How The Ottomans Could Not Defeat This Albanian | Skanderbeg Documentary
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Mehmed Fatih's greatest challenge lay in the mountainous backwater of Albania. What should have been a flash in the pan rebellion of a past hostage of the Ottomans turned into a multi decade slogging match on par with the modern conflicts in Vietnam or Afghanistan. George Kastrioti, or Skanderbeg as he is more commonly known, would win 13 consecutive battles over the course of 25 years that would cost the Ottomans more than 100,000 casualties. The unstoppable force of Mehmed II would meet the Immovable Object of Skanderbeg in the mountain trails of the eastern Balkans and there would be blood.
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0:00 Intro
2:35 Skanderbeg's Ottoman Service
4:29 Proclaiming Albania Free
10:51 Skanderbeg vs Mehmed Fatih
27:01 Outro
Which other underrated historical figure should I cover? Early Modern History Playlist: kzhead.info/channel/PLiPhmAD3I2JwdVOt4lI39d3XENLktUgP5.html
Alexander the great
That Egyptian General (had to google his name) Ahmad Isma il. I know a lot of people consider him one of the greatest generals of the last century. I don't think it's because of any political reason, but actually his battlefield wits.
Khosrow II
Abdurhamn iii yousef bin tashfin Abas the great Baibars Karim Khan Zand Adud al-Dawla Mohamed the V of granada Mohamed Ali pasha And I haven’t mentioned the artists and scientists who have a huge influence on culture like Ziryab or The Banū Mūsā brothers
@@julianmusta56 He's underrated?!
I've visited Skanderbeg's old fortress in Kruje. Not only is it a great defensive position, it's got an incredible view!
Me too it was lovely place
Thats because great views usually make great places to defend
Good
Bro thats what make skenderbeg turn back to albania. Kruja is one of the best places where you can make a castle and resist. His father send leters to Skenderbeg many times till he lisent to him after his father told him Kurja can be undefeated if someone like you protect it.
I have been there too! I can only imagine the view from there without the smog and other smokes that pollute the air...
"The Albanians, these tigers of mountain wars ... have as their religion rebellion. Even their worst warrior is one of the strongest and bravest on the battle-field, just as if he was a knight on the legendary horse. But he has no horse, nor proper weapons for battle. Instead of the horse, he has a lance which strikes as lightning, he has spears who's points are full of posion as the sting of hornets, he has also a wooden bow with some arrows. Furthermore, he is stronger than iron ... " - Ibn Kemal, Historian of the Turkish court during Skanderbeg's war against the Turks "The Albanians have been born to resist and disobey." - Dursam Bey, during the second siege of Kruja They are strewn with the wreckage of dead Empires-past Powers-only the Albanian "goes on for ever." - Edith Durham "They are Nietzsche's over-men, these primitive Albanians - something between kings and tigers." - Henry Noel Brailsford "The true history of mankind will be written only when Albanians participate in it's writing." - Maximilian Lambertz "The story of the Albanians deserves a study in itself. Attracted by the 'sword, the gold trappings, and the honours, they left their mountains chiefly in order to become soldiers. In the sixteenth century they were to be found in Cyprus, in Venice, in Mantua, in Rome, in Naples, and Sicily, and as far abroad as Madrid, where they went to present their projects and their grievances, to ask for barrels of gunpowder or years of pension, arrogant, imperious, always ready for a fight." - Nicholas Pappas "...isn't the Albanian, who, being a slave, did not allow enslavement, freedom-loving? This is a question that could hardly be understood by anyone who has not lived in Albania. The most liberty-loving people in the Balkans is the Albanian people. The Albanian, taken alone, as an individual, is an anarchist by nature. He would brook no bondage let alone on his people, he would not let anything, seen as possibly humiliating, befall his house. The Albanian house stands alone and apart from the rest..." - Description from a brilliant Bulgarian observer and connoisseur of Albania. (1924) Albanians are considered untouchable on the slave market because of their strong feelings for honour and the need for revenge. - Pasha Sulejman the Lightened They may be only soldiers, but never let them get close to your plate, and don't make them kneel before you, if you don't intend to capitate them. - Pasha Sulejman the Lightened
Skanderberg is born serbian,their are even documents about it.And albanians haven't come to europe untill 1044,when islamic military comander George Maniak has bring them to balkan as islamic military units.
@@slavenarkaimovski3897 pozdravi Jovan Deretica 🤣😂🤣😂
@@pollog9328 Mislim da nemogu jer on je mrtav vec jednu godinu,ali mislim da bi bio zadovoljan,kada bi vidio koliko zanimanje za pravu povjest mladi imaju. :=)
@@pollog9328 Alphonse de LAMARTINE:"" Albanians, this nation and this people can not be mocked... This is the land of the heroes of all time.Homer found there Achilles, the Greeks the Alexander the Great, Turks the Skanderbeg, people these of the same race the same blood """. Edvin JACQUES:"" The Illyrians or Albanians, these stalwart warriors were Albanians, heirs of Achilles, Philip, Alexander the Great and the Piros of Epirus "". SOURCE GREEK ENCYCLOPEADIA:Vol.19.p 873 :"" The grandfathers of today's Albanians therefore, that is, the Pelasgians, lived since prehistoric times in most parts of the world then known ""( Russian, French, Britann Encyclopeadia). HOLGER PEDERSEN ;:" The Albanian lanGUAge is the only tool for enlightenment and moral progress "".Norbert JOKL :"" The Albanian lanGUAge serves as a fiber that keeps the trunk alive and connetct this branches with roots. As you descent along this fiber to the wonders of history, strands can be affectedt,.The Albanian language is a tool through which the seeker can illuminate the dawn of Albanian people's beginnings and immerse themselves in time that goes beyong the historical evidence "". Joseph SCALIGER 1540 - 1609 :"" The epirotic language of the past is the Albanian language of today "". GIUSEPPE KATAPANO :"" Atlantida which disappeared 12,000 years ago, was the land of the Illlyrians ( Pelasgians ) who escaped the floud of Atlantis and began new civilzations on all continents, especially in Europe,Africa and Small Asia small "" & "" THOT ( Says) spoke in Albanian """ . Harold WHITEHAL ;"" Egyptian hieroglyphics created, 4,000 years ago have Albanian significante "" & "" PHARA ON -- FARA JON = OUR TRIBE
Skanderbeg is albanian
You know he was a great commander when Serbs, slavo Macedons and Greeks constantly claim that he belongs to them... even though in the archives of Vatican documents with his handwriting show him saying "we arbereshët🇦🇱"
Vatican documents.Skenderbeg was Serbian,Djuradj Kastriotic.Vatican is center of evil of this world.That a true my neighbors.
They are all jealous bc they were humiliatex at the Battle of Kosovo 1389
Not necessarily. If he converted to islam he is a traitor and a weak coward
@@rronhaziri5619 I don't remember greeks fighting in Kosovo.
Ι'm a Greek historian and I always knew that while he had some Greek ancestry, he was an Albanian 100% same as his father and grandfather.
In Romania our word for Arm Wrestling is Skanderberg. Starting to understand why
Its also because it is said that Skanderbeg chose his albanian warriors by arm wrestling them, to see who is capable and strong enough for his army.
@@skenderbegshala3247 Well that's some cool history from the man himself. Cheers mate
@@alexandrusava6131 blood brothers 🇦🇱❤🇷🇴
@@drinmaliqi9531 no blood brothers your blood is Albania others dont have besa never trust others
@@sumax-nz1je Albania and romania has the same languange kzhead.info/sun/nrSnicZxkIyblnk/bejne.html kzhead.info/sun/oM6FXd6ErHSfnJs/bejne.html kzhead.info/sun/lKiJkpGujaBmaps/bejne.html
Happy be a part of this
You're the man Neil!
Great video, I wish you included his two sieges of Elbasan tho, as they are an overlooked part of the Albanian-Ottoman conflict
They were going to be in the original script but we had to edit it out for time
One week Muslim, 1 week catholic, 1 orthodox, 1 week Muslim, ..... Seknderbeu = Kafir shum . Only Propaganda against Islam and turkish brothers
Skanderbeg was a legendary Albanian nobleman and military commander he truly was a great man a albanian hero i have been learnning about him for a long because i found him interesting and he defeated the ottman's that a great achievement and i ahve so much respect from him
A kâfir
Đurad is serb wdym?
@@aleksandardjakovic5287 never was never will
@@aleksandardjakovic5287 The father of the Serbian nation Dobrica Cosic considers the ability to lie and lying to be the highest moral virtue of the Serbian people and the foundation of foundation of Serbian pride. Here is a direct quote from Dobrica Cosic: "Lying is the greatest virtue of the Serbian people". Dobrica Cosic continues and says: "We lie to deceive ourselves... To console others, we lie to fight fear, to encourage ourselves, to hide our misery... Lying is a trait of our patriotism and the proof of our innate intelligence. We lie in a creative, imaginative and inventive way". Source : Deobe The Second Battle of Kosovo (October 17-October 20, 1448) pitted a coalition of the Kingdom of Hungary and Wallachia led by John Hunyadi, against an Ottoman-led coalition under Sultan Murad II at Kosovo Polje. The Albanian troops under Skanderbeg (🇦🇱 Albanian 🦅), wanted to help the Hungarians, but Đurađ Branković (Serbian 🇷🇸), then ALLIED to Sultan Murad II (Ottoman), prevented the Albanian troops under Skanderbeg from helping the Hungarians... Source: Sedlar, Jean W. (1994). University of Washington Press. p. 393 As a result, Skanderbeg (🇦🇱) ravaged the estates of Branković (🇷🇸) as punishment for desertion of the Christian cause. Consequence = defeat of the Hungarians ... Source: Kenneth, Setton (1997) [1978] Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society. p. 100.
@@aleksandardjakovic5287 Ethnicity = Skanderbeg himself defined himself as Albanian ( Ethnicity ) (handwritten letter). Ex : " Ioannes Antonius princeps Taranti Georgio Albano salutem " = Georgio the Albanian 🇦🇱 salutes the prince Giovanni of Taranto . Source : (Pope Pius II , Commentarii) The same prince Giovanni Antonio described Skanderbeg as "Georgio Albano".. Geography = Skanderbeg always signed himself as "Dominus Albaniae" (Albanian: Zot i Arbërisë, English: Lord of Albania🇦🇱) Source : Frazee, Charles A. (22 June 2006). Catholics and Sultans: The Church and the Ottoman Empire 1453-1923. Cambridge University Press. p. 33. The House of Kastrioti (Albanian: Dera e Kastriotëve) was an Albanian noble family, active in the 14th and 15th centuries as the rulers of the Principality of Kastrioti. At the beginning of the 15th century, the family controlled a territory in the Mat and Dibra regions. Exemple : Great grandfather = Kostandin Kastrioti Mazreku (died ca. 1390) was an Albanian 🇦🇱 regional ruler in parts of the wider Mat and Dibër areas. Grandfather = Pal Kastrioti was an Albanian 🇦🇱 medieval ruler in the latter part of the 14th century in northern Albania. Source : Genealogy of the Kastrioti family, Du Cange (1680), Historia Byzantina duplici commentario Even the Serbs of the time considered Skanderbeg as Albanian, his father (Gjon) was buried in an Orthodox monastery, the Serbs named the tower where he is buried "Albanian tower 🇦🇱"... source : ( Himelstir. p. 45 ) Moreover, even the descendants of Skanderbeg from the Arbëresh community qualify as Albanians 🇦🇱 and not as Serbs ... Example : Shopie Castriota, loris Castriota etc ... Alessandro Cutolo ( Italian historian ) : " Gjon ( father of Skanderbeg ) married Princess Vojsava, the daughter of another excellent Albanian🇦🇱 leader, the Lord of Polog " . Source : in is work "Skanderbeg" , p.20, published in Milan (Italy) in 1940. His mother ( Skanderbeg )came from the Muzaka family (Albanian) and not from the Brankovic family ... Father was Gjon Kastrioti, son of Pal Kastrioti. Mother was Voisava from the Muzaka-Family (as stated in the memoires of Gjon Muzaka written sometime before 1510) Documents from that time only state that she was an albanian. There are no serbian documents that state she was serbian. In his memoires Gjon Muzaka (before 1510) wrote that she is a muzaka. We only have two sources from that era that give us a hint of her origin. One is geographically and the other is ethnically . Geographic source: barleti wrote that it was from polog. Member of a noble house and tribal leader. Why tribal and not Serbian? First of all, the triballi were an ancient Thraco-Illyrian ( Albanian ) tribe. The same name was again used in the Middle Ages / Byzantine era for the inhabitants of the ancient tribal area. All the people who lived in this area were called triballi (Albanians, Bulgarians and Serbs). (And let's not forget that the Tribalians were Slavised for the majority ... But remained Thraco-Illyrian/Albanian in their blood ...) Today, the majority of Albanians in Macedonia live in the Polog region (the eastern part of Macedonia). Exemple : Appianus Alexandrinus (is a Greek historien of the Roman period) who qualified the Triballians of "Illyrian origin". Source : "historia Romana". Stephanus of Byzantium ( Great lexicographer of Constantinople, lived in the 6 th century), was written in the year 528-545, declares that the "Triballians are Illyrian. Source : From Urbibus and Populis. Other authors such as Strabo, Pliny, Ptolemy and Dion Cassius, state that the Triballians are of Thraco-Illyrian origin ( Pelasgians/Albanian ) Ethnical source: Gjon Muzaka wrote in his memoires that she was a muzaka. I think with the latter source we should conclude this whole discussion. As it is a very close source - chronological and physical. The person in this case Gjon Muzaka knew Voisava personally and he fought besides Skanderbeg and skanderbegs son. So he wouldnt dare to write something he would later regret right ? He wrote those memoires sometime before 1510 so basically before the book of barleti was printed.
much respect for Albania and its people i visited last year and loved that country very nice and welcoming people. Skanderbeg such a badass and in Albania you see his statue every city almost and i visited his grave in Lezha
you always be welcome
Great content, Gjergj Kastrioti deserves a Hollywood movie!
Amazed there hasn't already been one!
@@HikmaHistory it would be box office hit… im sure!! Hopefully one day he will get the credit he deserves
@@HikmaHistory this is the best we could do. A movie in 1954 kzhead.info/sun/msuQnJaNf3R4pqc/bejne.html and believe or not the serbs and most of the neighbors have the audacity of calling us turks while the west have totally forgotten us.
His Lifestory would be more a Series like Vikings oder Game of Thrones (with so many battles, sidechanges, plots, enemies become friends, friends become enemies). One Movie couldn't cover 5% of his life and archievment.
@@drangue9017 good point, i was thinking a movie a movie like the 300 or gladiator sort of celebrate his victory’s so to speak
Ottomans: “What do we have to do to get rid of this guy, jeez!”
Just wait. Death comes to everyone eventually.
Otomanen waren ungläubig bezüglich Scanderbeg. Muratt nahm die Vereinbarungen die er mit Scanderbegs Vater abgeschlossen hatte nicht wahr, und war nicht bereit diese zu erfüllen, aber Gott hat es bestätigt und Er hat die Macht alles zu vervollständigen was in seiner Gegenwart und im seine Name unterzeichnet wird. Ich weiss ist nicht einfach hier n'durchblick zu verschaffen, man muss Gottes Gesetz kennen
@abbas abdullah That was Vlad. Plus Jannisaries are just overrated bodyguards. Sipahis and akincis were the real deal.
Skanderbeg is a worthy successor of Alexander and Pyrrhus of Epirus 🇦🇱🏛
Those were both GREEK kings. Not Albanians, or Illyrians. He's not their successor, nor are any Albanians. The people of ancient Epirus were clearly Greek. That's no different than ottomans claiming to be the successors of the Byzantine Empire. They're foreigners with no connection to those people other than occupying some of the land.
@@Firebreath56 you're only saying no no no but why you can't explain that
He states this fact in a letter written to king taranto of italy which u can look up
@@georgioskanderbeg qfar po thot iky nalt me komentin e ti se spo kuptoj mir qka po thot a mos po thot se shqiptart e vjeter jon kon grek a qka
Hahaha so he was greeks since epirus has always been greek
I've seen other videos about Skanderbeg, including some really good ones, but this one is my favorite now.
Thank you Artur, that means a lot!
Skenderbeg was SERB, u need learn really history not fake.. His father name JOVAN and mother VOJISAVA , serbians namn.
@@jasminmas3139 In Skanderbeg's letter to the Italian Prince of Taranto he says: "Moreover, you scorned our people, and compared the Albanese to sheep, and according to your custom think of us with insults. Nor have you shown yourself to have any knowledge of my race. My elders were from Epirus, where this Pirro came from, whose force could scarcely support the Romans. This Pirro, who Taranto and many other places of Italy held back with armies." "I do not have to speak for the Epiroti. They are very much stronger men than your Tarantini, a species of wet men who are born only to fish. If you want to say that Albania is part of Macedonia I would concede that a lot more of our ancestors were nobles who went as far as India under Alexander the Great and defeated all those peoples with incredible difficulty. From those men come these who you called sheep. But the nature of things is not changed. Why do your men run away in the faces of sheep?"
@@jasminmas3139 m.kzhead.infoL6jWIPqih2s?feature=share&cbrd=1
Great video on a very overlooked historical figure! Ramadan Mubarak by the way! May Allah bless you and your family in this holy month.
Thank you and to you too!
i am from kosovo so we learn a lot about skenderbeu
I am from Albania, I'm Christion
Islam is literally the worst thing that ever happened to Albania
One week Muslim, 1 week catholic, 1 orthodox, 1 week Muslim, ..... Seknderbeu = Kafir shum . Only Propaganda against Islam and turkish brothers
Thank you for the great video, its one of the best I ever heard about Scanderbeg .
Glad to hear it! He was an epic dude to say the least
THIS SHOULD BE MADE AS A MOVIE AND IT WILL WIN OSCAR AWARDS 99.9% 🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱
One week Muslim, 1 week catholic, 1 orthodox, 1 week Muslim, ..... Seknderbeu = Kafir shum . Only Propaganda against Islam and turkish brothers
Skenderbeg was SERB, u need learn really history not fake.. His father name JOVAN and mother VOJISAVA , serbians namn.
@@jasminmas3139 Serbs dint even exist they not even natives in their land as Albanian people are the Oldest Civilization in History of Humans. Albanian Language is the First Indo-European Tree Branch of all the other languages, so don't be stupid.
@@jasminmas3139 everything is Serbian in your brainwashed head
@@jasminmas3139 jo.
Another world class video! Loved it!!
You legend, thank you!
Lp
Thanks, I came straight over from Jack's video and I'm subscribing when I finish this.
Glad to hear it!
Amongst all Great leaders Skanderberg if not the only one, is one of the few not be killed by a sword ....Man simply a legend
Skenderbeg was SERB, u need learn really history not fake.. His father name JOVAN and mother VOJISAVA , serbians namn.
@@jasminmas3139 Gjergj Kastrioti Skëndërbej is albanian national hero. His father name is Gjon Kastrioti.
@Jasmin Mas here we go princess 👸 yet there is not a single statue of skanderberg in Serbia 🤣🤦♂️
should get used to ignorant serbs polluting every video with their ignorant comments..
another serb garbage found @@jasminmas3139
Great collab!
Thanks!
Very well made and interesting 👌🏻👍🏻
Thanks!
Great episode. I love hearing all of the stories of the warriors who defeated the Ottomans.
As a albanian long time subscriber iv been looking forward to this
I've been meaning to make some sort of Albanian history vid. It won't be directly about Albania but more like the role Albanians played within the Ottoman Empire. Maybe...
@@HikmaHistory this honestly makes me even more depressed that we dont have actually good english speaking albanina youtubers to represent our own history instead we are constantly portrayed as basically turkish european dlc or a foot note in a leftie video about youguslavia while i will greatly apreicate the video nodoupt i highly encurage you to look deeper into albania itself during the otoman empire look at MUHAMED ALI PASHA and ALI PASH TEPELENA if im not mistaken you cover middle eastern and african and or otoman history to not cover the father of modern egypt would be wierd also the fascinating tribal wars of the last pashas during the last days of the otoman empire ..people like esat pasha toptani are literally real world little fingers he helped dethrone the last otoman sultan if im not mistaken covering post otoman albania and its unraveling i think would make for a great video
@Skanderbeg i think he is specifically a muslim history channel he made this video covering one of the otoman empires greatest and most fascinating enemy i dont think hes that interested in christian albanian principaletys i think brother we should make our own youtube channels and represent our own history sadly im to much of a sperg and have dyslexia though my spoken english is really good perhaps one day ill start my own history channel idk
@@okloshbrokla8154 I plan on covering more Albanian history within the Ottoman period.
@@okloshbrokla8154 Dear God, Dear God, Why would you want to listen to this snitch? Why? He is so disgusting in narrative and skewed arguments. It is clearly a propaganda channel.
Skanderbeg the Chad of medieval era
This mans Never Die, they always will live on our hart.
Turkish Timetraveler: Give Skanderbeg his father's throne! Trust me, it will save you A LOT of trouble... Mehmet Fatih: Okay... OG Rome, here I go!
Skenderbeg was SERB, u need learn really history not fake.. His father name JOVAN and mother VOJISAVA , serbians namn.
Hat sich gelohnt. Der Islam hat schöne Menschen wie die Albaner gewonnen ❤ Und sie haben die Wahrheit den Islam gewonnen
No better kill skanderberg he will betray you
Came from Jack Rackam's video. Just FYI i couldn't find a direct like to this vid from his, so i'd recommend commenting it there or something so ppl can just click. Great vid!
Comment for exposure
Thanks, will do!
Another wonderful video, Ramadan Mubarek Hikma!
At Torvioll: Ali Pasha: It's over, traitor! I have the high ground! Skanderbeg: You've underestimated my power! P.S: Such an irony, the Ottoman Empire, for a period of time, eventually come under the de facto rule of the Kropulu family, a family of Albanian Muslims.
Shows the strength of an imperial force when they can assimilate different peoples into their power structure.
Wait what ?
@@vardx5058because we Turks allowed them...
Funny how the ottomans accidently predicted his death so long ago by comparing him to Alexander
I thought the cause of Alexander's death remains unknown and unconfirmed?
@@HikmaHistory that's true nobody really knows but malaria is a pretty damn good guess, with some evidence for it.
@@HikmaHistory He died from fever / ilness, like the guy stated possibly malaria, as-well, but we do know he died from being sick. His remains are unknown because it was stolen when they were being transported to Greece to be buried there by Ptolmey who buried him in Alexandria. We know during the Roman period that his body was still in Alexandria because Julius Caesar visited it, along with future Roman Emperors. However, it was during the height of the ancient Roman Empire when the body / tomb itself went missing, possibly transported never to be seen again.
@@HikmaHistory it was a sage who told him he will meet him in Babylon after he placed himself in fire
Skenderbeg was SERB, u need learn really history not fake.. His father name JOVAN and mother VOJISAVA , serbians namn.
Good video. Skanderbeg is something of an obscure figure in Western Europe. I've read books about the the Wallachian wars against the Ottomans, and he is not even mentioned in some of them. That needs to change!
Thanks!
he is the greatest medieval general warrior
One week Muslim, 1 week catholic, 1 orthodox, 1 week Muslim, ..... Seknderbeu = Kafir shum . Only Propaganda against Islam and turkish brothers
Albanians mostly overrate him. He was a decent general but mainly relied on guerilla warfare and his knowledge on Ottoman military due to his upbringing, his greatest achievement was holding Albania for 20 years, nothing special.
@@aq4356Autism
Awesome Video
Cant believe All these guys were around during the same century In the same region of the world Their each titans of their own right Hunyadi Vlad Skanderbeg Mehmed The Balkans must've been one giant race to have all these guys present duking it out
Yeah, also Stephen the Great of Moldavia.
regions of ongoing military conflict tend to create great military minds and a militant culture in general
Skenderbeg was SERB, u need learn really history not fake.. His father name JOVAN and mother VOJISAVA , serbians namn.
They kept the Albanian language and traditions to this day in Italy since they left since the1400
My Favorite historical General of all time.
Amazing video good job guys
He did not decide to convert to Islam. He was forced by the ottomans to convert to Islam. There was no option B. Correct that please.
"And so he (skanderbeg) ordered that all Turks who did not want to be baptised be killed". Franco, chapter 2, page 5 v. Compare Barletus, "Vita", Book 1, page 17-18
He would align with the western world, and go firmly against the Ottomans. For that reason, he converted to Catholicism. Religion was not important to him per se, but it was important to his western allies. You could basically forget help from the Catholic world if you were Muslim. He only did it to afirm loyalty and secure independence, nothing more, nothing less. Bring textual evidence from first hand source that he was forced to islam
@@aintankha6617 what are you smoking? Ottomans committed genocide against Albanian and he was taken as a child by force to fight for the ottomans. Ottomans destroy every record or history book they found about him in Albania for centuries. He was forced to convert to Islam and least he pretended he was to fool the ottomans. Religion was important for ever nation and people at that time. He never converted back to Christianity but simply said that I never converted to Islam. Ottomans fought to spread Islam. Albanians fought against ottomans to protect their nation.
@@blackcat.19 Europäer verdrehen gerne die Geschichte. Und niemals sehen sie ihre Feinde indem Fall die Osmanen mit Respekt. Wir haben gesehen das wahre Gesichts Europas und red Westens nach dem Untergang der Osmanen. Afrika Asien kolonialisiert vergewaltigt versklavt und getötet
@@blackcat.19 what are YOU smoking? If Ottomans commited genocide on Albanians, there would be no Albanians today. Ottomans didn't need to destroy any history book on Skanderbeg because there was barely anything written about Skanderbeg up till the modern period. "Albanians fought against ottomans to protect their nation", no, it was a bunch of local dynasties fighting to preserve their power. Stop the nationalist nonsense.
Interesting and extraordinary.
It's always interesting to see that on long war campaigns, it tends to become more brutal and cruel. Probably the desperation to finish the war after many years.
And the soldiers get even more desentised to war and all the chaos it brings
Skenderbeg was SERB, u need learn really history not fake.. His father name JOVAN and mother VOJISAVA , serbians namn.
@@jasminmas3139 no
Battle hardened
too much serb pollution everywhere@@jasminmas3139 Get the f... out of balkans, since you came here this region has never found peace.
25 battles, including 4 times Murat II and Mehmet Fatih personally with the whole Otoman army with 100,000 - 150,000 soldiers, Scanderbeg won all of them, only with the Albanian military alone and with the almighty GOD. Not to forget, Sulltan Murat died in Adrianopoja but he suffered the blow under KRUJAS wall, that is all documented. Can you find me something comparable?! Only 10 years after Scanderbeg's death could Otomani poor KRUJA, or conquer Albania. And only because at that time there were many conflicts between the Albanian princes, so they were no longer willing to resist together and therefore not strong enough, due to different interests.
And now albanins are totally muslims, ottomans had the last laugh... christian boys were taken from home to be ottoman soldiers 😊
@@deepblue3682 blame the greeks for that, we were a tiny nation the entirety of eastern rome couldn't do anything to the seljuks. That sad.
@Jimbro the kids robbed from families were striped of from their family culture and religion... they were fiercely loyal to ottomans and died fighting for them... they were more ottoman than turks were.. 🤷♂️.. so whats in there for albanian christians.. !!..
@@deepblue3682 yeah they may be a bit muslims but muslims that drink raki and eat pork. Albanians are autochtons and very very old people on Balkan lands
One week Muslim, 1 week catholic, 1 orthodox, 1 week Muslim, ..... Seknderbeu = Kafir shum . Only Propaganda against Islam and turkish brothers
Skandenbeg is awesome. A hero
We should call chads "Skanderbegs"
The very great Venetian 18th century composer Antonio Vivaldi wrote an opera about Scanderbeg and it premiered in 1718.Unfortunately only the libretto (the words)survives and most of the music has been lost except one or two pieces.In the opera Scanderbeg is described as "the king of Albania."Venice of course occupied large areas of Albania for a long time.
As a matter of fact Antonio Vivaldi in his Opera about Kastriotis repeatedly refers to him as GREEK...
@@vangelisskia214 That may have been poetic license because of the fact maybe that he had a Greek name-in the same way that Turks and Mongols etc were poetically known as "Scythians" e.g. Christopher Marlowe in his play about Timur (the Turco=Mongol conqueror)describes him as the son of a Scythian shepherd.Nowadays we know that the Scythians were Indo=Europeans and not Turco/Mongol like Tamerlane (Timur)
@@kaloarepo288 Firstly, "King of Albania" simply means the ruler of a particular geographic territory and surely doesn't mean that he was ethnically Albanian. Vivaldi only refers to Kastriotis as GREEK and never as Albanian or Sqipetar or whatever else is to your liking. There wasn't any Albanian-Sqipetar ethnic identity until the late 19th century. Albania (or Arberia or Arvanon) was simply a geographical term. In what is now Albania Orthodox Christians in the south considered themselves Greeks. Muslims self-identified as Turks. Only the few Catholics of the north started having some sort of a separate Latin identity during the Middle Ages, but again mostly based on their religious distinctiveness from other neighboring populations and later with the Ottoman conquest of the area and the huge conversion rate to Islam even there it atoned and disappeared. Schmitt, one of the most acknowledged modern expert scholars on Albanian studies, supports that ALL THROUGHT THE MIDDLE AGES AND THE OTTOMAN ERA "Albanian" or "Arvanitis" was simply a GENERIC AND NOT ETHNIC term and didn't necessarily refer only to the speakers of Albanian dialects but even to the numerous Greek-speakers or Vlach-speakers that resided in the geographic area of Arvanon. It even came to refer to Armed Units which were composed not only by Albanian speakers but also by Greek speakers, Slavic speakers etc.
@@kaloarepo288 "The ethnonym "Albanian", where it is found in medieval sources, has one of the following meanings: a) Someone who speaks Albanian, b) someone from the geographical area of Albania, REGARDLESS OF THE LANGUAGE SPOKEN, and c) a man of the mountains and the countryside." Schmitt Jens Oliver (2009), Skanderbeg: Der neue Alexander auf dem Balkan, pp. 353, 354 "We remark that the term "Albanian" is not an ethnic qualification but, as the terms "Zouave" and "Dragon", is used as GENERIC to certain corps of infantry, formations of mercenaries recruited among Christians of Turkey. The Albanian Regiments were used also by the Italians and the French". Bode, Andreas (1975). «Albaner und Griechen als Kolonisten in Neurussland"», Beitrage zur Kenntnis Sudosteuropas und des Nahen Orients, Munchen, vol. 16 (1975), pp. 29-35 "Included under the generic name of Arnauts, it was recruited from Roumeliote Greeks, Albanians, Bulgarians and Servians, who acted as body-guards to the princes, the great functionaries, and even the simple Boyards." Gordon Thomas, History of the Greek revolution, 1844, London & Edinburgh, 2nd edition, volume 1, page 95.
@@kaloarepo288 The Ottoman historian Ahmet Mufit in a book published in 1530 mentions Kastriotis as a Greek. A. Salvi in 1718 referred to Skanderbeg as a Greek (Greco). The Englishman C. Randall in 1810 called him a Greek Hero (Grecian Hero) and the Swedish Barrau initially and Rudbeck later (1835) considered Kastriotis as Greek. The History of the French historian Paganel (Paganel: Histoire de Scanderbey), published in Paris in 1855 clearly refers to him as a Greek. G. de Antonellis suggested Skanderbeg was a Greek Christian. Clement C. Moore, believed in the 19th century that "his father (John) was a Greek from Epirus"... Even Antonio Vivaldi in his Opera about Kastriotis mentions him as a Greek. "Skanderbeg's true status as a 'hero of the Albanian nation' is HARD TO PIN DOWN, due to the lack of primary sources. He has been CONSTRUCTED as a national figure by both non-communist Christian Albanians and by the atheist communists alike." King, Russell; Mai, Nicola (2008), Out of Albania: From Crisis Migration to Social Inclusion in Italy, Berghahn Books, p. 62 "There are two different Skanderbegs today: the historic Skanderbeg, and a mythic national hero as presented in Albanian schools and nationalist intellectuals in Tirana and Pristina" Schmitt Jens Oliver (2009), Skanderbeg: Der neue Alexander auf dem Balkan, pp. 44, 45
What a legend, this man was They don’t come better than this ❤
Thank you
Why Hollywood has not yet done a movie about...so much material there
Good point tbh
Albanians have a great old history,respect !
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it is nonsense that HOLLYWOOD has not yet realized a big movie for this GREAT LEGENDARY HERO in all the world. it would be the greatest hollywood real story movie in all times
Somethings are better to be left enigmatic rather then get filthy with hollywood actors
@@shqiperia60 what do you mean by get filthy
I'm Muslim and of course a big Ottoman fan. Mehmed II is a big inspiration to me. With that being said, I cant help but respect Skanderbeg's military skill and prowess.
we need a tsushima style game on this dude
What a great idea!
That would be great! Would never happen though. Nor do they bother with an epic movie even though many others have had movies and books read about them. For some reason Albanian history is kept quiet.
Against the Ottoman tide, a hero stood, Scanderbeg, in mountainous brotherhood. The sultan's might, vast and grand, Yet against this lion, they could not withstand. In the clash of steel and the roar of might, Scanderbeg's spirit, a relentless light. Battles raged on, through day and night, Ottomans faltered, in the hero's sight. With each blow, he defied their sway, In the Albanian hills, he held at bay. The Ottoman dream, slipping away, Scanderbeg, the hero, in freedom's array. Through valleys and peaks, his legend spread, The Ottoman ambitions, he firmly shred. In the face of adversity, he stood unbroken, A hero's tale, in history, forever spoken.
Really nice video that acts as a homage to a great king and warrior
Scanderbeg was from Albanopolis (5km from Croia) he unites all Albanian folk principates with many ways marriages , peace , act etc and makes Albania in 15 century the oldest flag (same as today) Albanian always has tell that to fight is to be free ! We will fall 8 times and wake up 9 times ! Albania and Scanderbeg are the synonym that freedom is our spirit !
It was a soldier of Vatikan and it has nothing to do with the albanian nation. The war it was a religious war. He killed albanians as well. And the flag it came from the Byzantine eagle. You are just brainwashed
@@kushtrima3410 Scanderbeg never fought for religion lool he united the main Albanian principalities to fight for freedom and to preserve the Albanian society of the time...he also fought against the Venetians and the Angevins or perhaps you don't know it??
@@kushtrima3410 he was referring always to his ancestors and not the foreign imaginary Abrahamitic semitic god of the steppes that you muslims and the christians have adopted from the jews...
@@kushtrima3410 and then Scanderbeg never killed Albanians there is no evidence to confirm this incorrect statement..he forgave Moisi golemi and did not kill Hamza even if in reality in war the traitors have to be killed so it happens all over the world but scanderbeg had a big heart he didn't even kill the Ottoman prisoners...
@@kushtrima3410 ..instead regarding the flag your statement is false not only because the symbol of the two-headed eagle is a very old millennial symbol that was used millennia before the Romans...and it was the symbol of many Albanian noble families not only of the scanderbeg family but it is clear that you do not know that the Ottoman half moon flag was a symbol of the Eastern Roman Empire used centuries before the birth of the Ottoman Empire...and these are facts
An albanian man, who became a ottoman soldier, member of the elite solders known as Yeniçeri who were of bektashi faith. A bektashi klergyman, Skenderbegs spiritual leader, ordered him to go protect his homecountry, Albania - as the bektashi moto stands “there is no religion without motherland”.
He became a Christian when he switched sides
@@maikeliphillips850 to gain support from the vatican
It's weird af dude, the national hero of a Muslim country is a Christian who fought against Muslims
And bektashi is bida(change)...sekt in Islam
One week Muslim, 1 week catholic, 1 orthodox, 1 week Muslim, ..... Seknderbeu = Kafir shum . Only Propaganda against Islam and turkish brothers
this is great
thnx love from albania
Skanderbeg, byname of George Kastrioti, or Castriota, Albanian Gjergj Kastrioti, (born 1405, northern Albania-died Jan. 17, 1468, Lezhë, Albania), national hero of the Albanians. A son of John (Gjon) Kastrioti, prince of Emathia, George was early given as hostage to the Turkish sultan. Converted to Islām and educated at Edirne, Turkey, he was given the name Iskander-after Alexander the Great-and the rank of bey (hence Skanderbeg)
You right but. You spelled their name wrong gjergj kastrioti skanderbeu not george
GEORGIOS KASTRIOTIS , SON OF IONNIS / GIANNIS KASTRIOTIS , HE WAS A BYZANTINE NOBLE GREEK EPOROTIS AND GREEK ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN AND SLAUHTERED THE TURKO ALBANIAN SHQIPTAR MUSLIM OTTOMANS . THERE WAS NO ALBANIA HE FOUGHT FOR THE GREEK CHRISTIAN ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN FAITH . WAKE UP
@@mickeymouse1697 😂
@@mickeymouse1697 you are from Azia we are Illiryans gjergj kastrioti skanderbeu grek?😂you Look gypsy 😂😂😃😂😂😂😂😂😂Orthodox? 😂😂😂
@@mickeymouse1697 saying the Micky Maus 😂
After Skanderbeg’s death, Albanians revolted but also managed to climb the ottoman bureaucracy and became the elite. Some 49 ottoman grand viziers were Albanian.
Yes true ali pash tepelena who slaughter grek
Bravo good job
Gjergj Kastrioti -Undefeated Undisputed Albanian Heavyweight King 👑 🇦🇱♥️
Skenderbeg was SERB, u need learn really history not fake.. His father name JOVAN and mother VOJISAVA , serbians namn.
@@jasminmas3139 you fresh out of jail .update please
King of Albanian 💒🙏❤
This man ruined the plans to conquer Rome
What an amazing hero.
And yet he’s barely mentioned. No movies, no books, barely any heroic love…
@@larryzeka5011 Simply because Albanians converted
@@larryzeka5011The sad of reality of being small and having no linguistic affinity with a big powerful country.
@@madflaka4087That doesn’t matter. Generations to come should learn historic facts they happened. Feelings should bent to fact and reality. Not the opposite.
I like how history youtubers love collabs.
Never heard of him truly a great warrior and great leader for sure
"From place names, we know that Slavic settlements were also widespread throughout Albania, and it can be assumed that the Slavs came to form the majority population in the region for several centuries." Robert Elsie, Keeping an Eye on the Albanians: Selected Writings in the Field of Albanian Studies, 2015, p. 11-40.
Most Serbs are assimilated Albanians and Hungarians
Serbs are Slavic Russians, Serbia is Albanian and Hungarian land, Serbs are Slavic Russian bootlickers puppets.
Serbs were vassals of the Ottomans, they fought for them, serbs dug tunnels underneath Constantinople helping ottomans occupy it. Serbs gave their princess to the sultan and kept supplying Sultans' harems with their best girls for centuries.
As an Albanian, I’m happy people know about my country’s history.
perhaps it is time to find out about your country's history, too. Kastrioti is not an Albanian name. Look at my name
@@ektorpolykandriotis635 Skanderbeg was Albanian. You were the Slaves of the Ottomans.
@@bierbauch529 Greece is almost 100% Greek Orthodox. Albania is mostly Islamic. Who were the slaves of the Ottomans? The Greek revolution of 1821 was the incident that cracked the Ottoman Empire and led to the Ottoman departure from the Balkans. Between the Fall of Constantinople and the formation of the Kingdom of Greece, there were upwards of 70 revolutions against the Ottomans. Albanians were nowhere to be found in these battles and they mostly fought with the Ottomans against Christians, be that Greeks or Serbs. The same happened with the Italian Fascists and later with the Nazis. Albanians have always been on the wrong side of history, and they are keenly aware of it. Exactly the opposite of the Greeks. That is why Albanians get nervous around Greeks. Greeks know history. His name is not Skanderbey or whatever the Turks call him. His name was Georgios Kastriotis. Not Ilyr or Alban.
@@ektorpolykandriotis635 I know that you are upset that you Greeks (Mixture of Albanians, Turks, Slavs and Gypsies) have no History. No wonder why you try to steal Albanian History because you have none on ur own. It‘s alright Bro ❤️
@@bierbauch529 show me your evidence and I will agree with you, everytime. I speak Greek, the language of Homer. You speak Albanian, the language of nobody. My religion is Greek Orthodoxy, your religion is Muslim, like the Mongol/Turks. I have no reason to be angry, my brother..
Cool!
Gjergj Kastrioti 🇦🇱🇦🇱 Great video by the way!
"In addition to Albanians, there were also Slavs, Greeks and Vlachs in his retinue." "in seiner Gefolgschaft fanden sich neben Albanern auch Slawen, Griechen und Vlachen." Schmitt 2012, p. 55, Schmitt, Oliver Jens (2012), Die Albaner: eine Geschichte zwischen Orient und Okzident (in German), C.H.Beck
Nett das hier in seiner Gefolgschaft auch andere Nationalitäten aufgelistet werden, Aber wenn in Griechenland Albaner die Türken (Osmanen) vertrieben , die Albaner nicht Mal ein wort Griechisch sprechen , und seit Dem in Europa das gerücht herum kusiert ,diese Albaner identifizieren sich als Griechen. Diese Albaner haben nichts über Griechen gewusst, bis sie bekannschaft gemacht haben, Dass ihre Sprache nicht offziell ist!!
@@junopuno7011😂😂 du redest mit einem Computer aus st Petersburg
Skanderbeg crushed the arrogance of the Ottoman Turks!
Yes but the turks teach him how to fight samebgoes for Vlad but the war the turks won.
they proceeded to dominate Europe in the upcoming centuries...
Vlad, Skanderbeg and Mehmet. Wish they some good movies about them.
The Legendary Gjergj Katrioti not only a military strategist and general but also he is the King of the Kings. He was from a Noble Albanian famiy, and he unified the Albanian Princes of that time against Murrad II
Man had 24 wins 1 defeat That's 96% win ratio And all of them with outnumbered troops 😮🇦🇱
No defeat at all... No fake news please;)
The format is not bad, but I dislike the change in voice. It's also means that when someone has a different tune it stands out like Jack (whom I love BTW) but it does work with the soft spoken voice of Hikma and the other channel. Just my opinion, good video nonetheless.
Thank you for the feedback, I appreciate it!
Sorry but I like the change in voice. I find it, that it makes this video much more interesting!
Mehmed II 's most trusted vizier, Zagnos Pasha was an Albanian as well and played a vital role in conquest of Constantinople!
When in doubt, trust in Fabian tactics
What a commander what a king God gave us.
tani kemi ilir meten berishen dhe ramen... e kupton kontrastin, ironike apo jo?
The Ottoman defeat them when Sultan Mehmed personally command the army into Albania. Your video title might be confusing.
The Ottoman devsirme system, which was seriously glossed over here, was the forced recruitment of Christian children from the Balkans. These children were forced to convert to Islam and while they could rise to senior level admin roles, like Vizier, they were much more often used to build up the military than anything else. This may have been discussed in previous videos but I'm sure many are tuning in for the first time.
What a badass!
Very underrated
King of Albanians🇦🇱
I don't understand why Hollywood has no
Do more ottoman history brother
There is a Greek propagandist in the comment section who tries to make Skanderbeg Hellenic😂😂😂
Gjergj Kastrioti great general .....he deserves a movie from Hollywood....Skenderbeu ......🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱
This is who the antagonist on the 3rd season on Rise of Empires Ottomans
A lot of pictures I have never seen
Fun fact: In romanian, Skanderbeg means arm wrestling.
No way!
Scanderbeg made arm wrestling so why you call the game skanderbeg. It was famous
@@konradp5817 Well there are more reaons but the min reason is that during his time , Skanderbeg was known as the "Iron Arm", which is also another name for the sport
@@konradp5817 it is said that he chose his soldiers by arm wrestling!
Scanderbeg chose the fighters by arm wrestling coz if your arm is strong you can handel the sword
God bless Albania, Turks has done a lot of damage to civilized world from Hungary to Iran.
Albanians stooped this nasty empire and decimated their armies. Scanderbegs name made ottomans tremble.
Wow, this is my first introduction to Skanderbeg. I am now going to explore all there is about him. He is added to my heroes like Vlad Dracula. Also good question: I wonder why more Christians from Europe didn't join together to drive the Ottoman's out of the Balkans? Part answered: I know France and England just concluded their 100 years wars and was broken, and Germany was in trouble with harsh internal conflict but what about everywhere else?
They did try (see Nicopolis & Varna Crusades). But bear in mind that coordinating alliance-based military activity is very, very difficult. Also some European nations did not necessarily view it as that big a threat to them (those that were far away, e.g. England).
@@HikmaHistoryyes and vassal Srbian in nicopol defend Hingary 😢Great Mistake 😢
Pls do more Balkan historical events, since Bosnia and Herzegovina and also Kosovo are still relevant to talk about. Especially with the ottoman influence in the past.
How the mighty stay in fighty
Based Skanderbeg 🇦🇱❤️
What a cruel and long war. I can see how the stereotype of Albanian blood feud might have gotten it's shape.
jack brought me
He is the Champion of Christ and shield of weastern Christianity.🔥🔥🔥
Champion of Christcuck 🤣
Boy i sure do love no serbian or greek ravists make cartoonish conspiracy hteoris in this conent section
Thieving skills: legendary.
thats why he have the GOAT helmet
I found many things common in Skanderbeg and Chatrapati Shivaji ... One of them is that they were never defeated by their enemies respectively ie Mughals and Ottomans