Rise of Timur - War against Toqtamish - MONGOL INVASIONS DOCUMENTARY

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Our animated historical documentary on the history of the Mongols continues with a video on the rise of Timur, who some consider the only Mongol leader comparable to Chinggis khan. This chapter will focus on his taking over the power in Central Asia and Iran, and the war against the Khan of the Golden Horde Toqtamish with descriptions of the battles of Terek and Kondurcha River. Timur will be back for more...
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[@KingsandGenerals]

The best way to prove that you are not a robot is to click that like button! BTW, we have a podcast on the history of the Mongols, where we go into much more detail. Must listen according to those who do :-) www.kingsandgenerals.net/podcast/ apple.co/2QTuMNG bit.ly/2QDF7y0 spoti.fi/2UBmyuO

[@ajithsidhu7183]

Pls do one on india please more wars

[@hammadikhlaq7570]

Please resume your episodes on Ottoman Empire.

[@RandomGuy-df1oy]

I wasn't expecting you to put Timur into "Mongol Invasions" series, such a amateur mistake

[@TheJackmeisterMongolHistory]

@@RandomGuy-df1oy his campaigns tie into the fate of the later western Mongol Khanates, and his political legitimacy was based in the Chinggisid political system. The series is more on the fate of the later Mongol Empire, than strictly on invasionsn

[@jeffreyvaughn6332]

Genghis kahn had red hair and green/blue eyes. Might want to revise your animation.

[@eedwardgrey2]

Timur left us with the empowering message that just because you're differently abled doesn't mean you can't follow your dream of becoming a genocidal warlord.

[@Badge-tu7ff]

Cheers... I'll drink to that bro.

[@DreamerFromBeyond]

Tamerlane was so OP when God saw him on Earth he had to nerf him by making him lame. XD

[@trtvitor1385]

He was a cripple, not differently abled.

[@KatariaGujjar]

@@trtvitor1385 Usually, when a specific functional body part is cut off, the brain indices responsible for that specific part are transformed to serve as extra capacities for other remaining indices. Simplest example is, people who go blind have "heightened" touch sensations, and people who go deaf have "heightened" visual sensations.

[@mazadancoseben4818]

Hitler

[@vanaik]

no matter how serious the situation, Timur always found time to plunder Georgia

[@AnalogOpher]

Hahahaha

[@ephraimboateng5239]

Funny and sad

[@mazadancoseben4818]

Wonder what Stalin thought of him

[@pablolongobardi7240]

@@mazadancoseben4818 good topic for a prequel, stalin begins: timur

[@gioduduchadze2430]

8 times that happened in 14 years... 8 fucking times

[@l.a.covers8400]

Timur be like... 'I was a peasant like you, then I took an arrow to the leg.'

[@htoodoh5770]

@@saint_matthias Well about that

[@comunistubula4424]

@@saint_matthias I see you have a different definition for the word "better".

[@RatnaMaharaj]

Please don't try to bring that back. It was a terrible meme.

[@songcramp66]

@@comunistubula4424 Have they ever called anyone who didn't conquer anything as the great? Was there ever an artist or peace maker that was called the great? No, only conquerors are called the great. So what is better than being great?

[@comunistubula4424]

@@songcramp66 Alfred the Great, Meiji the Great, Mircea the Great, Valdemar the Great.

[@mehdihasani2543]

- *Mongolian Throat Singing Intensifies* - Baghdad: Why do i hear boss music.... *again*

[@OCinneide]

@@dmcdd6333 Your point?

[@dmcdd6333]

@@OCinneide THEY HAVE COMMEN HISTORY

[@songcramp66]

@@dmcdd6333 And I'm sure nobody knew there was an ethnicity or nation called Turkic because people didn't think in those terms back then. You can thank Europeans that you care about that stuff now.

[@dragonniz]

Hahaha

[@jonathanm504]

Sophia robot

[@auradzrts691]

Ah... Timur... The OG Mount and Blade player

[@tasinal-hassan8268]

Prophet Muhammad was also something like that.

[@hamza9234]

@@tasinal-hassan8268 ????? firstly no and secondly, religion is irrelevant here

[@stevanusnewman]

@ITS FACTZ yeah keep dreaming bud

[@tancreddehauteville9983]

ITS FACTZ wut? You crazy? High on hashish?

[@tasinal-hassan8268]

@@hamza9234 You think someone who went from being an illiterate goat herder to an accomplished warlord who laid the foundations for empires like that of Timur's or Osman's,is not related to what I just said?

[@Juggernaut909]

Those elephant cannons were annoying to deal with in Medieval 2.

[@filiusreticulum2926]

Two words: Flaming arrows

[@paperbagperson5634]

Still takes a lot. Even with flaming arrows. Javelins are the most reliable, but only a few countries have it.

[@Juggernaut909]

@@Mirokuofnite Nice

[@XxLIVRAxX]

@@Mirokuofnite Smart move

[@roberttucker1527]

@@Mirokuofnite LOL

[@emreatik]

Timur was so brilliant tactician and strategist even the normal chess was not enough for him so he created his own, Tamerlane Chess.

[@themufasalion]

@Yavuz Han aynen kardeşim tarihçiler yanlış sen doğrusun

[@selimgehayev8766]

Tarihçilerde aynı şeyi diyor aq. Videoda bile bahsetmişler yaptığı katliamlardan . Timuru Türk sanıp ismini duyunca götünden boşalan milliyetçi veletler buraya da doluşmuş

[@Vlad-wl3fw]

@Yavuz Han but that's a good thing!

[@MuhammadSodiq_AshirMuhammad]

He is not Tamerlan, he is Uzbek Amir Timur, (Uzbek) he from Uzbekistan Born in (Kesh-Shakhrisabz)

[@themufasalion]

@@selimgehayev8766 boş yapma gerizekali herif kim diyor böyle bir saçmalığı? senin gibi boş bir ifade öne sürmüyorum ben

[@andrewberrocal2281]

Imagine being someone so terrifying that reopening your tomb unleaded a curse that caused operation Barbarossa.

[@josephmcbloggs8447]

What??

[@lm19881]

@@josephmcbloggs8447 Tamerlane's tomb was opened shortly before the German invasion of the Soviet Union, 19 June 1941

[@josephmcbloggs8447]

@@lm19881 was it? Who did that and why!?

[@95bekirable]

@@josephmcbloggs8447 Soviets did it for research, and were "cursed" by operation Barbarossa.

[@LA-if8lu]

Operation Barbarossa was named after an Ottoman Admiral if I am not mistaken.

[@grimgoreironhide9985]

When in Russia, his army was nearly starving. Timur organised a massive hunt and followed Genghis Khan's example of forming a massive circle and tightening it so that all the wild animals would be trapped and killed easily.

[@onurcavusoglu1689]

that's actually how wolves hunt. This tactic used in battles as well by Turks and Mongols.

[@onurcavusoglu1689]

Turks call it "Kurt Kapanı" which we can translate to "Wolf Trap"

[@grimgoreironhide9985]

@@onurcavusoglu1689 The Mongols used these hunts to practice their warfare. They visualised enemy armies as wild animals. Their livestock herding also helped with warfare and strategy. Believe or not but their tactics were formed from their mundane nomadic lifestyle. From what I heard cutting a man's throat is not so different from cutting a sheep's ones.

[@boota8881]

@@grimgoreironhide9985 now when you say from what you heard, i hope you mean were told 😅

[@onurcavusoglu1689]

@@grimgoreironhide9985 bruh I'm Turkish they teach this stuff in 5th grade

[@TheClownesque]

I'm surprised at how competent a commander Toqtamish was. I'd always assumed that, due to how devastating Timur's victory over him was, he must've been only mediocre. But all his battles with Timur were very well fought, and it could've gone either way - it seems like Toqtamish would've been the great power of the time had Timur not risen to power (say, had he died from his wounds when young).

[@ahamedihamiyun5927]

@@cosmopolitanbay9508 he would have got clapped had he face emperor yongle of the great Ming

[@soheil527]

@@ahamedihamiyun5927 who knows? he had won battles against superior armies thousands of miles apart

[@ahamedihamiyun5927]

@@soheil527 yeah but the ming weren't that far apart from and haded more troops and advanced weapons than him on top of that they haded homefield advantage

[@tolibnormatoff844]

Ahamedi Hamiyun Timur had cannons Dont think Ming had it.

[@ahamedihamiyun5927]

@@tolibnormatoff844 they did

[@cotnesiradze3520]

7:53 After converting to islam , Bagrat convinced Timur to give him an army to convert the rest of Georgia, but actually warned his sons about the coming army, which he led into a trap and slaughtered. Saying that Timur was angered is an understatement, as he attacked Georgia a further seven times between 1387-1403, causing irreperable damage and contributing to the kingdom's final demise.

not true, Timur raped and devastated georgia, he also couldve converted whole georgia without the need of more troops. he got the skill to raise terror in the people

[@Eabokor1]

It was so unnecessary i even heard many georgian historical cities and towns were torched and destroyed lands sowed with salt, thousands upon thousands slaughtered they should have just bent the knee to be honest... wasnt worth that mess they should have braved the Timur storm which would have collapsed after his death and similar to uzbeks, georgians could have pushed out and retaken lost cities even expanding further azerbaijan region as timurids were in freefall after the death of shah rukh and they would have done all this with there state still in tact and healthy

[@quetiaogoreng4651]

Damn, georgia are poland of middle east

[@adrianbundy3249]

@@Eabokor1 Unnecessary mass murder in Georgia? That was Timur's MO when dealing with anyone after a time. He sacked Baghdad, killing everyone but artisans, which he sent back. He went on a killing spree in Damascus, citing things a thousand years before during Umayyad dynasty, and the killing of Mohamed's sons, etc - as the reason for his 1000 year late massacre.... Needless? Yeah, that covers it. It wasn't even about conversions really; he once hit an Islamic town, and ordered every soldier to collect 200 human heads and return. They ran out of men to kill... So they killed all the campaign's prisoners. And that still wasn't enough, so they killed some of their own women... Yeah, a psychopath doesn't begin to describe it. But yeah, after the betrayal going on in Georgia; he felt like doing much more of the same up there too. He was just not the type of person you wanted to get on the bad side with, especially if you weren't far enough away with some sort of super army. Similar to Genghis in that way.

[@gigachaduneli1121]

@ its true that we gave timur hardest time, but we were devastated. also timurs goal in georgia was converting georgians which he ultimately failed. at and timur recognised king george as christian king. for us its equal to victory

[@Brahmdagh]

When I was like 10 years old. My friend said his grandfather told him about some king who used to go everywhere with another king locked in a cage like a parrot. I later found out it was Timur.

[@grimgoreironhide9985]

Lol. Locked up like a 🦜🤣😂. Careful now you are going to have a bunch triggered Neo Ottomans on your case now.

[@Brahmdagh]

@@grimgoreironhide9985 To be fair, Every Timur story triggers myself lol. Let's just say, he was not the most compassionate guy, and leave it at that.

[@comunistubula4424]

"he was not the most compassionate guy" Lmao,that's the understatement of the year.

[@tasinal-hassan8268]

Locked in a cage like a parrot,while his wife was forced to serve Amir Timur naked.

[@timurjoro1995]

Tasin Al-Hassan that is a lie. I am Turk from Kyrgyzstan. Temur never played someone’s wife. Yes it’s true that he kept Bayazid in cage while still giving him a respect he deserved.

[@maulcoal]

And one of Timur descendants is Babur, first emperor of Mughal Dynasty

[@tasinal-hassan8268]

You know,Babur actually conquered Delhi because he wanted to finish what Timur started.

[@beatsbynowrose8946]

@@tasinal-hassan8268 Babur was dethroned from samarkand. That is why he conquered Delhi.

[@tasinal-hassan8268]

@@beatsbynowrose8946 Yes,but he was inspired by Timur to go there.

[@tabrazbaloch]

One of the richest empie in the world. 35% of the world GDP. Also, they built great structures like Taj mehal and Badshahi mosque Lahore.

[@tabrazbaloch]

@Grim Reaper Shahjahan.

[@denniscleary7580]

It’s amazing how much an empire can expand just using horses and bows, they were definitely a force to reckon with. Thanks Kings

[@deeipomar2366]

@eualadindeal 😂😂😂😂

[@songcramp66]

​@@OljeiKhan Nomadic horse archers just turned into gunpowder empires. They were very effective at holding their own against European and Ottoman armies. However, eventually cannons and drilling became much more important. No none Western power would ever field large quantities of drilled armies that march in formation, that would be the antithesis of noble warfare. They also didn't have the technology and expertise to produce high quality cannons. So by the 17th century and onwards, the Russians, with their newly Westernized armies, began taking over practically all of the Eurasian plains.

[@guilhermehx7159]

@eualadindeal until firearms put an end to it

[@guilhermehx7159]

@eualadindeal crossbows and firearms were not invented to counter plate armor, as they existed before plate armor could have been developed. One could at most say that they were PERFECTED to counter armor, but not INVENTED to counter it

[@shaolindreams]

The steppes, desert and tundra are vast areas of containing nothing much to oppose a massive horde. Perfect place for a massive cavalry army.

[@samo1560]

Timur already 60 years old and hus career was just starting

[@lukehaddad5185]

Age ain't nothing but a number when it comes to career building. Timur has immense drive and ambition.

[@fishcereal9940]

@Attila We know

[@Psychol-Snooper]

If he'd had Viagra it might have saved the world a bit of bloodshed.

[@andromedaputraharyanto5420]

@Attila even if he is, then why? What's the point? It doesn't hurt you if he isn't though

[@andromedaputraharyanto5420]

@Attila I ask you again, what's your point?

[@oguzhangorgun6918]

Meanwhile Russians: *we see this as an absolute win*

[@beksultan7801]

Toktamysh burned Moscow

[@beksultan7801]

Before he lost to Timur

[@090giver090]

@@beksultan7801 Yes. That's why Toktamysh's demise by Timur was quite a blessing for Russian principalities as after that there were no (except maybe Edigu and Ulugh Muhammad) powerful enough khans to put nascent Muskovy in serous danger.

[@finnthehuman5232]

@@beksultan7801 are you kazakh bro?

[@aaronmarks9366]

Love your pfp

[@irfaner3407]

A little note for those who don't know "Timur" means "Iron" in Turkish

[@DonPichote6898]

Neat

[@emreatik]

He was born without a claim but came to power and he conquered more than any other leader. He never lost a battle in his lifetime.

[@siilerin12.imammehdiputin24]

Emre Atik Adam Mogol Hani'nin damadi, sifirdan basardigi bir sey yok

[@emreatik]

@@siilerin12.imammehdiputin24 Annesinin karnından damat olarak mı doğmuş? Başka Sultanlar gibi babasından atasından kalma devleti mi vardı?

[@siilerin12.imammehdiputin24]

Emre Atik Yine sen hayvan herif. Timur sifirdan devlet falan kurmamistir. Cagatay mogol hakaninin damadi. Mogol hani pasif biri e bu da aktif biri oldugu icin devleti bir nevi iceriden ele geciriyor. Tipki Memluklu tahtini ele geciren Baybars gibi

[@siilerin12.imammehdiputin24]

Biliepan Ne olmus, Ortaasyada herkes bozkir eskiyasi zaten. Pargali Ibrahim de balikcinin ogluydu ne var bunda. Savasmayi da eskiyaliktan ogreniyorlardi zaten

[@h.zevvel5366]

Şiilerin 12. İmamı Mehdi Putin Timur bu yazdıklarını görse seni cihanın en kıymetli Türk halılarına sarıp köle Hintlilerin sürdüğü fillere ezdirirdi, kesilmiş başınla da askerlerine tepuk oyunu oynatır, un çuvalına dönmüş bedenini de dağılana dek kükbör oyunuyla değerlendirirdi.

[@salahddinebensebane8429]

His nickname the Prince of destruction wasn't for nothing

[@worsethanjoerogan8061]

@@Callsign_Prophet Turks believe some sketchy things about Turkish history. I've seen Turks on these videos claiming Alexander the Great was of Turkish descent lol

[@partibananathurai5862]

@@yazzyazzie I mean it's not only Western hostorians that have a negative view on Timur. He was pretty reviled by the Persians and the Delhi Sultanate as well

[@memo44536]

@@worsethanjoerogan8061 lol it is impossible. I am turkic but never heard that Alexander was turkic. İmpossible.

[@memo44536]

@@coolthief8375 Turkic is Turk but turkish is Turco Armenian, Turco Arab or Turco Greek.

[@memo44536]

@@coolthief8375 paradox is that, Armenians are angry to turkic rather than to Turkish. Turkish and armenians are actually the same people. Even armenians have such original turkic family names that turkish do not have

[@theblindlucario5093]

Everybody gangster until heads start to get chopped off for skull pyramids

[@DreamerFromBeyond]

Imagine if he wasn't lame there probably mountains of skulls named after him.

[@tesseract2144]

14:24 Hey, I'm starting to get good at spotting fake retreats

[@gameoflife9576]

That's what happens when you watch the mongol series over and over again.

[@boota8881]

One must never chase a fleeing mongol, ever.

[@neutralfellow9736]

@@gameoflife9576 But the commander who fell for it here was also a Mongol lol

[@worsethanjoerogan8061]

@@boota8881 Yeah but if it's a real rout that's the best time to kill them. If you let them escape they might come back to defeat you later

[@hannibalburgers477]

>Decimate left flank of Timur >Harass right flank succesfully >Right flank implements pavesarii tactics > Decide to not immediately fall back. >??? >Lose the war.

[@GentlemanGhost1]

Personally as a military commander I would rate Timur a little higher than Gingis Khan, on the account that he beat tougher and extremely capable opponents. He decisively beat two great military minds of his time, who themselves would have been the greatest of an era if it weren't for him. The two being Tokhtamysh and Bayezid the Thunderbot.

[@user-uc7qb1su4e]

Do you know who his generals were?

[@orolimomov5866]

Actually he was best negotiator of his time. He made allies out of his worst enemies. In his book he says only 1 in 10 conflicts he revolved using military power.

[@spotdark7476]

@@user-uc7qb1su4e his generals were the same as golden horde’s ones

[@user-uc7qb1su4e]

@@spotdark7476 Are there any names or something? There’s such a lack of information on the Timurid Empire

[@spotdark7476]

@@user-uc7qb1su4e there’s tons of information

[@barbiquearea]

"The core of Timur's armies during his career were the Chagatai Khanite. Skilled horse archers and cavalry, supplemented by subject peoples. Overtime he replaced tribal leaders with family and followers. Keeping his army constantly on campaign made it difficult for his generals to develop alternative power bases or conspire against him. The key to Timurid military success was Timur himself. Not just a phenomenal tactician, Timur thoroughly prepared for each campaign and gather all possible intelligence on the weakness of his enemies. He led every campaign, rarely delegating power, keeping his troops loyal through rich plunder and the provinces loyal through fear" Sounds like what really made Timur so success was going old school Mongolian. Using the very same strategies, military organization and leadership that made the great Genghis so successful in the first place. If the Mongols ever had a second coming of Genghis Khan, Tamerlane came the closest to being worthy of the great Khan's mantle.

[@kamilszadkowski8864]

With the exception of delegating power. Genghis often delegated power or allowed his generals to conduct whole campaigns.

[@UsmanSiddiq1]

No Genghis Khan never even used that good tactics against anyone and he overpowered everyone with army and Cavalry. Timur on the other hand was legit asshole cuz he was Mongol but a man of culture and tech too....he used very ingenious techniques to destroy cities. unlike his predecessor Timir actively raped well defended cities and one time he burnt the supporting structure of walls to crumble them and then next time he had Persian built 100's of catapults for him and take the city old fashioned way. He was best of both worlds and he even defeated ottoman army with Guns and cannons.....why? He actively used them in battlefield....his ability to adapt and being man of both worlds along with his intelligence was his super power. If Kings and General made serious out of this.......you will see why people feared him.

[@MrCarlosperez666]

@@UsmanSiddiq1 Mongols armies used gunpowder weapons from their Chinese conquest as early as the 13th century....Genghis armies traveled with engineers from china and other subject peoples to build siege equipment on the fly...so walled cities weren't protected as early as his time.

[@UsmanSiddiq1]

@@MrCarlosperez666 They didn't travelled with engineers from China and their fire arrows were not that effective anyway. They have trouble dealing with walled cities and if you don't know it then your knowledge of mongols is limited at best..

[@ILYAS-7]

​@@UsmanSiddiq1Ruy Gonzalez De Clavijo, a Spanish nobleman who visited Timur's palace in Samarkand as an ambassador, stated in his book "The Life of Timur and Travels from Cadiz to Samarkand", that Timur came from a noble generation of Turkic immigrants who boasted of their ancestry. While Richard Bulliet says Barlas has nothing to do with the Mongols, [15] René Grousset [16] argues that Timur's origins are based on Genghis Khan in books written during his time, whereas Timur has no relation to the Mongols and says Timur is a Turk..

[@22vx]

Not only a brilliant (undefeated) military tactician, Timur was regarded as an intellectual and is credited as the inventor of Tamerlane chess - quite a grand historical figure!

[@shivaoswal9400]

Timur did all of his major campaigns in the last 10-15 years of his life. That's Alexander the Great style speed!

[@oldgamer9992]

But His Empire Didn't Last long enough... He Was a True Killer Unlike Ottoman Empire who lasted 600 years Even their Defeat in Ankara

[@wandofthejoy3205]

@@oldgamer9992 he's empire lasted technically until brits took over baburids

[@jadenk1409]

Normal people: Timur/Tamerlane. Me an intellectual: *Genghiskhan 2.0 electric boogaloo*

[@quetiaogoreng4651]

Haha, historical joke are the best :)

[@yuvarlanamayabiliyorum]

Genghiskhan is Mongol Timur is Turk There is two different racial/folk

[@Tirocoa]

@@yuvarlanamayabiliyorum And how is this related to the original comment?

[@yuvarlanamayabiliyorum]

@@Tirocoa are you kidding aren't it? All of you guys knowing wrong Timur's folk/racial İf you have a brain you can search Timur's folk/racial. İf you don't idiot you see Timur is Turk.

[@Tirocoa]

@@yuvarlanamayabiliyorum Read my comment again dumbass. When did i ever say Timur is Mongol? I'm just pointing out how the fuck is his race relevant to the original comment.

[@blafoon93]

I would very much like a video on how the Mongols and their descendants were able to control such vast territories, how they managed to find the manpower for their conquests as their power bases were in historically thinly populated areas and how they managed to campaign from China all the way to Europe and India. It must have been a real challenge to supply a large army on such journeys. Also this just goes to show that the Timurids need even better missions in EU4 and they really should start as a horde again.

[@yllbardh]

@@A_I_N_P don't forget the feint retreat. they where masters of this tactic.

[@qus.9617]

@@A_I_N_P They often combined all their soldiers into one concentrated hammer and punched through. They weren't always outnumbered. On the contrary they were like a large fish that could not be caught in a net and easily made mince-meat out of reserved badly trained low moral armies that they did encounter.

[@quetiaogoreng4651]

Mongol only comprises 10-30% of khan army. Most of them are chinese and turkic tribes

[@C.viscione]

The Mongol army was like a snowbal, the more they conquer the bigger it became. Most of them were Turkic, Chinese and Persians.

[@townazier]

EUIV starts in 1444. Timurids were far from a horde at that point.

[@mahwishehtesham9359]

Having a borring day until this beauty

[@ravenfeeder1892]

Timur's mausoleum in Samarkand is an amazing place. Well worth a visit if you're in the area.

[@oguzhantavus4237]

Timur's army upkeep was incredibly high so he had to conquer whole regions with just one full stack army.

[@tahirzaman9538]

Timur defeat 4 empires

[@ulfeliasson5413]

Thank you. This is a real treat to learn from. Each and every week. Great stuff as usual. Hope the work continues.

[@weylako214]

Little hint: the map is a bit faulty: the Aral Sea was to that point still one "united" part of water, and not like in this map two parts. It only dried up to that state in the last 50 years. But not a big deal, still high quality, keep it up :)

[@weylako214]

@@chucklynch6523 well, actually no: the Aral-sea started to disappear by 1989, not out of soviet mismanagement, but unrestricted use of the water for the farming of cotton, etc. by opening the farming market for private use. So in this case the "free-market" is to blame. (Not that communist management wouldnt be capabel of a disaster this size, but the "free-market" isnt (at least in this case) much better)

[@stsk1061]

One of the most under appreciated conquerors in history.

[@NawabiSigma]

True

[@holee9253]

It's amazing how many talented leaders the Mongols and their descendants produced in that period.

[@ALTAIRGAMINGTECH]

Timur was turkic

[@holee9253]

@@ALTAIRGAMINGTECH still a result of what the Mongols started. Such a high number of talents is not very common

[@svhchuluunsvhee1936]

Timur was Mongol. Timur=tumur=IRON

[@Byracrazir]

@@ALTAIRGAMINGTECH Turkified Mongol.

[@meisterproper8304]

@Grim Reaper and you base that on what?

[@TRutledge]

Loving your videos during this quarantine, they're very appreciated. You guys make amazing content!

[@annehersey9895]

The architecture and decoration of his tomb and other monuments left to us in Samarkan and nearby areas show that there was a softer side. The gorgeous blue tiles that decorate so many monuments in the area are breathtaking!

[@WarMysteries]

Excellent and well-researched. Good work here! These are great documentaries for research and inspiration. Thank you for your great content.

[@imnotcaligulashorse9708]

It's been a long time coming. Glad you guys were able to find enough research to make the video off of!

[@KingsandGenerals]

More to come!

[@daimyo_Ikigai]

At last I’ve waited for so long to see more videos on him thank you and @JackMeister as well for this!

[@murodillafatkhullaev9782]

He was born in Shakhrisabs in Kashkadarya, (neighboring Province of SAMARQAND) Province. Other then that very accurate. Thank you for using ORIGINAL sources not Whitewashed versions. You even briefly included Saray Mulk Khanum the Borjigin (later Timurid) Empress. One of two very popular and very strong woman. The smartest and the kindest woman in Timurid Empire.

[@KHK001]

Amazing! been waiting for this 😀

[@MrAlexkyra]

I kind of like it when the Mongols get caught by a 'feigned retreat'. It's a bit amusing to see them fall for their own trick.

[@ruslangelaev]

Another fantastic video! @Kings and Generals is my favorite KZbin channel by far! Harikasınız!

[@ReallyDazed]

You guys never disappoint. Keep up the amazing work.

[@danielgoutovets8897]

I literally just finished a book about this. You guys seemingly read my mind with when to make these videos.

[@janandreiyanoyan8825]

Finally!!! Ive waited for a video about Timur and now its finally here!!! Thanks Kings and Generals 😊😊😊

[@jonbaxter2254]

Amazed at the speed you guys pump out videos, awesome work

[@bijauntahery7151]

Thank you so much. I always wanted to know more about him

[@Liquidsback]

Timur: Wishes to revive the Mongol Empire again. Baghdad: (Sweats) Baghdad was occupied without a struggle. Baghdad: (Breathes)

[@heterosapiens7250]

Was Temur the Mongol :D?

[@ahmetkayrayavuz9527]

Timur is Turk but he married with mongol

[@heterosapiens7250]

@@ashrafulalashad3984 Yes He was

[@ElBandito]

@@ashrafulalashad3984 He was a Muslim, who killed Muslims in addition to others.

[@heterosapiens7250]

@@ahmetkayrayavuz9527 Yes we (Turks) called him Guregen or Kuregen because he was groom of Genghis Khan. He was not noble and If he was not noble, he wouldn't be king so he married the granddaugther of Genghis Khan. I am sorry for my English

[@sachinmishra930]

Timur won a batle against all kind of foes. A true military genius!

[@tasinal-hassan8268]

Even against Bayezid the thunderbolt,who received his title from European Christians for conquering the Balkans at breakneck speed.

[@kubat552]

@@tasinal-hassan8268 Bayezid the thunderbold got betrayed by anatolian beyliks and tatars.

[@ayberkcelik6091]

​@@kubat552 its your duty to hold your soldiers in your side. Timur arranged everything and this argument won't make him weaker, less genius. It will prove his genius more

[@kubat552]

@@ayberkcelik6091 Where I said timur is weak ruler or commander ?

[@MJ-pb4bp]

Even defeated ottomans and captured Sultan..

[@danielechebarria8733]

Excellent video as always!

[@deron2203]

Thank you for doing this! This guy is legit just a mount and blade warband character

[@azazel688]

Conqueror of the Sarranids and Khergits

[@00HoODBoy]

was just recently doing some research on timur, one of my favourite characters. glad to see him here again after ankara

[@HistoryDose]

Your content is always impressive and well-researched. You're definitely an inspiration for our growing channel. Keep it up!

[@KC-de1ds]

Nice! Well anticipated episode.

[@ualaelinlive]

finally! I've been waiting for this one

[@askkedladd]

To reenact Timur's rise to power just play Mount & Blade.

[@BicolBandit]

KHUZAIT MASTER RACE

[@jadenk1409]

Indeed he was quite literally Mount&blade player irl

[@Aaaabdubjkvrddghm53]

Aoe2 def or EU4 with a timeline mod. M2tw if you wanna fight Timur.

[@grimgoreironhide9985]

Timur is basically a Kuzait and Aserai army composition.

[@Aaaabdubjkvrddghm53]

Listen too Dan Carlin's wrath of the khans and then History of Timur while playing.

[@timiameti1070]

this guy need s a movie

[@filiusreticulum2926]

Not many people would watch it unfortunately. He's too anonymous in the west. A movie about Temujin could succeed though

[@ZhangK71]

Aight I gotta couple DVDs lying around my house I can send them to him

[@louyht7]

@@filiusreticulum2926 How do you know not many people would watch it? He need a trilogy movies with high budget.

[@tahirzaman9538]

@@filiusreticulum2926 Timur conqurerd and defeated more than genghis , he was muslim thats why

[@ganaa1220]

Attila you are Mongol .

[@veydkurup9746]

Loved it, can't wait for the next Timur video

[@bilal59446]

Toqtamish named "Al-Tutmash or Altamash" in Arabic was one of the very pious and righteous rulers in Islamic history. It is said that he didn't use to draw salary from the state instead he used to make and sell 'prayer caps' and used to make ends meet. As a Muslim I find it extremely sad and heartbreaking to see this infighting just for the sake of power and control.

[@zarishbajwa7298]

He was aurangzaib not Al-Tutmash.

[@user-ri1ti6go7s]

As a human... I find it sad anywhere any when when we humans spend our time in in fighting, in violence to others, and all for the sake of power and glory. When in this world we can be anything why do we not choose to be kind? ❤. We can take easy road just for power or take the road of kindness for the good of all no matter who we are

[@Risen_Star]

​@@user-ri1ti6go7sThats not how human nature works unfortunately and until we can evolve from being cavemen, that wont change.

[@abdurrahmanmohammad4983]

are you referring to toqtamish or iltutmish, the sultan of delhi?

[@ILYAS-7]

​​@@abdurrahmanmohammad4983 он перепутал. А Тохтамыш был настоящий грабитель городов

[@RedJohnO22]

The man was Saladin and Genghis Khan at once. What an incredible figure in history Timur is. It's really astounding how little is know of him outside of the modern countries that were directly effected by him, his policies and his hordes. Thanks again K&G for another stunner of a video. Cheers! -JJ

[@mebarkiimad8999]

Saladin is overrated, Richard the Lionheart made a fool of him multiple times.

[@user-ij4xj3lf1w]

@@mebarkiimad8999 im a Muslim and thats true. saladin wasnt immortal he lost many many battles against crusaders. however that still doesnt change the fact that at the end of the day the crusaders were absolutely massacred by the mamluks and jerusalem was finally captured. the crusaders then had to flee the Levant and they fled to cyprus.

[@ILYAS-7]

​@@user-ij4xj3lf1w Во главе Мамлюков были Тюрки. Сначала Сайфутдин Кутуз из семьи Хорезмшахов а после его смерти правителем стал другой Тюрк Бейбарс из Половцев

[@ardahanozdenboyac1094]

I remember the days this channel only had few thousand subs. Now look at them! Racing for 1.5 million! Great work pays off. KEEP UP!

[@sh4dow142]

Great work guys!!!

[@yerbool]

Kudos to Generals. I had history classes in high school about Timur and Toqtamish, but this is another level. Loving it!

[@user-xk9qg8ft7x]

I love it too. Its on an another level

[@00Abrams00]

actually the battle of Terek river shows that both Timur & Toqtamish were very strong leaders on battle, this evenly skilled leadership always lead to fascinating battles !!

[@thirteen__]

Watching this channel is like receiving a classical education. It makes learning enjoyable and fun as it was during childhood.

[@Rationalific]

Great work putting this together!

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thanks!

[@bluecheck3924]

Man thank you for this channel

[@iloveyou.exehasstoppedwork2558]

2:34 the subtleties looks very interesting

[@umartdagnir]

Tatars who have fled with Tokhtamysh to Lithuania were allowed to establish some settlements, their descendants still live there to this day.

[@hectortroy8671]

Lipka Tatars. Late Hollywood actor Charles Bronson was a Lipka Tatar.

[@zeeshankhan34345]

@@hectortroy8671 was his father muslim?

[@ILYAS-7]

​@@zeeshankhan34345 вскорее всего его давные предки были мусульмане, потому что во время русские короля Ивана Грозного, многие татары с репрессий было насильно крещён

[@poobannu]

Love your channel a lot!😆😆😍😍.But it looks like u guys did ignore my request for making a documentary on Anglo-Nepalese Wars 😣.Had a lot of trouble studying it

[@hakimal-munir9165]

Big Thanks for amazing video about Temur wait a new videos

[@AlexMcNamee]

Brilliant video as usual, love your continuing work on the Mongols! Always good to learn about something I otherwise would find out little about!

[@guerreirodaliberdade7800]

Timur was Turkic, not Mongol

[@puujeelkhagva8575]

@@guerreirodaliberdade7800then dude is not legit. what is he doing on the chagadai throne. it should be chagadai's line.

[@syamin72]

Shut up. Ethnic origin cannot be changed via culture. ​@guerreirodaliberdade7800

[@thresh86]

The campaign in the Age of Empires 2 DE it's a good one and relates to the rise of Tamerlane and his dealings with Toqtamish

[@kaijudirector5336]

Finally. Been waiting for one on him.

[@gustavotavara9595]

This channel is growing , well it deserves it

[@sirarthur6463]

Thanks Kings and Generals for making this video about Timur,Founder and Emir of the Timurid Empire.

[@_berat.ugur_3089]

Timur is Turkic. but you don't want to accept it. Because you hate Turks and you don't want to admit that such legendary personalities have a Turkic education, that they are Turkish and live for Turkic.

[@igorshuryak7533]

Thank you, very nice video. It is interesting why Timur did not want to or could not allow his subordinate commanders to be more independent, like Chingis khan when he sent Dzhebe and Subedey on an independent mission. Maybe because Timur led all his campaigns himself his empire started to collapse immediately after his death despite all his victories against powerful enemies.

[@Kaloian_Ivanov]

This video was amazing!

[@patarboy]

Loving it!

[@Kilen_BE]

This man had understood everything ! He deserves more fame in history than he actually have somewhere, although he is well known by passionate people ofc.

[@irfanahmed8622]

Carry on sir.

[@riderman_asm3890]

That’s a good content 👌

[@Timur21]

Just discovered this channel! Just great content!

[@guilhermefernandes6067]

Nice name 😉

[@Timur21]

@@guilhermefernandes6067 😃

[@_berat.ugur_3089]

@@guilhermefernandes6067 bro Timur is turkic work. and timur mean "iron"

[@pendekarlaut7377]

Timur really hardworking man., going to west to east to south to north and repeat..

[@aminperson3507]

I am from Samarkand. Thanks to our western friends modern people of Timurid Empire are getting to know their history more as Russians after invading our land made us believe that we are not who we are.

[@aminperson3507]

@USA USA I am half Arab and half Uzbek from Uzbekistan.

[@enesozel]

Great videos! One tiny detail about this one: by that date Lake Aral should be in one piece.

[@BaoLe-xy2jj]

Nothing like a Kings and Generals video at 11pm. Still dropped everything and watched the video 😝😏😜

[@siyawashnishat]

Timur was a Turkic origin making a false claim to be mongol in order to take all land which was once part of mangol empire.

[@sergelengerelmaa2450]

thats an anecdote not real evidence

[@Billighftsk7350]

That's right bro. Even when we uzbeks lived during Soviet Union. We tried to become Russian in order to achieve any privilege and not being discriminated as secondary people in the country. The same thing did Temurids.

[@londomollari7889]

@@Billighftsk7350 I'm sorry, but that's a bullshit: Soviet Unioin was a Positive Discrimination Empire: the only people to be treated as second-class citizens were Russians, while all the minorities have got multiple privilege: quotas in universities and at high-tier jobs, massive support of 'national culture' for all republics except RSFSR and constant budget influsions - Soviet goverment milked Russia dry to provide extra money to feed other republics.

[@xuchilpaba]

@@sergelengerelmaa2450 He means racially. He was an upstart Turk who married himself to the mongol dynasty for power. He's politically mongol though, there's no refuting that. Like how a Norman could be considered a Frenchmen.

[@ganaa1220]

He was mongol

[@TemoKuntchulia]

Tamerlane: exists Georgia: awwww shit here we go again...

[@invademus]

Thank you for all Kings and Generals

[@stantheman2756]

YES A VIDEO UNDER 20 MINS LETS GOOO

[@EndOfSmallSanctuary97]

The greatest general of the medieval era, in my opinion. No one else has a record like his, against so many diverse enemies over such a large area.

[@wandofthejoy3205]

one of the greatest generals in history of mankind

[@dudelehhh]

Very good video

[@shudheshvelusamy7644]

12:30 Timur was dealing with coalitions before it was cool.

[@gameoflife9576]

Napoleon be like:Did someone say coalition?

[@_berat.ugur_3089]

Timur is Turkic. but you don't want to accept it. Because you hate Turks and you don't want to admit that such legendary personalities have a Turkic education, that they are Turkish and live for Turkic.

[@ryansiam9557]

@@_berat.ugur_3089 turkish and turkic are different

[@mrpeanut6267]

Timur attacked toqtamish to stop the coalitions like a pro eu4 player

[@unclesam5259]

Timur destruction of Golden horde was the real reason the Rus to take independence

[@basartv5880]

Timur so badass Ankara Airport is called Esenboga after one of his generals, even though ottomans lost the war.

[@gamehacker2801]

🙄why would you guys use their even though they are cruel

[@mprpo946]

Gengis khan, the Mongol Empire, the sucess and failed campaigns, the rupture of the empire and the legacy ... All this knowledge is now possible, congrats and continue wih your excellent work ... The people that made the VIKING SERIES should do one about the mongols... Pretty sure would be amazing ...

[@GhostD-gg4hr]

Timur was turk

[@mojumkarga8537]

Agree

[@tomurg]

Finally someone covers this legend