Battle of Ankara 1402 Ottoman - Timurid War DOCUMENTARY
Despite heavy casualties during the battle of Kosovo (1389) against a broad alliance of the Balkan peoples led by Serbian lord Lazar and battle of Nicopolis (1396) against European Crusaders led by Jean of Never, Sigismund I of Hungary and Mircea I of Wallachia, Ottoman empire continued to expand under the leadership of sultan Yildirim Bayezid I. To the east new empire under amir Timur (Tamerlane) was on the rise and as the borders of two empires touched, the war was inevitable. The battle of Ankara of 1402 was one of the biggest fought between the Muslim empires. At the same time, results of this massive battle impacted Ottoman, Timurid, Byzantine empires and changed the course of the history of Europe, Asia, Middle East and Balkans.
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"Timur did not want to start a war with a fellow Muslim state." Also Timur: YOU ARE NOTHING MORE THAN AN ANT"
That was timur who was an ant because his empire lived only 20 years and his soldiers were fighting for the money beyazid s empire living today too
😂😂😂😂😂 Thats fun
Sounds like average Civ6 diplomacy
@@metalp6366 only 20 years???? lol you know nothing about Timur xd
It was Mehmet the Conqueror who made the Ottomans great. Before him the sultans were ants. After him, idiots.
Based on the exchanging of letters, this must be the first Twitter war.
And these dudes got 280 character limit earlier than anyone. :-)
Aaron H Salut bro! Big LOL!😂🤣
It should also need to apply in syria...#SaveSyria
I would say that the first Twitter war happened between Spartans and Philip, father of Alexander. When he came to Sparta he said "Open your gates and surrender. For if I win, if I invade your city, you will suffer, you will be dead, your women will be humiliated, your children will be enslaved." But Spartans answered shortly with a single word: "If". P. S. Sorry for my English and possible inaccuracies, I wrote what I remembered.
@@CenturionKZ Source ?
Medieval battles: flank flank flank flank flank flank flank World War One: trench trench trench trench trench trench Cold war: Proxy proxy proxy proxy proxy
Trench warfare arose from the 'race to the sea' when Allied and German armies attempted to outflank each other after the initial failure of the German plan. 😎
and the latest US vs China....trade bans, bans, bans, bans
ShanghaiRooster The europeans had scouts watching the battle of gettysburg roll out, yet they still didn’t learn their lesson on how trench warfare sucks ass
@@teamcastro9187 I'm not fully up on ACW, but were there tenches at Gettysburg? Petersburg, most definitely.
World war 2: blitzkrieg blitzkrieg blitzkrieg blitzkrieg blitzkrieg blitzkrieg blitzkrieg blitzkrieg blitzkrieg blitzkrieg blitzkrieg blitzkrieg blitzkrieg
Stefan is the real OG here, I think we can all agree with that .
What's THAT OG?
@@Night-Monkey02 original gangsta
@MSA 212 no
yup and stay away from Tatar turks
@@user-wx8si6bf2p why hate? I never liked tatars because they are real backstabbers. Serbs are loyal but you are craving for the spotlight that will never happen, you don't have the numbers...
After the battle of Ankara, Bayezid was captured. Timur started to smile when he saw Bayezid. Bayezid ; Why are you laughing ? Timur ; God has left this huge world to a blind man like you and a crippled man like me !
Yes, I read that. :-)
Bro Where are you ? please
Canada.
Tong Yabgu is a Khazar Khagan. (King) Formed an alliance with the Byzantine Empire, and invaded the Sassanid Empire. (Iran)
timurid is a one of 30 dajjal.he can rolling in hell with his cruelty with his evil supporters.
Timur was limping, and bayezid's left eye was almost blind. it is said that after capturing bayezid when timur first talked him, he started laughing. when bayezid asked him why he was laughing timur said "isnt it weird that god left the world's fate into disabled mans' hands?"
Do you have any quote or reference I can check? It would be cool to read this!
Thank you for this great video. love from Uzbekistan 🙌🏼🇺🇿
@@srxanmansuroglu5440 Olm özbekistan turk ülkesi
@@srxanmansuroglu5440 😑salak 🇺🇿🇹🇷🇦🇿❤️❤️
@@srxanmansuroglu5440 Azeri diye bir ırk yok.Azerbaycan Türkü
Love from Türkiye! Tanrı Türkü korusun!
"As well as there is one God ruling this world, there should be one king ruling this Earth" -Tamerlane.
I legit think he has the same character as yusuf ibn hajjaj athaqafi
We are The Melik i Emr i Türkistan. I m Turkic Cheftian. ". Timur". Source: Sharaf ad-Din Ali Yazdi Zafarnama
@@wolfofthesteppeamirkhan4886 Biz kim mulk-u Turon Amiri Turkistonmiz
@@user-wp7kg6qw1g Bizim Amirimiz(Emirimiz) ulu Hakan Büyük Timur Bahadır Han Hazretlerine yapılan genetik testin sonucu bile Türk çıkmıştır kimse onu Moğol yapamaz
@Wolf Of the Steppe Amir Khan Bozkırda kut ya Oğuzdan ya Cengizhan'dan gelir. Timur'un kendisi Cengizhan'ın damadı olmakla övünür. Cengizhan'ın ordusunun büyük bir kısmı saray eşrafı Türk'tür çünkü onlar Kök-Tengri dininde birleşirler kültürleri birdir. Şu anda yaşadığımız dönemdeki gibi bir milliyetçilik anlayışı o zaman kesinlikle yoktu.
Wow, the Serbs were more loyal than the Turkic mercenaries in that battle! That's a surprise!
Yes, the Tatar Turks betray the Ottoman Empire.
Because Ottoman's İslamic state but Timur is Turk
@@mehmetkarahanl4447 Nope, his title war Emir Timur.
This is pro-Serbian propaganda. Do not trust this video.
Trusting in tatars(Or turco-mongols in general) is a stupid decision
>"Timur didn't want to start a war against a fellow Muslim superpower" >immediately insults said fellow Muslim superpower
I guess it was worded poorly. We were going for "Timur didn't want to be an aggressor in a possible war against a fellow Muslim superpower.
Ah, that makes more sense.
Bel-Shamharoth Wrong... Timur didn't want to fight Bayazid. Timur have seen in Bayazid a Great Muslim leader who fought for Islam, spread Islam around the world. But Bayazid was very careless... Timur have seen Bayazid as himself.... Timur took Castle of Smirna in couple of months.... While Bayazid was fighting 12 years with Ionit knights...
Did you...not watch the video? Did you not hear the quote I was referring to?
Timur Becuz bayezid never focused on smyrna. He was focused on Balkans-Anatolia and Constantinople.
“May all my wifes divorce me????” What kind of cursing is that? More like a blessing! Hahaha
Ha ha, you are right but it is a strong cultural value of Turks that taking care of family and keeping respect of wives and family up is one of the most important aspects of Turks. So, divorce cases, though not forbidden, seldomly happen in Turk lifestyle.
It would be insulting
He put his honor at stake As a challenge to timur
Bro...
Divorce was insulting behaviour for Turks.
Uzbek‘s and Turk‘s brother‘s salam from Uzbekistan
Salam from Uzbek in America
Türkiye’den selamlar Özbek kardeşlerim 🇺🇿🇹🇷✨
No
@@VICTOR-ok3mg China loses that’s why they build Great Wall cause they are scared
Selam
"Crushed by elephants? You think you're so big huh? We'll show you to insult us like that!" "No I meant we're literally going to crush you with elephants."
lol xD
🤣
Timur: Why do you have ants? Bayezid: well... u called us ants so I brought some Source: my brain(it is not historical record!)
good to know that trash talk is founded in historical tradition
Nowadays people drop microphones at the end of trash talks. Back then they dropped... well people I guess
Yep, it started way before KZhead and Let's Players. :-)
like history says Albania didnt even exist in that time! Kingdom of Serbia was established in 10th centery but fall to ottomans in 14th... the facts are truth
like history says Albania didnt even exist in that time! Kingdom of Serbia was established in 10th centery but fall to ottomans in 14th... the facts are truth
trashtalk probably existed even in the ancient kingdom, let alone youtube which came out in 2007-ish and wow that came out in 2004(I think?)
Stefan didnt retreat. Timur spare his life beacuse of bravery in battle
Video : timur Coments : serbia
Funny fact, Ankara Airport (Esenboğa) is named after one of Timur's generals (İsen Buga) and the meaning is "Bonny Bullock". He was the commandant of the military unit with elephant-mounted troops and encamped in the location where now the airport stands.
+abdurrahim kınıklı didnt know about this one. Very interesting.
Buradaki esen "sağ, sağlıklı, barış, mutlu, kutlu" vb. anlamlara gelir. Hatta Türkçede karşılamalarda ve ayrılıklarda "esenlikler, esen olsun, esen kalın" gibi biçimlerde kullanılır. Yel ile alakası yok.
you mean Turkey doesn't descend from the Ottoman empire ? :)
Christermi Christos Ottoman Empire was a union of many nations and countries. Unlike you all know. Fairness and justice system had them going for 600years. Otherwise it would not last a 50 year
Observer 47 Like the USSR ?
Actually, Timur's first letters contain some compliments because Bayezid was a great commander and won against crusaders but Bayezid was so proud he didn't act wisely.
Menin Real Turk atam smashed your so called oghuz ancestor!
@@timurjoro1995 They are not oguz.Just islamized romans. Calling ottomans oguz is insult to Oguz Han. I cant accept that.
@Fahim Hussain Na Timur killed & sacked to many muslim cities. The guys was a mass murderer period.
@@Papriksio tf u are to doesnt accept that
@@Papriksio Bu kadar zoruna gittiğine göre anlatayım. Osmanlı, Oğuzların kayı koluna mensuptur. Kurucusu da Osman Gazi, Ertuğrul Gazinin oğludur. Askerler, müderris sınıfı ve yerli tebaa her zaman Türk kalmıştır. Fethettiği yerlere bile Türkleştirmek için Yörükleri göndermiştir. Hanedan baba tarafından Türktür, anne tarafından Avrupalıdır. Çünkü güzel Avrupalı kadınlar var iken Anadolu kadınlarını ne yapsın?
There was a reason that Prince Lazar continued to fight voluntarily even when the battle turned against the Ottomans. He was protecting his sister who was in a camp nearby. She was the wife of Bayezit. All three were the children of the two men who had fought each other at the Battle of Kosovo.
Not prince Lazar its Despot Stefan you thinking of, Prince Lazar died in Battle of Kosovo
@@Falcon-nj6kr You are correct, I meant his son Stefan Brankovic
@@sultanx1127 Haha again you are wrong, its not Brankovic its Lazarevic...Stefan is son of Lazar thats why he has lastname Lazarevic, that "IC" at the end of lastname means Son Of...
@@Falcon-nj6kr My apologies.. You are right.
@@sultanx1127 No need for apology, all is good...
I was looking for this one! Tyvm! What a wonderful way to spend free time!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Respect to King. Stefan. He left from battlefield LAST.
He wasn't strong enough for Timur though
9:30 He sent out his entire reserve against Stefan,half his knights held the other flank. After battle Timur offered to serve him, but he refused him
I beat the shit of bayezid the ottoman sultan
If Timur didn't die on his way east, he would have to fight the great Yongle Emperor of Ming China. That would be an epic confrontation.
@Gladius pax Ming empire was at its full might under the reign of Yongle Emperor, who drove the Mongols further north and had enough experience in dealing with nomad empires. It was unlikely that Timur could win and there would be no massacres across China. Also, by 'epic' I never mean I wish it had happened.
@Gladius Pax He's kinda right The ming yongle emperor controlled large swathes of land in china all the way up to manchuria even defeating the mongols in the north I still think Emir timur pulling through against the ming dynasty would have been a tall order Possibly his hardest conquest Genghis invaded a divided china and struggled to out down the song dynasty which held out until kublai Khan's reign This was a unified china under ming dynasty
@@BALLARDTWIN 300.000 Timurs army was when he defeated Tohtamysh. To China Timur got 500.000 army. I think that would be the end of the Chinese dynasty. Great tactician Timur would wipeout china through...
@@timur6532 No he won't and he had a smaller army , Timur was at 68 years old and weakened after years of battles and wars , he was sick in the first place , Ming China was powerful and technologically better than Timurid Empire , Timur would probably killed , Genghis Khan was also killed but against a much weaker , divided China .
@@user-ui3pw1ys3k Ming China at that time didn't have a experienced army like had Timur. Experience in Great Battles gives 1 big advantage. China just won small beylicks of mongols...same done turkic nomads tribes. Then Timur have United them. China would lost to 500.000 army that last 30 years was fighting....
Well as a Serbian I can say its better fighting for ottoman empire since it was not really that genocidal st that time and timurid empire was one of most horror empires and if they expanded to europe they would massacre alot of civilians also the ottomans were even peaceful in the occupied lands more than catholics and byzantines who previrously owned these lands
True Timur is just like the mongols spreading death and destruction.
@@mjhmab At that time Europe was poor and had nothing to give. Slavery everywhere was a common .... your grand father for sure was a slave there.. You think europe was like today?!...
@@timur6532Wtf ? what do you think i'm european ? and i know what europe was like i'm not dumb.
@@mjhmab But Temur did not want the Muslims of his empire to accuse him of destroying the Islamic power that waged war on the "infidels", and planned a brilliant distracting maneuver. This maneuver was the capture of Smyrna, the possession of the Knights of Rhodes, the European enclave in Anatolia, which withstood the siege of Murad, then Bayazed himself, due to its advantageous geographical position. This fortress, protected by high thick walls, stood on the shore, adjacent to the sea, and a deep moat was dug in front of it and a powerful wall was built. She had an inner harbor so that she could receive help by sea. On December 2, 1402, Temur appeared before Smyrna and invited the knights to surrender, promising to save their lives if they converted to Islam. After a categorical refusal, he concentrated all his troops there. The capture of Smyrna proves how skillful Temur was in the siege and storm of fortresses: the Ottomans stomped around Smyrna for ten years, and he achieved success in a few days. His sappers began with the construction of a bridge over the moat, then destroyed the outer wall and went to the fortifications. They destroyed them at the base, using peaks, leverage, fire, burning oil, cold water and even vinegar. To protect themselves from the shells of the besieged, they came up with mobile fences that were constantly saturated with vinegar, which made them fireproof. But the most remarkable thing in this siege is the construction of a huge wooden flooring in the sea, which turned into a "land" the part of the city facing the sea, so that no ship could enter or leave the harbor. From this flooring the soldiers began to make holes in the walls with unprecedented frenzy. The best archers of the Great Emir fired at the besieged, who tried to prevent the destruction of the walls. Temur gave the order to set fire to the huge logs supporting the walls. When they collapsed, a massive assault began. The population and the garrison were destroyed, after which the victors demolished the fortifications and set fire to the city. The ships that came to the aid of Smyrna were forced to retreat under a hail of shells fired from catapults. Despite this action against Christians, the Great Conqueror received gratitude and offers of alliance from many European monarchs. After messages from the king of Spain, he received similar letters from Charles V, the French king; Henry IV, king of England; and Manuel, emperor of Byzantium. Emperor Trebizond became his vassal, just like his longtime rival, the Egyptian sultan, who sent his envoy with a letter, which promised to mint coins and render prayers in honor of the victor in all cities of Syria and Egypt. This brilliant victory, admittedly, made the stay of the Great Emir at the gates to Europe unnecessary. He believed that fate would call him further east to this “wicked” China Min, where crowds of pagans were waiting for “fire and sword” to convert to true faith.
Timur was a small dick mongol lol
Timur: So now I could just take over all of the vulnerable Ottoman and Byzantine lands right here on my doorstep ... Lol jk, lets march 10,000 miles and try to take over China. Was he playing on God-mode difficulty or something?
He just didn't care for administration of the new lands. Took all the riches and all the artisans, got rid of any possible rivals or resistance and returned home to plan the next invasion.
Kings and Generals yay! Im so glad you replied I dont even care what you said! XD Great channel by the way!
+amazingblogger :-) we always try to answer all the comments! Thank you!
İt was a dream of all turks and mongols to invade china
Agafanov? That name sound middle-asian. Kazakh, uzbek? You are chinese?
Battle of Blind and Cripple After the Battle of Ankara Timurid soldiers bring Bayezit to the Timur's tent.When the Bayezit came to his tent Timur stop playing chess with his son Şahruh and stand up. He greet him as a kinsman then realised Bayezid's eyes twitching.Timur laught. Bayezid tought he mock with him and said "You claim yourself conquer sultan and laughting at me like that?". Timur laugh again and answered "My kinsman am not mocking you,I'm looking at you ,then myself: God left this world to the blind like you and cripple like me.Thats why i laught."
That’s hilarious if true lol
I don't get it
Yeah, that's actually true. Timur was a cripple and Bayezit was blind on one eye.
Arcura ahahahhh :DD
Awesome. :)
This is an another absolute masterpiece battle video. I respect your videos!
Stefan was known as the Europe's greatest knight, he embodied the ideal, and many knights from all over Europe came to him to be knighted. His tournaments were also famous, and his cavalry charge was unstoppable, and he had only 300 knights in this battle if I recall correctly.
Sultan's son (Suleyman) has fled but Stefan stayed, this tells a lot.
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@@emregeylanibecause sultans son dying meant the bloodline of the ottomans dying. this is a risk they cant take. stefan on the other hand... he was just a soldier.
Serbia, from improve kebab to remove kebab
@@iskambillordudont be stupid, like Bayezid had only him, not like 3 sons more and saying that Stefan was just soldier is plain stupid, 0 history knowledge, if you would do your research first, you will find out that Stefan was despot of Serbia who was most famous and dangerous knights of that time, his battles are legendary, even Timur feared and respected him.
All the Turkic lords except his own son, left Bayezid alone in the battle. Last lord was that Serbian lord, Stefan Lazarevich. He retreated after he received the retreat order by Bayezid himself. Serbs were loyal to the Turkish Sultan. Even more than the Turks themselves.
Stefan was pretty legendary. I don't think I read even one bad word about him.
Serbs Are always loyal no matter on which side they fought
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Maritsa 800 Türk vs 70.000 Sırb ;)
Serb Animation How about making an rts/rpg game based on his life?
Türk müsün
When Serbian actually more loyal to Turks than tatars do
Amirul Farhan timurs army were turk too so? İts nothing to do with nationality, ist all about value,land,money you get and tatars choose best they can
Ammar Haziq yeah, you could be of any religion and freely walk in their empire
Ammar Haziq plus since they were muslim, and islam is heavily focused of hygiene there were toilets and public water sources, there was even a bath house kinda thing used for cleaning yourself before prayed, anyone could use it at any time tho and it was split between male and female
Protoman what's wrong with making an empire? Besides, what slavery? Slavery is banned in islam! Genocide too!
Edin743 Ahahahahahah SLAVERY BANNED IN ISLAM??! BAHAHAHAHAHAH HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Please tell you're trolling. You can't be this uneducated. You have to be Trolling
Great video, and I enjoy your channel in general. I wish you would examine some of Timur's other campaigns as well
Great documentary and great selection on shirts definitely going to buy one 😊
boy, I love this channel very much. Love the voice and narrative. That accent fits storytelling perfectly. Keep up the excellent work.
The biggest impact of Timur was not this battle and its consquences, it was taking down of Golden Horde. Granted, Ottomans got into civil war, but their incredible administration and law system prevented any breakup. On the other hand, when Timurleng defeat twice Tokthamesh and destroy their armies, Golden Horde declined very fast -eventually dissolved- and Russians became unified and began to show up in theatre of history.
Indeed, the weakening of the Golden Horde allowed Russia, and Eastern Europe in general, to develop.
Kings and Generals, Btw, your amazing videos led to great and refined historical conversations as no blog can do. thank you from an history lover, keep up the good work
I am happy to hear that. Love the audience. The big majority are mature people, who just love history.
@Akobir Tuxtamishev Yes! But it was Tokhtamish who attacked Timur Empire (Turan). He didn't leave a chance for peace. Timur helped Tokhtamish again and again. But he payed Timur this way. So Timur was made to neutralize the threat. Nobody can blame Timur in the wars between Golden Horde and Turan Impire!
@@muhammaduzbek3658 Agreed, Khan Tokhtamysh should have stayed loyal to Timur.
3:55 keyboard warriors back in the day.
Nah just insults. Not everyone lives on the internet
@@LetsGoGetThem not just insult to understand this letters you must be intelligent so they learns how much intelligent he is too
@@oguzhandikmen3782 Well I am descendant of the Kipchaks so
@Edelweiss no you brainwashed
Lool
@Kings and Generals Great video! Will wait for more videos on Timurid wars.
Amazing documentary, this channel is great but I just can't understand how some people can dislike this? Anyway keep up the good work!
Thank you! I guess, some people fail to go through their "Fathers and Sons" phase unscathed. :-)
yoonsik lee no i like it.
Lol history and the truth can somehow offend anyone in today's world.
1 st thing channel missed : in this time, at the Ottoman army there are some people who are called black Tatar. Those people changed their side against The Ottoman. 2 nd thing channel missed: At the beginning of the war, Bayezid was not there and Timur was waiting for him by playing chest (imagine how strong Timur is). This means Ottoman army was already dying of thirst so when the Bayezid arrived to battlefield, Timur just captured him. Timurs army overwhelmingly won. By the way, I am a Turkish.
Nationalists assholes, that's the reason
Btw Timur's motive for conquests wasn't Jihads, he wanted to conquer like all the Turkic-Mongolian ancestors of him.
He almost never fought a non-Muslim enemy. He wanted to conquer Chine but his motive wasn't Jihad
Not true, Timur invaded Georgia 8 times and claimed it was jihad.
Oh man you are wrong his motive was first to combine all turk lands and make it big justice government and timurid and ottomons are greatest contributers for the expansion of islam because of timurids pakistan bangladesh part of india are muslim
@@imeretian9446true but remember a vast majority of timurs opponents were muslim empires such as the mamluks, the chagatai khanate, the delhi sultanate and the ottoman empire.
This is probably my favourite channel.
Bayezed was emotional and his emotions came over his strategy... Timur was cool and his techtics of war were unpredictable...every time
Bayezid said he wouldn’t run so he didn’t run.
@yassine073t boy Bayezid cared about hollow pride While realist only care about their objectives
The time when turks and serbs still worked together.
Yep, didn't work out this time, but Nicopolis was great. :-)
turkey serbia its here 🖕😂
@@Illyrian-Chicago 🐐💩🇦🇱
Timur was horrifically brutal and merciless, but also a brilliant conqueror just as great as Genghis Khan himself.
he was also an excellent chess player too
When Timur declared his banner, a handful of men followed him. It is said 40 men, well because it is always 40 men in Turkish myths. They remained loyal to him and became his generals. On an account he is believed to say, addressing Bayezit I "the Lightning" : "I didn't sleep at nights. I hunted to feed my men, and in the morning we rode. We went on like this for years. I built this empire with my hands, with my blood and sweat. It wasn't handed over to me by my father like you."
Bayezit "the thunderbolt" would be a better translation for his nickname which he got by reaching Ankara in such short time. Look what he got for that.
@@lastflightofosiris while Bayazid, deciding his affairs in the Balkans, promoting the Islamization and omanization of the population of the Balkans, his son Suleiman “clashed” with the Turkmen ruler Kara Yusuf, defeated him and captured him. Since Kara Yusuf was a subject of Tamerlane, Bayazid made himself a very formidable enemy. Not to say that Tamerlane did not glance at the lands of the Ottomans, but his gaze extended further to Syria, and to the Holy Land. To resolve the situation, Tamerlan writes Bayazid a letter. I will give in a somewhat abbreviated form. “What is the reason for your recklessness and arrogance? You fought several battles in the forests of Anatolia. Poor trophies. You won several victories over Christians in Europe, such a sword was blessed by the apostle of God, and your adherence to the command of the Koran in the war against the infidels is the only consideration that keeps us from destroying your country, the borders and strongholds of the Muslim world ... Show wisdom in time, think and repent and prevent the thunderbolt of our retribution, which still hangs over your head. You are no more than an ant, why are you teasing elephants? Alas, they will trample you under their feet. ”
Timur was also muslim
There is a story (though it might be apocryphal) about Timur's tomb. In June 1941, the Soviets excavated Timur's tomb in Samarqand where they found an inscription underneath his coffin: "Whosever disturbs this tomb will unleash an invader more terrible than I". A few days later, the Germans launched Operation Barbarossa. In 1942, the Soviets reburied Timur with full Islamic rites, shortly before the success of Operation Uranus in Stalingrad.
Это сказка для тупые. Умерший человек ни как не могут повлиять на ситуации живого мира
Truth
Damn- well he wasn't wrong that's for sure
Verissimo , TIMUR 💪💪💪💪🗡🗡🗡🗡🗡🤴🤴
@@azizbeknarzikulov1660qanaqasiga yolg'on bu sovet siyosatchilari tomonidan o'ylab topilgan. Amir Temurni xalqga qotil va bosqinchi sifatida ko'rsatish uchun o'ylab topilgan
I just recently found your channel. I've been looking for stuff on middle eastern and Asian medieval history and this is awesome. I'm learning so much. Any recommendations on reading material?
Magnificent site!! I'm about to loot your site but in compensation I've become a patron at the lieutenant level. I'll try to advance in rank as your wonderful videos keep coming in. Many Thanks!!
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Kings and Generals drinking game: Take a shot whenever Sigismund of Hungary shows up.
Wouldn't we get alcohol poisoning?
Thank you for this clip. We know too little about the conflicts within the Near East.
Stefan Lazarevic , one of best SERBIAN rulers and fighters also, all sides respect him !!!
Yeah respect from Turkey. Still we are talking and remember him after 600 years later
Yeah he is good fighter and truthly commander. Respect from Turkey.
ExTReM3BG Nationalist and religious lunatics like you ruin history. Nobody gives a fuck about your bickering and petty squabbles. If you actually studies history, you’d realize people were only “loyal” until it was no longer beneficial for them. The crusades were never about “fighting for god”, and were instead just a way for the powerful to control the uneducated masses and get them killed in wars that only served as power grabs for the rulers. The same way Muslim armies called on the people to defend against “aggression wars by the infield”. Why don’t you just shut the fuck up and let the same people enjoy learning.
Grekos The Jogurt I don’t see an argument. All I see is an uneducated child throwing around insults.
B14CK G4M3R That’s all it is - propaganda. Are you telling me serbs don’t engage in propaganda? You all do it as if changing history to make your side look more favorable is gonna accomplish anything.
Good video
Thank you!
Ooo abi
Amazing video good works and a good explanation for what happened on the battlefield between timur lang and bayazid
Thank you!
Watching these videos with great presentations is like living the war, pure quality. Thank you very much and keep it up!
UZBEKISTAN & TURKEY ❤❤❤
Why?
@@Pausi10_00 Why?
Because this war is basically Old Uzbekistan vs Old Turkey
Ottomans from Turkmenistan
Giant hello from uzbekistan!!
This is one of the best channels on YT hands down. Learn so much from every video. The visuals helps a lot to provide context. The research and detail is so good. This would do so well on Netflix or bbc as a documentary series. Keep it up. To the creator of these videos. Could you reference the sources so we can read further around the subject?
Did you know that Prince-Suleiman actually awarded the Christian-Serbs for their bravery and loyalty to the Ottoman-Army. Serbian-Soldiers were given women, gold, silver and vast-riches to bring home to Serbia. As a sign of thanks the Serbs helped the Ottomans route out the Sunni-Tatars of the tribes that had sided with Timur. This is an example of even if your side loses, the loyalist will be regarded with respect and honor and be dulely thanked. But the traitors will always recieve a "traitor's-welcome!!!"
..saphyres and diamantes, bryllianes ,dyademm, onyx,rubinnes...Belgrades tresor and museum take it ! Hermitage !..BEAUTIFYL
Turks awarded Serbs with 400 years of violence, oppression, occupation and foreign religion.
" Who are those of Christians, who are fighting like lions? " Tamerlane about Stefan's army
Cope
"Lions that my father defeated" Bayezid I should have responded
Ottomans (modern Turkey) + Timurids (modern Uzbekistan) = Turkic brothers! We all have the same blood, the same soul. Qonimiz va jonimiz bir qardoshlar!
YAŞASIN TURAN KARDEŞLİĞİ
These are so well done and so interesting - please continue.
Thanks! Will do, just keep liking, sharing and commenting. :-)
I knew when you said soon on your last video, you meant today :) Nice video as always
Thank you! :-) We are trying to release a video each week.
Heard of this battle before. Always wondered how Timur won it. Now I know. Great job to whoever made this video possible.
We commemorate stefan with respect 🙏
I commemorate Vlad the impaler with respect, I wish we Serbs had someone like him to "plant" forest of impaled.
Awesome video please continue this series
Thank you, will do!
Your guys' production value here is absolutely incredible. Keep it up and you'll be breaking into 6-digit subscribership in no time.
Happy to hear that, thank you!
This is the excellent video. The accent of English is really amazing
According to Mongolian sources, Tamerlane was amazed by the skills of the Serbian warriors and the fact that they stayed with the sultan until the end while the Tatars and a large part of the Ottoman soldiers escaped, so he freed the captured Serbian soldiers and even returned their weapons, while the captured Ottomans were killed.
Serbes them right aint it
Serbian cope
@@elpaso4765cry more albanian
@@elpaso4765 Cry more Kosovo person
Timur and Bayzid know how to send a nasty text 😂
Only women in our thinking
By jewish DHL.
Donald Russell shut the fuck up I already beat the shit of bayezid
I appreciate serbs loyalty.
This is fake pro-Serbian propaganda. Do not trust this video.
@@xtremeownage2 How so?
@@xtremeownage2 sure, Serbs changed documents and letters from 15th century and put them somewhere so that foreign historians can find them. The amount of Serb hate is too damn high.
@@xtremeownage2 We even have evidence of Timur commenting on the bravery and skill of Serbian knights. They couldnt do anything to them, because of heavy armor. The video stated that after suffering casualties serbians split in two one side remained on the right flank and the other helled the prince. But in truth the mongols couldnt do damage to them with arrows, they would have needed crosbows or warhammers or another heavy cavalry army. So they escaped because they had superior armor. Spahii cavalry as you i hope know was lihht cavalry meaning no armor at all so they were massacred or captured.
@@igorribicic8809 , what evidence? Serbian self-accounts is not evidence. Eurocentric perspectives of history are very one-dimensional. At the end of the day this video is pro-Serbian propaganda.
Beyezid: All your wives are belong to us! Timur: I'm about to end this man's whole Sultanate.
He said " belongs to other man " . What he meant by that is his wives are cheating .
@@adib4573 lol
@@wilee.coyotegenius7998 what ? His words are logical cause if he runs away from his army then he is not manly so his wife's are cheating
@@adib4573 Learn to read the whole sentence: "If you run away from my army may your wives belong to other men". It doesn't mean "they are cheating". But by the result, Ottomon's wives divorced him and belonged to others.
Taimur was evil
Even if his father was executed by Bayazid, Stefan honored his duty. God, I wish my people was still honorable like then. But we went to shit.
Stefan's father died during the battle. He was not executed by Bayezid. But yeah, I agree with the second part of your comment.
At that time Ottomans were preferable to Catholic west by any Orthodox because it was a multicultural state which practiced freedom of religion. For example, opening of "bars and pubs" were prohibited for muslims but it was allowed for Christians. That's why Ottoman alcoholic beverage culture is mostly Greek and Armenian, for example.
@@lastflightofosiris I don't know what your comment has to to with mine. Either way, you don't put medieval Catholics and freedom of religion in same sentence.
@@belisarius707 i went off the topic a bit. Short version, idk about specific history, but many Eastern European lords were ok being a vassal of Ottomans and execution was everyday life. He must've held his people above his personal vendetta. Again idk his story.
@@AngryHistorian87 His head was cut-off which suggests execution. The inscription on the column that Stefan made in 1405 says that Murad and Jakub were killed first and that Lazar was captured after all of that. "Oh wonders of Divine fate captured was the brave sufferer by unlawful hands of agarens and his end he received with grace and became martyr of Christ great knez Lazar He was cut by non other, oh beloved but by the of son of Amurad. All that was said ended in summer of 6897, indict 12 month 15, day tuesday hour was six or sevent i dont know, God knows. "
I have no words incredible remarkable
Thank you very much! :-)
2 Turkic states shared a sad story in there. Power made them blind but of course Timur was a great Basbug( commander in Turkic language) Also he had a perfect strategy. He was born in Uzbekstan. His father name is Turagay, his mother name is Tekine. Timur's state official (army) language was Turkic. Its also mentioned in Nogai notes.
Jacob you ARE neanderthal shit stfu
Live to glorify Turkishness, break the hand that raises the sword to the Turk! Amir Timur
Ok,,timur was turk,all the Mongol race are turk, happy now
@@lalrosiamapachuau5446 dude timur is uzbek so Turk, check biyografi of timur
@@lalrosiamapachuau5446 There is no encyclopedia that says Timur is not a Turk.The Timurid Empire was the Turco-Mongol state. Timur TURKIC CONQUEROR WRITTEN BY: The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica See Article History Alternative Titles: Tamburlaine, Tamerlane, Timour, Timur Lenk, Timurlenk Timur, also spelled Timour, byname Timur Lenk or Timurlenk (Turkish: “Timur the Lame”), English Tamerlane or Tamburlaine, (born 1336, Kesh, near Samarkand, Transoxania [now in Uzbekistan]-died February 19, 1405, Otrar, near Chimkent [now Shymkent, Kazakhstan]), Turkic conqueror, chiefly remembered for the barbarity of his conquests from India and Russia to the Mediterranean Sea and for the cultural achievements of his dynasty. Source the largest encyclopedias Brittanica. www.britannica.com/biography/Timur ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tīmūr bin Taraghay Barlas (Chagatai Turkic): تیمور - Tēmōr, iron) (1336 - February 1405) was a fourteenth-century warlord of Turco-Mongol descent[1][2] Timur (timoor') or Tamerlane (tăm'urlān), (c.1336-1405), the Mongol conqueror, was born at Kesh, near Samarkand. Timur was a member of the Turkic Barlas clan of Mongols, conqueror of much of Western and central Asia, and founder of the Timurid Empire (1370-1405) in Central Asia and of the Timurid dynasty, which survived in some form until 1857. He is also known as Timur-e Lang which translates to Timur the Lame. He became lame after sustaining a leg injury as a child. www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Timur
Please can you made more videos about mongols. And thank you for videos you are a so good channel Cheer up bro
Very very superb effort
Hı from Uzbekistan Amir Temur's homeland. Peace to my Turkish brothers by blood.
Hassan Abdulsalam Every ruler in central Asia claimed to be a Mongolian as well as a direct descendant of Ghengis for legitimacy. it was not difficult to claim descent because of how many kids Ghengis and his family had.
Hassan Abdulsalam Timur is defenitely not a Mongolian, It's impossible to thrace down the origins of a puny tribe in the middle Central Asia. Timur defenitely has more Turkic features than Mongolian, you can obviously see that on his facial reconstruction the soviets did. The idea or misinformation of Timur being of a Turkified Mongol tribe is according to a puny historian that doesn't understand why Timur claimed to be of Mongol decent while it's obvious for many prestigious historians. He tried to link himself with Genghid and married a Mongolian princess and called himself'the groom'. He did talk Turkic, was Turkic, had Turkic culture but adhered the Mongol identity over the Turkic one.
@Hassan Abdulsalam Hassan you are a juice shut up
Timir is Mughal.... The grand grand father of babur
TIMUR IS MEANING TUMUR ( IRON ) , nowadays using this " Tumur " word. He is Barulas clan of Mongolia. Not Barlas!!! I see more lot of Turkish morons!!! And Mongol, Turkish not brothers, never no brothers! Different nations!!!
Terrific video, but please note that in Timur's memoirs he gave short thrift to his battle with Bayazid, but talked extensively about the challenge Toktamish presented in the 2 battles vs the Golden Horde. I would like to note that in my opinion Timur's campaign vs the Golden Horde up in the Samara region at the battle on the Kondurcha river was one of the greatest military campaign by anyone anywhere ever. To chase down arguably the best cavalry in the world in the heart of their domain, 1,500 miles from your base of operations where the enemy has not only a decisive manpower advantage, but the benefit of more well rested horses, supplies and knowledge of the local terrain, and win the battle, even if just barely, says it all about Timur and his military!!
Your Chanel is awesome!
Ye wahi langda hai jo russ k bad himdustan aya
very informative
The battle was a major victory for Timur, and it led to a period of crisis for the Ottoman Empire (the Ottoman Interregnum). However, the Timurid Empire went into terminal decline following Timur's death just three years after the battle, while the Ottoman Empire made a full recovery, and continued to increase in power for another two to three centuries.
Yeah but Timurids also remained significant power still having control essential areas like khorosan and transaxonia from where by the time of Babur they started to invade indian subcontinent and u know rest is history
Амир Темур курган Турон империяси 1370-1920 йилларда Туркистон улкаси ва Осиенинг катта кисмини уз ичига олган салтанат саналади. Турон империяси 4 та сулола (темурийлар, шайбонийлар, аштархонийлар ва мангитлар) тарафидан 550 йил идора килинди.
Found your channel in my recommendations. Subscribed.
That is great to hear, welcome aboard! :-)
Best channel ever
Timur one of the greatest warrior in history. Peace to my uzbek brothers from turkey.
I thought he was turkmen!
Assalomu alaykum Özbekistan dan kardeşim
mohmad shahin Timur was basically an uzbek with mongolian roots
Timur was a greater conqueror than Alexander the Great and "Attila the Hun".
Another great video. Excellent explanation of the battle. For a small nation the Serbs have always been very capable fighters. Keep up the the good work. 👍👍👍
Thank you for watching! :-) Yes, the Serbs were some of the best knights of the era. Stefan is legendary.
In the end it's always the damn mercenaries......
Yep, that is why you got to have a professional army.
There has been many successful conquests using mercenaries. The fact they changed side mid battle was crazy. Reminds me of the Battle of Bosworth.
Yes :-) But none were sustainable.
Yeah mercenary betrayals have changed the course of many battles. Like at Talas River where after days of fighting the Karluks betrayed the Tang dynasty and handed the Abbasids the victory. Lesson there is don't hire so many mercs that they outnumber your regulars lol
Farhan The Badass Scizor That is why you always send them in first, before your professional army. Send at least a brigade or battalion behind them so that they can't escape. If the battle goes well and you win. You can pay your mercs with spoils of war. Other wise don't count on them. Cause some merc have no honor among others. Some do as long you pay them. And then their are the ones who will bolt when things get ugly. So that's why you send them in first.
This war has a memory at Ankara. One of Timur's army commanders (İsen Buga/Esen Buga) named Esenboga airport which was activated at 1955 :)
kind of humiliating
@@elitemangudai1016 Both side is Turkic. So it's not humiliating.
@@elitemangudai1016 it is not when Timur is Turkic either
@@elitemangudai1016 I think its badass
@@borayukselturk9135 You're right both sides are turkic people...
Lazarovich gave his sister to Beyazıt. That's why Turks and Serbs became relatives.Lazarovich She was a very brave person and a very good-hearted person.❤
Damn I freaking love this video. Already watched it more than 5 times.
Really happy to hear that. :-) The new one will be released on Sunday. :-)
Cool, look forward to it! Thanx for such an amazing job.
Thanks for being with us! :-)
Despot Stefan Lazarević was the (not just one of) finest knight of his time. He had the superior (again, not one of the highest ranks, but the highest one) in the Order of the Dragon. An interesting read!
Thanks! Indeed, I haven't read even one bad word about him, which is very interesting. :-)
Correct !same as Vlad Tepes( Dracula of Wallachian Romania)
@George Washington Vlad Țepeș was a Wallachian not serb. Of course Serbia, Bulgaria, Moldavia and Wallachia had a core of mixed Romanians and Slavs, but he is more related with Hungary (mainly Transylvania) and Moldavia than with Serbia. Vlach means romance language speaker. The Greeks started to use the term for shepherds because most of the shepherds in Balkans were romance speakers. This was done to make difference between Greeks (Romanoi) and Romanians because both were referring to themselves as Romans.
Around 6:17 we start to hear brass music that I can only associate with the Flashgitz video on GW.
thank you ❤️ The exact meaning of (lang) is not slow anyway Lang is a person who one of his legs injured badly and permanently so he can't walk properly Just like that guard in Skyrim who took an arrow in the knee 😅
Ottoman history resembles an EU IV campaign more than most.
Yeah, that is a great comparison. :-) And when they got bigger, everybody united against them and so on. :-)
Kings and Generals I'm just genuinely so impressed that you reply to almost each and every comment in your videos. Brilliant.
Thank you! Interaction with the viewers is one of the best things about youtube. :-)
Eh, in EUIV when you get big it is hard to lose but the Ottomans somehow managed. So not a great comparison.
Timur: " We are Melik of Turan, Amir of Turkestan. We are sons of Turk. I am the Bashbug(leader) of the oldest and greatest nation! Sharaf ad-Din Ali Yazdi 15th century ZAFARNAME (biografy of Timur)
ulan ne söylemiş kral be
Siktir
Hannibal Barca My dad taught me this quote when I was 5 years old. And now I am 15, but still he asks me to say it
EVERY LISTENED IS NOT REAL, THATS FAKE CORRUPTED BIOGRAPHY OF TUMUR! AND ITS NOT TIMUR ! ITS TUMUR, TUMUR MEANING BY IRON IDIOTS!!! AND MONGOL, TURKISH NOT BROTHERS, NEVER NO!!! DIFFERENT NATIONS!!!
Hassan Abdulsalam The Barlas tribe is a semi-Turkic tribe. Timur[3] (Persian: تیمور Temūr, Chagatai: Temür; 9 April 1336 - 18 February 1405), historically known as Amir Timur and Tamerlane[4] (Persian: تيمور لنگ Temūr(-i) Lang, "Timur the Lame"), was a Turco-Mongol conqueror. Source Original Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timur YOU CAN NOT STEAL !
Bayezid should've listened to Stefan. Escape while you can. Live to fight another day, when shit doesn't turn out your way
Beyazid was known as Thunderbolt with his logistic skills and fast movement of his army. Unfortunately Timur was a chess master of his time (literally).
and then bayezid becomes timur dog
Good Work! I can't wait to see more ottoman documentary battles.
Thank you! We will cover everything till the WWI.
Very Good :)
excellent documentary, can't wait for the next battle of the early ottoman empire!
Thank you! More on the way. :-)
Imagine that 2 Turkish rulers did not fight, but united and conquered the world. 🐺
You can’t call Timur Turkish you idiot. He was Chaghatai Turk. The real Turk of Mavrennahr! There is difference between Turkish and Turk.
@@timurjoro1995 then just say that he misspelled the word "Turkic" instead of calling him an idiot you genius
Timur offered it to Bayazid but he was stubborn and considered himself elected. Timur didn’t want a dirty west , he was thinking about China
@@timurjoro1995 Chatai Turks=Turks
@@timurjoro1995 Stupid brother,We are the sons of Bilge Kağan we are Real Turks if there is someone who is not Turk here it is you We protect Turks We are protecting Turks We are fighting always for this how dare you can say that to A Turkish person we are the guardians of Turan
Stefan the Serb was really a warrior.
Timur means Iron in Old Turkish, such a badass name...
Çizgi Karakter , old turkish ? Kazakh people still use " Temir " word
Амандык Карымсаков in anatolian turkish we use “demir”.
Çizgi Karakter , and what do you mean under " badass name " ?
charismatic and intimidating
Амандык Карымсаков thats fine alot of people want to be like us Türks
Man, I love you guys. Always wanted more info and quality product on this war and wars like this that are lesser known/covered by the western media. Thank you!!
Thank you very much! :-) We love you, too!
What software do you use to make your videos.? They are amazing
All Turks we are brotherhood in because anymore our father is the same, Peace our ancestors rest in peace! TENGRI BIZ MENEN
@@dismas8884 Fuck off, Now whites are in charge of us all