Fun fact. His tomb was unsealed by a Soviet archeological team on June 20th 1941 and sent to Moscow, with a warning that a curse would be put on the those who removed him from his final resting place. 2 days later Operation Barbarossa, the German invasion of the Soviet Union began. And even more supposedly at the height of the battle of Stalingrad Stalin ordered the immediate return of Timurs body to his tomb in Samarkand. And wouldn’t ya know right after it was returned the German army in Stalingrad was surrounded. Coincidence??? Almost certainly, still interesting tho.
I have been taught Tamerlane as a hero throughout my school years and I would always question my teachers saying "Why should we call our ancestors as heroes while other conquerers are tyrants for doing the exact same thing?". I grew up and met people from other parts of the world and heard them saying he was a tyrant and they are taught like that in history classes. History is not entirely accurate and it is misleading in most cases and we can never say what is true and what is not because it is written by many hands from different perspectives and things are always politicized. As they say say, "The one who controls the future, controls the past. The one who controls the past, controls the future."
As a turk I have taken byzantine history course from a greek professor. What I have learned from her: For all governments history is a bendable tool to create national identity. So they change and bend it as they fit. In order to learn real history we just have to forget what we have taught in schools as official history.
@@mkalin78 couldn't agree more. we also need to keep our judgement aside, as it's really unproductive and unyielding to force modern day morals on historic figures. it's essential to be unbiased and understand that they were just a product of their time. as we all are.
Timur is well-respected across Central Asia, the North Caucasus, and the Pontic-Caspian Steppe regions. It's not just Uzbekistan. He has admirers in South Asia as well.
When Tamerlane saw captured Bayezid the Thunderbolt, 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.”
On the other end of the spectrum, Sharaf ad-din Ali Yazdi, an Arabian sage who desperately sought to win the emperor’s favor, claimed that Tamerlane practically pampered the sultan and burst into tears when he learned of his former enemy’s death. He went so far as to write that Tamerlane had never wanted war and after the battle at Ankara planned eventually to restore Bayezid to the Ottoman throne.
@@It-Will-All-Be-Okay-I-Promise By crooked he meant that Bayezid had only one eye. Timur was lame and Bayezid had only one eye. That is why he laughed and said that power and wealth are not important to fate since fate distributes them to cripples.
Why is Tamerlane (Timur) who is Central Asian depicted here as being brown, when Central Asians of all ethnic groups are between pale skin to olive skin? Looks like they're caricaturing him.
@@jeffreygao3956 No he was not. You're perpetuating stereotypes of what you think a Muslim "looks" like as opposed to what he actually looked like. I even just double-checked what sources describe him as, and it's "fair complexion". Central Asians aren't dark skin. Western artistic depictions always exaggerate or distort ethnic features of people to fit stereotypes.
Thank you! Finally something about Central Asia. There are so many interesting stories and historical figures, but somehow world ignores them. I hope it will change.
All uzbek tajik kazakh are turkish. "if we remove the turkish people from history, there will be no history itself".-Fritz Neumark German scientist from history
Aytilgan gaplarini hammasi ham to'g'ri emas, Temurni 'illiterate'(savodsiz) bo'lgan deyapti. Bu aniq noto'g'ri ma'lumot. Yana bosh chanoqlaridan piramida qurdirgan degan gapida ham asos yo'q. Har qanday videolarga ishonib ketavermaslik kerak
@@parvizhamidov1078sz notogri shunibsiz, qoshni davlatlatlaga urush qiganda 17 million odam ulgan ozidan kegn togdey yo bomasa peramidadey kop skelet qoldirib ketkan db aytilgan
@@Ваня199 17 million deb ko'paytirib aytishgan bo'lishi mumkin deyildi videoda. Aslida suyakdan qurilgan piramidalar odamlar unga qarshi chiqmashligi uchun, qo'rqitish uchun Amir Temir tomonidan o'ylab topilgan bo'lishi mumkin.
I'm still waiting for History vs: Alexander the Great Leonidas Pericles Oda Nobunaga Shaka Zulu Abdulazziz Ibn Saud Walt Disney Andrew Carnegie John D Rockefeller
The early life of Tamerlane sounds like that one opportunistic “friend” who always asks for help when he gets in the problems, but the moment you need his help he wil let you down……
@@hetarth7056 really? Interesting could you give me some names of other historical Mughal figures who were like that, because I am really interested to learn more about them.
There are so many historical figures that would be perfect for this awesome series. Especially ones which are dragged into controversy like Gandhi, Churchill, The Mughals, Emperor Diocletian, Woodrow Wilson, Ulyssses S Grant and a whole lot more people.
In my motherland - Uzbekistan school teaches us Temur as a hero, without any sins) Anyway, we put history on trial. I'm so glad that Ted-Ed made a video about our ancestor. And soon, 9th April is his birthday. And it's celebrated in schools widely in Uzbekistan. It's so iconic, that Ted-Ed published the video these days.
@@moozillamoo2109 Most of the writings about Timur are from other parties, especially people from the sides that he defeated. So there is a lot of exaggerations going on. Obviously he wasn't a saint, he was a conqueror, but it was very common to exaggerate during medieval and ancient times about people you didn't like. For example, critical writings describing Sunni Ali in West Africa by scholars were notoriously crazy. Medieval European writers would even make up weird stories like Muslims being polytheists led by Amazonian women, or Jews having tails or whatever. The records of Arab scholars about his Baghdad conquest are completely exaggerated.
It’s interesting to hear these kind of things from people who are directly taught about these characters that the west don’t usually talk about. It’s also very comforting to hear that there is a spirit of questioning and criticism of these historical figures.
Most of the writings about Timur are from other parties, especially people from the sides that he defeated. So there is a lot of exaggerations going on. Obviously he wasn't a saint, he was a conqueror, but it was very common to exaggerate during medieval and ancient times about people you didn't like. For example, critical writings describing Sunni Ali in West Africa by scholars were notoriously crazy. Medieval European writers would even make up weird stories like Muslims being polytheists led by Amazonian women, or Jews having tails and other unrealistic things. The records of Arab scholars about his Baghdad conquest are completely exaggerated.
Why is Tamerlane (Timur) who is Central Asian depicted here as being brown or dark brown, when Central Asians of all ethnic groups are between pale skin to olive skin? Even sources describe him as being of "fair complexion". Western artistic depictions always exaggerate or distort ethnic features of peoples to fit stereotypes. In this case they're depicting what they think a Muslim "looks" like as opposed to what he actually looked like.
When I first started watching this series i thought the argument against the person where the truth .but later I've come to realise that both argument were equally valid .thank you for this balanced point of view
I don't think that that is really the case. The video presents historical propaganda from both sides, but that doesn't mean it is equally true. Like, these conquerors were not enlightened patrons of the arts engaged in realpolitik. They were ruthless egotistical conquerors that happened to establish a cultural legacy in the process. The videos provide a "valid" alternate perspective that includes their positive influences, but in doing so falsely balances it with their motives and overall impact.
I'd love to see one of these on Eamon de Valera. He's not really that famous on a global scale but here in Ireland he's quite a controversial figure with some people thinking of him as a hero while some people blame him for a lot of the problems Ireland faced after independence and the assassination of Michael Collins
I think even he would’ve admitted Colin’s was right in the end by achieving independence from the inside once he became president. Since that’s exactly what he did.
Oh good one, he is quite controversial, I myself personally despise him just for his treatment of Michael Collins alone. Though his refusal to join WWII in any helpful capacity, refusing to reunite with Northern Ireland, and directly causing the Irish Civil War marks him as a terrible leader in my book.
i’ve kept the “history vs.” playlist saved and i offhandedly decided to check it today, who would’ve guessed i checked it on the exact day the series got a new vid!! please keep making these!!
I am from Uzbekistan. Amir Temur was born in 1336 in the present-day Kashkadarya region of Uzbekistan. Any negative word directed at him is wrong and an insult to Uzbeks!
@@ElBandito He was the guy who made 'Uzbek' the nation name which remains to this day, however Uzbeks view both Timurids and Shaybanids as their ancestors, after all the population itself remained the same only with a new national identity
@Jumamurod Aralov Your 'history' consists of many different interpretations and factors. Are Taza Uzbeks true Uzbeks, of Chagatai Turks under Timur the true Uzbeks? Cause they were different people, and Taza Uzbeks actually invaded and conquered part of Timur's lands after his death. At the time Abu'l-Khayr Khan was a leader of Uzbeks who had nothing to do with Timur, for example.
You have not seen what he did in the past and you have no idea what he was like.You are just prejudicing based on some hearsays you hear here and there.Truth be tood,he was the greatest contributor to the development of science,social life and other domains as is stated in the video.So be careful about what you say,friend!
Genghis Khan and Timur did build thriving empires and were patrons of art, culture, and supported artisans, scientists, simplified trade and stopped constant regional in-fighting. But their conquests were unnecessarily bloody. They killed millions of civilians and destroyed entire cities and infrastructure.
That’s how steppes and Central Asia were Unlike Europe were everything is close and clustered up in Central Asia you need to travel vast distances from one city to another If one city rebels you need to mobilize your whole army and personally lead your troops, it is very expensive and time consuming Horses by nature are idol cults. Charisma of a leader is everything. If nobody fears, loves or respects him, how in bloody world he can rule all of them.
thats the exact reason why he was a patron of art, culture and supported artisans, scientists and simplified trade and stopped constant in-fights. Without all the bloodshed and fear, all this would not have been achieved.
The Lenin and Che Guevara ones were more convincing, but the case for Timur seems rather weak. Overall, the atrocities he commited outweigh his accomplishments.
Agreeable given what we have is not merely propaganda. "Historians" love to be biased sometimes, I am not defending Timur, i believe he did commit all those atrocities but western historians are very biased, they deny indigenous historical records in favour of their "educated" guesses
Buildings that were constructed during his time had launched a new era in Muslim Architecture for ex Taj mahal being a replica of his Mausoleum etc. His patronage of Arts and Science lead the the new Scientific Discoveries in the world for ex his Grandson Ulughbek who has been studying the stars, Women from his line who were famous poets, Behzad who largely contributed to the Post Medieval Arts. I cant say that it out weights his atrocities anyways
Timur also massacred Christians like Georgians and Hospitallers in Smyrna but yes most of his victims were the neighboring Muslim states, Golden Horde, Ottomans, Kara Koyunlu, Mamluk and Delhi Sultanates,...
@@cmolodiets to ottoman sultan he said we are both turkic submit to me and i would not destroy you. he wanted submission which people obviously denied than he butchered them
Yeah true, he actually wiped out the Chruch of the East in Central Asia and Iran and killed tens of thousands of Assyrians, Georgians and Armenians, heavy reducing the Christian population of the Middle East
Most of the writings about Timur are from other parties, especially people from the sides that he defeated. So there is a lot of exaggerations going on. Obviously he wasn't a saint, he was a conqueror, but it was very common to exaggerate during medieval and ancient times about people you didn't like. For example, critical writings describing Sunni Ali in West Africa by scholars were notoriously crazy. Medieval European writers would even make up weird stories like Muslims being polytheists led by Amazonian women, or Jews having tails or whatever. The records of Arab scholars about his Baghdad conquest are completely exaggerated.
If he hadn't invaded iraq iran syria egypt turkiye golden orde ( it is russia) mongolia india they would have fought one others .He occupied a lot of countries but he didn't kill children women and elderly as well as scholars.
I would love to see a history against Shaka the Zulu. He's celebrated as one of Africa's greatest warriors and did many things to forward the Zulu nation but was also brutal and cruel to enemies.
I am from India and the atrocities of Timur make me think, what is meant by the right and wrong side of history. History also states that for entire one year India was under the grip of terror and poverty as all its wealth was gruesomely stripped off by the army. There was utter chaos and bloodshed , the entire country was ruined beyond recognition. It is a fact that more than a lakh of Indians were killed in this war.
The entire country was ruined? But Timur didn't even step foot anywhere near the entire country. The eastern and southern regions in ruins because of events in the far northwest? Even though the south and east has the coastlines and can trade with whoever it wants? Stop believing everything you read, they're full of exaggerations.
Nowadays it's a trend to glorify barbarians from history and reject atrocities done by them as exaggerated propaganda ...and when there is real proof that they did atrocities ,say that it was the deed of the time...everyone did that to seize power.... but some evidences can't ever be ignored like the one that Delhi doesn't have one temple more than hundred years old...while entire india does have temples dating 1000 years
Well even if he did invad and conquer India, the bloodshed is a part and parcel of the war, poverty is a consequence in almost every scenario. Wars always lead to these results. You can't 'judge' him on what he did in 1300s based on today's standards of 'right' and 'wrong'. That would in simplest of terms be like comparing 500 grams and 2 kgs and concluding that 500 grams is more just based on the numeric values and not the units. He may have caused a lot of bloodshed and havoc, but he also protected artists, educated women and let them hold political office, something the modern world has not acheived on today's time. He came from almost nothing, as in not belonging to a ruling family and yet managed to establish such a vast empire. And not to mention, most rulers consolidated power by attacking other states to establish empires.
Only thing bugging me is that the geographical extent of Timur's conquests aren't fully depicted in the video (showing only central Asia and Iran). Timur at his death ruled from Anatolia to the borders of China. Alexander the Great died not long after his conquests in the East - his empire never to be ruled by one man again - but historical maps show what he achieved in entirety.
Why is Tamerlane (Timur) who is Central Asian depicted here as being brown or dark brown, when Central Asians of all ethnic groups are between pale skin to olive skin? Even sources describe him as being of "fair complexion". Western artistic depictions always exaggerate or distort ethnic features of peoples to fit stereotypes. In this case they're depicting what they think a Muslim "looks" like as opposed to what he actually looked like.
Timur invaded many places but didn't annex them. Taking over another country is only costly for an army that has no salary. Timur's men were all dependent on loot & plunder. Anatolia was still governed by ottomans. Mamlukes paid tribute to him, so did what left of the golden horde.
@@realtalk6195 Why do you guys so much care about the skin? As Central Asian I didn't pay any attention to that, as it was just cartoon of child drawings...
I am very glad to see such content from TED-ed and how they cover(illuminate) events. I very much appreciate that you are giving history straight and justice without using "double standards" as its casual in our world to denigrate the truth. Thank you for the content. I am very proud of being Türk(Uzbek) and my ancestors of Golden Age.
he was only a distant relative of Genghis Khan, almost all of Central Asia was Mongolian, but this does not mean that they were Mongols, I was always told that he was a Turk
"Timur had wiped out 10 percent of the human population, he had declard that his campaign in India had been a holy war. Declaring himself the sword of Islam, but seeing that his victims from Anatolia to Indus river were Muslims, the proper description associated with Timur was the Prince of destruction."
I love that you guy keeping this series active. I would recommend doing Marie Antoinette next since she is a very debated character in history. Or the first empress of China since she also very debated person too.
Never heard this character before. Seems like a case of good Emperor when there is no such thing. Also. This is one of my favorite series on this channel. I look forward to the day Alexander the Great is put on trial. To see the less public side of his empire building and conquests.
I always love these type of TedEd videos. Gives a good perspective on historical figures and develops an interesting setting for discussion. I would love to see one on Cardinal Richelieu. There is so much fodder for being a grand diplomat and architect of the modern European state, but at the same time being a ruthless administrator and father of nationalism.
I'm from Uzbekistan. Honestly, there are so many fairy tales about Temur. But let me tell you the truth. His father was a great man whose name is Taragay. In addition to this, when Temur was 7 , he learned how to write and read. Also, his father wanted his son to be a brave and clever boy. So Temur learned riding horse, archery and so on. And one thing I am very surprised is that Temur fought against Moguls. When it comes to his uncle, he ran away from fighting against Moguls. So Temur had to rule the country. He did his best to save his residents. He had been to so many wars and they made him look unmerciful. That's why people from other countries think that he is a bloodthirsty tyrant. But the truth is that he was just an honest, clever and brave man who helped his people and kept his country safe.
Man I want more videos in this format. Not summarizing an historical figure as simply as 'good' or 'bad', but rather shows both of their sides. This way we can celebrate the good, and learn from the bad.
There is a dinosaur named after Timur, Timurlengia euotica, and 4:38 There is even a dinosaur quite recently named after Ulugh, Ulughbegsaurus uzbekistanensis.
I’m not sure if anyone else picked up on it, but to me it always sounds like it’s the same voice score playing both lawyers and the judge, which never stops to blow my mind 🤩 - love this series so much, TedEd, please make more some day
In Turkey, Timur is pretty controversial. He almost ended the Ottoman Empire. However, he was a great leader and tactician. He was merciless. In Summary, he had ups and downs. So, it is pretty hard to call him a good or a bad leader.
I applaud the voice "actor "that is the narrator, judge, prosecutor, and defense attorney...I almost thought these were all different people. Great work.
I am really glad they rebooted once more the history vs series. Hopefully we will get to see more videos in that line on a more regular basis from now on 🙂
Amir Timur was neither a sheep thief nor an illiterate person. Conversely, he spoke in Turkish, Persian, Arabic fluently and possessed both social and religious knowledge simultaneously. With all due respect to everyone and to the author especially, it was sort of an assault calling our great ancestor thief and illiterate to some extent. But again, I respect your work and highly valued it. So much of appreciation for that 👍🏻
At medieval ages there was no Turkish language ,but Oghuz,Kypchaq and Qarluq dialect,I guess ,you were gonna say Chighatai turk language(now Uzbek amd Uighur language.)
In the Middle Ages, there were 3 main dialects of Turkish languages and these dialects were mutually easy to understand, so Turkish is not a new language.
waylak al al salam , Amir Temur mascaraed most of the citizens in my hometown Baghdad , he ordered all of the solders in his army to return with at least tow heads from the city , you're free to admire him but know this if you call your self Muslim : ( لا يحب رجل قوما إلا حشر معهم ) :قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ
@@hussienbintalal91 I am sorry you feel that, but compared to other leaders he was fair. your ancestors could have surrendered and saved their lives, his cause was just enough. he wanted to build a strong state and unify Muslim world
@@hussienbintalal91 xD. Being snowflake about what occured in the past Gosh. Bro do not forget that your ancestors mascaraed lots of my people. Like when the Caliphate destroyed my ancestors religion and their heritage. So bumerang work in proper way
TRIVIA: In 1941, Joseph Stalin sent a team of archaeologists to open Timur's tomb in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, much to the alarm of local residents and Muslim clergy. Upon opening Timur's coffin ( *in June 22nd 1941!!!* ) , the team discovered an inscription: "Whoever opens my tomb shall unleash an invader more terrible than I." Within a matter of hours, Adolf Hitler's troops invaded Russia; an estimated 26 million people died as a result. In 1942, Stalin ordered Timur's remains to be reinterred back in Samarkand in accordance with Islamic tradition; shortly thereafter, the German army surrendered at Stalingrad, ending their campaign against the Russians.
It is very good that we get information about the positive and negative works of historical figures because we can comment on them without prejudice. I only heard Tamerlane's murders and evils and I did not know anything about his positive deeds
I absolutely love your "History vs" series. Recommendations for this series: Winston Churchill Alexander Lyndon B Johnson Henry II Ivan the Terrible Deng Xiaoping Pope Alexander VI Thomas Jefferson Henry Ford Francisco Pizzaro Indira Gandhi Margaret Thatcher
I'm so glad TED-Ed is continuing the History VS series. As a Spaniard, I think it would be very interesting to see a History vs Juan Carlos I and a History vs Lucio Urtubia
I would love to see Emperor Claudius on trial! Was he a goofy failure that humiliated the Empire time and again or one of the literal best emperors Rome ever had?
This judicial format is a splendid! It's a great metaphor to incorporate the complexities of good deeds and sins as evaluated by the future with detailed context from multiple perspectives.
Reliable information From Uzbekistan 🇺🇿 where Timur was born Amir TIMUR is one of the most unbiased, religious, faithful, righteous and greatest historical figure you can come across . History claims that he was born in really hard periods at that time. We know that even Western Kings and the Catholic Church leaders had friendly connections with him (the letters and regular diplomatic relations prove this opinion) Books which have been written about him by Western and Eastern writers say that He has loved honesty and tried to improve beautiful featuress of human among his empire. He appreciated knlowledge and humanitarianism of all time , develoved science as much as possible. He was a truly believer meaning that he had trusted in God and followed all rules of Islam. He counted on his religion during his whole life, specifically during his conquests. His foremost aim has been peace, friendship treaty and spreading Islam otherwise the lastest way was war (when he hadn't other choice)... Please let's not forget the hardships and difficult conditions in history which we don't face in this century (thanks God)
The author of the Timurid Empire, Şeraffadin Ali, recorded the following as the words of Timur in his book: "We are the rulers of Turan, the Amiri Turkistan! We are the Turks, the sons of Turks! We are the greatest of nations, the Turks of the world!" A text in Chaghtay language. In addition, Timur emphasized that he was a Turk, insulted Beyazıt's Turkishness and emphasized the recruited origins of his soldiers in his letters. Today, Timur's Turkishness is not discussed in any serious literature anymore.
Wish you talked about how Timur completely massacred all Christians in his empire. The Church of the East became nearly nonexistent after his conquests.
Wow, I remember learning about ámir Temir or әмір Темір (on Cyrillic) (that's how we call him on Kazakh) in my history classes. It was really interesting to hear about him from a Western perspective
As Uzbek, from Samarkand, Uzbekistan, I were taught to respect Amir Temur, and we call him Amir Temur bobomiz(grandfather-ancestor).Though there are some people think he killed many people
Thanks for explaining . Although Amir Temur conquered my Khorezm country severel times I think he was great dictator and did many good things. And he gathered many muslim countries which fought against each other.
As a Saudi, we can easily tell that we deeply despise Timur and in our historical depiction, like most of other countries there, Timur is always seen as a tyrant. As a kid, I used to hear from my father's bed time sleep that "if you didn't behave nicely, Timur would come to kidnap you". Central Asians love him because of their similar genes of brutality and inhumane, as they also have a tradition of kidnapping slaves regardless of religion.
They kept referring to the country where he was born as “Central Asia”. It is actually Uzbekistan, a thriving country where Tamerlane is much revered and honored.
Tamerlane also plunged the Ottoman empire into civil war when capturing the sultan which gave the Byzantine empire another set of centuries to live before 1453.
Fun fact.
His tomb was unsealed by a Soviet archeological team on June 20th 1941 and sent to Moscow, with a warning that a curse would be put on the those who removed him from his final resting place. 2 days later Operation Barbarossa, the German invasion of the Soviet Union began.
And even more supposedly at the height of the battle of Stalingrad Stalin ordered the immediate return of Timurs body to his tomb in Samarkand. And wouldn’t ya know right after it was returned the German army in Stalingrad was surrounded.
Coincidence???
Almost certainly, still interesting tho.
That's actually very interesting. Coincidence or not.
This is the reason why i want to visit his tomb since i was a kid, seems like fairytale comes true
I’ve heard that before, it’s a great story
@@passerby7112 come tu Uzbekistan to see his tomb bro im from Uzbekistan🔥🇺🇿
It is definitely truth
Ted Ed should really do more of these. I'm not sure why there aren't more history vs videos.
Yeah.. This video came up after a long gap.
Yep it's not even 10, I love them
yep the last was was in 2016 i think
his motherland that he was born is UZBEKISTAN BUT IT IS A DEVELOPING COUNTRY NOT WELL KNOWN
And there are so many people to put on trails
I agree with everyone who says TED Ed needs to do more of this series. Ivan Pavlov, Sir Francis Drake and Caligula might make for fascinating topics.
Caligula especially.
Sulla. People say that it was Sulla's actions that allowed Cesar to act the way he did.
I nominate History vs Richard the Lionhearted, Pericles, or Walt Disney.
Ad0lf h1tl3r maybe?
and Drake too
I have been taught Tamerlane as a hero throughout my school years and I would always question my teachers saying "Why should we call our ancestors as heroes while other conquerers are tyrants for doing the exact same thing?". I grew up and met people from other parts of the world and heard them saying he was a tyrant and they are taught like that in history classes. History is not entirely accurate and it is misleading in most cases and we can never say what is true and what is not because it is written by many hands from different perspectives and things are always politicized.
As they say say, "The one who controls the future, controls the past. The one who controls the past, controls the future."
As a turk I have taken byzantine history course from a greek professor. What I have learned from her: For all governments history is a bendable tool to create national identity. So they change and bend it as they fit. In order to learn real history we just have to forget what we have taught in schools as official history.
Nope. Turkey.
yeah almost like westerners gave non westerners brain cancer
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@@mkalin78 couldn't agree more. we also need to keep our judgement aside, as it's really unproductive and unyielding to force modern day morals on historic figures. it's essential to be unbiased and understand that they were just a product of their time. as we all are.
Tamerlane in Uzbekistan’s history: great ruler.
Tamerlane in everyone else’s history: brutal tyrant.
I think it's the same in everywhere. You are always bad in someone else's story
@@boburzod Nah. For example Shah Ismail was Turkic but is respected among Persians (I don't like him).
But Timur was nothing but a barbarian.
Tamerlane: Just as planned
@@boburzod So accurate!
Timur is well-respected across Central Asia, the North Caucasus, and the Pontic-Caspian Steppe regions. It's not just Uzbekistan. He has admirers in South Asia as well.
When Tamerlane saw captured Bayezid the Thunderbolt, 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.”
On the other end of the spectrum, Sharaf ad-din Ali Yazdi, an Arabian sage who desperately sought to win the emperor’s favor, claimed that Tamerlane practically pampered the sultan and burst into tears when he learned of his former enemy’s death. He went so far as to write that Tamerlane had never wanted war and after the battle at Ankara planned eventually to restore Bayezid to the Ottoman throne.
What does that imply?
@@kevinlane1219 implies he was a sigma male
@@kevinlane1219 Tamerlane was calling Bayezid a crook.
@@It-Will-All-Be-Okay-I-Promise By crooked he meant that Bayezid had only one eye. Timur was lame and Bayezid had only one eye. That is why he laughed and said that power and wealth are not important to fate since fate distributes them to cripples.
I love these depictions of historical figures. Shows a refreshing perspective on history.
I agree. I hope TED-Ed does more of these
This was quite a shock to see, as the last episode was 3 years ago.
Why is Tamerlane (Timur) who is Central Asian depicted here as being brown, when Central Asians of all ethnic groups are between pale skin to olive skin? Looks like they're caricaturing him.
@Real Talk Because he was like that…
@@jeffreygao3956 No he was not. You're perpetuating stereotypes of what you think a Muslim "looks" like as opposed to what he actually looked like. I even just double-checked what sources describe him as, and it's "fair complexion". Central Asians aren't dark skin. Western artistic depictions always exaggerate or distort ethnic features of people to fit stereotypes.
Thank you! Finally something about Central Asia. There are so many interesting stories and historical figures, but somehow world ignores them. I hope it will change.
Coz its really hard to accept, these figures awaked them truely.
All uzbek tajik kazakh are turkish.
"if we remove the turkish people from history, there will be no history itself".-Fritz Neumark German scientist from history
@@jamshidxudoyberdiyev4927LMAO, I am sure no one will notice it, they are not Turkish, but Turkic, Tajiks are partly Persian.
@@jamshidxudoyberdiyev4927 central asia is turkic, but tajiks aren't turkic
i'm from uzbekistan and i want to thank you guys for your effort of properly passing the correct information to the audience :)
I’m from Uzbekistan 🇺🇿 I was very surprised. The whole world knows us, our history, our ancestors. it's really nice 😢😢😢😢👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Aytilgan gaplarini hammasi ham to'g'ri emas, Temurni 'illiterate'(savodsiz) bo'lgan deyapti. Bu aniq noto'g'ri ma'lumot. Yana bosh chanoqlaridan piramida qurdirgan degan gapida ham asos yo'q. Har qanday videolarga ishonib ketavermaslik kerak
@@parvizhamidov1078 tògri aytasz
@@parvizhamidov1078sz notogri shunibsiz, qoshni davlatlatlaga urush qiganda 17 million odam ulgan ozidan kegn togdey yo bomasa peramidadey kop skelet qoldirib ketkan db aytilgan
@@parvizhamidov1078O'zbechada kordizmi? Deme tarjima notogri, man russchada kordim
@@Ваня199 17 million deb ko'paytirib aytishgan bo'lishi mumkin deyildi videoda. Aslida suyakdan qurilgan piramidalar odamlar unga qarshi chiqmashligi uchun, qo'rqitish uchun Amir Temir tomonidan o'ylab topilgan bo'lishi mumkin.
Right when we thought this series was dead, it returned ❤️
Yes
Indeed
I'm still waiting for History vs:
Alexander the Great
Leonidas
Pericles
Oda Nobunaga
Shaka Zulu
Abdulazziz Ibn Saud
Walt Disney
Andrew Carnegie
John D Rockefeller
@@jeffreygao3956 Walt Disney?
@@jinsakai2047 Why not? They can cover significant businesspeople and besides, the judge's reaction will be hilarious!
"Let's get down to business!"
The early life of Tamerlane sounds like that one opportunistic “friend” who always asks for help when he gets in the problems, but the moment you need his help he wil let you down……
100% The original Scumbag Steve.
Most of the mughals were like that..Lol😂
@@hetarth7056 really? Interesting could you give me some names of other historical Mughal figures who were like that, because I am really interested to learn more about them.
@@hetarth7056 I mean, Tamerlane wasn't really a Mughal, his descendants were.
@@hetarth7056 duh, he was Uzbek
I really love the fact that the judge himself is learning through the heated debates
The judge is the audience
I really loved it too!!!
There are so many historical figures that would be perfect for this awesome series.
Especially ones which are dragged into controversy like Gandhi, Churchill, The Mughals, Emperor Diocletian, Woodrow Wilson, Ulyssses S Grant and a whole lot more people.
Yes especially the Mughal ruler aurangzeb, who is celebrated as a hero by the muslims but as a tyrant by the Hindus.
Also add: Saladin, Richard Lionheart, Pericles, Oda Nobunaga, and...Walt Disney(one not like the others.)
OUSMAN KING,
In my motherland - Uzbekistan school teaches us Temur as a hero, without any sins)
Anyway, we put history on trial. I'm so glad that Ted-Ed made a video about our ancestor. And soon, 9th April is his birthday. And it's celebrated in schools widely in Uzbekistan. It's so iconic, that Ted-Ed published the video these days.
Hahaha think people of India and Georgia might disagree.
@@moozillamoo2109 Most of the writings about Timur are from other parties, especially people from the sides that he defeated. So there is a lot of exaggerations going on. Obviously he wasn't a saint, he was a conqueror, but it was very common to exaggerate during medieval and ancient times about people you didn't like. For example, critical writings describing Sunni Ali in West Africa by scholars were notoriously crazy. Medieval European writers would even make up weird stories like Muslims being polytheists led by Amazonian women, or Jews having tails or whatever. The records of Arab scholars about his Baghdad conquest are completely exaggerated.
It’s interesting to hear these kind of things from people who are directly taught about these characters that the west don’t usually talk about. It’s also very comforting to hear that there is a spirit of questioning and criticism of these historical figures.
@@realtalk6195 he literally turned Georgia into a wasteland
@@realtalk6195 he made mountain from the skulls of the dead. he was brutual tyrant who led siege to cities even when they surrender
Yes! Please keep doing this series! I learn more about people I already knew about and learn about someone completely new like this episode.
Most of the writings about Timur are from other parties, especially people from the sides that he defeated. So there is a lot of exaggerations going on.
Obviously he wasn't a saint, he was a conqueror, but it was very common to exaggerate during medieval and ancient times about people you didn't like. For example, critical writings describing Sunni Ali in West Africa by scholars were notoriously crazy. Medieval European writers would even make up weird stories like Muslims being polytheists led by Amazonian women, or Jews having tails and other unrealistic things. The records of Arab scholars about his Baghdad conquest are completely exaggerated.
Why is Tamerlane (Timur) who is Central Asian depicted here as being brown or dark brown, when Central Asians of all ethnic groups are between pale skin to olive skin?
Even sources describe him as being of "fair complexion". Western artistic depictions always exaggerate or distort ethnic features of peoples to fit stereotypes. In this case they're depicting what they think a Muslim "looks" like as opposed to what he actually looked like.
I wouldn’t know.
I’d like to see History vs Alexander the Great, Pericles, Oda Nobunaga, Richard Lionheart, Leonidas, and Walt Disney.
When I first started watching this series i thought the argument against the person where the truth .but later I've come to realise that both argument were equally valid .thank you for this balanced point of view
I don't think that that is really the case. The video presents historical propaganda from both sides, but that doesn't mean it is equally true. Like, these conquerors were not enlightened patrons of the arts engaged in realpolitik. They were ruthless egotistical conquerors that happened to establish a cultural legacy in the process. The videos provide a "valid" alternate perspective that includes their positive influences, but in doing so falsely balances it with their motives and overall impact.
I'd love to see one of these on Eamon de Valera. He's not really that famous on a global scale but here in Ireland he's quite a controversial figure with some people thinking of him as a hero while some people blame him for a lot of the problems Ireland faced after independence and the assassination of Michael Collins
I think even he would’ve admitted Colin’s was right in the end by achieving independence from the inside once he became president. Since that’s exactly what he did.
Interesting. I've a series called Rebellion in which Ireland's story is the main plot and also introduces De Valera
*i've seen
I’d love to know about him
Oh good one, he is quite controversial, I myself personally despise him just for his treatment of Michael Collins alone. Though his refusal to join WWII in any helpful capacity, refusing to reunite with Northern Ireland, and directly causing the Irish Civil War marks him as a terrible leader in my book.
i’ve kept the “history vs.” playlist saved and i offhandedly decided to check it today, who would’ve guessed i checked it on the exact day the series got a new vid!! please keep making these!!
I am from Uzbekistan. Amir Temur was born in 1336 in the present-day Kashkadarya region of Uzbekistan. Any negative word directed at him is wrong and an insult to Uzbeks!
The thing he is Muslims and why he attacked follow Muslims that time, including the Ottoman, also have he gone to mecca before?
It feels me with some another kind of joy to see what we learned from school about our ancestor in a Ted-Ed video. Love from Uzbekistan.
The ancestor of Uzbeks is Shiban, the grandson of Chingis Khan. Hence, Shaybanids. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaybanids
@@ElBandito dont teach us our history, unless you dont know it
@@SJ-bl3uw Isn't Muhammad Shaybani Khan the one who actually united the Uzbeks? He was a descendant of Shiban.
@@ElBandito He was the guy who made 'Uzbek' the nation name which remains to this day, however Uzbeks view both Timurids and Shaybanids as their ancestors, after all the population itself remained the same only with a new national identity
@Jumamurod Aralov Your 'history' consists of many different interpretations and factors. Are Taza Uzbeks true Uzbeks, of Chagatai Turks under Timur the true Uzbeks? Cause they were different people, and Taza Uzbeks actually invaded and conquered part of Timur's lands after his death. At the time Abu'l-Khayr Khan was a leader of Uzbeks who had nothing to do with Timur, for example.
Timur was so brutal that when he was alive many people from the west and to the east thought he was genghis khan reincarnated.
Chad
@@crazyraptor2907 he has nothing to brag about being "chad". Even his closest allies didn't even trust him at all.
@@uberfeel giga chad
I dunno man, that sounds like a Sigma Mindset to me.
You have not seen what he did in the past and you have no idea what he was like.You are just prejudicing based on some hearsays you hear here and there.Truth be tood,he was the greatest contributor to the development of science,social life and other domains as is stated in the video.So be careful about what you say,friend!
IVE LITERALLY BEEN WAITING YEARS FOR THIS SERIES TO COME BACK!!! IM SO HAPPY
Man , I love this series . Putting historical legends of trial and by happenstance knowing way more about them than you already did .
Genghis Khan and Timur did build thriving empires and were patrons of art, culture, and supported artisans, scientists, simplified trade and stopped constant regional in-fighting.
But their conquests were unnecessarily bloody. They killed millions of civilians and destroyed entire cities and infrastructure.
That’s how steppes and Central Asia were
Unlike Europe were everything is close and clustered up in Central Asia you need to travel vast distances from one city to another
If one city rebels you need to mobilize your whole army and personally lead your troops, it is very expensive and time consuming
Horses by nature are idol cults. Charisma of a leader is everything. If nobody fears, loves or respects him, how in bloody world he can rule all of them.
Wtf man in war thats main necessery to defeat fearsome enemy
thats the exact reason why he was a patron of art, culture and supported artisans, scientists and simplified trade and stopped constant in-fights. Without all the bloodshed and fear, all this would not have been achieved.
The Lenin and Che Guevara ones were more convincing, but the case for Timur seems rather weak. Overall, the atrocities he commited outweigh his accomplishments.
same is certainly true for Lenin and Guevara
Agreeable given what we have is not merely propaganda. "Historians" love to be biased sometimes, I am not defending Timur, i believe he did commit all those atrocities but western historians are very biased, they deny indigenous historical records in favour of their "educated" guesses
@@arifahmedkhan9999 Yeah, we Westerners tend to hold a grudge against barbarians that invaded our countries.
@@jsims1617 disagree with Guevara
Buildings that were constructed during his time had launched a new era in Muslim Architecture for ex Taj mahal being a replica of his Mausoleum etc. His patronage of Arts and Science lead the the new Scientific Discoveries in the world for ex his Grandson Ulughbek who has been studying the stars, Women from his line who were famous poets, Behzad who largely contributed to the Post Medieval Arts. I cant say that it out weights his atrocities anyways
Timur also massacred Christians like Georgians and Hospitallers in Smyrna but yes most of his victims were the neighboring Muslim states, Golden Horde, Ottomans, Kara Koyunlu, Mamluk and Delhi Sultanates,...
his armies alegedly killed 5% to 8% of the world population back then. He WAS a butcher. There are still statues of him in uzbekistan
@@cmolodiets to ottoman sultan he said we are both turkic submit to me and i would not destroy you.
he wanted submission which people obviously denied than he butchered them
Hospitallaers are militarized Latin Catholics from Western/Northern Europe who shouldn't even be in Asia.
Yeah true, he actually wiped out the Chruch of the East in Central Asia and Iran and killed tens of thousands of Assyrians, Georgians and Armenians, heavy reducing the Christian population of the Middle East
Most of the writings about Timur are from other parties, especially people from the sides that he defeated. So there is a lot of exaggerations going on.
Obviously he wasn't a saint, he was a conqueror, but it was very common to exaggerate during medieval and ancient times about people you didn't like. For example, critical writings describing Sunni Ali in West Africa by scholars were notoriously crazy. Medieval European writers would even make up weird stories like Muslims being polytheists led by Amazonian women, or Jews having tails or whatever. The records of Arab scholars about his Baghdad conquest are completely exaggerated.
5:22
“Hold on now, I think I’ve almost got the king cornered!”
Simple outside Central Asia, he is seen as a ruthless warlord and rightly so but in Central Asia, he is a hero
If he hadn't invaded iraq iran syria egypt turkiye golden orde ( it is russia) mongolia india they would have fought one others .He occupied a lot of countries but he didn't kill children women and elderly as well as scholars.
In his time, he was well loved in Europe.
@@xusnoraabduxalilova9295 😂😂
also, he stumalted russians to break free from mongols by eliminating one of Khanates. (Tokhtamysh)
I would love to see a history against Shaka the Zulu. He's celebrated as one of Africa's greatest warriors and did many things to forward the Zulu nation but was also brutal and cruel to enemies.
Yeah, he was a good leader, but he introduced the idea of actual war to a peaceful people
I am from India and the atrocities of Timur make me think, what is meant by the right and wrong side of history.
History also states that for entire one year India was under the grip of terror and poverty as all its wealth was gruesomely stripped off by the army. There was utter chaos and bloodshed , the entire country was ruined beyond recognition. It is a fact that more than a lakh of Indians were killed in this war.
What do you expect in a history video created by white people?
The entire country was ruined? But Timur didn't even step foot anywhere near the entire country. The eastern and southern regions in ruins because of events in the far northwest? Even though the south and east has the coastlines and can trade with whoever it wants? Stop believing everything you read, they're full of exaggerations.
Nowadays it's a trend to glorify barbarians from history and reject atrocities done by them as exaggerated propaganda
...and when there is real proof that they did atrocities ,say that it was the deed of the time...everyone did that to seize power.... but some evidences can't ever be ignored like the one that Delhi doesn't have one temple more than hundred years old...while entire india does have temples dating 1000 years
Well even if he did invad and conquer India, the bloodshed is a part and parcel of the war, poverty is a consequence in almost every scenario. Wars always lead to these results. You can't 'judge' him on what he did in 1300s based on today's standards of 'right' and 'wrong'. That would in simplest of terms be like comparing 500 grams and 2 kgs and concluding that 500 grams is more just based on the numeric values and not the units.
He may have caused a lot of bloodshed and havoc, but he also protected artists, educated women and let them hold political office, something the modern world has not acheived on today's time. He came from almost nothing, as in not belonging to a ruling family and yet managed to establish such a vast empire.
And not to mention, most rulers consolidated power by attacking other states to establish empires.
@@d.dmalhotra6425 Shut up
Only thing bugging me is that the geographical extent of Timur's conquests aren't fully depicted in the video (showing only central Asia and Iran). Timur at his death ruled from Anatolia to the borders of China.
Alexander the Great died not long after his conquests in the East - his empire never to be ruled by one man again - but historical maps show what he achieved in entirety.
Yeah Timur not only unified Central Asia, he beat Indian armies that had war elephants, then he beat the Mameluke sultanate and the Ottoman Empire.
Why is Tamerlane (Timur) who is Central Asian depicted here as being brown or dark brown, when Central Asians of all ethnic groups are between pale skin to olive skin? Even sources describe him as being of "fair complexion".
Western artistic depictions always exaggerate or distort ethnic features of peoples to fit stereotypes. In this case they're depicting what they think a Muslim "looks" like as opposed to what he actually looked like.
@@realtalk6195 good point. That's another error. A stereotyping not based in historical accuracy.
Timur invaded many places but didn't annex them. Taking over another country is only costly for an army that has no salary. Timur's men were all dependent on loot & plunder. Anatolia was still governed by ottomans. Mamlukes paid tribute to him, so did what left of the golden horde.
@@realtalk6195 Why do you guys so much care about the skin? As Central Asian I didn't pay any attention to that, as it was just cartoon of child drawings...
I am very glad to see such content from TED-ed and how they cover(illuminate) events. I very much appreciate that you are giving history straight and justice without using "double standards" as its casual in our world to denigrate the truth.
Thank you for the content. I am very proud of being Türk(Uzbek) and my ancestors of Golden Age.
As an baghdadi i want to say...
Mongols please give us a break
As a persian i want to repeat what you said
First gengis then timur🥲
he was only a distant relative of Genghis Khan, almost all of Central Asia was Mongolian, but this does not mean that they were Mongols, I was always told that he was a Turk
😂😂😂😂 you don't know you've just said @@line5993
"One's hero is another one's villain" is the theme of this series.
"Timur had wiped out 10 percent of the human population, he had declard that his campaign in India had been a holy war. Declaring himself the sword of Islam, but seeing that his victims from Anatolia to Indus river were Muslims, the proper description associated with Timur was the Prince of destruction."
Funny how "swords of islam " are contradictory to the Quran itself
@@tausifchowdhury8180 no one asked
@@krokodil7057 I do
10% ?? Not really
@@papazataklaattiranimam there weren't a lot of people left after Genghis Khan was through with pillaging
I love this series
Same
I love that you guy keeping this series active. I would recommend doing Marie Antoinette next since she is a very debated character in history. Or the first empress of China since she also very debated person too.
Your wish came true.
As a Georgian, I must say he was one of the most brutal and bloodthirsty tyrant the middle ages have ever seen.
Lier, he was great
@@moody_moony123
Nope he was in same mold of Gengis khan, Alexandar, Caesar, Attila, a brutal mass murderer.
@@epa2349 truth he preceded all of them
@@epa2349 no way
@@moody_moony123 Uzbek?
Never heard this character before. Seems like a case of good Emperor when there is no such thing.
Also. This is one of my favorite series on this channel. I look forward to the day Alexander the Great is put on trial. To see the less public side of his empire building and conquests.
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I'm surprised the prosecuting lawyer didn't mention how deadly the Mughal Empire was.
Probably because it's not your fault that you're descendents were blood thirsty.
Temur wasn't Mughal, his ancestors were; moreover, he's the founder of The TIMURID EMPIRE
That’s not really one him, just cause it’s his descendants . That did that.
Only aurangzeb did that. The empire was not very deadly
The Mughals were mild compared to the Delhi Sultanate or Timur when it came to brutality.
We are proud that we have such a great forefather😎🇺🇿
Brother, do you have a competition in destroying the tombs of Timur's family?
He isn’t your forefather all Timurid Prince were killed or drove out of where is Uzbekistan today by Shibak Khan
I always love these type of TedEd videos. Gives a good perspective on historical figures and develops an interesting setting for discussion.
I would love to see one on Cardinal Richelieu. There is so much fodder for being a grand diplomat and architect of the modern European state, but at the same time being a ruthless administrator and father of nationalism.
I'm from Uzbekistan. Honestly, there are so many fairy tales about Temur. But let me tell you the truth. His father was a great
man whose name is Taragay. In addition to this, when Temur was 7 , he learned how
to write and read. Also, his father wanted his son to be a brave and clever boy. So Temur learned riding horse, archery and so on. And one thing I am very surprised is that Temur fought against Moguls. When it comes to his uncle, he ran away from fighting against Moguls. So Temur
had to rule the country. He did his best to save his residents. He had been to so many wars and they made him look unmerciful. That's why people
from other countries think that he is a bloodthirsty tyrant. But the truth is that he was just an honest, clever and brave man who helped his people and kept his country safe.
Man I want more videos in this format. Not summarizing an historical figure as simply as 'good' or 'bad', but rather shows both of their sides. This way we can celebrate the good, and learn from the bad.
There is a dinosaur named after Timur, Timurlengia euotica, and
4:38
There is even a dinosaur quite recently named after Ulugh, Ulughbegsaurus uzbekistanensis.
I’m not sure if anyone else picked up on it, but to me it always sounds like it’s the same voice score playing both lawyers and the judge, which never stops to blow my mind 🤩 - love this series so much, TedEd, please make more some day
"He offered surrender and only massacred if refused", Is this a good point?
By the standard of his time? Yes
Actually the people of Delhi surrendered, but the city was razed and looted anyway
@@neemapaxima6116 Those times one couldn't just travel thousands of kms with hundred thousands of soldiers and not loot the Deli
@@neemapaxima6116 Yup, and it's why Tamerlane should not be celebrated by any means.
@@aneilp7631 Tamerlane is a sigma male 🗿🍷
In Turkey, Timur is pretty controversial. He almost ended the Ottoman Empire. However, he was a great leader and tactician. He was merciless.
In Summary, he had ups and downs. So, it is pretty hard to call him a good or a bad leader.
I applaud the voice "actor "that is the narrator, judge, prosecutor, and defense attorney...I almost thought these were all different people. Great work.
Temurlane was great hero in history of central asia especially in Uzbekistan , he was my ancestor, THANKS TED Ed
that's nice, but the millions of people he unjustly massacred isn't that great a price...
"Look at the buildings we have built who don't believe our power" Amir Temur
I am really glad they rebooted once more the history vs series. Hopefully we will get to see more videos in that line on a more regular basis from now on 🙂
With love from Uzbekistan (Kesh, Samarkand, Bukhara) 😍👍
Amir Timur was neither a sheep thief nor an illiterate person. Conversely, he spoke in Turkish, Persian, Arabic fluently and possessed both social and religious knowledge simultaneously. With all due respect to everyone and to the author especially, it was sort of an assault calling our great ancestor thief and illiterate to some extent. But again, I respect your work and highly valued it. So much of appreciation for that 👍🏻
At medieval ages there was no Turkish language ,but Oghuz,Kypchaq and Qarluq dialect,I guess ,you were gonna say Chighatai turk language(now Uzbek amd Uighur language.)
In the Middle Ages, there were 3 main dialects of Turkish languages and these dialects were mutually easy to understand, so Turkish is not a new language.
@@II-ug8jiTimur: Wait a minute, the Turks have a language how they are. They speak Persian, my Persian lab said this
Assalamu Aleykum. Amir Temur ( Tamerlan ) was born in Uzbekistan. in my hometown😊. our Samarkand was the capital city. I'm proud of our ancestors.
waylak al al salam , Amir Temur mascaraed most of the citizens in my hometown Baghdad , he ordered all of the solders in his army to return with at least tow heads from the city , you're free to admire him but know this if you call your self Muslim :
( لا يحب رجل قوما إلا حشر معهم ) :قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ
@@hussienbintalal91 I am sorry you feel that, but compared to other leaders he was fair. your ancestors could have surrendered and saved their lives, his cause was just enough. he wanted to build a strong state and unify Muslim world
@@hussienbintalal91 Emir Timur❤
@@hussienbintalal91 xD. Being snowflake about what occured in the past Gosh. Bro do not forget that your ancestors mascaraed lots of my people. Like when the Caliphate destroyed my ancestors religion and their heritage. So bumerang work in proper way
You should do more of these and maybe more episodes of continuing this topic. I’m really excited to hear more because I’m from Samarkand
TRIVIA:
In 1941, Joseph Stalin sent a team of archaeologists to open Timur's tomb in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, much to the alarm of local residents and Muslim clergy. Upon opening Timur's coffin ( *in June 22nd 1941!!!* ) , the team discovered an inscription: "Whoever opens my tomb shall unleash an invader more terrible than I." Within a matter of hours, Adolf Hitler's troops invaded Russia; an estimated 26 million people died as a result. In 1942, Stalin ordered Timur's remains to be reinterred back in Samarkand in accordance with Islamic tradition; shortly thereafter, the German army surrendered at Stalingrad, ending their campaign against the Russians.
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Whoa!! True future telling.
Sauce?
Hello from Uzbekistan 🇺🇿🇺🇿🇺🇿, Thanks TedEd for this video, that is be so good, specially when you live in Uzbekistan 👍👍👍
It is very good that we get information about the positive and negative works of historical figures because we can comment on them without prejudice. I only heard Tamerlane's murders and evils and I did not know anything about his positive deeds
He was born in 1336, and he was greatest in the world, and I am proud of him.
No, no he wasn't.
@@aneilp7631 he was
Yes. He was one of the great Khan. I agree with you
sure he was, he was a bloodthirsty man with stupidity equal to his strength@@hosilaxonvahobova03
I absolutely love your "History vs" series.
Recommendations for this series:
Winston Churchill
Alexander
Lyndon B Johnson
Henry II
Ivan the Terrible
Deng Xiaoping
Pope Alexander VI
Thomas Jefferson
Henry Ford
Francisco Pizzaro
Indira Gandhi
Margaret Thatcher
How about Vlad III?
Agree with Indira Gandhi....👍👍
@Ash. Bl. do you mean “hernan Cortez?
@Ash. Bl. yeah that’s him, he’s a good one
you could add Ian Smith of Rhodesia maybe
Great pronunciation of names, the effort appreciated immensely👍👍
I'm so glad TED-Ed is continuing the History VS series. As a Spaniard, I think it would be very interesting to see a History vs Juan Carlos I and a History vs Lucio Urtubia
It is my dubious honor to share this fellow's name. On the other hand, I've got a swell team.
Ted ed is the best teacher ever!🤩
I know right?!!
Amir Temur ✊ our Legate 🇺🇿
I love History vs videos . I hope there are gonna be more of them
I would love to see Emperor Claudius on trial! Was he a goofy failure that humiliated the Empire time and again or one of the literal best emperors Rome ever had?
how can I find the text
My father was a journalist and loved history so he named me Temur after Amir Temur. I am very proud of my name and I hope my dad goes to paradise.
Wow I forgot about this series why hasn't there been more videos. Very interesting as usual
"Mom can we have Genghis khan?"
"No we have Genghis Khan at home"
*Ghenghis Khan at home*
A true perfect version of him!
@@dodation lol no
Genghis Khan but Turkic
@@lilishipper174 Timur was Mongolian he come from mongolian barlas tribe
@@Orgil. Temur wasn't Mongolian even Genghis khan's title is turkic... Golden Horde was also mostly turkic dominated.
Amir Temur it is very interesting to listen about our greatest ancestor Amir Temur from foreign people thank you very much 😊👌😁Uzbekistan
But you killed Timur's family, ha-ha-ha-ha-ha 😂😂😂😂😂😂
This judicial format is a splendid! It's a great metaphor to incorporate the complexities of good deeds and sins as evaluated by the future with detailed context from multiple perspectives.
The city which Temerlane was born located in Uzbekistan. And I am also from Uzbekistan. We proud that we are from country which Amir Temur lived.
Reliable information From Uzbekistan 🇺🇿 where Timur was born
Amir TIMUR is one of the most unbiased, religious, faithful, righteous and greatest historical figure you can come across . History claims that he was born in really hard periods at that time. We know that even Western Kings and the Catholic Church leaders had friendly connections with him (the letters and regular diplomatic relations prove this opinion)
Books which have been written about him by Western and Eastern writers say that He has loved honesty and tried to improve beautiful featuress of human among his empire. He appreciated knlowledge and humanitarianism of all time , develoved science as much as possible. He was a truly believer meaning that he had trusted in God and followed all rules of Islam. He counted on his religion during his whole life, specifically during his conquests. His foremost aim has been peace, friendship treaty and spreading Islam otherwise the lastest way was war (when he hadn't other choice)...
Please let's not forget the hardships and difficult conditions in history which we don't face in this century (thanks God)
Yeah, I heard the British Empire was the same.
Kesh ❤❤❤ where is my hometown and it's Shakhrisabz now . There are so many historical sites from Timur's era 3:08
What's the best dish of ur city?
Maybe tandir which is beaf that cooks in local even with spice
@@AbdurahmonNarzullayev-wq4wx definitely 😀
Im from Uzbekistan. Im so glad people over the world find out who is Amir Temur, my grandpa
Hello from Uzbekistan, from motherland of Amir Temur!
We as Turkic world admire him as a great leader who not only excelled in military but also science as well. Much like Ataturk. 🇹🇷🇺🇿
Adam nerdeyse osmanlıyı yıkıyordu amk
I finally get to see an episode early 😊
Tamerlane is great person,
Hello from Uzbekistan 🇺🇿🇺🇿
Amir Temir ✅
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I love this series thanks so much ted ed
The author of the Timurid Empire, Şeraffadin Ali, recorded the following as the words of Timur in his book: "We are the rulers of Turan, the Amiri Turkistan! We are the Turks, the sons of Turks! We are the greatest of nations, the Turks of the world!" A text in Chaghtay language. In addition, Timur emphasized that he was a Turk, insulted Beyazıt's Turkishness and emphasized the recruited origins of his soldiers in his letters. Today, Timur's Turkishness is not discussed in any serious literature anymore.
Wish you talked about how Timur completely massacred all Christians in his empire. The Church of the East became nearly nonexistent after his conquests.
4:12 Bro invented Chess 2 💀
Wow, I remember learning about ámir Temir or әмір Темір (on Cyrillic) (that's how we call him on Kazakh) in my history classes. It was really interesting to hear about him from a Western perspective
Timur Uzbek
Idk it's just western people who dind him disgusting
I don't understand why in history he was written as theft as a young man, but in fact his father was one of the richest men in Kesh, his birthplace.
Thank you for this upload, this addition to the series.
I really miss this series! Thank you for a new installment.
0:28 I mean at this point, I imagine many historic figures especially in ancient and medieval times were both
As Uzbek, from Samarkand, Uzbekistan, I were taught to respect Amir Temur, and we call him Amir Temur bobomiz(grandfather-ancestor).Though there are some people think he killed many people
They don't think. He did massacre a very lage amount of people.
Thanks for explaining . Although Amir Temur conquered my Khorezm country severel times I think he was great dictator and did many good things. And he gathered many muslim countries which fought against each other.
That's our Great Ancestor from UZBEKISTAN 🇺🇿🇺🇿
I think "History vs. Oda Nobunaga" could be a good episode.
I’d definitely want to see that
As a Saudi, we can easily tell that we deeply despise Timur and in our historical depiction, like most of other countries there, Timur is always seen as a tyrant. As a kid, I used to hear from my father's bed time sleep that "if you didn't behave nicely, Timur would come to kidnap you". Central Asians love him because of their similar genes of brutality and inhumane, as they also have a tradition of kidnapping slaves regardless of religion.
we love him because Uzbekistan wouldnt be here without him. go cope in your desert.
@@elias4640 first return back all antiques stolen by Timur.
@@saudiarabiathelandoftwomos4221 cope harder. We're not giving it back.
@@elias4640 go kidnap more slaves you dwarves
They kept referring to the country where he was born as “Central Asia”. It is actually Uzbekistan, a thriving country where Tamerlane is much revered and honored.
Tbh it was more the state of Mawarannahr and the land of today's Uzbekistan
@@skkk71 but timur was a turk
@@yessir6282 Turk does not mean Minor asians (Modern day turks).
Loving the accurate pronunciations 💕
yeah
The great history. I love my country Uzbekistan🇺🇿❤.
Tamerlane also plunged the Ottoman empire into civil war when capturing the sultan which gave the Byzantine empire another set of centuries to live before 1453.
He basically helped the Ottoman Empire to take Smyrna