Believe it or not, the next Ottoman script is finally ready. Rejoice, the fans of that series, we are entering the strangest era. This video is a remake of our older video on the battle of Ankara - we decided to make it to show the Timurid perspective. If you are interested in the events after this battle, this video explains the Ottoman civil war: th-cam.com/video/IUlp9U2p5_c/w-d-xo.html and this one covers the rise of the Mughals: th-cam.com/video/ycv4gDXbm7s/w-d-xo.html
Another weird thing about this battle is the experience of Johann Schiltberger. Schiltberger was a German Crusader who had fought the Ottomans at the battle of Nicopolis, was captured by Bayezid, and then in turn was captured by the Timurids when the Ottomans were defeated at Ankara... Strangely enough though, he lived, returned home eventually, and wrote about his adventure.
@@randomuser6175 Timur officially proclaimed his invasions to be jihad against the region's non-Muslims. Although he was able to invade parts of Georgia, he was never able to make the country Muslim and even recognized Georgia as a Christian state.
@@rezokapanadze9965 yeah I know. But jihads and crusades are actually all about money and power. He claimed jihad against non muslims and yet he killed thousands of muslims in Damascus and Bagdat. Then he attacked another muslim state the Ottomans. It was a jihad on paper. In reality he sacked every city he could. That's why I'm saying even the Georgia converted to islam he would find a new excuse to sack the country because basically Georgia was in his way.
You really have to admire Stefan's loyalty. Bayezid was a foreign overlord who did not speak Stefan's language, he did not share Stefan's religion. Half of the Sultan's army had already defected to the enemy, Stefan could have taken his men and fled, he could have left Bayezid to his fate and instead retreated home to assert his independence. Instead, Stefan fought his way through hordes of Timurids to save his Sultan. He refused to retreat without his commander. Whatever bad blood exists between Serbs and Turks, I think both Serbs and Turks can agree that Stefan really embodied the virtues of chivalry, courage and honour.
You've nailed it. This fact is often overlooked. A foreign unit, from a land far away, with a different religion and culture, staying loyal to the sultan during a desperate fight where the sultan is being betrayed. I think it says a lot about their (chivalrous(?) if you can call it) character, morals and virtues. If there's one thing modern turks and serbs can agree on is that this act of loyalty is still being cherished to this day.
Bayezid hold Despot Stefan sister in captivity btw Stefan inherited vassal status from his father Prince Lazar who died in Battle of Kosovo,i think after tht battle Stefan took his sister back and stopped being vassal
Sad thing is that we don´t learn about this in our history class , nothing about cooperation with Ottoman Empire , only that they were bad and held our country for 500 years until the Balkan wars
@@ivandragokrizanac9429 First who said its honorable?2nd you dont know what vassal means,its an agreement signed by both sides,we Serbs have to give military aid for turkish wars and pay yearly tax, turks on the other hand must also give units to fight in our wars and they have to pay tax or to give lands to serbian despot but most important is that SERBIA IS STILL INDEPENDANT STATE something your narrow,ass licking,stable cleaning,no history croat cant understand,Despot Stefan inherited status of vassal but after this battle he went and attack turks liberated his sister from captivity and stop being vassal,thats honorable but you croat doent know what honorable means cos you know only to serve others and to kill women,children and elderly
Hist frequent raids of georgie and the Causcasus were the finals blow for the collapsing Alan Kingdom and caused the people of the Caucasus to becoma more warlike
@@fogshadow9112 That's not what he said at all. "The city always fell even with fierce resistance" means "despite how fierce they would resist, the city would always fall"
@@Nishkid641 In 2014 When ISIS was at the gates of Baghdad, besieged on three sides, the support from the coalition aircraft stopped and waited for the fall of Baghdad. We fought and won against ISIS Without anyone's help
Yeah. I mean, Genghis Khan also raised a lot of cities. But it was all under the tactic of "Be nice with me and surrender, and I will be nice with you. Don't, and you will perish." But with Timur, it wasn't even that. Even if you surrendered, your city most likely was going to be raided.
Timur's body rests in the Gur-e-Amir Mausoleum in Uzbekistan. His epitaph of dark nephrite jade can be found in two very interesting lines: "When I rise from the dead, the world will tremble." "Whoever disturbs my grave will unleash an invader more terrible than me." The second is interesting since a team of Soviet scientists led by Mikhail M. Gerasimov, took out the remains of Timur to evaluate them. The established day for the extraction was June 19, 1941. Two days later Nazi Germany began Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of the Soviet Union. Timur's body was returned to his grave with a Muslim religious ceremony on December 20, 1942. Three days later, the German high command decided to abandon the attempts to free the Sixth Army trapped in Stalingrad, leaving them to their fate. They surrendered on February 2, 1943, marking a turning point in the course of the second world war. This is referred to as the "Curse of Timur". Thanks K&G for this great documentary.
Turning point was not really Stalingrad, it came earlier. Basically, after the invasion in 1941 had failed to break Soviet Union, it was only a matter of time when germany would run out of resources to continue the war. Moscow was the biggest mistake of the whole campaign, it was unimportant. What Germany needed was to gain the southern farmlands and Oil, both to get these resources for themselves, and deny them from the soviets.
Baghdad: Hey Sultan Ahmad, can you stop fleeing our city every *FIVE MINUTES??!!* Georgia: Hey Timur, can you stop raiding our country and using it as a punching bag every *FIVE MINUTES??!!*
@@NickStrife nope, Best viziers ( head minister ) were serbians such as sokollu. You can even today see a lot of Turkish words in serbian language. Also Ottomans trust more in balkans they invest more on balkans there is almost noting of ottomans in anatholia 90% build in Rumeli. Also we Turks probably told as invader Barbars in your history books but In reality we were only tax collectors if wasn't ottomans it shall be Habsburgs big fish eat small fishes. Nothing about nationalism like on video Turk kill Turk muslim kill muslim its just medieval feudal wars. If we were barbars we shall not build mosques bridges in serbia but only skull pyramides.
Boris Erdogan what do you mean fresh supplies? This video hasn’t spoke about the specifics of the invasions and just oversimplified them but Timur lost a lot of soldiers on his part in all 8 invasions.
@@krspaceT1 ● We as muslims in (Syria + Egypt) have fighted Mongols in 6 wars: we won 5 and lost 1: •Ain Jalut • Elbistan ( Kayseri / we win Mongols + Seljuk togather) • Marj Al-Saffar ( 400 000 solders) •Battle of Homs 1 • Battle of Homs 2 • Battle Wadi Al-Khaznadar (we did'nt win it) -Ain jalut = very famous battle 👌 -Marj Al-Saffar = more 400 000 solders - Elbistan: we won Mongols + Seljuk turks togather and finished Seljuk impire in Anatolia ✌
● We as muslims in (Syria + Egypt) have fighted Mongols in 6 wars: we won 5 and lose 1: •Ain Jalut • Elbistan ( Kayseri / we win Mongols + Seljuk togather) • Marj Al-Saffar ( 400 000 solders) •Battle of Homs 1 • Battle of Homs 2 • Battle Wadi Al-Khaznadar (we did'nt win it) -Ain jalut = very famous battle 👌 -Marj Al-Saffar = more 400 000 solders - Elbistan: we won Mongols + Seljuk turks togather and finished Seljuk impire in Anatolia ✌
Back then if your father didnt die to his enemies then his son would kill the father for throne. Familial ties only applied to mostly womenfolk cause most of the time they didnt get to rule.
Stefan was probably horrified when Bayezid refused to retreat with him when the battle was lost. At that point it he had deep ties with The Sultan. Turning against Bayezid wouldn't have endeared him to anyone much less a world beater like Timur who admired him for his ferocity and loyalty to his overlord.
@ბერეკა u know my foot Timur could destroy Georgia millions of times, a cute little country. All he wanted is submission, obedience, humbleness from every emperors of his time. Understand kid?
Americans taking Baghdad: "we need that oil" Hulagu taking Baghdad: "how dare they not take me seriously" Timur taking Baghdad: "I just want my skull towers"
Timur campaigned in georgia like 8 times, before the first one georgia was the strongest kingdom in the region after timurs death georgia never even managed to become independent of foreign influence
It was also said that when Timur captured Bayezid he said him "The world is left all to a blind and a lame now?" (referring to bayezid's bad eyesight and his cripple leg)
Yes indeed. They knew they were going to die, respect for Bayezid too, maybe he could have avoided the war with diplomacy but did not want to kneel. Fought bravely and died with honour, despite being captive.
Serb's warriors? look up Barone fortress (my ancestors fought at Barone Fortress), Nikola Zrinski or Oluja95 now these people are true warriors who refuse to be Ottoman vassals.
Georgian here. There's a village in Georgia called "Mdzovreti" which literally means "corpse-land" - thanks to Timur.. Also, King Giorgi VII actually outlived Timur after 8(!) destructive invasions only to die in a battle against "Black Sheep Turkomans" after a few years.
@@MbisonBalrog Georgia has a very mountainous terrain (somewhat like Switzerland) and centuries-old militaristic culture. People used to hide in mountains and wage guerrilla wars against invaders. It was actually only Eastern Georgia that suffered, as the Western part was basically unreachable for Timur. So much so that many regions of the country remained almost untouched for centuries until Russians arrived in 19th century and annexed the whole country. There are many "ex-villages" and "ex-towns" which were ruined by Timur and never restored ever since. His invasions were probably the most devastating compared to other invaders.
Respect for Turkey from Serbia also. And besides that Timur himself was some kind of Tatar, and they was more motivated to be loyal to him instead of Bayezid, politics and interests was always main motive than ethnicity, i think.
@@mikula1011 Timurda was Turkic, but he drew Turkic tribes to him, saying that the Ottomans are no longer Turkic and are now marrying Serb and Slav women.
@@mikula1011 Indeed he was, Timur was from the turkified mongol barlas tribe in central asia and the fact that the bulk of his army were from the crumbling chagatai khanate meant that he had greater appeal to the tatars. Couple that with Timur's opportunism and tenacity with the unpopularity of Bayezid and we see the disaster that happened here.
I am a Türk and have deep respect for the Serbians. Orthodox Chrsitians in general were very honourable. And I do not get why Timur is loved by so many. He was cruel and brutal.
@@sinanroyal5359 Yeah timur sounds like a douche Like You could compare It to genghis khan, they both led a lot of campaigns and turned weak nations into great empires, but timur did nothing to preserve it And I don't know if he introduced any good thing to his nation either,
@@farhadnoori4213 Does not matter to me if he was a Türk or not. He was, even when measured by the standarts of his time, brutal and barbaric. He cared not about ruling his people in a good way, only to conquer more land to gain more personal prestige and was ready to commit any kind of brutality.
@@farhadnoori4213 That is why I wrote in another comment here already "even measured by the standarts of his time, he was brutal". Genghis Khan was also very brutal. The Mongols in general laid waste everywhere they entered in. I am not measureing that with modern standarts, but even other Empires at their time did not treat other people like that. And the Ottomans made some mistakes yes, but you can not compare what the Ottomans did to what the Mongols or Timur did. Show me one case where they massacred the entire population of a city and build a tower of skulls. Civillians were killed yes. These were the standarts of their time. A part of the population is killed due to colloteral damage, a large amount is enslaved. That is what happened in Constantinople for example. Many civilians died, many were enslaved, many continued to live on as now Ottoman citizens. And yes we Turks are warriors by tradition, but being a warrior does not mean you are cruel. You have the choice. Timur had the choice aswell and here you can see the consequences of his decisions. Or when he spit on his own honour and buried those alive, after he promised not to shed their blood.
4:38 "According to Timurid sources, Timur sent an envoy to Aleppo 1399, but his messengers were killed". Once again, history repeats itself. Nomadic messengers always had it bad. The people who killed them had it even worse
I was born in Samarkand. I deeply regret that a disastrous war did happen between brother turkic nations. Timur was a genius commander, but as a person was cruel and blinded by his ambitions. Tanrı turkler vatan korusun
A little correction, his famous quotation "Biz kim - mulki Turon, amiri Turkistonmiz Biz kim- milatlarning eng ulugi, Turkning bosh bo'g'inimiz" and it is directly translated as "We are rulers of Turan, emirs of Turkistan, we are the greatest nation and leading clan (house) of turkic peoples". Also in turkish "Biz ki Mülk-i Turan, Emir-i Türkistanız, Biz ki milletlerin en kadimi ve en ulusu [olan] Türk'ün baş boğunuyuz (asıl nesliyiz). Eğer bizim kudretimize şüphe kılsan (kudretimizden şüphe etsen), biz kuran (bizim kurduğumuz) imaretlere bak."
@EXTRA LARGE Of course, words Turan and Iran have persian origins. Part of Central Asian territories were named Turan, this word was broadly used to call this land and was popular. Timur just used as it was.
@EXTRA LARGE please, clarify what you need to know? You are not sure that Timur was turkic? He was from Barlas clan with semi turkic and semi mongolian origins.
It is said in Ottoman war sources that (almost) no soldier fought, except for Serbs. I wish Turks and Serbs, two nations that dislike each other these days, knew about this war. If the Tatars had not betrayed, it could have been a much more enjoyable war. Note: From Turkey.
its not only Tatars that betrayed Eretnid armies, and many Turkish armies felt no reason to fight this war, a war of Ego's fighting fellow Turks and no jihad, thus either fled or joined Timur the clear stronger side.
When sultan selim conquered Tabriz in 1514 he captured Timur’s grandson who lived there under safawi control but he treated him well telling him that the past remains in the past
@@MrMoumen07 Well he sacked Tibriz and Cairo and he genocided tens of thousands of Shia civilians in Eastern Anatolia in response to some Shia tribes' rebelllion...
Something for you guys: In the old Ottoman books, Serbs called "Laz" in the same reason why Anatolian Turks called "ottomans". They are named after their king Lazar.
When I was a kid at school, I remember in history classes we have been learning about how much devastation (TimurLeng) brought on Georgia. It was terrifying stuff to read.. Our cronicals say that nobody has done as much harm to Georgia as TemurLeng did, and belive me, from ancient times, Georgia was almost always at war with one or another qouncurer/es..
I see some Muslim proud that those Mongol converted to Islam but I think it is namesake as they remain brutal as usual.. They converted because of strengthening their political stance...Those mongol even had audacity to challenge Allah in battlefield if they could get chance. Though timur is brutal but his heir Sultan Shahrukh Mirza ruled peacefully until his death in 1447 and reconstructed most city destroyed by his father ushering new era of timurid renaissance which somehow rivalling Italian renaissance..
@hussain cheeeam crusaders were not a emperor,Saladin aligned with christians sometime,mamluks aligned with Byzantines,caliphate's fought other muslims-killings in mosque,Timur killed more Muslims than Christian's and fought against mainly Islamic empires,ottomans didn't gave a rats ass about religion until it suited them-hence their sultan's kept consuming alcohol,had hundreds of slave,let Christian empires manage their rules.Again empires cannot go on without compromise.Have the ottomans given more autonomy to their Christian subjects it would loose Balkans so easily or aurangzeb if had continued the policy of leaving Hindu generals and vassal Kings alone his empire would not be destroyed just after his death,or if the early Christian Kings hadn't became Christian zealots they may have held the Levant much longer.
Timur was pretty impressed whit the Serbian cavalry and said something like who are those that fight like lions and it is said that because of that he relised Bayezids wife Olivera (who was Stefans youngest sister) and the rest of the Serbian lords whit no ransom.He had a role in the civil war that followed after. Stefan was one of our greatest leaders not only militarily but culturally as well, his story is a great one before and after this battle! Great episode, keep up the good work !
The story goes (the source is "Life of Stefan, the despot of Serbs" by Constantine the Philosopher) that Tamerlane watched the battle from nearby hill and witnessed Serbian cavalry pushing and destroying his ranks. He asked the councilor "Who are those dervishes who are fighting so bravely?" "Those are not dervishes" - the councilor answered - "Those are Christians, Serbs." "But they are fighting in vain!" - Tamerlane answered.
@@vizantinac Yes, let's make an episode about the Serbians who went in to bed with the Ottomans any time, helping the Ottoman war effort against any country. Nowadays the Serbs say they were the defenders of Christian Europe.
@@xxthatpookieeditsxx Why could not both statements be true? When Ottomans started conquest of the Balkans in mid 14th century were Serbs not defending the Europe from Ottomans? Stefan Dusan was sending emissaries to the Pope as early as 1340's to warn western Europe about Turkish invasion. What about Battle of Marica 1371? Battle of Plocnik 1385? First Battle of Kosovo 1389? After Serbian Prince accepted Ottoman suzerainty he was obliged to go to war in defense of Ottoman interests. Including invasion on Bosnia and Battle of Nicopolis, and above mentioned Battle of Angora... Once Bayezid was imprisoned Stefan was no longer under vassal obligation and he did not support Ottomans after that. So yes, both statements are true, but they separately apply to a period of more than a 100 years...from 1340's to 1459, when Despotate finally fell with the siege of Smederevo.
@@vizantinac , In the Battle of Kosovo many Serbs were fighting in the ottoman Army. The sers were assisting the ottomans what ever they did for a good 400 years. Doing even more than what the ottomas asked them to do. Does the truth hurt?
@@xxthatpookieeditsxx "Many" Serbs? Can you define and quantify 'many'? How many regiments from Marko Mrnjavcevic? How many from brothers Dragas? Yes, there were Serbian regiments fighting in the Ottoman army, because it was their vassal obligation. Nothing wrong with that. There were Greeks fighting in the Ottoman army during siege of Constantinople...what does that prove except that there was a practice of vassal retinues in feudal armies? "Doing even more than what the Ottomans asked?" Can you elaborate on that? 'Does the truth hurt?' No. For ordinary person and for experts It is a matter of history - their war, not ours, for some others it is a subject of nationalistic drool over 'glorious' past which was never glorious to begin with. However, one should give credit where credit is due - bravery of knights at Nicopolis and Angora, no matter what side they fought for, just like the dedication of vassal to his word of honour and to his obligation. Nothing less, nothing more.
Secret heroes of this war is Serbian Knights and Stefan Lazaroviç. They have fought brave and show decent gallantry. When they see there is no way to win slowly retreat wisely too. Bayezid had also time to retreat safely but he was furious and enthusiastic. BTW video didn't mention but Timur was allied with local Turkish begs like Candarids, Karamanids against the Ottomans. And he never occupied Anatolia, left these locals.
Ottoman : siege Constantinople Timure: I destroy you ottoman And in the truth he almost destroy the ottoman Timure was really a brilliant military leader who come from nothing
he destroyed baghdad even after the destruction that was made by hulagu 150years early when he destroyed the house of wisdom and killed 800000out of 1million muslims and yes timur came from nothing but at least he made himself powerfull unlike our arabe leaders today ...
@@ontheline3077 there have been principles indeed in the era just ... a lot of examples (Andalusian hegemony , post crusade in the jerusalem ...). War is inevitable , yet you dont build skull towers out of peaceful population . It is like saying oh he is dreadful but he is a good ruler let him kill them then (imagine if that was your country , hope you will say the same) .
@@davexorus9836 I agree, but why did they had to go always through Caucassus region? And some of them went several times. It's almost miracle, that these nations survived.
Great Video K&G!, One fact you neglected to mention was when Timur attacked Homs he did not sack Homs because of Khalid ibn Al Walid's mosque and the final resting place was there, whom he held in great regard as a brilliant military commander and former companion of the Prophet (PBUH).
@@balgaravar5203 babur was never Indianized , he lived his whole life outside India , when he conquered delhi , he died few years later ! his son humayun had to flee modern day delhi and whole India to avoid getting killed by rivals who now had delhi , he lived most of his life away from Indian culture and died a years later after getting delhi back , it was time of Akbar where "baburids" adopted many Indian practices making them different from babur and other turkic-persian leaders , akbar and from then till babhur shah zafar all were Indianized
@@zuboy4272 I said the same Baburids and not Babur. Indies were conquered by the Scythians, the Kushans, the Huns, they all became Indians and assimilated to the higher castes
Romans: "Hannibal at the gates". Ottomans: "Timur at the gates". It’s a similar story. A horrific defeat by a formidable foe and against all odds an overcome all the way to empire building.
@@waqarsaleem8611 he didn't care for islam or the muslims , like many in history he used religion as a pretext for his warmongering . he killed millions of muslims and non muslims sacked and pillaged many muslims cities . he didn't wipe out anatolia so he can sack it again , he freed Bayezid sons and started a civil war that was going to crumble the ottoman empire
Great work, very precise and informative, thank you. (1) Timur, though a great warrior king, proved himself to be a ruiner rather than a builder, thus his vast empire survived a few decades after his death. (2) Timur's victory over Ottomans gave a relief of 20 years to the Christian west, and delayed the fall of Constantinople by about half a century. (3) The House of Othman learned well from the enormous setback at the hands of eastern kin peoples, and took great care in the coming centuries to keep the other Turkic tribes at bay. (4) Ottoman Sultan Mehmed I the Restorer, though reigned for eight years (1413-21), overcame the challenges of recovery and put the Ottoman State back in some shape. (5) The subsequent three able sultans, namely Murad II (1421-51), Mehmed II the Conqueror (1451-81) and Bayezid II (1481-1512) built back in 90 years the Ottoman State into an empire and a huge economic powerhouse. (6) It was Mehmed II who first decided to deal with the issue of "other Turks" in the east, defeating the Aqqoyunlus in 1474, then Selim I the Grim (1512-1520) defeating the Safavids in 1514, and exterminating the Mameluk State in 1516-17. In 1520, when Suleiman I the Magnificent (1520-1566) was crowned, he already inherited, and further expanded & consolidated, a vast empire and economy. Already in 1534, it is argued that the Ottoman Empire had the 3rd largest GDP in the world (after China and India), which remained so by 1730. Final comment: Serbs, as exemplified by Stefan Lazarovic, and Greeks provided great soldiers and statesmen to the Ottoman Empire for centuries. My fellow Turks would be angry with me, but I would still call the Ottoman Empire as a Turco-Serbo-Greek empire modeled on a fusion of Persian and Greco-Roman statehood (the predecessor Seljuk Empire was modeled mostly on the Persian statehood with some Greek administrative traditions in the latter half). Love from Ankara, Turkey.
calling the Ottoman Empire a "Turco-Serbo-Greek" Empire does unjustice to all the other ethnicties who played a massive part in the empire's history in big scales.
I will make an efort to explain Stefan Lazarevic's involvement in battle of Ankara, encompassing his life in general and circumstances surrounding his earley kingship. Since I can see some comments, where Europeans are calling his name out for taking significant role in Turkish muslim army, as well in case where I can see Turks honouring him fore his mentioned accomplishments in the battle. I will try to make it short and clear as possible, since he is not a main character in the video (never gonna happen, we are talking medieval times here and the story is much more complicated than a simple religius division). Stefan Lazarevic was only 12yrs old when his father Lazar Prince of Moravia (region in central Serbia) was killed in the Kosovo Battle in year 1389. As he was to young to rule, his mother stood in, and immidiately started dealing with difficult situation that they found themselves with. During his life Lazar, (Stefan's fathe) aspired to restore Serbian empire wich collapsed few years after Tsar Dusan's Mighty death (1355) and left power vacuum between smaller, regional lordships. Stefan's mother Milica was indeed troublesome by the Brankovic family (Kosovo) and there close ties with Hungarians. Huns allways pushed for divide, conquer and vassalized politics, towards Serbia. Nonetheless years ago, they had married one of ther daughters to prominent figure of Brankovic's royal house (Kosovo), as they did with Balsic royal house (from nowdays Montenegro) also, and Gorjanski royal family (Macva(Hungary) and of course Shishman royal house (Bulgaria). They had five daughters, in case someone asks. Stephen I Tvrtko Kotromanic of Bosnia didn't had arranged marriage with Lazar's royal house (Moravia), but they already shared common enemy by the name of Nikola Altomanovic (Travunia and Podrinje estates) which they managed to defeat, and share his lands among themselves. Altomanovic (Travunia, Podrinje) was first supported by the Gorjanski (Macva) and Hungarians, and he was maybe the strongest among mentioned nobleman. After he started having moment with Venezians, Hungarians went but hurt and swiched sides to Kotromanic (Bosnia) and Lazar (Moravia). Kotromanic (Bosnia) was OK with it even though Hungarians raided his estates in Bosnia years back, and Lazar was OK with it, even though he faught togheter on the same side with Altomanovic against royale house of Mrnjavcevic, in earlier Kosovo Battle of year 1369. Might sounds that Lazar made wise decisions when it comes to foreign policy and arranged marriages. But the story doesn't go that way. For examlpe Kotromanic (Bosnia) sent him 7000 of soldiers when he faught Turks, but Balsic (Montenegro) sent 0. Because Balsic (Montenegro) was in war with Kotromanic (Bosnia) and he felt that by moving soldiers from his mountainous range he could deadly expose themselves to Tvrtko Kotromanic (Bosnia). Brankovic (Kosovo) instead Lazarevic (Moravia) will allied themselves with Kotromanic (Bosnia) (Same thing happend to Bayezid, with Murad I being killed. Except he decided to kill his brother Jakub and leave no opponents to the throne. Hence he diverted his army away from Serbia so he could consolidate his power. Swiftly Bayezid esthabished himself as a new Sultan. He was offered hand of princes Olivera (Stefan's sister) by the Queen Milica (Stefan's mother) in exchange for military troops. Since Milica's nightmares came through because there christian neighbours (Hungarians) attacked shortly after Kosovo Battle in a same year of 1389. Serb forces together with Turkish troops managed to repulse and defeat them. After that Serbia became Turkish vassal with high level of autonomy and self-governance.More than that Serbia was paying annual tributary taxation and was required to provide certain number of heavy cavlary. At Battle of Nicopolos Stefan was only 19yrs old when he turn the odds in Bayezid's favour. At the Battle of Ankara Stefan was still young for his role (25yrs old) but he was well-experienced and by that time very versatile commander. Regarding his intellect I believe that, crucial thing for him to do, after Tamerlan took battlefield advantage was to try saving Bayezid from him being killed or captured. Since he had personal agreement with Bayezid wich soothed him. And in case of Bayezid's death somebody else who could become Sultan wouldn't consider to offer him similar conditions .Therefor he was so "concerned" for Bayezid's well-being. Needless to say that he was wright. We all now Ottoman Interregnum (1402-1413) came after Ankara Battle. Stefan was lucky that his combat skiklset, and military lidership in some way impresed Tamerlan and he gave him and his survived troops opportunity to do ransom payment and dispatch them off back to Serbia. On the way back Stefan rushed to Konstatinopolis, where he was awarded title of Despot. All the time, after his back there was his sister's son Djurad from Brankovic's royal house (Kosovo). After Konstatinopolis he came back to Serbia, where again he established his sovereign power. And there Ankara story ends. Bless you good people and try not to look back at history from 2020 point of view. Yes we Serbs in collective memory nowdays really hate Turks, because they were oppresive empire. But same goes for Austo-hungarians, Croatians, Bulgarians, Bosnians and of course the best we save for last. Biggest enemy of Serbian people trough history where allways the Serbs themselves.
@@mrhaci7747 Serbia didn't invade Bosnia because Serbs were constitutional people in Bosnia like Bosniaks and Croats. Bosniaks and Croats tried to complete genocide against Serbs who began in World War II(Jasenovac).
@@fiendish9474 Say that to Beyezid who pursued Timur to stop him from ravaging his lands. No, people cared back then about killing as much as they do now, I hate this "but back then everyone was horrible" narrative it's not true. Yes the standards were much lower but to say "noone cared" is ridiculous.
@@theonlygoodlookinghabsburg2081 Beyezid would care about his own people getting killed by Timur. I'm saying that none of them "lost sleep" over killing their enemies.
When Timur saw Bayezid, he laughed. Bayezid, offended by this laugh, told Timur that it was indecent to laugh at misfortune; to which Timur replied: “It is clear then that fate does not value power and possession of vast lands if it distributes them to cripples: to you, the crooked, and to me, the lame.”
@@mujii_22 Stefan was a gallant and honourable knight. He never broke his oath, even though Bayezid killed his father in Battle of Kosovo (1389) and took his sister as wife. He even saved one of the Bayezid's sons during the battle. During his later reign as Despot of Serbia, the country experienced cultural and economic revival, and he himself was poet and very educated man - for his time. You can say he was a warrior-poet.
Nice job K&G like every other time :) And here are some trivia if you like: 1- Cubuk and Cataltepe is originally typed as Çubuk and Çataltepe in Turkish and pronunciation should be like Chubuk and Chataltepe. It has the same pronunciation with Canakkale (Chanakkale) the name of Gallipoli Campaign in Turkish. We say Gelibolu for Gallipoli but name the campaign as Çanakkale Cephesi (Canakkale Front). 2- It is believed that a preverb in Turkish that roughly translates as "Eat a big bite but never say big words" comes from this battle. The point is you can eat and ingest a big bite in the end even if it is hard to do but you simply can not eat your own words. We know the letters between Bayazid and Timur and you guys covered this before on the first video about this battle so he simply could not eat his own words and retreat from the battlefield until death or capture (which is found worse than death in that time) is near. 3- Up until this battle ottoman army consisted of the sultan and all of his sons. After the capture of sultan and some his sons along with him, firstly a tendency then a tradition of leaving a son behind in capital when sultan is campaigning has happened. Nearly Suleiman too was gonna be captured and with him all of the dynasty would be in hands of Timur. So they didnt risk it again in any future campaign. Great job and videos, wish you a nice day!
I love Timur because he's like the Sauron of his day. He checks the box for the most stereotypical villain, he even has his "you have failed me for the last time" moments.
Ah yes what wonderful and joyous sights are razed cities and massacred innocent bodies, may I suggest that you also look into Adolf Hitler and Stalin. I think you will love them as much as Timur.
@@shaafalikhan3704yep bro even most loved Alexander the Great or Genghis Khan also made massive destructions 10 times as much as Temur did,but point is not destructions but achievements that's why they're loved
I am writing a book and a part of this story is a battle where one side is at a number disadvantage but suddenly half of their adversaries betray their leader and join their side :D The Khanate betrayal is just a great example for my story :D
"The general who wins the battle makes many calculations in his temple before the battle is fought. The general who loses makes but few calculations beforehand."-Sun Tzu
@@afawafa322 He made sure everything that could be under his control was. The strength of his army and its condition, the position of his army, and state of the enemy as much as he could.
Timur and Bayezid’s fight was the 1st time a great Turkic leader faced the other Turkic leader on the battlefield. Especially their origins were from the same place - Central Asia. It was like two brothers were fighting against each other. Although they hated each other, they really respected each other and therefore after conquering Bayezid, Timur kept him in hostile as a king. He built a place for him and kept him in home arrest there. He would have never attacked him if Bayezid didn’t insult him. Whatever happened he kept the Ottoman Empire - didn’t abolish it. Because he knew if he ends the entire Muslim empire then it would have been a great opportunity for Christianity to enter Asia Minor and maybe eventually to the Middle East.
@@azarakhshsawmen127 1. Timur did not fail he just died unexpectedly. 2. Timur kept Bayazrd alive bc he famously said “A king in prison is still a King. All respects should be shown to him.”
The first time ? Gokturks and Uygurs were already fighting eachothers about 800 years before. Many Turkish empires clashed against one another for centuries.
Timur: ottomans!, so you've chosen death. Georgia (grabs popcorn): A fascinating fight between two powerful muslim states is about to happen. Knock knock Georgia to timur: whyyyyyy this time!!😵 Timur: let me think...............
No Georgia was a single christian kingdom in region with very strong army. So georgians decided to fight with until an end. They sacrificed everything to maintain their religion
@jevon magnus because we georgians know why he was attacking us mercilessly and we wasnt a weak state. He had his own reasons he was a conqueror and we were a free people, and we never bend knee before him
@@davexorus9836 But you know after timurid invasions georgia never become mighty again as in 11-12th ceuntry. They became puppet states of Qara-Qoyunlu, Aq-Qoyunlu-Safavid-Ottoman-Afsharid-Qajar-Russian empires.
@@kubat552 no georgia was enough strong to oppose koinlus only in 17 century began losing of territories, though in this times was remarkable victories, the main reason of weakness was that country divided 8 entities so everyone was for their own mostly fightning each other.
Great video! did serbian knights engage the elephants? in that case I think this battle is the only confrontation where European heavy cavalry came to fight against elephants...
Ngl everyday my parents are fighting always bcoz we're out of money cuz of this fvcking pandemic and while im in my bed i saw this it put a smile on my face thanks kings and generals! Been ur fan since the very first
@@AIMInvestorJournal Timur was fighting against powerful armies, powerful empires. Europeans were fighting against African and American native people. Timur was a man, they were xxxxx.
The reason Bayazid lost this battle could be the pride he had after winning consecutive battles, he wrote his name in Golden words describes him as thinking himself above any other ruler, but remember the greater ruler of the world is watching from the seventh sky.
@@Muhammed552 oh please, your worthless anti-Timurid propaganda is a joke. You don't get to cry like a child when your side is at the receiving end of atrocities.
It's insane to think that basically, a single guy (with a mighty army, but you get the idea) destroyed the brightest cities of his time and probably destroyed the demography and economy of Eurasia for like, 50 years. Everything he ever tried, he succeeded in. This guy had no fear, no mercy, no forgiveness. He would just do as he pleased.
I hope you do the second episode of the early muslim conquests from Umar's conquests of Persia and Egypt till the rise of the Umayyad Caliphate.. that would be extremely educational
Timur reminds me of Alexander the great in that they both couldnt settle they had to keep moving on and conquering and they were so successful at it and as soon as they died their empires fell apart.
So sad that many of these commenters insult Kings and Generals for not reflecting their ethnic/national and religious biases, yet in the same comment demand the channel to make content specifically for them (when K&G is already so busy trying to complete many unfinished series). At the same time these people bicker and fight with other viewers over these same ethnic/national and religious opinions...for what? I am just thankful for the channel for continually producing quality content! Thank you!
i love this channel so much becauase they are making history about my culture and nation without any discrimination. THANKS ALOT. Best historical youtube channel ever !
Timur raided Georgia 8 times, but couldn't subjugate it! The amount of damage Georgia suffered in those years is unimaginable, population lost third of it, starvation rampaged through the country and crops were devastated for decade.
@Gul'dan thats a total lie do yuo know any commander that defeat timur or any seige which timur failed.althrough he was a very cruel and killer ruler and so brutal also but also as one of the few rulers which were never defeated
Another awesome fast accurate production.Youre crew and their excellent work.The wargame maps make it so easy to remember when where. Youre all awesome.thank you again..been awhile
In retrospect, Timur did what numerous crusades couldn’t do, he delayed Ottomans half a century which proved critical for Europe. If anything, he proved to be the sword of Christendom rather than Islam.
I actually read the translation of some of the letters exchanged by Timur and Bayazid. All i can say is that medieval people were modest in their insults compared to modern day
The Tomb of Timor is inscribed with two warnings that read “When I Rise From the Dead, The World Shall Tremble” and “Whosoever Disturbs My Tomb Will Unleash an Invader More Terrible than I". Soviet archiologists discovered Timurs tomb in June 1941, two days later Hitler launched operation Barbarossa.
I love the petty back and forth Timur and Bayezid. Who knew these seasoned conquerors ruling very large and powerful empires could correspond like school children.
Funny thing is Timur himself didn't see it that way, in one of the many seesawing letters of insults between the two leading up to their confrontation, Timur wrote to Bayezid saying "You became greek." and would later go on to say after the battle of Ankara "I fought no Turks on that day but Greeks and Serbs instead."
Will your podcast series on the Mongols continue with the successor states of the mongol empire and with the invasions of tamerlane? Great work by the way
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Believe it or not, the next Ottoman script is finally ready. Rejoice, the fans of that series, we are entering the strangest era. This video is a remake of our older video on the battle of Ankara - we decided to make it to show the Timurid perspective. If you are interested in the events after this battle, this video explains the Ottoman civil war: th-cam.com/video/IUlp9U2p5_c/w-d-xo.html and this one covers the rise of the Mughals: th-cam.com/video/ycv4gDXbm7s/w-d-xo.html
Nice
Plz make a series on Maratha Empire or do a video on anglo-mysore wars
I hope you continew the series as I am enjoying a lot
You know we will compare this to your Ottoman Battles video and judge you and your progress since than.
If im not wrong you already covered this 2 years ago
Another weird thing about this battle is the experience of Johann Schiltberger. Schiltberger was a German Crusader who had fought the Ottomans at the battle of Nicopolis, was captured by Bayezid, and then in turn was captured by the Timurids when the Ottomans were defeated at Ankara... Strangely enough though, he lived, returned home eventually, and wrote about his adventure.
You guys are proper researchers !
And then he became an age of empires 2 campaign intro.
@@TheJackmeisterMongolHistory Thanks for the link!
He was a squire of a knight at nicopolis am i right?
wow what name of that book
Ottomans: Nothing to do? Siege Constantinople!
Timur: Nothing to do? Invade Georgia!
@@burnadze I don't think so. Religion is only an excuse for them. If Georgia converted to islam Timur would find another excuse and sack it
@@randomuser6175 Timur officially proclaimed his invasions to be jihad against the region's non-Muslims. Although he was able to invade parts of Georgia, he was never able to make the country Muslim and even recognized Georgia as a Christian state.
@@rezokapanadze9965 he wasnt true muslim at all
@@rezokapanadze9965 yeah I know. But jihads and crusades are actually all about money and power. He claimed jihad against non muslims and yet he killed thousands of muslims in Damascus and Bagdat. Then he attacked another muslim state the Ottomans. It was a jihad on paper. In reality he sacked every city he could. That's why I'm saying even the Georgia converted to islam he would find a new excuse to sack the country because basically Georgia was in his way.
@@rezokapanadze9965 u see what he did to the city of baghdad? Why did he do that if it was jihad against non muslims?
You really have to admire Stefan's loyalty. Bayezid was a foreign overlord who did not speak Stefan's language, he did not share Stefan's religion. Half of the Sultan's army had already defected to the enemy, Stefan could have taken his men and fled, he could have left Bayezid to his fate and instead retreated home to assert his independence. Instead, Stefan fought his way through hordes of Timurids to save his Sultan. He refused to retreat without his commander. Whatever bad blood exists between Serbs and Turks, I think both Serbs and Turks can agree that Stefan really embodied the virtues of chivalry, courage and honour.
You've nailed it. This fact is often overlooked. A foreign unit, from a land far away, with a different religion and culture, staying loyal to the sultan during a desperate fight where the sultan is being betrayed. I think it says a lot about their (chivalrous(?) if you can call it) character, morals and virtues. If there's one thing modern turks and serbs can agree on is that this act of loyalty is still being cherished to this day.
100 percent true
Serbs that day were fearce even timur left every serb free he respected them
Bayezid hold Despot Stefan sister in captivity btw Stefan inherited vassal status from his father Prince Lazar who died in Battle of Kosovo,i think after tht battle Stefan took his sister back and stopped being vassal
Sad thing is that we don´t learn about this in our history class , nothing about cooperation with Ottoman Empire , only that they were bad and held our country for 500 years until the Balkan wars
@@ivandragokrizanac9429 First who said its honorable?2nd you dont know what vassal means,its an agreement signed by both sides,we Serbs have to give military aid for turkish wars and pay yearly tax, turks on the other hand must also give units to fight in our wars and they have to pay tax or to give lands to serbian despot but most important is that SERBIA IS STILL INDEPENDANT STATE something your narrow,ass licking,stable cleaning,no history croat cant understand,Despot Stefan inherited status of vassal but after this battle he went and attack turks liberated his sister from captivity and stop being vassal,thats honorable but you croat doent know what honorable means cos you know only to serve others and to kill women,children and elderly
Bayezid: writes his own name with big golden letters and Timur's name with Comic Sans.
Timur: (inhales) ...(exhales)... Now you've done it.
There it descended to "your mother" insults.
Then it got personal
That letter exchange is the equivalent of 2020 twitter discussion.
Trash talked before it became mainstream)))
ebdo?
Trabzond watching all this in Horror, not breathing and not moving to not provoke any side. Georgia moved again :'D
Trebizond is the medieval Switzerland until the Ottomans said, your time is up, in 1461.
This region is very mountainous and not suited fot Timurid cavalry too
somebody in Georgia sneezed
While reading ur comment i imagine trabzond and georgia as two punished kids standing near the wall 😂😂😂😂😂
whenever timur starts a campaign, i wait for the narrator to say "he raided georgia"
Timur had special love for Georgians.
To Buther them at his will.
Hist frequent raids of georgie and the Causcasus were the finals blow for the collapsing Alan Kingdom and caused the people of the Caucasus to becoma more warlike
Georgia was his obsession LOL
His favorite song was Georgia on my Mind by Ray Charles.
He was following the Mongol's example. ;)
Georgia *exists*
Timur: What a nice land you have, it would be a shame if... someone pillaged it
several times even
MrTVintro Georgie: breathes
Timur: one more time
Sorry what's Georgia, pretty sure Timur destroyed whatever you're talking about
Well Georgia indeed is a beautiful piece of land.
@@averageperson8274 kinky
In retrospect, Baghdad doesn't seem to be a particularly lucky city.
@@Nishkid641 maybe a bit of foreign help helped that
@@fogshadow9112 That's not what he said at all. "The city always fell even with fierce resistance" means "despite how fierce they would resist, the city would always fall"
@@Nishkid641 In 2014 When ISIS was at the gates of Baghdad, besieged on three sides, the support from the coalition aircraft stopped and waited for the fall of Baghdad. We fought and won against ISIS Without anyone's help
from a Medieval 2 perspective: "bad city placement, this is now a motte and bailey"
it still is not
Fun fact: All Turkic tribes betrayed Ottoman Sultan whereas Serbian Prince remained loyal.
How ironic
Its because Turkic aristocrasy was losing its privilege under Ottoman centralisation effort.
Its a serbian knight code, it would be dishonorable to change sides or leave the battle
Really?!
True
Imagine trash talking with a guy that single handedly killed off 5% of the World population.
Biggest mistake he ever made.
Thats because Bayezid was overly manly man.
Because Bayezid has got big damascus balls.
@@hakangirgin376 *"I'll make him pay for those balls of damascus steel"* - Timur circa 1400s... maybe possibly
Lmao. I imagined some 14-year old kid talking shit to someone on COD, only to find out that an army of elephants has gathered outside his home.
The atrocities that Timur commited is overwhelming even for the time
yes not a likeable man
Maybe, maybe not. Atrocities have been committed since the dawn of civilizations, if not even earlier. Hard to say that for a fact.
Yeah. I mean, Genghis Khan also raised a lot of cities. But it was all under the tactic of "Be nice with me and surrender, and I will be nice with you. Don't, and you will perish."
But with Timur, it wasn't even that. Even if you surrendered, your city most likely was going to be raided.
@@Danneman92
Yeah even so. It wasn't acceptable. At the very least civilians would be normally spared.
its estimated about %5 of the global world population, which is between 15-20 millions
Timur's body rests in the Gur-e-Amir Mausoleum in Uzbekistan. His epitaph of dark nephrite jade can be found in two very interesting lines:
"When I rise from the dead, the world will tremble."
"Whoever disturbs my grave will unleash an invader more terrible than me."
The second is interesting since a team of Soviet scientists led by Mikhail M. Gerasimov, took out the remains of Timur to evaluate them. The established day for the extraction was June 19, 1941.
Two days later Nazi Germany began Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of the Soviet Union.
Timur's body was returned to his grave with a Muslim religious ceremony on December 20, 1942. Three days later, the German high command decided to abandon the attempts to free the Sixth Army trapped in Stalingrad, leaving them to their fate. They surrendered on February 2, 1943, marking a turning point in the course of the second world war.
This is referred to as the "Curse of Timur".
Thanks K&G for this great documentary.
I think at the end of 2020 Timur will rise from his grave
That will be a great the mummy movie
Holy shit , I don't know about this. For real man?
I know so cool right
Turning point was not really Stalingrad, it came earlier. Basically, after the invasion in 1941 had failed to break Soviet Union, it was only a matter of time when germany would run out of resources to continue the war. Moscow was the biggest mistake of the whole campaign, it was unimportant. What Germany needed was to gain the southern farmlands and Oil, both to get these resources for themselves, and deny them from the soviets.
Take a shot every time sultan Ahmad flees bagdad
Take a shot everytime Timur raids Georgia
Damn, that even rhymes XD
Baghdad: Hey Sultan Ahmad, can you stop fleeing our city every *FIVE MINUTES??!!*
Georgia: Hey Timur, can you stop raiding our country and using it as a punching bag every *FIVE MINUTES??!!*
You know you have someone shook when they flee their home with nothing but the shirt on their back and the desire to live in their heart.
i would've died of an overdose
When anatholian and tatars betray ottoman family and Serbian cavalry saved ottoman dynasty was a precious BRUH MOMENTUM
@@NickStrife nope, Best viziers ( head minister ) were serbians such as sokollu. You can even today see a lot of Turkish words in serbian language. Also Ottomans trust more in balkans they invest more on balkans there is almost noting of ottomans in anatholia 90% build in Rumeli. Also we Turks probably told as invader Barbars in your history books but In reality we were only tax collectors if wasn't ottomans it shall be Habsburgs big fish eat small fishes. Nothing about nationalism like on video Turk kill Turk muslim kill muslim its just medieval feudal wars. If we were barbars we shall not build mosques bridges in serbia but only skull pyramides.
@@cengizsogutlu sokolovic was Croatian
Because servians love their ottoman master buahahhaha
@@cengizsogutlu like a half ot the grand viziers were Turks then comes Armenians and Serbians were other majorities at that job
@ShogunBeanDo you really think distance was an issue for Timur? He was gonna invade china ffs
"Sir, we can win this war without attacking Georgia"
Timur: No, you cannot.
"Maybe, but I insist that we attack Georgia, on the grounds that I want to."
Boris Erdogan what do you mean fresh supplies? This video hasn’t spoke about the specifics of the invasions and just oversimplified them but Timur lost a lot of soldiers on his part in all 8 invasions.
(In Jorgen von Strangle voice): I LIKE to sack the Georgia!!!
Haw old are you? :))
In Damascus: Well, they may have sacked our city but it can only get better..... (Locusts Noises)
Locusts: I'ts free real state!
Anyone else question why anyone lives in Syria....always seems to be set on fire by someone....
@@krspaceT1 ● We as muslims in (Syria + Egypt) have fighted Mongols in 6 wars: we won 5 and lost 1:
•Ain Jalut
• Elbistan ( Kayseri / we win Mongols + Seljuk togather)
• Marj Al-Saffar ( 400 000 solders)
•Battle of Homs 1
• Battle of Homs 2
• Battle Wadi Al-Khaznadar (we did'nt win it)
-Ain jalut = very famous battle 👌
-Marj Al-Saffar = more 400 000 solders
- Elbistan: we won Mongols + Seljuk turks togather and finished Seljuk impire in Anatolia ✌
● We as muslims in (Syria + Egypt) have fighted Mongols in 6 wars: we won 5 and lose 1:
•Ain Jalut
• Elbistan ( Kayseri / we win Mongols + Seljuk togather)
• Marj Al-Saffar ( 400 000 solders)
•Battle of Homs 1
• Battle of Homs 2
• Battle Wadi Al-Khaznadar (we did'nt win it)
-Ain jalut = very famous battle 👌
-Marj Al-Saffar = more 400 000 solders
- Elbistan: we won Mongols + Seljuk turks togather and finished Seljuk impire in Anatolia ✌
Current East Africa: “locusts...” 👁👄👁
Timur: Babe, it's campaign season. Time to raid you.
Georgia: Yes, Timur...
timur: yes, babe im coming again take this!
Cringe joke
Constantinople: Here's a gift, please don't attack us.
Timur: Ok, thanks.
Trezibond: Here's a gift, please don't attack us.
Timur: Ok, thanks.
Georgia: Here's a gift, please don't attack us.
Timur: ...How cute.
I hate millennial humor
@@87dramarama And I hate this kind of comments~
@@87dramarama More like you're just a humourless, sour old fart.
He wouldn’t have attacked if he didn’t want to attack Ming Dynasty. Timur invades georgia before starting any campaign
In reality georgians offered gift only In 8 time until then the gift was sword
Crazy to think about how loyal Stefan was to Bayezid, despite both of their fathers (Lazar and Murad) having killed each other in battle.
Back then if your father didnt die to his enemies then his son would kill the father for throne. Familial ties only applied to mostly womenfolk cause most of the time they didnt get to rule.
@@laconictr 👌👌👍
What if Stefan actually wanted to hold Bayezid hostage while fleeing together?
Stefan was probably horrified when Bayezid refused to retreat with him when the battle was lost. At that point it he had deep ties with The Sultan. Turning against Bayezid wouldn't have endeared him to anyone much less a world beater like Timur who admired him for his ferocity and loyalty to his overlord.
Stefan and Bayezid are family through his sister that married Bayezid it’s jot rocket science.
Georgia be like what did i do this time?
Timur: You still talking??????
i was thinking the same xD ahahha
This was Savage 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@ბერეკა u know my foot Timur could destroy Georgia millions of times, a cute little country. All he wanted is submission, obedience, humbleness from every emperors of his time. Understand kid?
@ბერეკა He could defeat their everything except their soul. You
Know what you can't control someone's mind and faith-belief.
@ბერეკა i think you're obsessed with this Timur's quote kid, but didn’t understand what he actually wanted to say.
Americans taking Baghdad: "we need that oil"
Hulagu taking Baghdad: "how dare they not take me seriously"
Timur taking Baghdad: "I just want my skull towers"
To be fair, the Aq Qoyunlu managed to somehow sneak into the city and gain its support, so they were still fighting.
what oil ?
@@pyrrhus17 Giant fly oil
SKULL FOR THE SKULL THRONE! Timur a Khorne worshipper confirmed
Skull pyramid......much more stable .
Poor Georgia, Timur's punching bag. Imagine sending someone a gift and then suddenly having them appear on your land and burn everything you have 😂😂😂
probably why Timur refused the initial gift
Timur campaigned in georgia like 8 times, before the first one georgia was the strongest kingdom in the region after timurs death georgia never even managed to become independent of foreign influence
Because before it georgians offered heaviest resestance. If you havent seen georgia or georgians I cant explain......
Yeah Georgia was very powerful before the Mongols or Timur came. Timur knew this and repeatedly sacked and pillaged it to keep it weak.
@Büyük Türk Hükümdarı poor turks, remember 1121 dude
It was also said that when Timur captured Bayezid he said him "The world is left all to a blind and a lame now?" (referring to bayezid's bad eyesight and his cripple leg)
Timur is the guy with crippled legs to make it clear
We should pay respect for the janissaries and Serbian warriors of Stefan they fought like lions
F
Yes indeed. They knew they were going to die, respect for Bayezid too, maybe he could have avoided the war with diplomacy but did not want to kneel. Fought bravely and died with honour, despite being captive.
Sinan Tabanli Timur tried to avoid facing Yildirim Bayezid because he was respected in all Islamic world after his victory in Nicopolis 1396 but ....
Serb's warriors? look up Barone fortress (my ancestors fought at Barone Fortress), Nikola Zrinski or Oluja95 now these people are true warriors who refuse to be Ottoman vassals.
Yes, they did it bravely
Georgian here. There's a village in Georgia called "Mdzovreti" which literally means "corpse-land" - thanks to Timur..
Also, King Giorgi VII actually outlived Timur after 8(!) destructive invasions only to die in a battle against "Black Sheep Turkomans" after a few years.
Respect for maintaining your culture and integrity after so many invasions.
@@MbisonBalrog Georgia has a very mountainous terrain (somewhat like Switzerland) and centuries-old militaristic culture. People used to hide in mountains and wage guerrilla wars against invaders.
It was actually only Eastern Georgia that suffered, as the Western part was basically unreachable for Timur. So much so that many regions of the country remained almost untouched for centuries until Russians arrived in 19th century and annexed the whole country.
There are many "ex-villages" and "ex-towns" which were ruined by Timur and never restored ever since. His invasions were probably the most devastating compared to other invaders.
@@bakarandguladze Black sheep ? You mean Qara-Qoyunlu empire?
@@kubat552 yes
Qara Qoyunlu Empire.
The Funniest thing is that Timur wanted to kill Qara Yusif, but he couldn't catch him.
Here is a fun fact for you guys. The airport of Ankara which is called Esenboğa named after one of the generals of Timur.
Stefan...1000 salute to you from İstanbul my lord ! we will never forget !
@@EroticOnion23 to his own nephew you mean :)
In the end, Serbs proved more gallant and loyal than the treacherous Tartars...Respect for Serbian honor 👍
Respect for Turkey from Serbia also. And besides that Timur himself was some kind of Tatar, and they was more motivated to be loyal to him instead of Bayezid, politics and interests was always main motive than ethnicity, i think.
*Tatar
@@mikula1011 Timurda was Turkic, but he drew Turkic tribes to him, saying that the Ottomans are no longer Turkic and are now marrying Serb and Slav women.
@@mikula1011 Indeed he was, Timur was from the turkified mongol barlas tribe in central asia and the fact that the bulk of his army were from the crumbling chagatai khanate meant that he had greater appeal to the tatars. Couple that with Timur's opportunism and tenacity with the unpopularity of Bayezid and we see the disaster that happened here.
Ottoman empire is not TURKIC EMPIRE
Georgia: Exists
Tamerlane: I’m about to end this country’s whole career
:( think Tbilisi was burned down like 28x or something?
@U.S. Patriot lol
U.S. Patriot just like the US is spreading their worldview /“freedom “ with the sword/gun and bombs , how ironic lol
I am a Türk and have deep respect for the Serbians. Orthodox Chrsitians in general were very honourable.
And I do not get why Timur is loved by so many. He was cruel and brutal.
@@ang47 If you really wish for the death of Millions of people, women man and children, then you are sick. And your opinion holds no worth.
Little Ears hè was Turk himself
@@sinanroyal5359 Yeah timur sounds like a douche
Like You could compare It to genghis khan, they both led a lot of campaigns and turned weak nations into great empires, but timur did nothing to preserve it
And I don't know if he introduced any good thing to his nation either,
@@farhadnoori4213 Does not matter to me if he was a Türk or not. He was, even when measured by the standarts of his time, brutal and barbaric. He cared not about ruling his people in a good way, only to conquer more land to gain more personal prestige and was ready to commit any kind of brutality.
@@farhadnoori4213 That is why I wrote in another comment here already "even measured by the standarts of his time, he was brutal". Genghis Khan was also very brutal. The Mongols in general laid waste everywhere they entered in. I am not measureing that with modern standarts, but even other Empires at their time did not treat other people like that.
And the Ottomans made some mistakes yes, but you can not compare what the Ottomans did to what the Mongols or Timur did. Show me one case where they massacred the entire population of a city and build a tower of skulls. Civillians were killed yes. These were the standarts of their time. A part of the population is killed due to colloteral damage, a large amount is enslaved. That is what happened in Constantinople for example. Many civilians died, many were enslaved, many continued to live on as now Ottoman citizens.
And yes we Turks are warriors by tradition, but being a warrior does not mean you are cruel. You have the choice. Timur had the choice aswell and here you can see the consequences of his decisions. Or when he spit on his own honour and buried those alive, after he promised not to shed their blood.
4:38 "According to Timurid sources, Timur sent an envoy to Aleppo 1399, but his messengers were killed".
Once again, history repeats itself. Nomadic messengers always had it bad. The people who killed them had it even worse
Ya, but Timur couldn't hold Aleppo though.
No matter where Timur is heading, it always seems like Georgia is on the way
Georgia was on his mind.
Going to invade China? Well...better take the route through Georgia!
I was born in Samarkand. I deeply regret that a disastrous war did happen between brother turkic nations. Timur was a genius commander, but as a person was cruel and blinded by his ambitions. Tanrı turkler vatan korusun
A little correction, his famous quotation
"Biz kim - mulki Turon, amiri Turkistonmiz Biz kim- milatlarning eng ulugi, Turkning bosh bo'g'inimiz" and it is directly translated as "We are rulers of Turan, emirs of Turkistan, we are the greatest nation and leading clan (house) of turkic peoples". Also in turkish "Biz ki Mülk-i Turan, Emir-i Türkistanız, Biz ki milletlerin en kadimi ve en ulusu [olan] Türk'ün baş boğunuyuz (asıl nesliyiz). Eğer bizim kudretimize şüphe kılsan (kudretimizden şüphe etsen), biz kuran (bizim kurduğumuz) imaretlere bak."
@EXTRA LARGE So yes, that times the winner could claim himself as a ruler of conquered nations
@EXTRA LARGE Of course, words Turan and Iran have persian origins. Part of Central Asian territories were named Turan, this word was broadly used to call this land and was popular. Timur just used as it was.
@EXTRA LARGE please, clarify what you need to know? You are not sure that Timur was turkic? He was from Barlas clan with semi turkic and semi mongolian origins.
His quotation was from the book "Temur Tuzuklari" or "Tuzukoti Temur" (persian version).
It is said in Ottoman war sources that (almost) no soldier fought, except for Serbs. I wish Turks and Serbs, two nations that dislike each other these days, knew about this war. If the Tatars had not betrayed, it could have been a much more enjoyable war.
Note: From Turkey.
its not only Tatars that betrayed Eretnid armies, and many Turkish armies felt no reason to fight this war, a war of Ego's fighting fellow Turks and no jihad, thus either fled or joined Timur the clear stronger side.
When sultan selim conquered Tabriz in 1514 he captured Timur’s grandson who lived there under safawi control but he treated him well telling him that the past remains in the past
Salim was the most ruthless ottoman sultan
@@ahamedihamiyun5927 Yea and even he was better than Timur lol.
@@evrensaygn1017 lol true Timur sets the standards so high in that regard it's umbelievable.
Ahamedi Hamiyun Yavuz selim was ruthless in battles not with civilians
@@MrMoumen07 Well he sacked Tibriz and Cairo and he genocided tens of thousands of Shia civilians in Eastern Anatolia in response to some Shia tribes' rebelllion...
Something for you guys: In the old Ottoman books, Serbs called "Laz" in the same reason why Anatolian Turks called "ottomans". They are named after their king Lazar.
Osman dinasty
When I was a kid at school, I remember in history classes we have been learning about how much devastation (TimurLeng) brought on Georgia. It was terrifying stuff to read.. Our cronicals say that nobody has done as much harm to Georgia as TemurLeng did, and belive me, from ancient times, Georgia was almost always at war with one or another qouncurer/es..
Youch. All the centuries since and Timur is still unmatched?
@@krspaceT1 Timur only flrrason if war is destruction. Our other enemys wanted to build something
I see some Muslim proud that those Mongol converted to Islam but I think it is namesake as they remain brutal as usual.. They converted because of strengthening their political stance...Those mongol even
had audacity to challenge Allah in battlefield if they could get chance. Though timur is brutal but his heir Sultan Shahrukh Mirza ruled peacefully until his death in 1447 and reconstructed most city destroyed by his father ushering new era of timurid renaissance which somehow rivalling Italian renaissance..
Empires aren't built upon religion-the more religious nutjob the ruler the faster the downfall is.Reoigion is a only a political tool of an empire.
@hussain cheeeam tell me one empire which existed without compromising with their state religious views.
@hussain cheeeam crusaders were not a emperor,Saladin aligned with christians sometime,mamluks aligned with Byzantines,caliphate's fought other muslims-killings in mosque,Timur killed more Muslims than Christian's and fought against mainly Islamic empires,ottomans didn't gave a rats ass about religion until it suited them-hence their sultan's kept consuming alcohol,had hundreds of slave,let Christian empires manage their rules.Again empires cannot go on without compromise.Have the ottomans given more autonomy to their Christian subjects it would loose Balkans so easily or aurangzeb if had continued the policy of leaving Hindu generals and vassal Kings alone his empire would not be destroyed just after his death,or if the early Christian Kings hadn't became Christian zealots they may have held the Levant much longer.
@@cs-mi8ur the rashidun caliphate was a pure religious empire that came to rise because of a religion(Islam).
@Altruistic Critique Like what are they doing?? Indians I mean 🤔
Timur was pretty impressed whit the Serbian cavalry and said something like who are those that fight like lions and it is said that because of that he relised Bayezids wife Olivera (who was Stefans youngest sister) and the rest of the Serbian lords whit no ransom.He had a role in the civil war that followed after.
Stefan was one of our greatest leaders not only militarily but culturally as well, his story is a great one before and after this battle! Great episode, keep up the good work !
The story goes (the source is "Life of Stefan, the despot of Serbs" by Constantine the Philosopher) that Tamerlane watched the battle from nearby hill and witnessed Serbian cavalry pushing and destroying his ranks. He asked the councilor "Who are those dervishes who are fighting so bravely?" "Those are not dervishes" - the councilor answered - "Those are Christians, Serbs." "But they are fighting in vain!" - Tamerlane answered.
@@vizantinac Yes, let's make an episode about the Serbians who went in to bed with the Ottomans any time, helping the Ottoman war effort against any country.
Nowadays the Serbs say they were the defenders of Christian Europe.
@@xxthatpookieeditsxx Why could not both statements be true? When Ottomans started conquest of the Balkans in mid 14th century were Serbs not defending the Europe from Ottomans? Stefan Dusan was sending emissaries to the Pope as early as 1340's to warn western Europe about Turkish invasion. What about Battle of Marica 1371? Battle of Plocnik 1385? First Battle of Kosovo 1389? After Serbian Prince accepted Ottoman suzerainty he was obliged to go to war in defense of Ottoman interests. Including invasion on Bosnia and Battle of Nicopolis, and above mentioned Battle of Angora... Once Bayezid was imprisoned Stefan was no longer under vassal obligation and he did not support Ottomans after that. So yes, both statements are true, but they separately apply to a period of more than a 100 years...from 1340's to 1459, when Despotate finally fell with the siege of Smederevo.
@@vizantinac , In the Battle of Kosovo many Serbs were fighting in the ottoman Army.
The sers were assisting the ottomans what ever they did for a good 400 years.
Doing even more than what the ottomas asked them to do.
Does the truth hurt?
@@xxthatpookieeditsxx "Many" Serbs? Can you define and quantify 'many'? How many regiments from Marko Mrnjavcevic? How many from brothers Dragas? Yes, there were Serbian regiments fighting in the Ottoman army, because it was their vassal obligation. Nothing wrong with that. There were Greeks fighting in the Ottoman army during siege of Constantinople...what does that prove except that there was a practice of vassal retinues in feudal armies? "Doing even more than what the Ottomans asked?" Can you elaborate on that? 'Does the truth hurt?' No. For ordinary person and for experts It is a matter of history - their war, not ours, for some others it is a subject of nationalistic drool over 'glorious' past which was never glorious to begin with. However, one should give credit where credit is due - bravery of knights at Nicopolis and Angora, no matter what side they fought for, just like the dedication of vassal to his word of honour and to his obligation. Nothing less, nothing more.
Secret heroes of this war is Serbian Knights and Stefan Lazaroviç. They have fought brave and show decent gallantry. When they see there is no way to win slowly retreat wisely too. Bayezid had also time to retreat safely but he was furious and enthusiastic.
BTW video didn't mention but Timur was allied with local Turkish begs like Candarids, Karamanids against the Ottomans. And he never occupied Anatolia, left these locals.
Ottoman : siege Constantinople
Timure: I destroy you ottoman
And in the truth he almost destroy the ottoman
Timure was really a brilliant military leader who come from nothing
Yet left nothing as well
Curse on him for massacring the people & acting as a muslim
he destroyed baghdad even after the destruction that was made by hulagu 150years early when he destroyed the house of wisdom and killed 800000out of 1million muslims and yes timur came from nothing but at least he made himself powerfull unlike our arabe leaders today ...
John Wayne You are stupid
@@ontheline3077 there have been principles indeed in the era just ... a lot of examples (Andalusian hegemony , post crusade in the jerusalem ...). War is inevitable , yet you dont build skull towers out of peaceful population . It is like saying oh he is dreadful but he is a good ruler let him kill them then (imagine if that was your country , hope you will say the same) .
Georgia's history can be basically summoned into quote "Ah shit, here we go again"
@@MbisonBalrog Basically whole Caucasus region.
Noo, Georgia was a strong country only mightiest rulers like timur dared to attack it
@@davexorus9836 And Gengis Khan and Arabs and Turks and Sassanid Empire and I'm pretty sure, that I'm forgetting few nations.
@@Volnas97 these nations changed the course of history. To maintain your identity wasn't easy and our location alwayes was very crucial
@@davexorus9836 I agree, but why did they had to go always through Caucassus region? And some of them went several times. It's almost miracle, that these nations survived.
Great Video K&G!, One fact you neglected to mention was when Timur attacked Homs he did not sack Homs because of Khalid ibn Al Walid's mosque and the final resting place was there, whom he held in great regard as a brilliant military commander and former companion of the Prophet (PBUH).
would that make him less evil ?
Because he is respect khalid
@@ontheline3077 Don't be ridiculous dude. Timur was worse than what was normal at the time.
the dash of a lion with the patience of a cat
Seriously, what did Timur have against Georgia? He invaded them for giving him gifts!
@John Wayne yeah, pretty much what you said. He was a complete psychopath.
Actually, The Georgians overthrew the ruler Timor imposed on them that's why.
They remained Christians after all the raiding. Failing to make them revert is a personal failure on Timur's part.
@SHALL SPARTAN timur would've ate the greeks for breakfast lmao.
@SHALL SPARTAN he captured Smyrna as well...prodimentaly Greeks.
Delhi sultanate : Finally Timur is ded ! no more invasion of turks
Babur : SALAM !
Delhi sultanate was started by a turk as well.
@@cs-mi8ur but was indianized by the time of lodhi
@@zuboy4272 and the Baburids are indianized
@@balgaravar5203 babur was never Indianized , he lived his whole life outside India , when he conquered delhi , he died few years later ! his son humayun had to flee modern day delhi and whole India to avoid getting killed by rivals who now had delhi , he lived most of his life away from Indian culture and died a years later after getting delhi back , it was time of Akbar where "baburids" adopted many Indian practices making them different from babur and other turkic-persian leaders , akbar and from then till babhur shah zafar all were Indianized
@@zuboy4272 I said the same Baburids and not Babur.
Indies were conquered by the Scythians, the Kushans, the Huns, they all became Indians and assimilated to the higher castes
Romans: "Hannibal at the gates". Ottomans: "Timur at the gates". It’s a similar story. A horrific defeat by a formidable foe and against all odds an overcome all the way to empire building.
and elephants.
@@waqarsaleem8611 he didn't care for islam or the muslims , like many in history he used religion as a pretext for his warmongering . he killed millions of muslims and non muslims sacked and pillaged many muslims cities . he didn't wipe out anatolia so he can sack it again , he freed Bayezid sons and started a civil war that was going to crumble the ottoman empire
Great work, very precise and informative, thank you. (1) Timur, though a great warrior king, proved himself to be a ruiner rather than a builder, thus his vast empire survived a few decades after his death. (2) Timur's victory over Ottomans gave a relief of 20 years to the Christian west, and delayed the fall of Constantinople by about half a century. (3) The House of Othman learned well from the enormous setback at the hands of eastern kin peoples, and took great care in the coming centuries to keep the other Turkic tribes at bay. (4) Ottoman Sultan Mehmed I the Restorer, though reigned for eight years (1413-21), overcame the challenges of recovery and put the Ottoman State back in some shape. (5) The subsequent three able sultans, namely Murad II (1421-51), Mehmed II the Conqueror (1451-81) and Bayezid II (1481-1512) built back in 90 years the Ottoman State into an empire and a huge economic powerhouse. (6) It was Mehmed II who first decided to deal with the issue of "other Turks" in the east, defeating the Aqqoyunlus in 1474, then Selim I the Grim (1512-1520) defeating the Safavids in 1514, and exterminating the Mameluk State in 1516-17. In 1520, when Suleiman I the Magnificent (1520-1566) was crowned, he already inherited, and further expanded & consolidated, a vast empire and economy. Already in 1534, it is argued that the Ottoman Empire had the 3rd largest GDP in the world (after China and India), which remained so by 1730. Final comment: Serbs, as exemplified by Stefan Lazarovic, and Greeks provided great soldiers and statesmen to the Ottoman Empire for centuries. My fellow Turks would be angry with me, but I would still call the Ottoman Empire as a Turco-Serbo-Greek empire modeled on a fusion of Persian and Greco-Roman statehood (the predecessor Seljuk Empire was modeled mostly on the Persian statehood with some Greek administrative traditions in the latter half). Love from Ankara, Turkey.
Reading this comment from Odtu Ankara
calling the Ottoman Empire a "Turco-Serbo-Greek" Empire does unjustice to all the other ethnicties who played a massive part in the empire's history in big scales.
Biased and inaccurate data
I will make an efort to explain Stefan Lazarevic's involvement in battle of Ankara, encompassing his life in general and circumstances surrounding his earley kingship. Since I can see some comments, where Europeans are calling his name out for taking significant role in Turkish muslim army, as well in case where I can see Turks honouring him fore his mentioned accomplishments in the battle. I will try to make it short and clear as possible, since he is not a main character in the video (never gonna happen, we are talking medieval times here and the story is much more complicated than a simple religius division). Stefan Lazarevic was only 12yrs old when his father Lazar Prince of Moravia (region in central Serbia) was killed in the Kosovo Battle in year 1389. As he was to young to rule, his mother stood in, and immidiately started dealing with difficult situation that they found themselves with. During his life Lazar, (Stefan's fathe) aspired to restore Serbian empire wich collapsed few years after Tsar Dusan's Mighty death (1355) and left power vacuum between smaller, regional lordships.
Stefan's mother Milica was indeed troublesome by the Brankovic family (Kosovo) and there close ties with Hungarians. Huns allways pushed for divide, conquer and vassalized politics, towards Serbia. Nonetheless years ago, they had married one of ther daughters to prominent figure of Brankovic's royal house (Kosovo), as they did with Balsic royal house (from nowdays Montenegro) also, and Gorjanski royal family (Macva(Hungary) and of course Shishman royal house (Bulgaria). They had five daughters, in case someone asks. Stephen I Tvrtko Kotromanic of Bosnia didn't had arranged marriage with Lazar's royal house (Moravia), but they already shared common enemy by the name of Nikola Altomanovic (Travunia and Podrinje estates) which they managed to defeat, and share his lands among themselves. Altomanovic (Travunia, Podrinje) was first supported by the Gorjanski (Macva) and Hungarians, and he was maybe the strongest among mentioned nobleman. After he started having moment with Venezians, Hungarians went but hurt and swiched sides to Kotromanic (Bosnia) and Lazar (Moravia). Kotromanic (Bosnia) was OK with it even though Hungarians raided his estates in Bosnia years back, and Lazar was OK with it, even though he faught togheter on the same side with Altomanovic against royale house of Mrnjavcevic, in earlier Kosovo Battle of year 1369. Might sounds that Lazar made wise decisions when it comes to foreign policy and arranged marriages. But the story doesn't go that way. For examlpe Kotromanic (Bosnia) sent him 7000 of soldiers when he faught Turks, but Balsic (Montenegro) sent 0. Because Balsic (Montenegro) was in war with Kotromanic (Bosnia) and he felt that by moving soldiers from his mountainous range he could deadly expose themselves to Tvrtko Kotromanic (Bosnia). Brankovic (Kosovo) instead Lazarevic (Moravia) will allied themselves with Kotromanic (Bosnia) (Same thing happend to Bayezid, with Murad I being killed. Except he decided to kill his brother Jakub and leave no opponents to the throne. Hence he diverted his army away from Serbia so he could consolidate his power. Swiftly Bayezid esthabished himself as a new Sultan. He was offered hand of princes Olivera (Stefan's sister) by the Queen Milica (Stefan's mother) in exchange for military troops. Since Milica's nightmares came through because there christian neighbours (Hungarians) attacked shortly after Kosovo Battle in a same year of 1389. Serb forces together with Turkish troops managed to repulse and defeat them. After that Serbia became Turkish vassal with high level of autonomy and self-governance.More than that Serbia was paying annual tributary taxation and was required to provide certain number of heavy cavlary. At Battle of Nicopolos Stefan was only 19yrs old when he turn the odds in Bayezid's favour. At the Battle of Ankara Stefan was still young for his role (25yrs old) but he was well-experienced and by that time very versatile commander. Regarding his intellect I believe that, crucial thing for him to do, after Tamerlan took battlefield advantage was to try saving Bayezid from him being killed or captured. Since he had personal agreement with Bayezid wich soothed him. And in case of Bayezid's death somebody else who could become Sultan wouldn't consider to offer him similar conditions .Therefor he was so "concerned" for Bayezid's well-being. Needless to say that he was wright. We all now Ottoman Interregnum (1402-1413) came after Ankara Battle. Stefan was lucky that his combat skiklset, and military lidership in some way impresed Tamerlan and he gave him and his survived troops opportunity to do ransom payment and dispatch them off back to Serbia. On the way back Stefan rushed to Konstatinopolis, where he was awarded title of Despot. All the time, after his back there was his sister's son Djurad from Brankovic's royal house (Kosovo). After Konstatinopolis he came back to Serbia, where again he established his sovereign power. And there Ankara story ends.
Bless you good people and try not to look back at history from 2020 point of view. Yes we Serbs in collective memory nowdays really hate Turks, because they were oppresive empire. But same goes for Austo-hungarians, Croatians, Bulgarians, Bosnians and of course the best we save for last. Biggest enemy of Serbian people trough history where allways the Serbs themselves.
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Do you hate Turks for some events happened 600 years ago?
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Why would you hate Bosnians? Because they responded when Serbia invaded Bosnia?
@@mrhaci7747 Serbia didn't invade Bosnia because Serbs were constitutional people in Bosnia like Bosniaks and Croats. Bosniaks and Croats tried to complete genocide against Serbs who began in World War II(Jasenovac).
Such a horrific person is Timur. How can he sleep doing so much horrific things
@Boris Erdogan lmao
Yeah i highly doubt anyone cared about the amount of enemies killed during the time period
@@fiendish9474 Say that to Beyezid who pursued Timur to stop him from ravaging his lands.
No, people cared back then about killing as much as they do now, I hate this "but back then everyone was horrible" narrative it's not true.
Yes the standards were much lower but to say "noone cared" is ridiculous.
@@theonlygoodlookinghabsburg2081 Beyezid would care about his own people getting killed by Timur. I'm saying that none of them "lost sleep" over killing their enemies.
@@fiendish9474 You don't know that.
When Timur saw Bayezid, he laughed. Bayezid, offended by this laugh, told Timur that it was indecent to laugh at misfortune; to which Timur replied: “It is clear then that fate does not value power and possession of vast lands if it distributes them to cripples: to you, the crooked, and to me, the lame.”
As evil as Timur is painted out to be those words of wisdom are definitely a hallmark of the highest kingship of the day.
The Serbs fought Bravely Bayezid was lucky to have them on his side
My thoughts exactly, I thought they would change sides after all that but bless Stefan Lazarevic
But Bayezid fight shoulder to shoulder with his soldiers
Jannisaries killed when trying to সব the sultan
@@mujii_22 Stefan was a gallant and honourable knight. He never broke his oath, even though Bayezid killed his father in Battle of Kosovo (1389) and took his sister as wife. He even saved one of the Bayezid's sons during the battle. During his later reign as Despot of Serbia, the country experienced cultural and economic revival, and he himself was poet and very educated man - for his time. You can say he was a warrior-poet.
@@vizantinac i was just thinking the Ottomans better repay the Serbians for that assist
Serbs decide the battle of Nicapolis for the Turks.Stefan and Serbs give word that they will fight for them and they did it.
Georgia: yes hello i bring you gold i hope you are well
Timur: I TOLD YOU TO SHUSH IT, THAT’S IT, PILLAGING TIMES
Georgia: :o
I Love the bravery of Stefan
There's a fine line between bravery and stupidity. Ruining the only advantage to win against Timur
@@bayanbatu6848 What advantage, what are you talking about?
For kissing the ass of the sultan he was brave enough, to stay on the battle field not.
@@StefanBlagojevic The most important thing is that your pills are there for you. How many pills do you take in one day? May be 10 -15- 20?
@@xxthatpookieeditsxx covece koji je tebi problem
Nobody:
Timur:Let's attack Georgia
It ended with a bruh
US: ArE yOu aTtAcKiNg mY stAte?
@@jevinliu4658 yes, but actually. No
turks are hate georgia! :d
Nice job K&G like every other time :) And here are some trivia if you like:
1- Cubuk and Cataltepe is originally typed as Çubuk and Çataltepe in Turkish and pronunciation should be like Chubuk and Chataltepe. It has the same pronunciation with Canakkale (Chanakkale) the name of Gallipoli Campaign in Turkish. We say Gelibolu for Gallipoli but name the campaign as Çanakkale Cephesi (Canakkale Front).
2- It is believed that a preverb in Turkish that roughly translates as "Eat a big bite but never say big words" comes from this battle. The point is you can eat and ingest a big bite in the end even if it is hard to do but you simply can not eat your own words. We know the letters between Bayazid and Timur and you guys covered this before on the first video about this battle so he simply could not eat his own words and retreat from the battlefield until death or capture (which is found worse than death in that time) is near.
3- Up until this battle ottoman army consisted of the sultan and all of his sons. After the capture of sultan and some his sons along with him, firstly a tendency then a tradition of leaving a son behind in capital when sultan is campaigning has happened. Nearly Suleiman too was gonna be captured and with him all of the dynasty would be in hands of Timur. So they didnt risk it again in any future campaign.
Great job and videos, wish you a nice day!
Great video guys! Truly an inspiration to me and many out here on TH-cam!
@@baikal1167 I never miss a K&G video! :)
So evil yet so cunning. His tales sounds almost like a fable.
people would probably think hes a bad villian of how unrealistically evil and intelligent he is
I love Timur because he's like the Sauron of his day. He checks the box for the most stereotypical villain, he even has his "you have failed me for the last time" moments.
Ah yes what wonderful and joyous sights are razed cities and massacred innocent bodies, may I suggest that you also look into Adolf Hitler and Stalin. I think you will love them as much as Timur.
@@shaafalikhan3704yep bro even most loved Alexander the Great or Genghis Khan also made massive destructions 10 times as much as Temur did,but point is not destructions but achievements that's why they're loved
I am writing a book and a part of this story is a battle where one side is at a number disadvantage but suddenly half of their adversaries betray their leader and join their side :D The Khanate betrayal is just a great example for my story :D
Good luck! Don't forget to take a look at the battle of Sekigahara in 1600 - it has similar betrayals.
@@KingsandGenerals The most interesting battle that I was inspired by was your amazingly done Battle of Grunwald
"The general who wins the battle makes many calculations in his temple before the battle is fought. The general who loses makes but few calculations beforehand."-Sun Tzu
@@afawafa322 He made sure everything that could be under his control was. The strength of his army and its condition, the position of his army, and state of the enemy as much as he could.
Timur and Bayezid’s fight was the 1st time a great Turkic leader faced the other Turkic leader on the battlefield. Especially their origins were from the same place - Central Asia. It was like two brothers were fighting against each other. Although they hated each other, they really respected each other and therefore after conquering Bayezid, Timur kept him in hostile as a king. He built a place for him and kept him in home arrest there. He would have never attacked him if Bayezid didn’t insult him. Whatever happened he kept the Ottoman Empire - didn’t abolish it. Because he knew if he ends the entire Muslim empire then it would have been a great opportunity for Christianity to enter Asia Minor and maybe eventually to the Middle East.
@@azarakhshsawmen127 1. Timur did not fail he just died unexpectedly. 2. Timur kept Bayazrd alive bc he famously said “A king in prison is still a King. All respects should be shown to him.”
The first time ? Gokturks and Uygurs were already fighting eachothers about 800 years before. Many Turkish empires clashed against one another for centuries.
Timur: ottomans!, so you've chosen death.
Georgia (grabs popcorn): A fascinating fight between two powerful muslim states is about to happen.
Knock knock
Georgia to timur: whyyyyyy this time!!😵
Timur: let me think...............
No Georgia was a single christian kingdom in region with very strong army. So georgians decided to fight with until an end. They sacrificed everything to maintain their religion
@jevon magnus because we georgians know why he was attacking us mercilessly and we wasnt a weak state. He had his own reasons he was a conqueror and we were a free people, and we never bend knee before him
@@davexorus9836 You guys did a good job on kerping your identity respect from Kars, Turkey.
@@davexorus9836 But you know after timurid invasions georgia never become mighty again as in 11-12th ceuntry. They became puppet states of Qara-Qoyunlu, Aq-Qoyunlu-Safavid-Ottoman-Afsharid-Qajar-Russian empires.
@@kubat552 no georgia was enough strong to oppose koinlus only in 17 century began losing of territories, though in this times was remarkable victories, the main reason of weakness was that country divided 8 entities so everyone was for their own mostly fightning each other.
Perspective from both sides is the best way to see what really happened, thanks Kings 👍
Great video! did serbian knights engage the elephants?
in that case I think this battle is the only confrontation where European heavy cavalry came to fight against elephants...
Ngl everyday my parents are fighting always bcoz we're out of money cuz of this fvcking pandemic and while im in my bed i saw this it put a smile on my face thanks kings and generals! Been ur fan since the very first
Lesson learned: Trash talking the guy who makes mountains of skulls and killed 5% of the earth's then population is probably not the best option.
Not worse than the guy who burned Hiroshima's innocent people, women and children alive.
@@jackwhitestripe7342 not worse than the empire that committed the rape of Nanking
@@jackwhitestripe7342 and @PhoenixLegend 5% of the population today would be 350 million. Timur was DEFINITELY worse than your examples!
@@AIMInvestorJournal Timur was fighting against powerful armies, powerful empires. Europeans were fighting against African and American native people. Timur was a man, they were xxxxx.
@@phoenixlegend2921 Dont lie dumb, Americans didnt gave a sh*t about how chinese were killed...they dropped the bomb just to show off to Soviets...
The reason Bayazid lost this battle could be the pride he had after winning consecutive battles, he wrote his name in Golden words describes him as thinking himself above any other ruler, but remember the greater ruler of the world is watching from the seventh sky.
ALLAH-hu-akbar ☝🏻
WTF Timur killed more Muslims rather defend it. And he called himself *Sword of Islam* . disgrace
The guy was a badass, keep hating. But he knew how to fight.
Protoman he was an amazing conqueror but what he did to the ppl was horrific
he was a curse to islam mongol invasion is nothing compare to his crimes
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@@Muhammed552
oh please, your worthless anti-Timurid propaganda is a joke. You don't get to cry like a child when your side is at the receiving end of atrocities.
Timur: Aaargh i hit my toe! Now you gon' get it Georgia.
I was having a bad day until I watched your video, what made it even better was that you used Fayrouz's song as a soundtrack at the start of the video
@@ontheline3077 الحلوة دي
Georgia: ....
Timur: What are you looking at?
ahahaha good one, poor Georgia 😁
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It's insane to think that basically, a single guy (with a mighty army, but you get the idea) destroyed the brightest cities of his time and probably destroyed the demography and economy of Eurasia for like, 50 years. Everything he ever tried, he succeeded in. This guy had no fear, no mercy, no forgiveness. He would just do as he pleased.
The only channel where i click like before watching anything due to our great leader Alexander we march where ever he marches
I hope you do the second episode of the early muslim conquests from Umar's conquests of Persia and Egypt till the rise of the Umayyad Caliphate.. that would be extremely educational
Timur reminds me of Alexander the great in that they both couldnt settle they had to keep moving on and conquering and they were so successful at it and as soon as they died their empires fell apart.
2:31 - Mamluk : *Chuckles! I am in Danger!*
Georgia was Timur's version of going in the garage and beating the shit out of the punching bag when you're upset.
So sad that many of these commenters insult Kings and Generals for not reflecting their ethnic/national and religious biases, yet in the same comment demand the channel to make content specifically for them (when K&G is already so busy trying to complete many unfinished series). At the same time these people bicker and fight with other viewers over these same ethnic/national and religious opinions...for what?
I am just thankful for the channel for continually producing quality content! Thank you!
i love this channel so much becauase they are making history about my culture and nation without any discrimination. THANKS ALOT. Best historical youtube channel ever !
You should really do Basil the second. Really interested how he defeated all the enemies and won back the empire
@Aleksa Petrovic yup sure he did
F in the chat for King Samuel
His gay lover was killed by tsar Samuel's son and in his rage blinded 15 000 Bulgarians
BASIL THE BULGARSLAYEEEEEER!
@@Frozenmenss1 someone is feisty!
Generals: How often do you want to raid Georgia?
Timur: Yes!
Timur raided Georgia 8 times, but couldn't subjugate it! The amount of damage Georgia suffered in those years is unimaginable, population lost third of it, starvation rampaged through the country and crops were devastated for decade.
this was not happen with georgia only but was happened with every land where timur entered
@Gul'dan thats a total lie do yuo know any commander that defeat timur or any seige which timur failed.althrough he was a very cruel and killer ruler and so brutal also but also as one of the few rulers which were never defeated
Another awesome fast accurate production.Youre crew and their excellent work.The wargame maps
make it so easy to remember when where. Youre all awesome.thank you again..been awhile
Timur and beyazid’s long distance trash talk sounds like what you see on TH-cam’s comment section. I guess somethings never change lol
Have you considered doing an episode on the Boxer Rebellion (the worlds greatest crossover)?
@Aidda China
@@MbisonBalrog the whole Europe allied to crush the rebellion
In retrospect, Timur did what numerous crusades couldn’t do, he delayed Ottomans half a century which proved critical for Europe. If anything, he proved to be the sword of Christendom rather than Islam.
I actually read the translation of some of the letters exchanged by Timur and Bayazid. All i can say is that medieval people were modest in their insults compared to modern day
Brilliant as always Fellas! Yes, went back to the future and watched the battle from Dec. 10th 2017. Thanks again.
Damn proud to be Serbian❤️🇷🇸
damn proud to fight for Islam?
@@ikmuzun_8085 that my ancestors are brave and loyal, nothing to do with Islam
@@stojanhansen3782 Loyal to Ottoman, traitor to Christianity
@@ikmuzun_8085 ok buddy
timur is turkic to
The Tomb of Timor is inscribed with two warnings that read “When I Rise From the Dead, The World Shall Tremble” and “Whosoever Disturbs My Tomb Will Unleash an Invader More Terrible than I". Soviet archiologists discovered Timurs tomb in June 1941, two days later Hitler launched operation Barbarossa.
Respect for Miran Shah in the comments, the only guy whose behaviour even Timur considered to be erratic 🙏
I love the petty back and forth Timur and Bayezid. Who knew these seasoned conquerors ruling very large and powerful empires could correspond like school children.
A K&G video is like a cup of warm coffee while it's raining ♥️
Georgia was Timur's obsession, he couldn't live without raiding it LOL
Turko Mongol Horde Versus Turkic Empire !
Timurid wins! Ottoman Interragnum (Civil War) *Begins*
The Irony is Timurid detoriorated immediately :D
@@olumluhayatbugunvarsinyari1326 We all know someone would get triggered over it :]
Funny thing is Timur himself didn't see it that way, in one of the many seesawing letters of insults between the two leading up to their confrontation, Timur wrote to Bayezid saying "You became greek." and would later go on to say after the battle of Ankara "I fought no Turks on that day but Greeks and Serbs instead."
@@LORDMEHMOODPASHA Timur the Ultimate *Ooof!* Rekt! Master :]
Well turks today look more greek that turkic. No offense tho but thats what I noticed to turkish tourist
@@fumaaa5643 and there are many examples of greek that looks far much more arabic compared to anatolians steorotyping is often fails because of that
Will your podcast series on the Mongols continue with the successor states of the mongol empire and with the invasions of tamerlane? Great work by the way
Love the little info cards that pop up. It really adds to the video
I had been waiting for the day that epic history and kings and generals finally collaborated.
EVERYONE BETRAYS EXCEPT SERBİANS
AS A TURKİSH
RESPECT TO SERBİAN WHO FİGHT AT THİS BATTLE
suyunu çıkardınız iyice, zaten savaşmaya mecbur adamlar vassal devlet, bize bağlı, balkanlarda sırplar kadar türklerden nefret eden millet bulamazsın, bir de adamlara alkış tutuyorsun