertile ground for violent conflict.

[@zaurzaur1409]

Так и есть между Турцией Россией и Персией и всё эти империи воевали тут

[@okropiri142]

Yes you are right and they have been torturing us for centuries. Fuck empires, glory to independent and united Caucasus

[@rogers8085]

Another good video!! A recommendation: what if a video about the succession of the slamic caliphates, from Rashidum to the Ottomans?

[@HikmaHistory]

Thank you! I have thought about doing that - perhaps in the future!

[@yogikarl]

The heartland theory of hilford mackinder explains very nice why this is such a crucial part of geography

[@aresjerry]

Thanks HH, shoutout to Khanubis.

[@heofonfyr6000]

That Alexander (or his advisors) did not shift forces from the region to deal with Napoleon's attack on Moscow speaks volumes about the Russian strategic mindset. And it shows they were not exactly panicked by the situation and had some confidence in their ability to resolve both issues at once... Russia has many disadvantages which make it very difficult or perhaps even impossible to truly rival the great powers in the stage of the wider world (without dedicated and steadfast support from another great power), but that it can be dominant in and around the borders of its own vast territory is a great achievement in itself and speaks of a formidable nerve, sober planning, solid doctrines and advanced strategic and tactical accumen. Russia is something quite formidable. people fail to recognise that becasue of the aforementioned issues preventing it imposing its will very far from home. yes, Napoleon's attack was incredibly costly to Russia, and of course they tried and failed to stop him earlier. indeed Russian victories at home and abroad are never clean or easy... but that is due to the nature of their inherent geographical and strategic difficulties with regards to who and what surrounds them and where, BUT they deal with it. and they usually seem to come out of their struggles better off than they were before. nothing is easy for Russian statesmen, planners and patriots... never has been... but as a result of that they are very skillful and have a deserved reputation for political shrewdness, resourcefulness, patience and resolve in international statecraft... and they know how to sieze opportunities. Now with the Globalists' shameful and bloody schemes unraveling in Ukraine, with Russia deservedly and by effort emerging as leader of its planned new trading and security block, even protentially winning over long established key western proxies and partners who rightly cannot trust the west anymore, Russians finally at this time have a solid chance to create a very comfortable and prosperous situation for themselves. Such will probably improve things for all its neighbours too.

[@heofonfyr6000]

@Russian Invader of course you are right about all that. except for one thing; ''"Russia only starts wars when nations declare Russia as an enemy or start murdering Russians'''' that is true some of the time, and it is certainly true now with that bullshit money-laundering human-trafficking shit globalist puppet state of Ukraine, but it is not accurate or responsible to say it is always the case... it just isn't. there are many examples but most notably in the Second World War Russia did to Germany exactly what NATO is trying to do to Russia today... except it was 1000 times worse, and successful... to be fair we can say it wasn't 'Russia', it was the (J)Bolshevists... but then you must say the same about US, UK and Germany today 🤷🏻‍♂️ Russia is on the side of right and honour now but if you want to pretend that was always the case then I can just claim the UK is somehow still totally pure and clean despite being the key instigator in Ukraine now, and before against Iraq, Syria, Iran, etc... 🤷🏻‍♂️ let's not play that game. anyway, the enemy is globalists, not nation states; they want to end nation states, starting with US, UK and Germany first of all...

[@heofonfyr6000]

@Russian Invader wow..... Russia invaded Ukraine first so I guess Russia is to blame for the current war, right? that's how it works, I guess 😅 🤷🏻‍♂️ what's wrong with you??? 🤦🏻‍♂️ how can you argue such a stupid premise of 'who crossed the border first' in this context of Russia's necessary defensive premprive attack which you yourself brought up 😅🤡🤡🤡 in Germany's case in '41 was even more innocent and necessary than Putin in Ukraine... by a long way, actually 🤦🏻‍♂️ I mean for starters the SECOND WORLD WAR was already underway, with basically everyone vs Germany to the death with no possibility for discussion or peace 🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️😂😂😂 that's a pretty big difference, man... Russia a ticking time bomb everyone knew Britain was propping up to pour in westward at any time... the war literally could never come to any end or even come tot the table with USSR as willing Sword of Damocles over Germany's head to ensure Britain would never have to back down and negotiate 🤦🏻‍♂️ fuck's sake, man... I mean that one point is enough 🤷🏻‍♂️ really you're asking for more examples anyway? you don't think Russia ever attacked Turkey or anyone unprovoked? 😆 how about the tribes of Siberia? 😅 what about Chechnya? fuck it, you could come up with at least 2 or 3 per century... 🤦🏻‍♂️ you are right about the current war in Ukraine but seems it must be dumb luck on your part, 'cause you're clearly a beligerent fucking idiot who just thinks his side is always right 🤦🏻‍♂️ ''''Russia never attacked anyone unless, blah, blah'''' 🤦🏻‍♂️ what a complete fantasy. literally talking about a country that went from a city near Ukraine to spanning from Finland to Japan 😅 the fuck is wrong with you, man 🤦🏻‍♂️ fuck, I never heard anything so stupid from someone on the right side of politics these days 😅 you'd pass my history exam for 2007 onwards... but just about anything in all of human history before that you get -10,000 points 😂 ........fuck my life 🤣🤦🏻‍♂️

[@vorynrosethorn903]

Excellent points.

[@ssa3101]

I wonder what stopped the Persians and the ottomans to form an alliance in the caucuses against the Russians.

[@HikmaHistory]

They had their own rivalry to worry about!

[@deleteduser1877]

Georgia form an alliance with russia against Persia

[@deleteduser1877]

and ottomans

[@ssa3101]

@Richard Schiffman and when has that stopped states from aligning together against a bigger stronger enemy? And I dont think persians and turks today hate each other. It's more of a friendly rivalry than anything else.

[@Amir-vd1zf]

@Richard Schiffman most of iranians don't hate Turkey but Azerbaijan

[@andr386]

Brilliant. Something is wrong with the number of subscribers, it should be a lot higher.

[@Truth.Justice5974]

May Allah Al-Kareem bless you, Werleman.

[@macshabaz1463]

When, I was in elementary school I learned about Turkamanchi treaty. I was told that this treaty has an expiration date. I searched online could not find anything about expiration date.

[@hfar7007]

The expiration date is the fall of Russian Tsar empire, the contract was between Iran and Russian Tsar empire not new Russia, but before, those lands didn't have government and separated nation, after all these years now they all have different governments and nations, so if we want to take these lands back, there is no option but to go to war, so it's not reasonable for us to take these lands back with war, we are already at war with half the world, new war is the last thing we need.

[@anzorgotsiridze8141]

my friends georgia is oriented to european countries so forgey about caucasus

[@inter3684]

if it has not expired yet , then Southern Caucasus belongs to Russia. Therefore, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Armenia are not independent states

[@gilgamesh_9119]

@@inter3684 That's not how independence works. If you extend your own logic, Russia should be part of Mongolia and Iran part of Greece, instead of being independant.

[@giopa110888]

lol

[@amirgolestany777]

I Love lRAN ❤🤍💚 Russia He was superior in terms of technique and weapons _ Betrayal Napoleon and IRAN ( finkinastan)

[@johnmilon9584]

DOROOD!!!!!!! I AM BAKHTIYARI FROM ABDAN!!!!! I LOVE GREATER IRAN!!!!!!! ARYA SHAR!!!!!!! TRUE QIBLA PASARGARD!!!!!!! PASARGARD!!!!!!! PASARGARD!!!!!!!! LONG LIVE ARYA IRAN!!!!!!!!.....

[@amomehdi9907]

Cacuses nothing to with Arya Shar maybe part talysh people azerbajan and ossetia maybe armenia

[@khashayar8989]

​ Read history you fool even the beginning he says Caucasus been always been part of Persian empires you can't change history

[@headhunter7052]

Thank you - this provides a great link between Persia wrt Darius & Alex the great - and the present day.

[@sahilkerimov8504]

Thanks true informations . Admin where are u from?

[@troydavis1]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="920">15:20</a>, Turkmenchay is 1828, not 1813 as you wrote on the text

[@HikmaHistory]

Thank you for noting it out. I don't I had made a single error in yet in any of my vids until this one... then I made 2!

[@troydavis1]

@@HikmaHistory You can blame it on covid 19 quarantine stress :-) !!

[@HikmaHistory]

@@troydavis1 haha I wish I could, this vid was uploaded before all this madness! Stay safe, mate.

[@anzorgotsiridze8141]

if irandont wants to loose more lands stop thinking to think for caucasus russia vin war wit germany so theywill win again

[@saeidgholibeik9865]

For those who are seeking the facts about the reason PERSIA (IRAN) lost against Russia, they should know that throughout history, when ever Persia had weak rulers the enemies attacked and they were successful! But when Persia had such powerful dynasties such as: Acmaeids, Parthia, Sassanians, the world's superpower and ruled the world successfully for over 1100 years combined (from 550 BC to 651AD either solo or along with Romans)! The QAJAR dynasty is a shame in PERSIA (IRAN'S) history!

[@saeidgholibeik9865]

@Абдульзефир Well if you disagree, then better go back to the class and read some history books!

[@orionclouds3741]

True

[@aahmadov]

Well all of the empires had weak rulers and were attacked by its rivals. keep in mind that Achaemenid empire was destroyed by Alexander. Parthia ( hardly Iranian) was destroyed by Romans and of course Sassanids which were defeated by Arabs. On the other hand Shah Ismail, Nader Shah which had Turkic origins prevented others to tear Iran into small parts. Iran had power when it had ability to attract others into his armies and economy

[@uuba2]

Well you are talking about period of 15 centuries ago.

[@zaurzaur1409]

Каджари пермы или турки? И как турки попали в Персию?

[@Artur_M.]

I somehow missed this video until now. Probably because I neglected to hit that pesky bell icon. The ending got me excited, because it looked like a foreshadowing of a future video, looking at the conquest of the North Caucasus and resistance of its peoples.

[@HikmaHistory]

Thanks, Artur! You're absolutely right, I've already planned a video on the Caucasian War (just waiting for the next Khabib fight to release!)

[@ramazanhoxha4265]

nice video

[@greatdslayarr]

Would be interesting to see a video on the Caucasian War, as it is a natural progression from the Russo-Persian and Russo-Turkish wars. If you do plan to make it, I can help with translating Russian sources. Loved this video in any case

[@HikmaHistory]

Thanks dude, I definitely intend on covering that, especially Imam Shamil and the Circassian Genocide.

[@greatdslayarr]

@@HikmaHistory I'm glad to hear it! There aren't any good English-language videos on the events during the Caucasian War. Even Russian Wikipedia articles hold much much more information about the people and events that occurred, I have a couple Russian books on the subject as well (albeit likely biased in some way against our people)

[@HikmaHistory]

@@greatdslayarr You're Circassian?

[@greatdslayarr]

@@HikmaHistory I'm Dagestani

[@HikmaHistory]

@@greatdslayarr So what language do you speak, Avar?

[@luishernandezblonde]

It should be known that the Caucasian people in majority dislike both Iranian and Russian rules. It is just the Russians were trickier than Iranians.

[@khashayar8989]

Georgia perhaps not all since lots of you moved to iran from that war i still know 1000 s of you their surname is still even Georgian Armenians like iran Azarbayejan is same people why did lots of you run to iran and still living there?

[@MtiuliBichi]

@@khashayar8989 Georgians were exiled dude.

[@khashayar8989]

@@MtiuliBichi So many Georgians were on the Persian side and went to persians for help lots of the Georgians i know they are well practising Muslims My best friend is a Georgian In Iran and his surname still Georgian. When I asked them why they came to iran they all say due to Russian invasion They didn't want to live under Russian rule

[@MtiuliBichi]

@@khashayar8989 Interesting. I know some Georgian nobles fought the russians with persian help, and after being defeated went to live in Iran. Your friend must be one of them then, but their a minority. Most of the georgians in Iran were deported by Shah Abas during his invasions on Kartli and Kakheti.

[@khashayar8989]

@@MtiuliBichi some Georgian leaders went to Iran for help with lots of other Georgians due to defeat they stayed. My friends surname is Georgian that is his surname some of them are Muslims even but iran has many Armenians i live in Armenians neighbourhood there are no muslims here at all

[@CaptainKGF1]

Bro , thanks for telling folks of other part of world about history of this area.. Which we never knew

[@ftst4756]

Great video! Can you make a video on circassian genocide and circassian exile??

[@HikmaHistory]

I will eventually make a vid on the Russian conquests of the Caucasus (Imam Shamil, Circassia etc)

[@mlsmoothe8774]

Where can I go to learn more about Persian culture, art and history from Persia’s perspective?

[@eagleeye182]

You won't learn anything from Iran's perspective. Read books of Roger Savory, Minorsky and other famous historians.

[@qwerty12020]

.There was nothing related to Persia in this video-

[@mlsmoothe8774]

@@eagleeye182 It would be nice to learn history from a different perspective, ideally from the people who hails from the native country.

[@eagleeye182]

@@mlsmoothe8774 If you really want to learn about Iran, you should read books written by non-Iranians, because the vast majority of books written by Iranian historians are subjective and biased. Iran committed the genocide of neighboring countries and they don`t even mention those atrocities in their books.

[@usernotfound8061]

@@eagleeye182 How can u be that lier

[@saddamhussein7606]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="436">7:16</a> You might say that the city of Ganja got smoked...

[@HikmaHistory]

That's cheeky haha

[@saddamhussein7606]

Hikma History Terrible dad joke but no else had made it so I felt it was my duty.

[@MrDididevi]

in the mid XII c. georgians raided ganja and left the city without the gate, so everybody could have the access to ganja :) the gate was donated to the gelati monastery and one can still see it there

[@SezarOroo]

Hikma!

[@funkdoubt1]

Straight after I took Ganja, I ate and went to sleep 😂 *do forgive childish interruption, impulse mis control * Value your efforts and videos 🙏🏽

[@raclark2730]

You are not the only one who has a chuckle at that name. 😁And interestingly the Southern Caucasus is considered one of the possible origin points of the magical herb.

[@neekonsaadat2532]

Song at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="118">1:58</a>... Did you guys take that from the Atomic Heart gameplay sneak-peek? I think it's called Smooth Rest Cafe? Interesting choice

[@ryansaadat7762]

I agree Neekon, very interesting choice indeed. Noice.

[@sassa82]

Im iranian. Some of my ancestors immigrated in the 1800s to Tehran from southern Russia after Iran lost the territories.

[@nice5396]

There is one part you did not speak about. Iran did win one war during Abbas the Great, but I guess this is about how Iran lost the Caucasus not defended it.

[@HikmaHistory]

Precisely! But I think you're referring to Abbas II (Abbas the Great's great-grandson)

[@nice5396]

@@HikmaHistory Oh yes! I thought it was the famous Abbas the Great that could do such an act. Good content otherwise. The Persian wars are rearly talked about mostly on the Iranian side.

[@HikmaHistory]

@@nice5396 Thanks!

[@eagleeye182]

Shah Abbas I lost four major wars against the eastern Georgian Kingdom of Kartli. The Battle of Tsitsamuri (1615), The Battle of Martqopi (1625), the Battle of Marabda (1625) and the Battle of Ksani (1625). However, it has to be noted that Shah Abbas I inflicted untold misery upon the Georgian population between 1614-1617. As for Shah Abbas II, he decided to finish what his infamous grandfather had started. He wanted to completely depopulate Kakheti (eastern Georgia), so, to support this large-scale barbaric operation, on the orders of Shah Abbas II the Bakhtrioni and Karaghaji fortresses were built and the fortress of Alaverdi was fortified. Also, Kakheti was divided into two administrative units. The south-west of Kakheti was subordinated to the Beglarbeg of Karabakh Murtazal Kuli-Khan and the rest of Kakheti was subordinated to the ruler of Nakhichevan Ali Kuli-Khan Kangarli. Fortunately, Georgians concocted a plan and rebelled. This uprising is know as the Bakhtrioni uprising (1659). Georgians obliterated the Iranian garrisons in all three fortresses and slaughtered all 80,000 Turkomans to the last person.

[@akhtarmahmood6986]

Very true history

[@unnaturalselection8330]

No one stays on top forever and no one gets to keep everything they had when they were strong past their time of strength. Just as Byzantines, Armenians, Persians etc fought over the region and Persian eventually came away with the win, so too did Russia and Persia. Nothing lasts forever. The lesson history teaches us over and over is just this: never let your people be weak. ...The foe you're fighting won't show but so much mercy.

[@rameenaayan3248]

Damn that collab with khanubis really didn't do you much good only 600 views for such a great well made video really?

[@HikmaHistory]

All in due time!

[@imranhossain247]

Make a video on Mongol Invasion of Persia and Siege of Baghdad by Mongol Empire and it's affect on Islamic Empires. Interesting Channel and also underrated 🙂

[@HikmaHistory]

Siege of Baghdad is severely overdue!

[@imranhossain247]

@@HikmaHistory ok 🙂

[@imranhossain247]

@synco pated well I never ask that, I was asking for Mongol Invasion of Persia, and Azerbaijan was under Persian control when Russia annexed it I guess.

[@blotzkrog]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="955">15:55</a> can confirm this, sadly :'(

[@ummfaizal]

Can you make video about Malay in south Thailand? How their sultanate conquered by Thai? I see your channel more oriented to Middle Eastern and South Asian. You should know that majority muslims are in South East Asian

[@ssa3101]

Have always felt like some muslim empires like the ottomans and the persians had an outside chance of matching the military brilliance of the west in the 17th and the 18th century. But by the 19th century it was too late.

[@bigfan2452]

This is because the Ottoman Empire and Persian empire failed to industrialize and invent new military technology. Empires need to consistently invent or innovate military technology in order to stay ahead.

[@ssa3101]

@@bigfan2452 that's why i said an outside chance. If the 'tanzeemat' had worked and who knows what would have happened.

[@xenabidin8788]

even mughal india could have done that, but then who would have those light bulb ideas at the right time. To my understanding only Japanese were the most disciplined people who could adopt new routines, were quite ambitious but japanese were situated too isolated to challenge europeans at that time.

[@jcheyney9_293]

I live in Dagestan

[@user-fm9gd9xp4n]

You spelled military wrong. Great video.

[@HikmaHistory]

I know, I lost a few hours of sleep that night haha! Thank you!

[@araz1204]

@@HikmaHistory this guy stinks man

[@g111g]

Wasn't it the tsar who reneged on the agreement with Napoleon and not Napoleon who reneged? That is, Russia withdrew from the Continental system. Or was there another disagreement as well?

[@OshinAttari]

Reza Shah : Qajars Only Had 1 Man And He is Abbas Mirza

[@OrangeBurgerSC706]

Agha khan qajar was also a man, and a tougher one than Reza Mirpanj. Who was a total kneeler himself unless he was fighting a couple of barely armed tribals

[@knotdead5783]

​@@OrangeBurgerSC706 bruh he was a eunuch so he wasn't a man😂

[@mahdi-oe6mk]

Yeah i'm fan of abbas mirza

[@AGHaxio]

​@@OrangeBurgerSC706 well you kinda right The only pwoerful king of Qajar was muhammad khan

[@medetbilalsarac4856]

Ottomans and persians fought many many wars for 300 years. At the end neither Ottomans held Tabriz, Genja or Baku nor Persians held Baghdad, Mosul or Van. So many countless, useless wars. How would the things go if Persians and Ottoman Empire could form an alliance against Russians during late 18. century and 19. century in order to keep the border at Caucasus mountains ? it was obvious that neither ottomans were capable of holding Azerbaijani lands nor the Persians were capable of holding Iraqi lands. Why both sides didn't agree on the border and kept attacking? Thus both nations were muslim. In some eras both countries were ruled by turkish dynasties but they kept fighting. If only if only we could put aside our problems and unite against the stronger enemy

[@narimanmustafayev393]

No brainer bro. There is no other explanation.

[@DConan-jj6dm]

Ottomans and Safavid ideologies is completly difference,that is the reason.

[@prosperitystar]

Thanks for the info, watched just for writing an essay: war the most disgusting thing in human life

[@lopaapol2879]

What happened to Azad Khan Afghan’s territories?

[@HikmaHistory]

Taken by the Zands or Qajars.

[@mahdiyargholmm2021]

Taken by zand zand were taken by qajars

[@jangjueparsi9915]

Azad Khan afghan was defeated by Karim Zand in 1757 and surrendered himself to Karim, who pardond him

[@Oshin-en8nb]

Sadly We lost QafQaz and Herat Regions and A Lot of Islands in Persian Gulf

[@narimanmustafayev393]

@Delaram Salmassi keep dreaming lady. Noone wants to be part of Iran. Neither georgians nor azerbaijanis. You can take armenians you love them sooo much😁

[@narimanmustafayev393]

@Delaram Salmassi ottoman empire had Greece Bulgaria Serbia Macedonia Montenegro Iraq Egypt Libya and etc. Lets give them back all of these lands. Moreover Mongols conquered Iran you can go back under rule of Mongols or you can be one the of Alexander the great's captured lands. What kind of sick mind is this🙅‍♂️. Iran took these lands by force like any other empire. So we say no to the any empire. Before dreaming big try to survive the western sanctions.

[@narimanmustafayev393]

@Delaram Salmassi will you sooo kind to ask people's opinion if we want to be part of the Iran or not?))) Ottomans had much greater much stronger and more lasting Empire than yours. You just cant digest it which is understandable from nazism point of view. Remember we dont we will not be part of Iran. We fill fight if someone will try to step on our lands. Before claiming other people's territories like russian imperialists think twice. One day all empires will dissolve and our world will live in peace. You are exactly armenians who dream about Greater Armenia. You just elder brothers.of them.

[@narimanmustafayev393]

@Delaram Salmassi let me repeat myself. We are good as it is. Built your empire and etc without us. We are much much better without you. Just mind your business. Stay away from us :) isn't it so hard? Go and conquer all the world just stay away from us :D

[@narimanmustafayev393]

@Delaram Salmassi are turks iranians? Are dagestanis iranian? Are georgians iranians? Chechens? Cherkes? Answer is completely no. So it will not happen. You took territories by force and you can back only by force.

[@carlitosleonidas3029]

Oof, learned a lot about this topic.

[@NationFedayiArmenia]

Turk-tatars nomads began installation in Armenian Highland in 17-18th centuries and we armenians tried many times to expel these nomads. At this time, a big part of territories under Iranian rule were ruled by armenian semi-states in Syunik and Artsakh (melikdoms). What do you expect from people with persian names, russian-persian surnames, latin alphabet and ambiguous DNA like nowaday citizens of Azerbaijan Republic. Respect to Iran/Persia (including Iranian people Azaris), our only real neighbour for near 2500 yrs of common history.

[@StoneyBoyz818]

In the 1886 population counting of the Dagestan Oblast of Russia's Caucasus Viceroyalty, of the 15,265 inhabitants Derbent had, 8,994 (58,9%) were of Iranian descent (Russian: персы) thus comprising an absolute majority in the town.

[@amomehdi9907]

Nope they are all Caucasian lazgins dargins kyrmouk no iranian ever leave there

[@StoneyBoyz818]

@@amomehdi9907 Iranian roots live there

[@amomehdi9907]

Nope no iranian roots all of them Caucasian leave them alone

[@StoneyBoyz818]

@@amomehdi9907 nope your wrong check history before the Russian Persian wars it was Iranian territory

[@amomehdi9907]

@@StoneyBoyz818 only southern part dagestan which qajar took over for only few years still that doesn't they belong to us they are Caucasian

[@manetho5134]

Chad Russians kept fighting the Persians in spite of the the fact that their capital city was occupied and literally BURNING

[@themajesticstick5262]

St Petersburg was the capital technically. Peter the great though Moscow was too medieval and moved built a new city.

[@SYN022]

that's the beauty as at end the russians came out as victorious in all fronts......this teaches us to stay calm in all situations and not to panic......sometimes to win big, you've accept small defeats

[@missmiss8359]

@@SYN022 the became victorious by committing a genocide and ther is nothing glorious about that

[@AsiaMinor12]

Russia isn't "Chad". It's 50000 dead soldiers in Ukraine is a humiliation.

[@nasigorengpecelesteh1506]

Is that caucasus area that Zulqarnain built giant wall or iron and cuprum? Where juj yajuj living?

[@yaqubebased1961]

That wall was built by the Sasanians during Khosrow Anushirvan's reign. It had nothing to do with neither Zulqarnains (Cyrus and Alexander).

[@parsashojai6945]

The entire comment section is people explain how their families were displaced as a result of this war. It just shows how far the Russo Persian Wars reached.

[@thisismeagain86]

Two recommendations for Humanity 1. never invade Afghanistan, 2. never move an army into Russian stay and stay the winter

[@HikmaHistory]

Solid recommendations tbh

[@sael52]

both these countries have been occupied many times.

[@OrangeBurgerSC706]

Timur did burn through most of Russia in the winter but sadly forgot to burn Moscow, because it was a collection of mudhuts at the time and not a great city loaded with gold

[@iNeed2.p]

@@OrangeBurgerSC706 most of Russian? Russia is freaking huge

[@OrangeBurgerSC706]

@@iNeed2.p it wasn't when Timur was alive LMAO, or was solely confined to their real lands in eastern Europe, not the mass territory the Slavs stole from a variety of Turkic and Asiatic peoples

[@ruggedindividual708]

Most important question - Khabib or Tony?

[@HikmaHistory]

Haha Khabib (perhaps even a stoppage).

[@johndewey6358]

You have a lot of inaccuracies, a few examples: Before 1018 there was no country or nation called Azerbaijan, please correct the incorrect maps you are showing, That territory was called Araan and Talesh (aka Talish). Another inaccuracy about massacres in Georgia: please contact current Georgian history professors to clarify the so called massacre was much smaller scale aimed at elements that had betrayed the Persian empire and collaborated with the Tsarist Russia.

[@clifffff7630]

Indeed! Agha Mohammad Khan's massacre of Georgians in Tbilisi is dwarfed by what he did to Persian inhabitants of the city of Kerman in Central Iran.

[@irreligiousman3395]

The territotry wasn't called aran. It was called Azerbaijan. There are survived old maps, which are showing existence of Azerbaijan from the north of Araz river.

[@ambytf]

🤡Persians literally burned Tbilisi, killing its residents regardless of political affinity. Georgian historians are the first ones to agree with this.

[@David-dc4xt]

How could we, Georgians, betray persian occupants who have been occupying and genociding us for centuries? Persia at that time was the same as russia is today for us.

[@noworldfortheweak]

We georgians can't betray a Iran. Because we have nothing similar with iran. Only history which are very painfully for Georgians and for Iranians still are talking about it very proudly that they invaded my country. Fuck of.

[@Samirustem]

people make up so much fuss about european plain being the reason for the invasion of Russia. Iran, Georgia even india was invaded so many times and all had nice mountains to protect them. it is true to some extent but this thing is blown out of proportion lot

[@wierdo-jc7xv]

I think you should say that when iran attacked georgia russians promised to send their army for aid but they did not arrive. beacouse of that georgia fought iran and won but lost its army. after that russia had no problem taking over georgia.

[@PewPewPlasmagun]

False. Georgians refused to enter the Russian Empire as a governorate, they wanted to retain their kingdom. In the end they came to a better conclusion. These russophobic arguments are just little more sophisticated than what US propaganda does.

[@kartvelianmapping808]

@@PewPewPlasmagun russia literally promised troops against persia. No annexation was included.

[@kartvelianmapping808]

@@deleteduser1877 shemoval,madloba

[@kartvelianmapping808]

@@deleteduser1877 GeorgianBoi

[@deleteduser1877]

@@kartvelianmapping808 ა ეგ შენ ხარ ისე შენი იუთუბის სურათი ძაან მომწონს

[@shermoore1693]

You make no mention of Circassia (Sochi). Why is that? There is documentation of the horrific sieges by the Russians, but if you could look into it, give us a precise account, I would be grateful.

[@eagleeye182]

Sochi used to be a Georgian city.

[@shermoore1693]

@@eagleeye182 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Sochi

[@devapala879]

What was Ottoman Turkey, the obvious other great power in the region, doing at the time? The video needs a discussion of that to be complete.

[@karimmezghiche9921]

The Ottomans were busy fighting against the Austrians and Russians in the Balkans

[@keyboardemperor3540]

They've since discovered that Armenian isn't Indo-European but more Semitic

[@johndock9164]

Every empire on this planet brought war and blood and had an influence on Qartvelians and our Kingdom and modern day Country. Iran, Turkey Russia and all others must pay compensation to Georgian nation. We have long historical memory and rights supported with documents.

[@danielforeroc]

Georgia and Armenia were treated well under the Russian Empire, but after the revolution, everything went to hell, and then a georgian born bolshevik killed millions, destroyed Russian culture and tried to ethnically cleanse as far as he could. Before 1917 Russia did a lot for Georgia, but sadly, that time is long gone.

[@togrulhuseynli7600]

this is the most accurate video that depicted Caucasus's and Azerbaijan's history so far,extremely underrated! thank you for telling the truest form of the history! a deep note: the southern azerbaijanis who were living in vicinity of cities that had majority turkic population Tabriz,Urmia,Ardabil were separated from Northern(modern) Azerbaijan,even today,principalities of Tabriz and Urmia are officially called Western and Eastern Azerbaijan by Iran themselves since then,our people of Azerbaijan never reunited so far.

[@HikmaHistory]

Thank you, Togrul, I appreciate that! Yh, I think read somewhere that there are more Azeri's in Iran than there are in Azerbaijan - I don't know if that's true or not. In the coming months, I shall have a video on Imam Shamil as well!

[@togrulhuseynli7600]

@@HikmaHistory it is true :)

[@persianguy1524]

@@HikmaHistory Not really true azerbeyjan provinces population is 8 million and the rest of the azeris in Iran which are around 4 million or so are heavily assimilated and Persianized.

[@persianguy1524]

@@togrulhuseynli7600 half of azerbeyjan the country is talish, tat, lezgin and avar. Calm down.

[@orhanmichael2665]

@@persianguy1524 that’s literally how fake does sound. Go ahead, friend, don’t stop, call all the population of Northern Azerbaijan “talysh, tat, lezgi” etc. Why just half of the country? Lol.

[@eddieds312]

When did they change the name from Persia to Iran?

[@yaqubebased1961]

Persia was what the Greeks and other foreigners called it. It's been called Iran by the locals for at least since the times of Ardashir Babakan (~200 AD).

[@yazabeauty8856]

They lost north part of Azerbaijan region or khanates after than in 1918 Azerbaijan and Armenia created independent republics in losted Iranian territories .But we should mention this fact that period Iran (Gajar) founded by turks(azeri turks).

[@Tr-ie6zy]

Qajar were not azeri . They were one of turk tribe who lived in north of iran Mazandaran and Golestan . Im iranian i know my history But Safavid were Azari who came from Ardebil . And about re.public ot azerbaijan , this lands were for Iran . But we loat these lands from Golestan and TurkmanChay deals ! And important thing iran has rich culture and it has many folks include persian , turks , kurds , lur , arab , Gilaki , balouch ... and more than thousands years these tribes have been living with eachother with iranian culture and iranian tribes and laguages and persian was relation of this culture if you check history of iran Azari , Lur , Gilaki , Mazandarani more than others even persian serve to persian language and iranian culture ... if you were wise you ask ursekf why iran is country who many non iranian ruled on this country like turks and arab or mongol while iranian became not to the turk or why they did not lost their language as influence lang between tribes ? Becuase iranian had and still alive culture and strong culture which make this people to close eachother and their formality language is farsi although when they had non iranian rulers for more than thousand year , they save and live with their culture and lang who is alive today ... but in other country with historical area like Egypt or Anatolia you do not see old culture and old lang there ? While egypt were egyptian but they became to arab and arab culture or anatoli while they were Eastern roma and European people but they became turk and turkish culture .. so this is different between iran and other nation which lost their culture and language .. iran is special place and its heartland betweem nations .

[@aliazarmehralparslan6067]

@@Tr-ie6zy alot of Qajars later settled around Tabriz as well. Also a lot of Khorasani Turks like Afshars settled in Iranian Azerbaijan as well. I'm from city of Miyaneh and we have a village here named after the Afshars. Also the Turkish accent we speak is the exact same language in Kalat e Naderi where Nader shah wrote a poem on a stone tablet. So there are Afshars and Qajars in Azerbaijan as well.

[@bestlobjagamer348]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="294">4:54</a> Actually Russians never did any help, they would encourage Georgia to agitate Ottomans and Persians, start war with them and promising military help, than ordering their Russian generals to leave battlefield in middle of battle and leave Georgians all alone against this 2 big empires, whom the Russians agitated in first place. The goal of this was to weaken Georgia and gradually make it more and more dependent on Russia, so in the end, it would be easier to annex, such smart strategy, although morally questionable one, worked really well. considering that how devastated Georgia was from muslim deluge, for its kings it truly looked like a heavenly blessing when giant Christian country offers you a hand and trusted it with all their hearts.

[@zuuzuuka]

Georgians had been courting Russian patronage since the 17th century, since before Peter the First. Finally, the greatest Russian monarch Catherine the Great agreed a protectorate status at the latter part of 18th century. And she was true to her word, even if her generals were incompetent and dishonourable (to put it very lightly). But with her death, the reliability of Russian diplomacy died, and Georgia became prey rather than vassal.

[@stbuddha3547]

That's basically the same strategy being used by russia with armenia today.

[@OrangeBurgerSC706]

Pretty sure Pavle Ispokhdor and Ivan Paskevich would laugh at this

[@bestlobjagamer348]

@@OrangeBurgerSC706 i dont know what good things they did but its nothing compared to bad stuff russias politics did to georgia

[@OrangeBurgerSC706]

@@bestlobjagamer348 taking you from Iran and building the whole fake Identity of your country. Using the orthocrap church as it's base

[@kamalindsey]

Its interesting how many Azeris live in Iran, people don't realize it usually.

[@sassa82]

Iranians realise it.

[@araz1204]

we tabrizis are mostly iranian

[@yaqubebased1961]

Azerbaijan IS Iran.

[@araz1204]

@@yaqubebased1961 ahhhh ok

[@kamalindsey]

@@yaqubebased1961 erm

[@rabindrapalai9672]

love u all

[@stoneruler]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="753">12:33</a> god that Persian beard...

[@paki_baloch]

That is one long beard

[@folkmedia4432]

It was common in Iran

[@amirhoseinmaghsodi2416]

تاریخ کشور های : آذربایجان _ارمنستان _ گرجستان _ ایران 🇦🇿🇦🇲🇬🇪🇮🇷🙏❤

[@meme-potentialsearch8010]

You either delete armenian flag or azari one

[@freehadrut554]

May Allah punish haram Azerbaijan for bombing my beloved Homeland Karabakh!

[@freehadrut554]

💩🇦🇿💩Haram Azerbaijan commeted war crimes in Karabakh!

[@amirhoseinmaghsodi2416]

@@meme-potentialsearch8010 تاریخ چیزی هست که هیچ وقت از بین نمیره شما برو اول تحقیق کن راجب مناطق قفقاز یا کشور های آذربایجان ارمنستان گرجستان و ایران تاریخ های کهن قدیمی دارن و همه یه زمانی یه ملت بودن