Timurid Empire: Expected to become eternal but destroyed inside out just a century later. However, Timur's empire is revived in India as the Mughal Empire later on. Ottoman Empire: Unexpectedly survived all the odds and become one of the world's superpowers that controlled portions of Europe, Asia and Africa at the same time.
I tried several times to understand the rise of the Ottomans (Carolyn Finkle's book put me to sleep, sorry!) but this the first time someone zeroed in on OSMAN's lineage (not just "The Turks"). So basically, if it wasn't for Osman, there wouldn't have been an Ottoman Empire, or later, Republic of Turkey.
They had all the crap land in n Africa n turkey n middle east. Unfortunately for them they didn't have the skills to sail the Atlantic n quickly were swept aside
You're one of the most interesting history channels in youtube right now. Islamic history and the gunpowder empires deserve people like you. I think you said you would cover the Safavids soon, right? I'm very hyped about that.
First day on your channel and I’m loving it. Also I subscribed as I saw your subscribed count go from 50.8k to 50.9 so I’d like to think I was the straw that broke camel-50.8’s back
Who was the greatest out of the six Sultans in this period (Mehmed Fatih is excluded) - Osman I, Orhan I, Murad I, Bayezid I, Mehmed I, Murad II? Medieval History Playlist: ruclips.net/p/PLiPhmAD3I2JzCm2huELM5moDOPkP-EWNZ
Covers the early beginnings well. Could be fleshed out of course, e.g., the coalition under the Serb included many nationalities - including local Kosovars, and Albanians - which makes a mockery of modern era Serbs claiming Kosovo as 'theirs', and more could be done to describe the threat from Timur in the east, are but two examples, but then it would be a much longer video. For those with some knowledge of the era this is an excellent addition to your 'library'. Thank you Hikma History for your well researched and presented efforts.
Timur could have completely destroyed the Ottoman Empire. He could have killed all the princes. in ancient sources, it is stated as follows: Timur and the children of the sultan who came after him did not touch the Ottoman Empire. Because the Ottomans were fighting the Serbs and other infidel nations in the Balkans. They didn't want to touch the ottoman.
Timur was interested of conquering and invading India after he had beaten and captured Bayezit in the battle of Ankara in 1402 he died before conquering India his descendants Babur created the Mughal empire
I find your channel to be extensively researched, informative, and articulate. I expand on my Islamic knowledge and history every time I watch one of your videos. Your channel is a hidden gem. Dera manana aw koar dai wadan wror jana!
Être fort comme un Turc (‘to be strong like a turk’): This expression originates in the 15th century when the Turks had a reputation for being strong, almost unbeatable warriors due to their numerous victories. At the time, the Ottoman Empire ruled large parts of south-east Europe, north Africa and western Asia. It is said that François I, King of France, was gifted Turkish armour by Suleiman the Magnificent (the tenth and most famous sultan of the Ottoman Empire) during their alliance. When he wore it, he is said to have exclaimed: “Here I am now, strong as a Turk!”.
Directly on that topic, not any time soon I'm afraid. I will be starting a series on the Mughals soon which will obviously cover the Bengal Sultanate and the Mughal rule of Bengal.
I believe the biggest role to the growth of the Ottomans was the overlooked Bektashi Order (it is even said that a bektashi sayyid gave them the title of Sultan), both the janissary corps and the style of governance seem to find their roots there. Also "islamic orthodoxy" is a fairly modern phenomenon back then esoteric movements were not really considered as distinct from the rest of islamic theological thought and it was mostly sufi orders that helped islam spread.
Osman had a platform from his father that included a warrior heart that plowed through overlords and Mongols a spirit of conquest and knowledge that you fight and the importance of justice. This is a good foundation for leadership that last!
This is fascinating & tremendously appreciated. Can you kindly provide in the future: 1. From where the Turks originated - how they come to be. 2. Was Osman a Sultan. 3. When did the Turks developed the Harem. 4. The relation between the Harem and the allowed legal four wives. 5. When the Turks became Muslim and how; & what were they prior. 6. The male Turkish & Ottoman head wraps. They didn't exist in the desert. Why did the men wrap their heads. The Ottomans are just as secret as China behind the Great Wall. Thanks again!
Fantastic. I tried several times to understand the rise of the Ottomans (Carolyn Finkle's book put me to sleep, sorry!) but this the first time someone zeroed in on OSMAN's lineage (not just "The Turks"). So basically, if it wasn't for Osman, there wouldn't have been an Ottoman Empire, or later, Republic of Turkey.
@@HikmaHistory I'm a big fan of yours and Al Muqaddimah. I actually learnt about your channel through him. Your collaborative livestream was the BEST. Loved seeing you both diss each other and hear you guys talk about Islamic history and randomly doing social commentary. Would love to see another stream. PS: waiting for your life long project on the origins of Pathans. As a Yousuf-Zai myself, I've always been eager to know about my roots more and it's fascinating to know someone is actually researching. Lots of prayers for you. I wish you all the success.
@@edwardmordrake9436 A Yusufzai named Edward?! Vybe! That project will come to fruition years down the line man, hopefully we'll still be alive for it.
@@HikmaHistory Yousuf Zai but ancestors migrated from Lucknow to Karachi. I don't care if the project takes years. It's worth the wait. I wish the best for you. PS. Edward Mordrake is the name of an urban legend, a man who had another face grown at the back of his head. It whispered dark thoughts to Edward and made him depressed. It represents the dark part of our mind that demotivates us, makes us hate ourselves. In that sense, we're all Edward Mordrake in one way or another.
"By the seventeenth century, literate circles in Istanbul would not call themselves Turks, and often, in phrases such as 'senseless Turks', used the word as a term of abuse." Imber, Colin (2009). The Ottoman Empire, 1300-1650: The Structure of Power (2 ed.). New York: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 3.
In my mind, the ottoman Empire and the Russian Empire in many ways mirror each other. Both were born in the borderlands between Islam and Christianity, in the wake of nomadic migrations and invasions from the great steppes. Both were born from a relatively unassuming small state among others like it, who were initially in the shadow of the remnant of a great empire (the Golden Horde as a remnant of Genghis Khan's empire, and the Byzantine Empire as a remnant of the once much larger Roman Empire), and both eventually came to overcome and absorb those remnants of empires, while gaining culturally from it. They're mirrored because the Ottomans were muslims, and the empire they conquered was christian, while the Russians were of course christians and the empire they conquered was muslim. Another interesting parallel is how both could for a long time also relatively credibly claim to be the champions of their respective faiths, specifically Sunni Islam and Orthodox Christianity. They both achieved a position where nobody else of the same faith came even close in power, while there were always at least a few very powerful Catholic empires. I think both benefitted from their frontier conditions, and by both having their most dangerous rivals to the west and thus not surrounded by as many dangerous enemies as, say, Austria was. Well, at least after Timur was gone, he was pretty dangerous!
Somewhere near in Bursa in the early years of the 15th century: - Ghazy, we fought 357 battles since Osman passed away. - Yes, and ? - And the Black Plague killed countless ones, for decades, Ghazy. The Interregnum wars stopped last month. - Yes so what? - The number of or soldiers ready... - ''scuz me but that can wait. I have a couple more invasions to prepare.
THE TURKS AND THE WEST. Europe stood in awe of the Ottomans who crushed many states and conquered vast territories, going, as all patriotic Turks will proudly point out, "all the way to the gates of Vienna." European literature is replete with the depictions of the Turk as the hated enemy. The English often thought of the Turk as awe-inspiring and destructive. Thomas Fuller wrote in The Holy Warre (1639): "The Turkish Empire is the greatest... the sun ever saw. ...Grass springeth not where the grand signior's horse setteth his foot."
"It is important to note, however, that the Ottoman state recognised no official differentiation by language or ethnicity among its Muslim citizens: the modem notion of being a "Turk" was until the end of the nineteenth century alien to the Ottoman elites, who regarded themselves as "Ottomans" rather than "Turkish." In fact the term "Turk" had the connotation of being an uneducated peasant. Ottoman Turkish, the language of state, was not the vernacular of the mass of the Turkish-speaking population, and along with being a Muslim, knowledge of it was a requirement of high office in the Ottoman state." Poulton, Hugh (2000). "The Muslim experience in the Balkan states, 1919‐1991." Nationalities Papers. 28. (1): 47-48.
The dream (or vision) of a tree growing out of one's torso (or heart) is not so odd for those active in the occult. There is indeed an unnatural (or preternatural) power involved - but to refer to such phenomenon as "holy" ...is a stretch.
Brother I appreciate your honesty especially when you spoke about the Seeks who I m from tho I feel from west Asia to south and Asia especially tho all Asians have connection to one another. Brother I would like to know ur open I hv understood that the founder s name was osman or asmaan meaning sky beautiful benevolent sky and so so wouldn't the proper name be the osman. Empire because as far as I've heard the ottoman is western word which is very annoying and disrespectful like they have become accustomed to for example they calling the Sindhu the Indus changing the name of Iranian emperor's from khumbujia to canbyses etc.. I can goon for days and then what even sadder is that are ppl from the east o being disrespected disrespected this way we start calling. Our own history by the incorrect names given to us and shamefully scholars from the west rarely correct themselves. I d like to hear your feed back or just wanted to bring this to ur attention I believe it is high time we take our real royal identity a back and there anymore facts which have been intentionally hidden from the plll from the east I could share but don't want to stray from the subject of the osman empire 💙☝️🙏🌞🌛
"The scholarly community specializing in Ottoman studies has of late virtually banned the use of "Turkey", "Turks", and "Turkish" from acceptable vocabulary, declaring "Ottoman" and its expanded use mandatory and permitting its "Turkish" rival only in linguistic and philological contexts." Soucek, Svat (2015). Ottoman Maritime Wars, 1416-1700. Istanbul: The Isis Press. p. 8
It makes sense. Only in western terminology such terms with some severe ambiguity were used to define the Ottoman Empire. In Turkish\Turkic sense, definitive terms like "the Turkish\Turk Empire" etc. make no sense, since even Seljuks of Anatolia (or even contemporous Timurids, Safavids if we are to stretch) can be deemed as "Turkish\Turk Empire". (IE: "The Turk Empire" is just an orientalistic and wrong terminology to define the OE, which slips out the fact that the western academia -of then- were kinda illiterate about Turkic ethnographics. ) And Turks, apart from the founding ethnics of the empire, are just one of the many ethnicities consisting the Ottomans. So Turk or Turkish would be shortcoming to define the OE.
The Turks were considered as the best warriors due to their horsemanship and skill in archery. Kaushik Roy., n.d. Military Transition in Early Modern Asia, 1400-1750: Cavalry, Guns, Government and Ships (Bloomsbury Studies in Military History). p.24. The Turks too , the great warriors of the steppes , were almost haughty in the assumption that they inherited the jihad fighting spirit of the tradition and carried it half - way into Europe . Turko-Persia in Historical Perspective p.94 The Seljukian Turks had had some great warriors ; the period of their power was during the eleventh and twelfth centuries ; they had taken the place of the Arabs as the great Moslem power of the east , though an Arab caliph still nominally reigned at Baghdad . The Divine Aspect of History Volume 2 p.324 In the west the Seljuq invasion of Asia Minor began the process which was to make it the modern land of the Turks and the base from which the greatest Islamic empire of the past 600 years would expand into southeast Europe . MacEachern, S., 2010. The new cultural atlas of the Islamic world. p.32. THE TURKS AND THE WEST. Europe stood in awe of the Ottomans who crushed many states and conquered vast territories, going, as all patriotic Turks will proudly point out, "all the way to the gates of Vienna." European literature is replete with the depictions of the Turk as the hated enemy. The English often thought of the Turk as awe-inspiring and destructive. Thomas Fuller wrote in The Holy Warre (1639): "The Turkish Empire is the greatest... the sun ever saw. ...Grass springeth not where the grand signior's horse setteth his foot." Halman, T. and Warner, J., 2007. Rapture and revolution. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, Crescent Hill Publications, p.9. During the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries , understanding the Turks ' military organization , given the credit for the greatest empire since antiquity , became a major European preoccupation . Speake, J., n.d. Literature of travel and exploration. p.891. By the middle of the 16th century, the Turks arguably possessed the greatest empire in the world. A History of the Middle East Paperback - March 15, 2006 by Saul S. Friedman (Author) p.181
Bruh, Empire of the United States. We occupy Asia, Europe, and Africa with Military Ground Forces. We rule The Sea, Sky, and the far reaches of the known Solar System. Sadly we have turned away from God as a nation. We only promote death and destruction.
0:01 this wiki map is just wrong. North african lands, especially libyan lands were bigger than that. Also ottomans conquered georgia,azerbaijan,armenia and part of iran in 1590.
Pl go through this history ; ( i ). " The main reason for Ottaman success , however , was the development of stable and permanent institutions of government that transformed a tribal polity into a workable state ". ( ii ) " The Ottamans utilized all human resources in their emirate and quickly learned skills in bureaucracy and diplomacy ........ They also did not slaughter every Christian in their path ; rather , they encouraged the Christian inhabitants of the countryside and the towns to join them . Islamic law and tradition declared that enemies who surrendered on demand should be treated with tolerance . ( iii ). " The Christians of Bithynia were obliged to pay the ' harac ' , or capitation tax , for the privilege of being tolerated , but this was no more burdensome than the taxes they had paid to the Byzantine government , which had neglected their interests . Once they had made the decision to surrender or defect , the Byzantine population resigned to their fate ". " Some Christians converted to Islam upon joining the Ottamans ; however, this was not demanded . Many local Christians even participated in Ottaman raids against Byzantium ". BOOK : Encyclopaedia of the Ottoman Empire . AUTHOR : Gabor Agoston and Bruce Masters . Edition : 2009 page -109 . "Existing sources , such as the 25th century Ottoman census records , suggest that the earliest converts to Islam in the Balkans came from the ranks of the Balkan nobility and military elite that could supply the Ottomans with the manpower ............. BOOK : Encyclopaedia of the Ottoman Empire . AUTHOR : Gabor Agoston and Bruce Masters . Edition : 2009 page -146 .
Or is the Greeks are decendants of Ottomans, after all the east Roman empire was defeated where most males were lost in battle and only got to breed with Ottomans
@@HHH-zz3ip During the Seljuk and Ottoman eras the child of a christian and a muslim always became muslim. This derives from the Koranic law which was exercised during the whole lifespan of the Ottoman empire. For example, a muslim man takes a christian woman in his harem or even marries her. Their child can never be christian and can only become muslim. Another example. If a christian man felt in love with a muslim woman and wanted to marry her, the only way to manage this was to become muslim himself. So again their children could only become muslims. Those Greeks who mixed with muslims are the ancestors of modern "Turks". This is why, according to ALL recent DNA studies, today's Turks' have more traces of Greek than turkic descent! lol On the other hand Greeks that never changed faith, remained Christians, intermarried with Christians and from whom modern Greeks are descended, had no mix with Muslims whatsoever... It's plain logic pal.
@@HHH-zz3ip By now there have been numerous genetic studies by top universities and scientists worldwide, which have repeatedly and definitively shown that modern Greeks are one of the oldest populations in Europe and that they have on average up to 75% genetic heritage from the ancient Mycenaeans of 1500 B.C. On the other hand, a very small percentage of modern Turks have considerable Turkic genetic decsent, while most derive from the pre-existing ethnicities in Anatolia, like the Greeks and the Armenians. Modern "Turks" have on average only up to 20% Turkik genetik heritage (some studies have shown as low as 7%!), while self-identifying as Turkish! So, no comparison between modern Greeks and Turks whatsoever pal.
@@HHH-zz3ip "Comparison between ancient DNA and modern DNA suggest that the Greeks are descendants of the Mycenaeans and that only a small proportion of the DNA in living Greeks come from later migrations to Greece." sciscape/modern-greeks-decedents-ancient-mycenaeans/
@@HHH-zz3ip "An admixture analysis determined that the Anatolian TURKS SHARE MOST OF THEIR ANCESTRY WITH NON-TURKIC POPULATIONS RESIDENT IN THE REGION, and the 12th century is set as an admixture date." Yunusbayev, Bayazit; Metspalu, Mait; Metspalu, Ene; Valeev, Albert; Litvinov, Sergei; Valiev, Ruslan; Akhmetova, Vita; Balanovska, Elena; Balanovsky, Oleg; Turdikulova, Shahlo (2015). "The Genetic Legacy of the Expansion of Turkic-Speaking Nomads across Eurasia"
Pl read this peace message: " The Ottamans set such a good example as pacific conquerors that they won the confidence of many former Byzantine subjects . For example , when Nicaea fell , Orhan allowed all who wanted to leave the city to depart freely , taking with them their holy relics , but few availed themselves of the chance . No reprisals were taken against those who had resisted , and the city was left to manage its internal affairs under its own municipal government . BOOK : Encyclopaedia of the Ottoman Empire . AUTHOR : Gabor Agoston and Bruce Masters . Edition : 2009 page -109 .
@@rmp7400 After ten days of preparations the crusaders (4th Crusade ) launched their attack on 17 July (1203 AD, against Constantinople)....The assault captured twenty-five towers of the sea walls, with the crusaders throwing down burning brands to set fire to the houses inside the fortifications, destroying the whole neighbourhood below the Fifth Hill. ...... they ( Latins ) began seizing gold and silver objects from the churches of the city. A riot broke out on 19 August, when a mob stormed the Latin quarter, starting a fire that spread as far as the summit of the First Hill and damaged the porch of Haghia Sophia, adding to the frustrated rage of the populace." ......." the Latins took control of Constantinople and then sacked it for three days, killing some 2,000 Greeks. Nicetas Choniates writes of how the Latins looted and profaned Haghia Sophia, leaving the city in utter desolation. They destroyed the high altar, a work of art admired by the entire world, and shared out the pieces among themselves… And they brought horses and mules into the church, the better to carry off the holy vessels and the engraved silver and gold they had torn from the throne, and the pulpit… A common harlot was enthroned in the patriarch's chair, to hurl insults at Jesus Christ; and she sang bawdy songs and profaned the holy place… nor was there any mercy shown to virtuous maidens, innocent maids or even virgins consecrated to God… In the streets, houses and churches there could be heard only cries and lamentations… Here there were fights and quarrels over loot, there prisoners were being led away, and everywhere among the raped and wounded lay the dead." Book : Istanbul- The imperial city . Chapter : 13 Author : John Freely Edition : 1998
Only thing you got wrong is that the ottomans didn’t force anyone to convert to Islam but they did not have Christian’s in their army the jannisarries and other soldiers of non Turkish descent were all converts to Islam that was a rule that Christian’s and Jews were free to practice religion of their choice but they could not have weapons own land or hood government offices or join the army . Any devshirme soldiers were also converted to Islam . So the entire army was always Muslim wether they were born Muslim or not .
Ich wünschte sie hätten es gemacht. Aber haben leider Gottes nicht. Wären die Osmanen so wie du denkst dann hätte ganz Balkan Griechenland Nordafrika türkische Namen!!
If you think islam is not the main force behind their mission then you are delusional you don't know their doctrine of gazwa a hind which is one goes in east towards India and one in west to islamize .as for Christian soldiers there was tax called jaziya which they used collect from non believers and newly converts
I like the way Web broadcaster refers to Tazia 4/5 of income Tax for none Muslims Sharea laws as Shary 😆 🤣 😂 😹 😆. There is no need for appeasing and apologies for Islamist Terror !
Not a single center of learning was established by any of turkic barbarians anywhere in world this includes ottoman, timur, ghaznivid , seljuk etc. Instead they plundered many cities and killed millions of humans in the name of religion. These dynasties were curse on civilization
The Mughals lived the last golden age of India, the British exploited you and you still haven't reached the level of the old Mughals OK don't be so ignorant read history
Timurid Empire: Expected to become eternal but destroyed inside out just a century later. However, Timur's empire is revived in India as the Mughal Empire later on.
Ottoman Empire: Unexpectedly survived all the odds and become one of the world's superpowers that controlled portions of Europe, Asia and Africa at the same time.
I tried several times to understand the rise of the Ottomans (Carolyn Finkle's book put me to sleep, sorry!) but this the first time someone zeroed in on OSMAN's lineage (not just "The Turks"). So basically, if it wasn't for Osman, there wouldn't have been an Ottoman Empire, or later, Republic of Turkey.
@@juniorjames7076 Exactly, Osman's whole destiny was to begin one of the greatest empires the world had ever seen and he did just that.
They had all the crap land in n Africa n turkey n middle east. Unfortunately for them they didn't have the skills to sail the Atlantic n quickly were swept aside
@@holysmoke8439History: Hahaha, they reached Indonesia and defeated the stupid Portuguese and Spaniards
You're one of the most interesting history channels in youtube right now. Islamic history and the gunpowder empires deserve people like you. I think you said you would cover the Safavids soon, right? I'm very hyped about that.
Shah Abbas the Great will be covered very very soon! Thank you Bernat
Kormans (Kurdish Tribe) never gave up fighting against Turkic Occoupiers of Aryan lands !
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Thank you John!
Excellent video!
I love the longer videos like this!
Thanks Ross, Fatimids coming next!
Who was the greatest out of the six Sultans in this period (Mehmed Fatih is excluded) - Osman I, Orhan I, Murad I, Bayezid I, Mehmed I, Murad II?
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Probably Bayezid the thunderbolt
@@Rocinante2300 Interesting, how come?
I liked is verbal challenges to Timur
@@Rocinante2300 Haha fair enough
@Abbas Abdullah I think Murad II deserves the most props tbh
A very interesting brief introduction to the ottoman state.
Thanks!
Covers the early beginnings well. Could be fleshed out of course, e.g., the coalition under the Serb included many nationalities - including local Kosovars, and Albanians - which makes a mockery of modern era Serbs claiming Kosovo as 'theirs', and more could be done to describe the threat from Timur in the east, are but two examples, but then it would be a much longer video. For those with some knowledge of the era this is an excellent addition to your 'library'. Thank you Hikma History for your well researched and presented efforts.
Timur could have completely destroyed the Ottoman Empire. He could have killed all the princes. in ancient sources, it is stated as follows: Timur and the children of the sultan who came after him did not touch the Ottoman Empire. Because the Ottomans were fighting the Serbs and other infidel nations in the Balkans. They didn't want to touch the ottoman.
Timur was interested of conquering and invading India after he had beaten and captured Bayezit in the battle of Ankara in 1402 he died before conquering India his descendants Babur created the Mughal empire
What a documentary. Very well done, from your speech to the delivery, pictures and such. 👏
Thank you!
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I find your channel to be extensively researched, informative, and articulate. I expand on my Islamic knowledge and history every time I watch one of your videos. Your channel is a hidden gem. Dera manana aw koar dai wadan wror jana!
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Être fort comme un Turc (‘to be strong like a turk’):
This expression originates in the 15th century when the Turks had a reputation for being strong, almost unbeatable warriors due to their numerous victories. At the time, the Ottoman Empire ruled large parts of south-east Europe, north Africa and western Asia.
It is said that François I, King of France, was gifted Turkish armour by Suleiman the Magnificent (the tenth and most famous sultan of the Ottoman Empire) during their alliance. When he wore it, he is said to have exclaimed: “Here I am now, strong as a Turk!”.
Would there be any videos about the Sultans and Nawabs of Bengal?
Directly on that topic, not any time soon I'm afraid. I will be starting a series on the Mughals soon which will obviously cover the Bengal Sultanate and the Mughal rule of Bengal.
i love ur page! did u do a video Nahda? The english language sources are lacking and I feel like you could elucidate it well
*on the Nahda
I believe the biggest role to the growth of the Ottomans was the overlooked Bektashi Order (it is even said that a bektashi sayyid gave them the title of Sultan), both the janissary corps and the style of governance seem to find their roots there. Also "islamic orthodoxy" is a fairly modern phenomenon back then esoteric movements were not really considered as distinct from the rest of islamic theological thought and it was mostly sufi orders that helped islam spread.
Spectacular indeed
is this a compilation of previous Ottoman History videos?
Osman had a platform from his father that included a warrior heart that plowed through overlords and Mongols a spirit of conquest and knowledge that you fight and the importance of justice. This is a good foundation for leadership that last!
This is fascinating & tremendously appreciated. Can you kindly provide in the future:
1. From where the Turks originated - how they come to be.
2. Was Osman a Sultan.
3. When did the Turks developed the Harem.
4. The relation between the Harem and the allowed legal four wives.
5. When the Turks became Muslim and how; & what were they prior.
6. The male Turkish & Ottoman head wraps. They didn't exist in the desert. Why did the men wrap their heads.
The Ottomans are just as secret as China behind the Great Wall.
Thanks again!
the coalition that was fighting against Murad I was not just Serbians-Bulgarians. Albanians were very much part of it. Milosh Kopili was not Serbian.
Fantastic. I tried several times to understand the rise of the Ottomans (Carolyn Finkle's book put me to sleep, sorry!) but this the first time someone zeroed in on OSMAN's lineage (not just "The Turks"). So basically, if it wasn't for Osman, there wouldn't have been an Ottoman Empire, or later, Republic of Turkey.
Amazing job!
Thank you Edward!
@@HikmaHistory
I'm a big fan of yours and Al Muqaddimah. I actually learnt about your channel through him.
Your collaborative livestream was the BEST.
Loved seeing you both diss each other and hear you guys talk about Islamic history and randomly doing social commentary.
Would love to see another stream.
PS: waiting for your life long project on the origins of Pathans. As a Yousuf-Zai myself, I've always been eager to know about my roots more and it's fascinating to know someone is actually researching.
Lots of prayers for you.
I wish you all the success.
@@edwardmordrake9436 A Yusufzai named Edward?! Vybe! That project will come to fruition years down the line man, hopefully we'll still be alive for it.
@@HikmaHistory
Yousuf Zai but ancestors migrated from Lucknow to Karachi.
I don't care if the project takes years. It's worth the wait. I wish the best for you.
PS. Edward Mordrake is the name of an urban legend, a man who had another face grown at the back of his head. It whispered dark thoughts to Edward and made him depressed.
It represents the dark part of our mind that demotivates us, makes us hate ourselves.
In that sense, we're all Edward Mordrake in one way or another.
"By the seventeenth century, literate circles in Istanbul would not call themselves Turks, and often, in phrases such as 'senseless Turks', used the word as a term of abuse."
Imber, Colin (2009). The Ottoman Empire, 1300-1650: The Structure of Power (2 ed.). New York: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 3.
In my mind, the ottoman Empire and the Russian Empire in many ways mirror each other. Both were born in the borderlands between Islam and Christianity, in the wake of nomadic migrations and invasions from the great steppes. Both were born from a relatively unassuming small state among others like it, who were initially in the shadow of the remnant of a great empire (the Golden Horde as a remnant of Genghis Khan's empire, and the Byzantine Empire as a remnant of the once much larger Roman Empire), and both eventually came to overcome and absorb those remnants of empires, while gaining culturally from it. They're mirrored because the Ottomans were muslims, and the empire they conquered was christian, while the Russians were of course christians and the empire they conquered was muslim.
Another interesting parallel is how both could for a long time also relatively credibly claim to be the champions of their respective faiths, specifically Sunni Islam and Orthodox Christianity. They both achieved a position where nobody else of the same faith came even close in power, while there were always at least a few very powerful Catholic empires.
I think both benefitted from their frontier conditions, and by both having their most dangerous rivals to the west and thus not surrounded by as many dangerous enemies as, say, Austria was. Well, at least after Timur was gone, he was pretty dangerous!
Yes, they're so alike that Russia has invaded Turkey 3 times over the past 150 years! People really should do more reading.
ghaza rules do not mean to convert non muslim like christians by force and its strongly prohibited in QURAN, all other explanations are almost perfect
Somewhere near in Bursa in the early years of the 15th century:
- Ghazy, we fought 357 battles since Osman passed away.
- Yes, and ?
- And the Black Plague killed countless ones, for decades, Ghazy. The Interregnum wars stopped last month.
- Yes so what?
- The number of or soldiers ready...
- ''scuz me but that can wait. I have a couple more invasions to prepare.
Can you do an in depth video on the Sikh Empire
As a Türk greetings from Antalya-Türkiye 🇹🇷👋🏻
THE TURKS AND THE WEST. Europe stood in awe of the Ottomans who crushed many states and conquered vast territories, going, as all patriotic Turks will proudly point out, "all the way to the gates of Vienna." European literature is replete with the depictions of the Turk as the hated enemy. The English often thought of the Turk as awe-inspiring and destructive. Thomas Fuller wrote in The Holy Warre (1639): "The Turkish Empire is the greatest... the sun ever saw. ...Grass springeth not where the grand signior's horse setteth his foot."
Can you do a video on what the Islamic world thinks of the New World throughout the ages?
28:09 who even came up with that question? Because it would contradict Islamic jurisprudence.
Great channel, love it. The Turks. Named my dog Seljuk
The first 10 Rulers of Ottomans were Really Talented political and Military leaders.
"It is important to note, however, that the Ottoman state recognised no official differentiation by language or ethnicity among its Muslim citizens: the modem notion of being a "Turk" was until the end of the nineteenth century alien to the Ottoman elites, who regarded themselves as "Ottomans" rather than "Turkish." In fact the term "Turk" had the connotation of being an uneducated peasant. Ottoman Turkish, the language of state, was not the vernacular of the mass of the Turkish-speaking population, and along with being a Muslim, knowledge of it was a requirement of high office in the Ottoman state."
Poulton, Hugh (2000). "The Muslim experience in the Balkan states, 1919‐1991." Nationalities Papers. 28. (1): 47-48.
To go through all those hardships and struggle to establish ottoman without compromise, in middle of crusaders heartland only true gazi can succeed!
The dream (or vision) of a tree growing out of one's torso (or heart) is not so odd for those active in the occult. There is indeed an unnatural (or preternatural) power involved - but to refer to such phenomenon as "holy" ...is a stretch.
Maybe it was a myth propogated by the ottomons to legitimize their claim as being Caliph to be god anointed
And lots of treaties, charts, documents, resumes, applications, signatures, lists, notes, letters, deals, and partnerships were broken
Sultan Mehmet🇹🇷💪🇹🇷❤️🇹🇷
Brother I appreciate your honesty especially when you spoke about the Seeks who I m from tho I feel from west Asia to south and Asia especially tho all Asians have connection to one another. Brother I would like to know ur open I hv understood that the founder s name was osman or asmaan meaning sky beautiful benevolent sky and so so wouldn't the proper name be the osman. Empire because as far as I've heard the ottoman is western word which is very annoying and disrespectful like they have become accustomed to for example they calling the Sindhu the Indus changing the name of Iranian emperor's from khumbujia to canbyses etc.. I can goon for days and then what even sadder is that are ppl from the east o being disrespected disrespected this way we start calling. Our own history by the incorrect names given to us and shamefully scholars from the west rarely correct themselves. I d like to hear your feed back or just wanted to bring this to ur attention I believe it is high time we take our real royal identity a back and there anymore facts which have been intentionally hidden from the plll from the east I could share but don't want to stray from the subject of the osman empire 💙☝️🙏🌞🌛
That’s why the Serbs, Austrians, Italians, Greeks, French, very very jealous lol
What is your inbred brain telling you?? Jealousy of what exactly??😅😅
"The scholarly community specializing in Ottoman studies has of late virtually banned the use of "Turkey", "Turks", and "Turkish" from acceptable vocabulary, declaring "Ottoman" and its expanded use mandatory and permitting its "Turkish" rival only in linguistic and philological contexts."
Soucek, Svat (2015). Ottoman Maritime Wars, 1416-1700. Istanbul: The Isis Press. p. 8
It makes sense. Only in western terminology such terms with some severe ambiguity were used to define the Ottoman Empire. In Turkish\Turkic sense, definitive terms like "the Turkish\Turk Empire" etc. make no sense, since even Seljuks of Anatolia (or even contemporous Timurids, Safavids if we are to stretch) can be deemed as "Turkish\Turk Empire". (IE: "The Turk Empire" is just an orientalistic and wrong terminology to define the OE, which slips out the fact that the western academia -of then- were kinda illiterate about Turkic ethnographics. ) And Turks, apart from the founding ethnics of the empire, are just one of the many ethnicities consisting the Ottomans. So Turk or Turkish would be shortcoming to define the OE.
Rise of The Ottomans, or inflation of the foot cushions?
Raw power.
The Turks were considered as the best warriors due to their horsemanship and skill in archery.
Kaushik Roy., n.d. Military Transition in Early Modern Asia, 1400-1750: Cavalry, Guns, Government and Ships (Bloomsbury Studies in Military History). p.24.
The Turks too , the great warriors of the steppes , were almost haughty in the assumption that they inherited the jihad fighting spirit of the tradition and carried it half - way into Europe .
Turko-Persia in Historical Perspective p.94
The Seljukian Turks had had some great warriors ; the period of their power was during the eleventh and twelfth centuries ; they had taken the place of the Arabs as the great Moslem power of the east , though an Arab caliph still nominally reigned at Baghdad .
The Divine Aspect of History Volume 2 p.324
In the west the Seljuq invasion of Asia Minor began the process which was to make it the modern land of the Turks and the base from which the greatest Islamic empire of the past 600 years would expand into southeast Europe .
MacEachern, S., 2010. The new cultural atlas of the Islamic world. p.32.
THE TURKS AND THE WEST. Europe stood in awe of the Ottomans who crushed many states and conquered vast territories, going, as all patriotic Turks will proudly point out, "all the way to the gates of Vienna." European literature is replete with the depictions of the Turk as the hated enemy. The English often thought of the Turk as awe-inspiring and destructive. Thomas Fuller wrote in The Holy Warre (1639): "The Turkish Empire is the greatest... the sun ever saw. ...Grass springeth not where the grand signior's horse setteth his foot."
Halman, T. and Warner, J., 2007. Rapture and revolution. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, Crescent Hill Publications, p.9.
During the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries , understanding the Turks ' military organization , given the credit for the greatest empire since antiquity , became a major European preoccupation .
Speake, J., n.d. Literature of travel and exploration. p.891.
By the middle of the 16th century, the Turks arguably possessed the greatest empire in the world.
A History of the Middle East Paperback - March 15, 2006 by Saul S. Friedman (Author) p.181
Even the prophet of allah sav said not to fight them
Ottoman Empire is the Great empire ever
After Romans
Bruh, Empire of the United States. We occupy Asia, Europe, and Africa with Military Ground Forces. We rule The Sea, Sky, and the far reaches of the known Solar System. Sadly we have turned away from God as a nation. We only promote death and destruction.
@@Dogrunner2007 America,ah Amerika is bad dog 🐕 not good dog
Eh no, the british
Mongol Empire is the strongest and greatest.
One aspect is rise of Tulinade , Ahmed ibn Tulun mid 8 century, who controlled Egypt and Syria region !
Good Orientalist View of History
They plan and then Allah swt plans. Allah swt is the best of planners. He raises a Moses for every oppressed people
0:01 this wiki map is just wrong. North african lands, especially libyan lands were bigger than that. Also ottomans conquered georgia,azerbaijan,armenia and part of iran in 1590.
Pl go through this history ;
( i ). " The main reason for Ottaman success , however , was the development of stable and permanent institutions of government that transformed a tribal polity into a workable state ".
( ii ) " The Ottamans utilized all human resources in their emirate and quickly learned skills in bureaucracy and diplomacy ........ They also did not slaughter every Christian in their path ; rather , they encouraged the Christian inhabitants of the countryside and the towns to join them . Islamic law and tradition declared that enemies who surrendered on demand should be treated with tolerance .
( iii ). " The Christians of Bithynia were obliged to pay the ' harac ' , or capitation tax , for the privilege of being tolerated , but this was no more burdensome than the taxes they had paid to the Byzantine government , which had neglected their interests . Once they had made the decision to surrender or defect , the Byzantine population resigned to their fate ". " Some Christians converted to Islam upon joining the Ottamans ; however, this was not demanded . Many local Christians even participated in Ottaman raids against Byzantium ". BOOK : Encyclopaedia of the Ottoman Empire . AUTHOR : Gabor Agoston and Bruce Masters . Edition : 2009 page -109 .
"Existing sources , such as the 25th century Ottoman census records , suggest that the earliest converts to Islam in the Balkans came from the ranks of the Balkan nobility and military elite that could supply the Ottomans with the manpower ............. BOOK : Encyclopaedia of the Ottoman Empire . AUTHOR : Gabor Agoston and Bruce Masters . Edition : 2009 page -146 .
What happened after 1453?
Coming soon!
@@HikmaHistory Thanks! Can't wait!
Tell us, now! 😂
i am from karaman beylik
@11:50
Ok
The Ottomans Wood have never been so successful Whitout the Byzantines help?. It was the Byzantines who totally on the Ottomans side.
"90% of today's Turks are the descendants of yesterday's Greeks."
John Kingsley Birge, A guide to Turkish area study
Or is the Greeks are decendants of Ottomans, after all the east Roman empire was defeated where most males were lost in battle and only got to breed with Ottomans
@@HHH-zz3ip During the Seljuk and Ottoman eras the child of a christian and a muslim always became muslim. This derives from the Koranic law which was exercised during the whole lifespan of the Ottoman empire. For example, a muslim man takes a christian woman in his harem or even marries her. Their child can never be christian and can only become muslim. Another example. If a christian man felt in love with a muslim woman and wanted to marry her, the only way to manage this was to become muslim himself. So again their children could only become muslims. Those Greeks who mixed with muslims are the ancestors of modern "Turks". This is why, according to ALL recent DNA studies, today's Turks' have more traces of Greek than turkic descent! lol On the other hand Greeks that never changed faith, remained Christians, intermarried with Christians and from whom modern Greeks are descended, had no mix with Muslims whatsoever... It's plain logic pal.
@@HHH-zz3ip By now there have been numerous genetic studies by top universities and scientists worldwide, which have repeatedly and definitively shown that modern Greeks are one of the oldest populations in Europe and that they have on average up to 75% genetic heritage from the ancient Mycenaeans of 1500 B.C.
On the other hand, a very small percentage of modern Turks have considerable Turkic genetic decsent, while most derive from the pre-existing ethnicities in Anatolia, like the Greeks and the Armenians. Modern "Turks" have on average only up to 20% Turkik genetik heritage (some studies have shown as low as 7%!), while self-identifying as Turkish! So, no comparison between modern Greeks and Turks whatsoever pal.
@@HHH-zz3ip "Comparison between ancient DNA and modern DNA suggest that the Greeks are descendants of the Mycenaeans and that only a small proportion of the DNA in living Greeks come from later migrations to Greece."
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@@HHH-zz3ip "An admixture analysis determined that the Anatolian TURKS SHARE MOST OF THEIR ANCESTRY WITH NON-TURKIC POPULATIONS RESIDENT IN THE REGION, and the 12th century is set as an admixture date."
Yunusbayev, Bayazit; Metspalu, Mait; Metspalu, Ene; Valeev, Albert; Litvinov, Sergei; Valiev, Ruslan; Akhmetova, Vita; Balanovska, Elena; Balanovsky, Oleg; Turdikulova, Shahlo (2015). "The Genetic Legacy of the Expansion of Turkic-Speaking Nomads across Eurasia"
Pl read this peace message:
" The Ottamans set such a good example as pacific conquerors that they won the confidence of many former Byzantine subjects . For example , when Nicaea fell , Orhan allowed all who wanted to leave the city to depart freely , taking with them their holy relics , but few availed themselves of the chance . No reprisals were taken against those who had resisted , and the city was left to manage its internal affairs under its own municipal government . BOOK : Encyclopaedia of the Ottoman Empire . AUTHOR : Gabor Agoston and Bruce Masters . Edition : 2009 page -109 .
Wasn't the usual punitive taxation applied?🤔
@@rmp7400 After ten days of preparations the crusaders (4th Crusade ) launched their attack on 17 July (1203 AD, against Constantinople)....The assault captured twenty-five towers of the sea walls, with the
crusaders throwing down burning brands to set fire to the houses inside the
fortifications, destroying the whole neighbourhood below the Fifth Hill.
...... they ( Latins ) began
seizing gold and silver objects from the churches of the city. A riot broke out on
19 August, when a mob stormed the Latin quarter, starting a fire that spread as
far as the summit of the First Hill and damaged the porch of Haghia Sophia,
adding to the frustrated rage of the populace."
......." the Latins took control of Constantinople and then sacked it for
three days, killing some 2,000 Greeks. Nicetas Choniates writes of how the
Latins looted and profaned Haghia Sophia, leaving the city in utter desolation.
They destroyed the high altar, a work of art admired by the entire world, and
shared out the pieces among themselves… And they brought horses and mules
into the church, the better to carry off the holy vessels and the engraved silver
and gold they had torn from the throne, and the pulpit… A common harlot was
enthroned in the patriarch's chair, to hurl insults at Jesus Christ; and she sang
bawdy songs and profaned the holy place… nor was there any mercy shown to
virtuous maidens, innocent maids or even virgins consecrated to God… In the
streets, houses and churches there could be heard only cries and lamentations…
Here there were fights and quarrels over loot, there prisoners were being led
away, and everywhere among the raped and wounded lay the dead."
Book : Istanbul- The imperial city . Chapter : 13
Author : John Freely
Edition : 1998
Osman sultan dream must be true bcos dream was fulfilled 🤔
Please remove music
Best empire in history 😍😍😍😍😍
i love your name how many flips did u make him do
Only thing you got wrong is that the ottomans didn’t force anyone to convert to Islam but they did not have Christian’s in their army the jannisarries and other soldiers of non Turkish descent were all converts to Islam that was a rule that Christian’s and Jews were free to practice religion of their choice but they could not have weapons own land or hood government offices or join the army . Any devshirme soldiers were also converted to Islam . So the entire army was always Muslim wether they were born Muslim or not .
HOW MANY GENOCIDES? ARMENIAN, KURDISH? ANY MORE? SATISFIED?
Muhhhhhhhh😂
Ich wünschte sie hätten es gemacht.
Aber haben leider Gottes nicht.
Wären die Osmanen so wie du denkst dann hätte ganz Balkan Griechenland Nordafrika türkische Namen!!
If you think islam is not the main force behind their mission then you are delusional you don't know their doctrine of gazwa a hind which is one goes in east towards India and one in west to islamize .as for Christian soldiers there was tax called jaziya which they used collect from non believers and newly converts
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I like the way Web broadcaster refers to Tazia 4/5 of income Tax for none Muslims Sharea laws as Shary 😆 🤣 😂 😹 😆. There is no need for appeasing and apologies for Islamist Terror !
The worst empire in history, the should have never existed in the first place.
Why because we ended your evil byzantine empire?lol says a two faced greec
@@habs4922 the sickman od Europe, we should attack Turkey now and take Konstantinopolis back, that what is rightfully ours.
Not right
Ok. your objection is noted. From now on they won't exist in historical records so that some woke southern slavs wont get offended :)
Not a single center of learning was established by any of turkic barbarians anywhere in world this includes ottoman, timur, ghaznivid , seljuk etc. Instead they plundered many cities and killed millions of humans in the name of religion. These dynasties were curse on civilization
Search the Timurid Renaissance.
The Mughals lived the last golden age of India, the British exploited you and you still haven't reached the level of the old Mughals OK don't be so ignorant read history
If you're stupid then read a book, stop embarrass yourself in RUclips. The Turks were the reason these great empire exist.
Cope harder
This is a more Serbian propaganda, shame!!!