The Greatest Empire You've Never Heard Of! | Timurid Documentary

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  • Medieval Islamic history is dominated by Turco-Mongolian dynasties. One of the most impactful of these was the Timurids. Named after its ferocious and legendary founder Timur, who would take his armies across Central Asia, Persia, India, Russia and the Middle East - vanquishing anybody that stood in his way. In the wake of his death in 1405, his successors fought over the scraps of empire, leading to its political decline over the next century. Despite this, Timurid cities such as Herat and Samarkand retained its place as centres of learning and art, inaugurating a period referred to as the Timurid Renaissance. At the same time as civil wars between family members were destroying the territorial integrity of the realm, incredible buildings were being constructed and leading scholars were finding patronage. This is the story of the Timurids.
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    0:00 Intro
    1:39 Timur's Early Life
    5:07 Becoming Amir & Consolidating His Territory
    7:50 Timur's Epic Run Of Conquests
    17:25 Timur's Legacy
    19:26 Succession Crisis & Shah Rukh's Ascension
    26:22 Timurid Renaissance
    29:57 Second Timurid Civil War
    32:38 Abu Said's Reign
    35:36 Third Timurid Civil War & Collapse

КОМЕНТАРІ • 357

  • @HikmaHistory
    @HikmaHistory  27 днів тому +33

    When determining the greatness of an empire, which factor do you hold in higher esteem - longevity or legacy?
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    • @brookechang4942
      @brookechang4942 27 днів тому +4

      Personally, I'd say legacy, but the two go hand in hand. The longer your empire lasts, the bigger your legacy can be.

    • @HikmaHistory
      @HikmaHistory  26 днів тому +4

      @@brookechang4942 Fair point. I'd agree, legacy weighs more.

    • @user-pc3ts8yc5b
      @user-pc3ts8yc5b 24 дні тому +1

      All empires left legacies regardless of how long they lasted!
      The foremost question here should be how do we justify whether an empire's legacy is great or inglorious.

    • @faadiloloriegbe2433
      @faadiloloriegbe2433 24 дні тому +2

      Please do the Sokoto Sultanate next 🙏🏾

    • @shzarmai
      @shzarmai 17 днів тому

      ​​@@HikmaHistory please make a video about Nader Shah please

  • @HistoryDose
    @HistoryDose 27 днів тому +201

    Timur is criminally underrated as one of history’s great (and brutal) conquerors. Fashioned himself the second coming of Genghis Khan, and lived up to the hype. Liking this video!

    • @HikmaHistory
      @HikmaHistory  27 днів тому +38

      Couldn’t agree more. My favourite thing about him is that most of his conquests came in the last decade of his life. The 2/3 decades before he spent consolidating his realm and rule. It’s a shame he didn’t have the foresight to know the succession crisis that was to come!

    • @ironmiketyson220
      @ironmiketyson220 27 днів тому +3

      Oh, shut up history dose

    • @TravelBandit
      @TravelBandit 27 днів тому +9

      I would bet my soul you would never dare speak about Hitler in the same fashion. Why are Westeners so hypocritical. It's mind boggling..

    • @Kimgangze
      @Kimgangze 27 днів тому +12

      While you guys glorify like that we German can't glorify our Austrian painters hero 😢

    • @Kimgangze
      @Kimgangze 27 днів тому

      Turkic were great until they meet thier father Mongols

  • @andyb281
    @andyb281 27 днів тому +66

    "Greatest Empire You've Never Heard Of..." man thinks we haven't played EU4

  • @Caiser-e-Rum
    @Caiser-e-Rum 27 днів тому +51

    Thank you a lot for including Temurid Empire in your channel’s history. Love your channel from Uzbekistan 🇺🇿.

  • @HistoryOfRevolutions
    @HistoryOfRevolutions 27 днів тому +78

    "A man does evil deeds, and all his days Are filled with luck and universal praise; Another's good in all he does - he dies A wretched, broken man whom all despise"
    - Abulqasem Ferdowsi (Persian Poet)

    • @JosephArimathea29
      @JosephArimathea29 27 днів тому +7

      This is the truth of this life, reminds me of the Bible in job. When Job states that he who blinds the eyes of the judges is God, from whose hand do we receive evil and Good.

    • @user-pc3ts8yc5b
      @user-pc3ts8yc5b 27 днів тому

      Tomyris fills a wineskin with blood, and when she comes across Cyrus' body on the field, she stuffs his head into the wineskin, saying σὲ δ'ἐγὼ, κατά περ ἠπείλησα, αἵματος κορέσω -- "Just as I threatened, I will give you your fill of blood." (1.214.5)
      Herodotus

    • @gabrielethier2046
      @gabrielethier2046 27 днів тому +1

      ​@@JosephArimathea29To be clear that's not meant to be a strictly true statement from Job, I don't think any Abrahamic religion truly believes God created evil

    • @shadowborn1456
      @shadowborn1456 18 днів тому +1

      Chad ferdowsi still speaking facts after 1000 yrs

    • @bettyhade1844
      @bettyhade1844 16 днів тому +3

      Timur/Tammerlane is notable for his destruction of the Nestorian Christian societies in the areas he conquered. He typically built mosques over the Nestorian churches and monasteries he leveled. Christianity became a European phenomenon after 1400 because it was persecuted out of existence in Asia (and most of Africa outside Ethiopia). (This is the assertion of the book The lost history of Christianity by a Cambridge scholar)

  • @LukeBunyip
    @LukeBunyip 27 днів тому +24

    Timur has a reputation, but I was not expecting screaming camels on fire. One can empathise with the elephants.

    • @muhammaduzbek3658
      @muhammaduzbek3658 24 дні тому +1

      Ты бы лучше сочувствовал десяткам тысяч погибшим детям Палестины

    • @deathbyglo9080
      @deathbyglo9080 11 днів тому +2

      @@muhammaduzbek3658sighs🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️, these comments not gonna make any change

  • @BoltaBekOzbek
    @BoltaBekOzbek 27 днів тому +45

    Hi Hikma,
    Thank you for making a video about our ancestors. Timur reestablished Central Asian Turkic power, culture, and ancient cities, which had been totally destroyed by Genghis Khan 150 years earlier. Timur's grandson Ulugh Beg became a great astronomer, and his student Ali Qushji continued his work in Istanbul. Babur, a direct descendant of Timur, founded the Mughal Empire in India, which lasted for 300 years.

    • @RajaRam_electrician
      @RajaRam_electrician 27 днів тому +3

      Are you a Chagatai Turk.

    • @dilkhozaimarwat3479
      @dilkhozaimarwat3479 26 днів тому

      Reestablished cultures and ancient cities buy butchering millions of innocents and destroying cities.

    • @BoltaBekOzbek
      @BoltaBekOzbek 26 днів тому +8

      @@Unknown_Iranian_Soldier1 Ahaha Timur himself and his army and nation all were turkic. They were not German speaking nation as you think.

    • @BoltaBekOzbek
      @BoltaBekOzbek 26 днів тому +6

      @@RajaRam_electrician Yes, we called Uzbeks today.

    • @islombekochi
      @islombekochi 26 днів тому

      @@Unknown_Iranian_Soldier1 open Google, search for Temurid rennessans, read the whole articles on wiki or other sites. You will see it's also called Turkic rennessans and beginning of gunpowder empires.

  • @joeshmoe8345
    @joeshmoe8345 27 днів тому +5

    Thanks a bunch for sharing this with us Big Dog!

  • @No_name.0103
    @No_name.0103 27 днів тому +4

    Great documentary on one of the greatest emperors and empires in history. Like you said, the Timurid Empire is highly underrated and needs to be brought onto the spotlight more often. Keep up the good efforts my friend!

  • @ruggedindividual708
    @ruggedindividual708 26 днів тому +18

    Timur is so underrated in history. Can’t believe he’s not spoken about more.

    • @HikmaHistory
      @HikmaHistory  26 днів тому +4

      Couldn’t agree more!

    • @bosbanon3452
      @bosbanon3452 18 днів тому

      He killed to many people so there's nothing left to tell his story ​@@HikmaHistory

  • @StoicHistorian
    @StoicHistorian 27 днів тому +4

    can't wait to watch!

  • @brookechang4942
    @brookechang4942 27 днів тому +5

    Fantastic video!

  • @bigsarge2085
    @bigsarge2085 27 днів тому +4

    Interesting and informative as always!

  • @user-pc3ts8yc5b
    @user-pc3ts8yc5b 27 днів тому +7

    1) “If you want to see our power, look at the buildings we have built” written on the facade of Aksaray (translated like "White palace", most propably American White House was inspired from)
    2) Today only foundation of the gate of Aksaray survived. Attention! Only foundation of the gate!
    3) The height of this gate foundation today is almost equal to the height of Hagia Sophia!
    4) The real size of his building should be really intimidating for his age, even today.

    • @williamruth7586
      @williamruth7586 2 дні тому

      The white house was actually built by an Irish guy who modeled after the leinster house in irelandm

    • @user-pc3ts8yc5b
      @user-pc3ts8yc5b 2 дні тому

      @@williamruth7586 So what? This is not a news and it does not invalidate my point. Timur was the first monarch to make the supreme residence of nation white. US nation was just inspired by this Timurid statehood tradition. They just changed the "palace" to "house" for obvious political- ideological reasons

  • @ajam282
    @ajam282 24 дні тому +2

    Excellent work! I admire your dedication.

  • @nicholaspearse2222
    @nicholaspearse2222 27 днів тому +55

    Babe wake up, Hikma History made a new video.

  • @wannaknowwho25
    @wannaknowwho25 27 днів тому +5

    it really interesting to see the timeline of Timurid Empire how it shaped and changed the world
    Everyone Trying to become their Ancestor Chinggis Khan
    Started from the step of Mongolia Ended in the Yangon, Myanmar

  • @unusualhistorian1336
    @unusualhistorian1336 26 днів тому +1

    Keep it up Hikma, great video like always!

  • @tawan20082008
    @tawan20082008 27 днів тому +22

    wow , I haven’t watched yet because I’m at work but tthis topic is very interesting for me as an Iranian ! please more lesser-known Iranian dynasties !

    • @HikmaHistory
      @HikmaHistory  27 днів тому +6

      I’d love to but I did one on the Zands that performed terribly!

    • @AnatolianHittite
      @AnatolianHittite 25 днів тому +1

      Timur has nothing to do with you Iranians except that he committed massacres in Iran because he is a Turk.

    • @billdehappy1
      @billdehappy1 15 днів тому

      @@AnatolianHittite tatar he of an mongolian turofied tribe...same thing you say but what do you know i question so here we go...mongol in term was by the yuan china 'secret history' used for up themself as the one linage legit...very few times can see any negative words even during warring state among them are existed....everyone said tatar they called themself tatar in threats sent to rulers...kham mongol be as based of an old xiongnu military allaince famouse known...liewise only of pure chinnigshed bloodline khan or rule even after khagante split and fell timur used puppets aswell...diffrence is mongolian are nomads of steppes he manged to united you had turks speak mongolian and vice verse that became the core and only could speak in mongolian everyone else are turkic learned...gur-khan son in law timur later became highest claimed titel of non chinngished...why he went by emir for muslim and kalif hulagu killed muhammed be related for claim aswell....

  • @islombekochi
    @islombekochi 27 днів тому +12

    Many think Uzbek and Temurids were different and others believe Uzbeks have not right to claim Temurids as ancestors. But we uzbeks believe it is our history, I wanted to explain how it's.
    1) they both emerged from turko-mongol sphere
    2) they have intermarriage relationships
    3) both uzbek and temuri people speak same language Chagatayi Turkic
    After uzbek conquest all became uzbeks that's why we have 92 tribe and 3 big tribal confederations.
    I want to say thanks to creators work and research. Our central Asian culture and history is not well known. By this work many may know about this part of the world.

    • @milanvitu3963
      @milanvitu3963 26 днів тому +1

      Uzbeks where divided in 3 waring khanates (khiva bukhara khoand) but in same time had together with other central asians a muslim based identity bevore the soviets raised the usbek soviet republik...was there a real usbek identity bevore?

    • @islombekochi
      @islombekochi 26 днів тому +4

      @@milanvitu3963 Uzbek identity established as whole in Shaybanid era 1501-1600 then Ashtarkhanids 1601-1702. Uzbeks divided because of political instability and fighting outside invasions, you see after death of major ruler, his all family members tried to gaining power. It leads to rise local tribe chiefs higher positions and many become DeFacto ruler over puppet khans or established their own dynasty.
      In Khiva khanate there's "game of khans" changed khans 100 times in just 30 years. Bukhara khanate used to keep puppets 1711-1786 but then ruling clan Manghits become deJure rulers, it rise Fergana people against them and they established their own in 1710s. Firs Their main goal was keep Chinese and Kazakh invaders cause no army come from central government to rescue. There's still elements of pre unification Temurid time locals called "sart" or something and Shaybanids called "toza Uzbek" it's just classification.

    • @user-pc3ts8yc5b
      @user-pc3ts8yc5b 26 днів тому +5

      "Uzbek" is the label came into use after the invasion of Uzbek tribe into Central Asia. The political rule belonged to Uzbek tribe, but the local population still were the same. Even the skull of Tamerlane clearly shows that he had a typcal Transoxianian appearance, which identical to modern day Central Asians

    • @temurkhan9601
      @temurkhan9601 20 днів тому +2

      Biz kim mulku Turon, Amiri Turkistonmiz, Biz kim millatlarning eng ulug'i va buyugi Turkning bosh bo'g'inimiz. this is the one of the very famous sayings by Amir Temur. And I belive this is enough to claim Temur was Uzbek. And just saying the name Uzbek was not used at the time of Amir Temur is not reasonable enough.
      1 nations will be called differently by different nations and it is also different depending on time period.
      Uzbeks were originally called Turks. Becouse separating the Turks were the plan from russion so they did not want any unity of Turks. separate the and control them is their anthem. Our anceters lived in these lands through the centuries and we share the same blood with them. Somethime I feel like waste of time explaining and proving to some1 why I am me ...

    • @appleofeden9101
      @appleofeden9101 17 днів тому

      Yeah he was pretty much like an Uzbek in all ways and appearance, Uzbeks and Kazakhs and Kygrz look like Chinese people. Tamerlane was East Asian Mongoloid like Uzbeks. He was a very violent war lord, so don’t know if he’s someone to look up to. But at least you have your Alexander the Great.

  • @eliech7112
    @eliech7112 3 дні тому +1

    Great video thank you 👏

  • @friedonions
    @friedonions 23 дні тому +3

    Thanks for this. Can't really find any good documentaries on the Timurids.

  • @Jamshedac-gf4bh
    @Jamshedac-gf4bh 2 дні тому +1

    Wow, what a beautiful story, from the grandiose to the total disappearance, very interesting and sad but all is written History is there, it's undeniable, so I've just discovered where Babur, our emperor, came from. good work, thank you. Salam from Pakistan

  • @ruggedindividual708
    @ruggedindividual708 14 днів тому +2

    Good content bro

  • @manpreet1283
    @manpreet1283 27 днів тому +2

    Great image reel.. subd!

  • @explosivereactionstv7414
    @explosivereactionstv7414 21 день тому +1

    He was one of the few historical figures who talked his stuff and backed it up big time while standing on business.

  • @McVaySwifty
    @McVaySwifty 27 днів тому +1

    Nice doc boss!!

  • @mrmr446
    @mrmr446 27 днів тому +4

    Persian gardens also influenced those made in Europe from the seventeenth century onwards.

  • @ferrjuan
    @ferrjuan 27 днів тому +8

    Hikma History there is a reason why I have no girlfriend and know of the Timurids cuz I played Paradox games like CK3 and EU4!

  • @LuCa8_
    @LuCa8_ 27 днів тому +2

    bro made this at the perfect time for me lmao I was just getting back into learning abt Timur

  • @mohammadahmadnaz9232
    @mohammadahmadnaz9232 День тому

    Thank you very much ffor your excellent History of Timurid Documentary. From London, England. I was born in Delhi, India.

  • @jasemalhammadi4228
    @jasemalhammadi4228 27 днів тому +5

    Thanks you. Perhaps the Ilkhanate, the Golden Horde and the Seljuks will be next.

    • @HikmaHistory
      @HikmaHistory  26 днів тому +1

      The first two I have no plans as of yet but the last one, yes I plan on it!

  • @wasnt.here.3853
    @wasnt.here.3853 24 дні тому +1

    your research and presentation are always fantastic but I wish you'd put a running timeline so we can always see the approximate year, that would make things easier to follow

    • @HikmaHistory
      @HikmaHistory  23 дні тому +1

      Great suggestion! Now I just gotta figure out how to do that

  • @bakonajm1136
    @bakonajm1136 27 днів тому +1

    Please do a video on the Ayyubid empire and great video btw

  • @hongyaohome
    @hongyaohome 15 днів тому

    @hikma history I have been looking for the picture you shown on 7:15 for years. Can you please let me know where you got it (please please please) thank you

  • @barahng
    @barahng 27 днів тому +4

    10:00 Imagine if you've never seen an elephant before in your life, the biggest animal you've seen is maybe a bear or a moose, and then you see hundreds of war elephants decked out in armor. No wonder they were afraid. 😮

    • @user-pc3ts8yc5b
      @user-pc3ts8yc5b 27 днів тому

      Look at how Timur managed with this fear of war elephants in Delhi, and how ottomans were terrified and lost the battle.

    • @dfui.
      @dfui. 20 днів тому

      That's exactly what happened when Rome conquered Britain in 43AD. Emperor Claudius entered London on top of an African Elephant. The Brits were shocked, they thought he was a god. 😂😂😂😂. They had never seen an elephant ever in their lives.

  • @mohamednazirbasharat913
    @mohamednazirbasharat913 27 днів тому +1

    Amazing❤

    • @HikmaHistory
      @HikmaHistory  26 днів тому

      Glad you enjoyed it!

    • @mohamednazirbasharat913
      @mohamednazirbasharat913 23 дні тому +2

      ​@@HikmaHistory I truly enjoyed it . Your art is reaching out well to support great substance of your work🌹

  • @mikeforbes4735
    @mikeforbes4735 21 день тому +2

    He was born 35 km far from my village . Kamashi region kashkadarya uzbekistan.

  • @kaloarepo288
    @kaloarepo288 24 дні тому

    Actually Tamerlane has been quite well known in the west thanks largely to a sixteenth play by Christopher Marlowe in Shakespearean times (I had to study the play at University and I love the lines "To entertain divine Zenocrates" -purple prose if ever there was!) and then I discovered the Italian language opera by Handel called "Tamerlano" an absolute masterpiece and also similar ones from the same era by Vivaldi and Gasparini but here he is seen from the vantage point of his great rival Bajazet the Ottoman sultan.

  • @mohamedhaybe235
    @mohamedhaybe235 11 днів тому

    Internal Conflicts is what brings any "mighty" Empire to Collapse. That is the Lesson History teaches us.

  • @nicholaswhitman4620
    @nicholaswhitman4620 27 днів тому +1

    No one's talking about the Amir Prince/ A mere prince pun, but that was smooth.

    • @HikmaHistory
      @HikmaHistory  26 днів тому +1

      Haha one of my proudest moments!

  • @abukharan5774
    @abukharan5774 27 днів тому +2

    ❤ nice

  • @timurpodcast4379
    @timurpodcast4379 23 дні тому +2

    Fantastic video! I've been slowly getting through Timur's life. Definitely a forgotten portion of history that doesn't get the attention it deserves!

    • @HikmaHistory
      @HikmaHistory  23 дні тому +2

      Good to hear from you dude, tried contacting you on Twitter a bunch!

    • @timurpodcast4379
      @timurpodcast4379 23 дні тому

      @@HikmaHistory Oh shoot I'm sorry! I was off of twitter for several years.

    • @HikmaHistory
      @HikmaHistory  14 днів тому +1

      @@timurpodcast4379 No worries, when can the viewers expect new episodes of the podcast?

    • @timurpodcast4379
      @timurpodcast4379 10 днів тому

      @@HikmaHistory Workin on my next episode now!

    • @HikmaHistory
      @HikmaHistory  9 днів тому

      @@timurpodcast4379 What's it on?

  • @ForgottenIslam
    @ForgottenIslam 23 дні тому

    Excellent video! The influence of Amir Timur and his successors would be seen in India - the Mughal Empire of which the many cultural achievements, warlike practises and constant succession wars would occur. Amir Timur reminds me of the great Sultan Muhammad Muhiyiddin Aurangzeb Alamgir, a man of capability and brutality!

  • @nathanielmadera3702
    @nathanielmadera3702 8 днів тому

    Somehow you don't mention the different religious beliefs at the time but it's the best👍👍👍

  • @ShubhamMishrabro
    @ShubhamMishrabro 27 днів тому +3

    Hikma please do a video on Mohammad Ali the Albanian of Egypt. He was a great conqueror but his name doesn't come whenever great conqueror names are mentioned

    • @HikmaHistory
      @HikmaHistory  26 днів тому +4

      very interested in his, his son Ibrahim and grandson Ismail's life story - so don't be surprised if you see such a video!

  • @poet.alhashimi
    @poet.alhashimi 19 днів тому +1

    Hikma dude - it would be a great transition if you did a documentary about Hazrat Aurangzeb Alamgir (RA).
    I would also be interested in a comprehensive set of documentaries about how the Crusades began and ended with the rise of the Mamluks, especially Sultan Baybars (RA) and Qalawun (RA).
    This would allow you to talk about the Abbasids, Seljuks, Fatimids, Zengids, Hazrat Sultan Salahuddin Ayubi (RA), Assassins and culminating with the Mamaluks.

  • @beachboy0505
    @beachboy0505 26 днів тому +1

    35:39
    Excellent video 📹
    Watched it twice
    Again, the winter of Russia, defeated great dreams.

  • @FreedomForever2010
    @FreedomForever2010 23 дні тому +1

    I'm playing as them in EU4 right now as this came across recommendations :D

    • @lyonard9226
      @lyonard9226 20 днів тому +1

      Do you plan to form the Mughals? Or maybe Persia? Or stay as the Timurids and play the horde path?

    • @FreedomForever2010
      @FreedomForever2010 19 днів тому +1

      @@lyonard9226 definitely horde path. An old playthrough of mine that I never quite managed to carry out was to go from Timurids to Yuan to Mongolian Empire, so I really liked that they gave Timurids a more official path to go that direction.

  • @TorvusVae
    @TorvusVae 27 днів тому +8

    I've been watching you and Al-Muqadimma for a couple years now, I've definitely heard of the Timurids, lol

    • @user-rf1qf7oo4d
      @user-rf1qf7oo4d 27 днів тому +8

      Al-muqadimmah is a hater when it comes to Timur. Just because he was a better conqueror than the other conquerors at the time.

    • @user-rf1qf7oo4d
      @user-rf1qf7oo4d 27 днів тому +5

      Yeah he was more brutal than the standard “accepted” brutality at the time, does that make him so much more of a villain than the other big names in that period who also did many questionable and dubious things for the sake of power?

    • @JosephArimathea29
      @JosephArimathea29 27 днів тому

      ​@@user-rf1qf7oo4dI think it's more timurs hypocrisy in declaring himself the sword of Islam, when he himself was the biggest butcher of the Islamic people.

    • @TorvusVae
      @TorvusVae 27 днів тому +3

      @@user-rf1qf7oo4d yeah, I'll be real, I don't understand his singular hatred of Timur. Like, Timur definitely did some messed up shit, but that was par for the course of central Asian conquerors.

    • @omaraboal-azm8705
      @omaraboal-azm8705 27 днів тому +4

      ​@@TorvusVae
      Because Timur was a big lier when he justified his atrocities and didn't keep his word like in Damascus for example and his conquest destroyed major centers of learning and trade like Damascus, Aleppo, Delhi and Baghdad and the later he burned it 3 times also the city was still recovering from the Mongol conquest and don't make me start about Georgia

  • @aliaslanercom
    @aliaslanercom 22 дні тому

    Hikma, please make a video about Selim the Resolute.

  • @HalalHistory
    @HalalHistory 20 днів тому +1

    You should make a full video on the Uzbek khanate; especially abu’l Khayr Khan and Muhammad Shaybani

  • @Shimra8888
    @Shimra8888 27 днів тому +8

    Could Timur have defeated the Ming?

    • @benjamindo8142
      @benjamindo8142 27 днів тому +6

      the ultimate question lol

    • @Brandonhayhew
      @Brandonhayhew 27 днів тому +2

      He had the resources and capacity to field hundreds of thousands of soldiers

    • @user-pc3ts8yc5b
      @user-pc3ts8yc5b 27 днів тому +1

      Not a clear question! Defeating in what sense??
      In military warfare there is no such phrase "to defeat". There are only strategic goals of the military campaign.
      What Timur was conducting towards China was a whole military campaign, which would last for several years.
      1) Ming army was no match to the battle-hardened professional Timurid army, who brought all empires to their knees in Eurasia.
      2) Ming army would probably use "scorched earth" tactics by avoiding to give a big one battle, which would finalize their fate in several hours. Ottomans, Mamluks, Indians, Golden Horde, all of them made this mistake and lost their military capability in one battle.
      3) Even if Timur could manage to catch Ming army and destroy them, it would allow them to occupy Northern China, the Yellow River basin. Ming dynasty had enough resources to resist Timurid army in continuous battles.
      4) Furthering the success southwards into the heartland of China, Yangtze river basin, would be practically impossible for Timurids, who had no supply line with their home.
      Thus, Timur's vision on this campaign would probably be not integrating Northern China into his empire due to the obvious geographical constraints. Without moving the core of his empire, Timur would not be able to control demographically powerful Northern China. China is a monumental prize, which would not be easy to handle as it was with Persia, Anatolia, Iraq, India. So, Timur would come and take whatever needs, then he would go back to Samarkand with a tick in the box "done" on his CV.

    • @Shimra8888
      @Shimra8888 27 днів тому +1

      @@user-pc3ts8yc5b totally disagree. The Ming dynasty was newly founded by Zhu Yuanzhang and just came out of a quick civil war and was led by the Yongle emperor, the most martial of Zhu Yuanzhang’s sons. The Prince of Yan was equally use to leading armies in the war against the Mongols, his multiple expeditions into Mongolia attest to that fact. The Ming military he led specialized in fighting Mongol armies like Timur’s and were eager to fight and well known foe. Where Timur could field hundreds of thousands, the Ming could field millions of combat veterans. I think there is a reason that for decades Timur acknowledged the Ming as his overlord and he as their loyal vassal.

    • @Shimra8888
      @Shimra8888 27 днів тому +1

      @@Brandonhayhew the Ming could field millions. The dynasty was newly established.

  • @carlfalcao-clavel5310
    @carlfalcao-clavel5310 27 днів тому +1

    Timur was playing Mount and Blade IRL

  • @ZS-rw4qq
    @ZS-rw4qq 25 днів тому +1

    8:50 are any of these still standing?

  • @MKn-hw1pc
    @MKn-hw1pc 3 дні тому

    In the thumbnail for this video, who are the people in the image?

    • @HikmaHistory
      @HikmaHistory  2 дні тому +1

      Timur and a couple of his great-grandsons (or great great grandsons)

  • @YkramNamelloh
    @YkramNamelloh 17 годин тому

    "He called himself amir, which means prince. But he would go on to be more than a mere prince". So quick and so dry I'm not even sure if it was a joke😂

  • @N0-PvP-Plz
    @N0-PvP-Plz 19 днів тому

    Could you do a video on the jat people and their history 😊

  • @ProxyGL
    @ProxyGL 27 днів тому +1

    I wonder when their patent on horse-archers will expire? Seems pretty OP.

    • @HikmaHistory
      @HikmaHistory  26 днів тому +1

      I like to call it the nuclear bomb of the medieval period

  • @poet.alhashimi
    @poet.alhashimi 20 днів тому +7

    Central Asians have played a significant role in the history of Islam, including the Seljuks, Zengids, Mamluks, Ottomans, Timurids, Safavids, and the Mughals. I love the history and admire the legacy.

    • @temurkhan9601
      @temurkhan9601 20 днів тому +3

      + Gaznavids, Kharazmians, Karakhanids(frst muslim turkic state), Shaybanids, (who is the reason why ca is still sunni Muslim) and some more which I cannot remember now )

    • @poet.alhashimi
      @poet.alhashimi 20 днів тому +4

      @temurkhan9601 - absolutely. Ghaznavids also come under the umbrella of Turkic Mamaluks in terms of their origin. Shah Mahomood Ghaznavi (RA) is a great hero of Islam with a phenomenal legacy.

    • @elespectador1887
      @elespectador1887 18 днів тому +4

      @@poet.alhashimi Sultan Mahmood Ghaznavi. The first Turkic Sultan ever

  • @54032Zepol
    @54032Zepol 27 днів тому +2

    Swag 😎

  • @sendyseptian8773
    @sendyseptian8773 19 днів тому

    I think the reason why Timur is not so well known despite ruffling Eurasia's feathers is because of the few good things he did. Conquerors like Alexander, Caesar, Napoleon, even Genghis at least made good on the things they brought. So, people praise them a lot. On the other hand, Timur is like the Joker who "wants to see the world burn".

  • @timothygalli9601
    @timothygalli9601 25 днів тому +2

    Thank you . I really liked the history lesson. I'm a student of history. I've read about Roman Empire, Alexander the Great, the Mongols, ottoman Turks, Tamerlane, Vlad Dracula, Crusades, British Empire, WW2, and modern history. There is no doubt he's one of the greatest conquers like ghenghis Khan, Alexander the Great, Julius Ceaser. I like channel👍

  • @LuisAldamiz
    @LuisAldamiz 27 днів тому +1

    Never a boring day in the Timurid Empire, right?

  • @salmanbashar1996
    @salmanbashar1996 23 дні тому +1

    I want to request you if you want to know the true life story of Emir Timur then please read the book of Turkish Professor Ahmet Simsirgil's 'Emir Timur'. I am also request you to review the book in your channel.

  • @Scotty-P
    @Scotty-P 20 днів тому

    I do know about it!

  • @azizdelta2693
    @azizdelta2693 22 дні тому +2

    You should mention that all Muslims scholars at the time deemed him a heretic.

  • @DubyaDeeEight
    @DubyaDeeEight 18 днів тому +1

    Guy just shows up and ruins your Medieval 2 Total War campaign and then leaves without explaining himself. What a chad

  • @krakatoa_8180
    @krakatoa_8180 26 днів тому +1

    Definitely one of the greatest conquerors in the history the Uzbek khan was as we all know merciless although the timurid empire didn’t last as long as the Ottoman Empire for example he will remain in the history forever as brutal turko mongol warrior…. The battle of Ankara 1402 The sultan Bayezid the thunderbolt was his captif and died later on that’s quite something making a ottoman Sultan his prisoners I don’t want to mention that he was bloodthirsty because in the middle age everyone was savage in a way

    • @user-pc3ts8yc5b
      @user-pc3ts8yc5b 26 днів тому

      Timurid empire lived until 1858! Timurid princes ruled over the richest and most powerful land, India. All great mughal emperors, called themselve "timurid-gurkhani". The Timurid India possessed 26% of world economy. Ottomans were a regional power, imprisoned in the lake! they never had access into the world ocean! They could not influence on the world affairs

  • @MrAMandTM
    @MrAMandTM 27 днів тому +1

    10:50 What a preposterous thing to say out loud.

    • @HikmaHistory
      @HikmaHistory  26 днів тому

      Timur operated on different rules!

  • @marcomongke3116
    @marcomongke3116 26 днів тому

    Inspiration for tbe Daedric Prince of destruction?

  • @orkun171
    @orkun171 20 днів тому +1

    Any real history enthusiast knows that Timur is the greatest general world has ever seen.Undefeated and his army was unprecedented until 19th century in terms of logistics and discipline

  • @ironmiketyson220
    @ironmiketyson220 27 днів тому +1

    Hikma history for life!

  • @mueezadam8438
    @mueezadam8438 24 дні тому

    4:17 no matter how wrong you may be, remember that you are at least better than the guy that thought Timur would make a great puppet

  • @tjk010
    @tjk010 27 днів тому +8

    Only if the Timurids and Ottomans became allies and fought against others maybe both would still exist 😭😭😭

    • @ShubhamMishrabro
      @ShubhamMishrabro 27 днів тому +6

      You talk like Europeans wouldn't get powerful. Times change. You're still nostalgic about old age empires

    • @ChinaPlaNaxalitiesKhalistan
      @ChinaPlaNaxalitiesKhalistan 27 днів тому

      @@ShubhamMishrabro bruh learning BATTLE OF NİCOPOLİS 1396 AND THAT TİMURİD OTTOMAN ALLİANCE CONQUERED WHOLE EUROPE and europeans NOT POWERFULL SİNCE WW2

    • @Notreallyhereanymore
      @Notreallyhereanymore 27 днів тому +2

      I dont think Europe could handle Ottoman Timurid alliance​@@ShubhamMishrabro

    • @ShubhamMishrabro
      @ShubhamMishrabro 27 днів тому +1

      @@Notreallyhereanymore i mean what is the chance timurids surviving constant invasion from Central asia. Turkey had a natural barrier as a border whereas iran was constantly attacked from Central asia and its Kingdom was replaced by them. And who said they couldn't be defeated? Times changes and technology too. Central asian invaders had advanced strategy and technology. Like Mughals were descendants of timurids and were defeated. Ottomans started losing from 16th century. Even if they survived there is no chance they can't be defeated where is innovation in technology. And last of all only tribes related to that empires are nostalgic for them as where is the choice of natives there is no chance natives would allow foreigners to rule them

    • @HMMMM._-.
      @HMMMM._-. 25 днів тому +2

      @@ShubhamMishrabroottomans didn’t start declining till the late 18th century. Even then they were still a great power. It was only in the 19th century that they became the sick man of Europe. But during the 15th-17th centuries they were a, if not THE superpower.

  • @JimySlow-wq9bw
    @JimySlow-wq9bw 14 днів тому +1

    Amazing empire great turco mongolian dynasties too terima kasih-thx for made n share this video documentary

  • @Timurenjoyer1336
    @Timurenjoyer1336 26 днів тому +1

    Thanks to you, Timur’s glory can remain illuminated forever, instead of being relegated to the dustbin of history, where he languished for so long

  • @LimeyRedneck
    @LimeyRedneck 10 днів тому

    🤠💜

  • @auradzrts691
    @auradzrts691 27 днів тому +2

    Mount and Blade

  • @beachboy0505
    @beachboy0505 26 днів тому +1

    Contrast the Timuruds to the Ottomans.
    The Ottomans must have believed in a kind of 'manifest destiny '.
    Whatever happened, there could only be one unified Ottoman Empire, one sultan, one capital.
    This may be good but also many nations today owe their origins and culture to the Timurids.
    Mostly the new nations that came after breaking of the Soviet Union.

    • @user-pc3ts8yc5b
      @user-pc3ts8yc5b 26 днів тому +3

      Even Ottomans were in cultural debt in front of Timurids. Mehmed II kept luring many Timurid scholars, architects and poets, because Timurid civilization was considered as the pinnacle of art, culture, architecture and science. Mehmed was even buried in Timurid style in a mausoleum built by Central Asian architectures.

  • @londonbudgetgardner5205
    @londonbudgetgardner5205 26 днів тому +1

    7:45
    …..no Amir (mere) Prince
    No pun intended

  • @dfui.
    @dfui. 20 днів тому

    Timothy Timur was a menace.

  • @colinbarnard6512
    @colinbarnard6512 27 днів тому +8

    The Tamerids lasted longer than Alexander's did. Yet, Funky Alex is the much better known tale. Eurocentrism rocks!

    • @ShubhamMishrabro
      @ShubhamMishrabro 27 днів тому +4

      Because Alexander reached unknown lands while being undefeated during ancient times. Not easy seeing the circumstances

    • @adammiller3609
      @adammiller3609 22 дні тому +1

      Mostly a function of timing more than anything. Alexander established an empire of completely unknown proportions some 1500 years before Timur.

    • @odyssey2548
      @odyssey2548 9 днів тому +1

      Alexander's line died out but the Diadochi states lasted longer than the Timurids. Ptolemic, Selucid, Antigonid and the Epiriteswere around for centuries

    • @wtice4632
      @wtice4632 4 дні тому

      Aw are you crying?

  • @abdullahozek8016
    @abdullahozek8016 25 днів тому +1

    I didn't know to this day my sunnah operator professor ULUGH ELDEGEZ my father's friend in Istanbul was named after the grandson of Emperor Timur ! Wow
    Allahu Akbar

  • @CARL_093
    @CARL_093 18 днів тому

    thanks hikma history

  • @emiliospowerballer1441
    @emiliospowerballer1441 26 днів тому +2

    Western historians often blinded with their own nation's military successes, ignore and often forget the influence Mongols had in the whole Asian continent, creating dynasties and vassals stretching from Korea and China all the way to Poland and Hungary. How can people ignore such an extraordinary influence, originating from one single man, Genghis Khan. Great documentary.

  • @barahng
    @barahng 27 днів тому

    Steppe empires remind me of the Imperium of Man. "Oh you didn't surrender or you revolted? Everyone dies now". 😂

  • @chrisantoniadis3566
    @chrisantoniadis3566 26 днів тому +1

    @7:48 i see what you did there xD

  • @beepboop204
    @beepboop204 26 днів тому

    🙂

  • @anthonyvaleriuskevin8982
    @anthonyvaleriuskevin8982 15 днів тому

    13:14 Okay that's nice.
    13:17 Wait, again?

  • @feartheamish9183
    @feartheamish9183 22 дні тому

    Funny, didn't you mention the timurids descendants the Mughals were native to India in your previous video?

    • @HikmaHistory
      @HikmaHistory  22 дні тому

      I hope not, you got a link/timestamp?

  • @hititmanify
    @hititmanify 21 день тому

    timur leng mvp

  • @OwaisChaudhary-nl6xj
    @OwaisChaudhary-nl6xj 11 днів тому +1

    THAT THE TANOLI TRIBE LIVING IN HAZARA DIVISION AND KPK PROVINCE OF PAKISTAN COUNTRY IN SOUTH ASIA 🌏 IS BARLAS MONGOL TRIBE AND PUSHTUNIZED TODAY! IS THIS CORRECT

    • @HikmaHistory
      @HikmaHistory  10 днів тому

      No idea. But it sounds fascinating, where you’d hear that?

  • @5ooshAshk
    @5ooshAshk 11 днів тому +1

    Persia has always been a good starting point to start an empire.

  • @pradeepmagan6951
    @pradeepmagan6951 27 днів тому

    Subatai was probably is equal

  • @wyatmann
    @wyatmann 27 днів тому

    >upload 15 seconds ago
    >3 views
    bro fell off
    jk keep it up I love what you do, I love learning of the Near East

  • @ozgursivrikaya3570
    @ozgursivrikaya3570 19 днів тому +1

    16 büyük türk devletinde biridir tarihi biz yazarız siz doğru okuyun

  • @inquisitive4
    @inquisitive4 13 днів тому

    Timur has janissery vibes

    • @user-pc3ts8yc5b
      @user-pc3ts8yc5b 2 дні тому

      Ever since Anatolian holidays of Timurid army in 1402, Janissaries were continuously shaking and trembling whenever Timurid army was passing by and around Anatolia😂🤣

  • @Irandoostparsa
    @Irandoostparsa 27 днів тому +1

    Really good video, but just want to note that when you say he conquered Persia, you don’t have to also say Azarbajan, Azarbajan is a part of Persia.

    • @islombekochi
      @islombekochi 27 днів тому +1

      It's documented in Temurid era documentaries the region named Azarbayjon was existed. There's also other different Persian named Mothandara and Fors viloyati literally means Persia existed.
      I suggest just calm down. You see you can't say our historical architecture is Persian so it's created in Timurid era. Many historians believe it's Turkic rennessans.

  • @PrviOPG-Catalhoyuka
    @PrviOPG-Catalhoyuka 20 днів тому +1

    Never heard of Timurids??? Where are you live...probably US school sistem never heard of 😂😂