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huge respect to great sultan and soldier Kilij Arslan i. he was always against great odds his entire life. captive at Meliksah's palace at Isfahan until 13 years old, he was only 18 when first crusaders arrived. In a region where he was a stranger and with very little amount of Turkmens at Anatolia at the time, he defeated big crusader armies at a very young age. Both European and Muslim chroniclers state that crusaders had bigger armies in 1101 crusade than that of 1097.
It is a crusade on its own. As the video stated, it actually was as big as first and third in terms of participants but because it was a complete fiasco, western chroniclers didnt number it.
They didn't have the element of unprecedented surprise the first Crusaders did. By this time the precedent had been set, and Kilij knew what was at stake.
At the same time these crusaders had essentially nearly the same lacking knowledge that the first crusade had when talking about their oppenents and the terrain/route. If they had known better, they'd have prepared more supplies, or even better taken the southern Anatolian coastal route, longer but more easily supplied and safe and once linked up with the crusaders states, they could have executed more thought out and well prepared expeditions. Truly could have changed a lot if these groups (+-40k troops) would have linked up with the crusader states, potentially allowing the crusaders states to exist for a lot longer and bigger.
With all due respect, the Hero who did the most work and destroyed two of the thre crusader armies and also captured Bohemond himself was (Gazi Gümüshtigin), he was a better general than Kilij.
This is one of the most forgotten parts of the history. Congrats for making people learn about these stuff. Thanks to the Kings&Generals, everyone learnt so much about Turkish and Balkan history which are generaly overlooked.
We should also appreciate the fact that Kilij Arslan was only 22 years old during the 1101 crusade, and he was 18 years old during the battle of Dorylaeum. Kilij Arslan is a forgotten Turkish hero in my opinion.
This crusade is likely forgotten partly because of how disastrous it was and also because Richard the Lionhearted led the Third and became the most famous of all the Crusaders.
The Crusade of 1101 took place exactly 30 years after the Battle of Manzikert in the same Eastern Anatolian region and had once again favored the numerically inferior Seljuk side
Kilij Arslan might've lost his capital but he really faced the most immense Crusades yet generally faired well he's the best muslim commander of the Crusades after Baybars & Nureddin Zengi
@@caniblmolstr4503 That's some romanized hollywood delusion Saladin was a relatively mediocre general losing numerous battles such as Acre, Arsuf, Belvoir, Tyre, Kerak out of which the defeats at Jaffa & Montgisard are particularly embarassing ones
@@nenenindonu Hocam öyle bakarsak fatihinde yenilgileri var ama tamamen karşına çıkan adamlar savaştığın coğrafya ve şartlarla ilgili bir durum kazanıp kaybetmek. Selahattin Richarda kaybediyor ki stratejik kayıpları az dediğin gibi o kadar mağlubiyete rağmen kudüsü tutuyor. Baibars mesela bizzat hülaguyu yenseydi bu dediğine %100 katılırdım. Ya da askeri deha olarak celaleddini haçlılara karşı görebilmek güzel olurdu.
Mighty Kılıç Arslan a Warrior, a general, a Sultan. He is extremally underrated. Turks entered Anatolia literally 30 years before the events of this video. They didn't have enough population, they didn't have enough horses because of constant warfare (step warfare requires horse switches because of all that feigned retreats and circlements) and they had been beefing with pretty much all their neighbors. Even in all that chaos how many crusader armies didn't reach levant because of his skill as a general? How much time did he buy for Muslim counteroffensive? We are really proud of him in Türkiye.
@@rayhankhan8992 as a military leader, probably Kılıç Arslan was better but Saladin was an incredibly charismatic and gifted political leader. I don't think they are in the same categories as rulers as they simply ruled over and lived in different societies. we were fortunate to receive them both in those times of trouble.
@@rayhankhan8992 We shouldn't say stuff like that, we only know that the sahaba were the best of us muslims, anyone after should not be compared to eachother. Its disrespectful and I bet both Salah-ad-din and Killij Arslan would respect eachother if they had lived in the same time period.
He defeated an undersupplied, unprepared, multilinguistic, divided, disorganized foreign host led by an incapable fool in his home territory. If he didn't win, he would be an idiot.
@@silverwolfe3636 These wouldnt be the adjectives you used had they win. As if the other side was made of robots. Anatolian Seljuks were basically in a civil war during first crusade. Ridwan of Aleppo, Danishmendids and Kilij Arslan were basically in war prior to this crusade. He literally died in a war against Ridvan six years after this crusade. Here they were temporarily allies.
You failed to mention the best part about Stephen of Blois return. He did it solely because his wife kept reminding/pestering him about his retreat. Reportedly even bringing it up while they had sex and he couldn't stand it anymore So lets pour one out for History's greatest simp!
The Crusades of 1101 were wars of great defeat that Europe wanted to ignore. The Seljuks destroyed the 3 crusader armies, which were much larger than themselves, one after the other. The crusaders would see such a disaster in the Second Crusade and in the battles with Baibars.
Nice overview. I appreciated that this synthesis did not fall into the usual trap about the "feeble" Lombards. Impulsive? Certainly. Strategically illiterate? Looks like it. But it still was a large, mostly infantry contingent that managed to travel thousands of kms into alien lands and ended up resisting for 3-4 days under enemy archers' volleys before being crushed. This said, the amount of persistent, repeated mistakes crusaders made, wave after wave, beggars belief. Kilij Arslan was an impressive leader, no doubt.
16:40 Kings and Generals, It is written in our historical sources that the Seljuk villagers gave food to about 3 thousand French crusaders who dispersed in this war and fled to the mountains, then surrendered to the Seljuks and were taken prisoner, later accepted Islam and settled in Konya, where they were assimilated by mixing with the local people. in Seljuk history. Did you know about this?
It was more a comeback than a redemption. Out of 4 parts of the crusade, him and his allies destroyed 3. The people's crusade was destroyed, as well as the two last expeditions. Only the prince's crusade beat him, thats a pretty good win rate.
I am from the city of Heracles Cybistra where one of the battle took place. I remember many remnants of the battle found on a field near the city in 2000; swords, shields and skeletons.
Imad al-Din Zengi was born in 1085, his father Aq Sunqur al-Hajib died in 1094, so Ida of Formbach-Ratelnberg, in the Crusade of 1101, being Zengi's mother is chronologically impossible. It's more likely that she, along with most of the army, was killed in the battle, as that was what was reported by Ekkehard of Aura, who actually met survivors of the Crusade of 1101.
Amazing videos, accurate description and very effective narration of historical facts. I would recommend to do even longer videos with more details related to battles or strategies, tactics used. Then, when will be ready the playlist with second crusade? Now there are first, third and fourth as far as I saw. Probably better also to go in chronological order for next time :) Good work and thanks
I remember that my history teacher said: We've made hell Anatolia for the crusaders and annihilated them until the day that they were kicked out of Anatolia.
If Sultan Klicharslan had given his full attention as he did in 1101 on his first expedition, today the Heroism of the Crusader leaders and the fall of Jerusalem would not have happened
In history, “Turkish people” are famous for their strength, there is even a French expression referring to it: Il est fort comme un Turc = He is strong as a Turkish.
Your videos are superb. I always wait for your new episode of history. Could you provide a video on fall of Srivijaya empire and the geopolitics of the circumstances. It's somewhat similar to the current scenario going on
Fascinating video. Hope you will continue with another series directly into the Second Crusade. Also, would be interesting to see a video on the Byzantine reaction or thoughts as to the result of the Crusade, as opposed to their thoughts at the outset (as depicted in previous video). Why didn't they attempt to more adroitly use the massive Western forces (20-50 thousand troops being enormous for this time) to reconquer the Byzantine heartlands of Anatolia?
You know it went bad when westoids didnt give it a number but simply called it by the year it happened. As the video stated, this crusade actually had about same crusader participant as first and third crusades. Kudos to the great Turkic warrior Kilij Arslan. He did underestimate crusaders in first crusade but he certainly more than avenged it in 1101.
Your claim makes absolutely no sense... It wasn't given a "number" because it is considered part of the first crusade, and was comprised of three different expeditions whose aim was to secure the successes of the first crusade, hence their name in modern historiography : "the Succouring Crusades". Subsequent crusades didn't go that well either (though a couple were successful), yet they were also given numbers. What are "westoids" by the way ? The West is a cardinal point, anyone could be a "westoid" relative to anyone else. Maybe you meant to say "European".
@@remilenoir1271 1- Westoid isnt European. It is Western/Central European. Byzantines, Balkans or Russians arent westoids. In this case it is Latin/Normans. 2- It is not '''my claim''. It is the videos claim and it is the truth. You can classify crusades however you want. It has also been classified ''the crusade of the faint hearted''. Video explains westerner historians traditionally mark the end of first crusade with the battle of Ascalon. So the traditional view is this crusade was something seperate. ''Crusade of 1101'' Westoid historians neither classify this crusade under the first crusade (in order to not damage the reputation of it) nor number this one. 3- Militarily only second crusade was as big a blunder/fiasco as this one. Funnily, due to the same reason as the 1101 one, Seljuks. This time Kilij Arslans son, Mesut I. However second crusade was led by German Emperor and Frankish King. Being the first crusade that kings/emperors were the leaders of. Due to that it was already impossible to downplay its importance like this one.
Qillij Arsalan was a Brave Seljuk Turk warrior who knew his Land well.. And defeated the Crusaders on his choice of terrain.. In my view He was more of a warrior King then Saladin.. As Western Authors fail yet again sighting No written record, to glorify his Millitary Genius and acumen.. Let the Brave Turk ride History annals as The Great 🇹🇷🎉
Brave Anatolian Turks they do best to stop crusaders from reaching holy land .Seljuks are forgotten heroes of Islam .long live seljuks ,zengrids and mamluks our Islamic heros and defenders of islam
@@VinnieG- it is your problem I certainly view every Muslim or man with Islamic faith whom defend people of same faith as hero no matter than he was Turk ,Arab or Berber or Persian.Youchristians should also view christians as your heros
At some point, you need to make a mega episode of your First Crusade content, as you have more info on that than other channels would have on the entire crusades!
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
Same goes for the muslims during the prince's crusade. The muslims were divided and foolish, had they properly used their might together no crusade would have ever worked.
I have waited for this video for so long. Kılıçarslan is my most beloved hero of entire history. Thank you Kings and Generals despite your misdirected info about how Turks entered Anatolia in the first place.
K&G how about some videos about the Turk vs Russian history? I always thought that relationship was fascinating albiet very violent and has a lot of importance into the modern day as the relationship is not well known in the west especially in the USA.
A moment of silence for the army at 16:30. They were unlucky enough to give battle to a nomadic horse archer army in open flat plateu. Meaning if you don't have bir cavalry ratio in your formations, you're basically turtles crawling around to be harrassed by Turkish alps.
GW announces the return of The Lion, a new edition, new Primaris Terminators, new Termigaunts, new shadespire, some other stuff haha and Kings and Generals launches a new crusade video, nice. So in regards to this crusade, how many Christians died in the battles with Arslan?
Kılıçarslan had a very hard life. He lost his father when he was a child and became a prisoner for so long. He managed to escape only to find himself ruling a barely existing Sultanate and fight the heavily armored murderers with extreme numbers. He was still a very young man doing all these stuff. Even though what he suffered through he kept fighting against the enemies from all sides. He is the man who saved the entire muslim world. Türkiye exists thanks to him.
Edessa, Antioch and Jerusalem was already taken anyway. No need to talk about 1101 campaign (!). I guess the western historians thought so. This is the only detailed documentary I could find about the campaign. 👍
Wait? Stephen of Blois fled? The whole thing is that he died in that battle or was it later that year after another battle, it happened in 1101 for sure
Kılıçarslan is the most underrated and unspoken genius leader in history. Even watching this video is make me proud of my great ancestor. I wish someone made a TV series about his life and name it The Crusader Slayer. I would definitely watch it million times!
@@Arya-zo6nv Of course not thought of that one. So how does said spy tell said employer of an enemies movement in time for them to act. By the way I had thought of the spy bit
@@omororagland3823 I am part Turk. She would have been 50 years old by the time she was captured, making it unlikely that she was fertile by the time she was captured/killed. Furthermore, Zengi was likely born before 1101- he would have been around 14 years old by 1101. However, anything is possible as the Sultanate of Rum did not leave good records. Everything we have is from Europeans and their fantasies.
Turkey should be proud on these Anatolian heroes like khilj arslan.Anatolian seljuks deserve respect from muslim world .Turks try their best to stop crusaders.
the desire for spoils divided them before the crusade even went off. not to mention... why don't they secure water sources for the voyage? they just travel till exhaustion towards another city? why not having reserves, or a supply chain? at any rate, it was clear this crusade did not have the same leadership the 1st had. while the enemies learned and adapted.
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Are you soon going to do a series on The Punic wars?
@@Scorpion51123314512 planning to
@@KingsandGenerals Awesome! glad to hear it.
How dare you mock my family like they were a bunch of peasants
@@jacksonpettit4690 probably were a bunch of peasants
huge respect to great sultan and soldier Kilij Arslan i. he was always against great odds his entire life. captive at Meliksah's palace at Isfahan until 13 years old, he was only 18 when first crusaders arrived. In a region where he was a stranger and with very little amount of Turkmens at Anatolia at the time, he defeated big crusader armies at a very young age. Both European and Muslim chroniclers state that crusaders had bigger armies in 1101 crusade than that of 1097.
he was captive at Isfahan, Iran@@ΆρωμαΜπλε
I have studied the Crusades and never heard of this overlooked part of the First Crusade. Very fascinating stuff.
bcz europeans do not like hear stories about being kicked theri a**es by the Turks :D
Western powers declare victory and mission accomplished and after that it all goes pear-shaped? Where have I seen that in recent years?
It is a crusade on its own. As the video stated, it actually was as big as first and third in terms of participants but because it was a complete fiasco, western chroniclers didnt number it.
Same. It feels like the extended edition of a really good movie😂
Then what's your point?
They didn't have the element of unprecedented surprise the first Crusaders did. By this time the precedent had been set, and Kilij knew what was at stake.
At the same time these crusaders had essentially nearly the same lacking knowledge that the first crusade had when talking about their oppenents and the terrain/route.
If they had known better, they'd have prepared more supplies, or even better taken the southern Anatolian coastal route, longer but more easily supplied and safe and once linked up with the crusaders states, they could have executed more thought out and well prepared expeditions.
Truly could have changed a lot if these groups (+-40k troops) would have linked up with the crusader states, potentially allowing the crusaders states to exist for a lot longer and bigger.
@@MDP1702 They had Reynold
@@Brahmdagh Only the first group. And Raynold didn't seem the best of the bunch+he advised not to take the route they did.
A side note: Kılıç Arslan was 22 years old in 1101.
Cool
that is nuts
That’s impressive how he was so military skilled to destroy 3 Crusader armies, just at the age of 22
With all due respect, the Hero who did the most work and destroyed two of the thre crusader armies and also captured Bohemond himself was (Gazi Gümüshtigin), he was a better general than Kilij.
Pretty much a great great grandfather by that age
This is one of the most forgotten parts of the history. Congrats for making people learn about these stuff. Thanks to the Kings&Generals, everyone learnt so much about Turkish and Balkan history which are generaly overlooked.
We should also appreciate the fact that Kilij Arslan was only 22 years old during the 1101 crusade, and he was 18 years old during the battle of Dorylaeum. Kilij Arslan is a forgotten Turkish hero in my opinion.
This crusade is likely forgotten partly because of how disastrous it was and also because Richard the Lionhearted led the Third and became the most famous of all the Crusaders.
Also probably in part because most of the European chroniclers who would've otherwise written about it died/were captured
@@samxiang4669---Yeah that too helped.
The Third crusade is the most known to the Anglosaxon world because of the involvement of England.
@@hebanker3372---I'm sure that helped
The Crusade of 1101 took place exactly 30 years after the Battle of Manzikert in the same Eastern Anatolian region and had once again favored the numerically inferior Seljuk side
Its almost like open country favours light horse archers & light cavalry 🤔
@@rojayreid908 *numerically inferior.
@@lucabarbanti8211 Cope
Kilij Arslan might've lost his capital but he really faced the most immense Crusades yet generally faired well he's the best muslim commander of the Crusades after Baybars & Nureddin Zengi
Baibars,Nur-Ad-Din Zangi**
Salahuddin Ayyubi. Remember the man is Salahuddin. God's word - a man more Christian than any of the Crusaders he faced
@@caniblmolstr4503 That's some romanized hollywood delusion Saladin was a relatively mediocre general losing numerous battles such as Acre, Arsuf, Belvoir, Tyre, Kerak out of which the defeats at Jaffa & Montgisard are particularly embarassing ones
@@hassanabdulsalam1000 His empire collapsed less than 50 years after his death. It was only held together with willpower.
@@nenenindonu Hocam öyle bakarsak fatihinde yenilgileri var ama tamamen karşına çıkan adamlar savaştığın coğrafya ve şartlarla ilgili bir durum kazanıp kaybetmek. Selahattin Richarda kaybediyor ki stratejik kayıpları az dediğin gibi o kadar mağlubiyete rağmen kudüsü tutuyor. Baibars mesela bizzat hülaguyu yenseydi bu dediğine %100 katılırdım. Ya da askeri deha olarak celaleddini haçlılara karşı görebilmek güzel olurdu.
Mighty Kılıç Arslan a Warrior, a general, a Sultan. He is extremally underrated. Turks entered Anatolia literally 30 years before the events of this video. They didn't have enough population, they didn't have enough horses because of constant warfare (step warfare requires horse switches because of all that feigned retreats and circlements) and they had been beefing with pretty much all their neighbors. Even in all that chaos how many crusader armies didn't reach levant because of his skill as a general? How much time did he buy for Muslim counteroffensive? We are really proud of him in Türkiye.
Yep, he is underrrated indeed.
Better than Saladin
@@rayhankhan8992 as a military leader, probably Kılıç Arslan was better but Saladin was an incredibly charismatic and gifted political leader. I don't think they are in the same categories as rulers as they simply ruled over and lived in different societies. we were fortunate to receive them both in those times of trouble.
@@tolgacetin2799 Khalid>Saladdin
The only general with no loss
@@rayhankhan8992 We shouldn't say stuff like that, we only know that the sahaba were the best of us muslims, anyone after should not be compared to eachother.
Its disrespectful and I bet both Salah-ad-din and Killij Arslan would respect eachother if they had lived in the same time period.
The journey to save crusader's hero while having Emperor's pet lion slain in the middle of story truely absurd.
This is your most detailed video animation wise. And its insane, even the frame rate of the units in the battle scene.... bravo!!
Kılıç arslan is indeed underrated one of the greatest commanders in history, wiped out heavy crusader forces with little manpower.
He defeated an undersupplied, unprepared, multilinguistic, divided, disorganized foreign host led by an incapable fool in his home territory. If he didn't win, he would be an idiot.
@@silverwolfe3636
These wouldnt be the adjectives you used had they win.
As if the other side was made of robots.
Anatolian Seljuks were basically in a civil war during first crusade. Ridwan of Aleppo, Danishmendids and Kilij Arslan were basically in war prior to this crusade.
He literally died in a war against Ridvan six years after this crusade. Here they were temporarily allies.
@@silverwolfe3636 An European coalition of at least 100k men with knights capable leaders, beaten repeatedly by Kılıç Arslan. Cope harder 😂😂😂
You failed to mention the best part about Stephen of Blois return. He did it solely because his wife kept reminding/pestering him about his retreat. Reportedly even bringing it up while they had sex and he couldn't stand it anymore
So lets pour one out for History's greatest simp!
Lesson to take away, dont ever retreat in a holy war lol
I think it is mentioned in the next episode
@@KingsandGenerals 👀
@@KingsandGenerals Right. Confused him with some other guy and thought he died during this expedition. Guess his story isn't over just yet.
He died a year later in Ramla. He was the son-in-law of William the Conquer and also was the father of the future King of England Stephen.
I really love the map style used for the crusade and the ottoman series! Also, are you going to redo the Third Crusade in the future?
I honestly don't think so, it is not a priority right now. Maybe another angle with more focus on Saladin.
@@KingsandGenerals Yay, I love Saladin!
@@KingsandGenerals Do you think you'll redo the Battle of Ankara a 3rd time in your Ottoman series, or you'll just leave it as it is?
@@angusyang5917 we are redoing it. A few extra facts and a major facelift.
wsg
The Crusades of 1101 were wars of great defeat that Europe wanted to ignore. The Seljuks destroyed the 3 crusader armies, which were much larger than themselves, one after the other. The crusaders would see such a disaster in the Second Crusade and in the battles with Baibars.
Turkish horse archers go vroom
Auuuuuuuuu the Grey Wolf has spoken
Kilij arlan
@@DingoOG ?
Nice overview. I appreciated that this synthesis did not fall into the usual trap about the "feeble" Lombards. Impulsive? Certainly. Strategically illiterate? Looks like it. But it still was a large, mostly infantry contingent that managed to travel thousands of kms into alien lands and ended up resisting for 3-4 days under enemy archers' volleys before being crushed. This said, the amount of persistent, repeated mistakes crusaders made, wave after wave, beggars belief. Kilij Arslan was an impressive leader, no doubt.
The 4th crusade is still the worst of all.
WAllah it's the worst
Why tho? I thought it successfully removed Orthodox heretics and retook the holy city of Je... Constantinople
@@thesheetposter9277 ånd also the heretics of Zara
No i think this is worse
@@caniblmolstr4503 it was a test to the faith of Hungarians, and they passed.
16:40 Kings and Generals, It is written in our historical sources that the Seljuk villagers gave food to about 3 thousand French crusaders who dispersed in this war and fled to the mountains, then surrendered to the Seljuks and were taken prisoner, later accepted Islam and settled in Konya, where they were assimilated by mixing with the local people. in Seljuk history. Did you know about this?
I have read this, but as it is not super relevant, I didn't dig deeper.
Thanks for sharing!
Alexios Komnenos was a beast of a strategist. A shame that the west has mostly ignored this exceptional leader.
@@DimitarFCBM True.💯
In Greece he is quite respectable. Since we are taught a lot about Byzantine Empire's history as part of Greek medieval history.
@@lamptrollbourandas3867 Makes sense. I learned about him through this channel.
@@SorceressWitch He isn't from the east either. Byzantium was a middle ground between east and west. And it influenced the west after its fall.
Let's be honest here, Crusade of 1101 is basically the real life equivalent of anime redemption Arc for Kilij Arslan
It was more a comeback than a redemption. Out of 4 parts of the crusade, him and his allies destroyed 3. The people's crusade was destroyed, as well as the two last expeditions.
Only the prince's crusade beat him, thats a pretty good win rate.
@@resentfuldragonI mean in the end the real winner was alexios
@@thegamingwolf5612 Was he though? He was never able to reconquer Anatolia.
@@hectortroy8671 Not all of it, but he did regain a large part of the coast.
I am from the city of Heracles Cybistra where one of the battle took place. I remember many remnants of the battle found on a field near the city in 2000; swords, shields and skeletons.
this is also where the prince mustafa the son of sultan suleiman has been executed in his fathers tent at ottoman encampment
The emperor of the Romans will have to pay at least 100.000 to free this crusader
Alexios: I will pay you 260.000 to get my hands on that arseh***
"This has been the worst trade deal in the history of trade deals, maybe ever." But, yeah, he hated that Norman's guts.
Amazing story from history that I've never heard of at all. Thanks for keeping this legendary content coming!
Great documentary. Thank you Kings and Generals Team
Fascinating how often arrogance, impatiance and repeated under estimation of the journey ahead is what makes these invasions end in chaos.
It was only a matter of time. The Seljuks made the same mistakes earlier in the First Crusade, now it was the crusaders' turn to get cocky.
Very pumped for this video this is like a forgotten crusade even not much wiki about it
Imad al-Din Zengi was born in 1085, his father Aq Sunqur al-Hajib died in 1094, so Ida of Formbach-Ratelnberg, in the Crusade of 1101, being Zengi's mother is chronologically impossible. It's more likely that she, along with most of the army, was killed in the battle, as that was what was reported by Ekkehard of Aura, who actually met survivors of the Crusade of 1101.
You miss the point she was a harem
KnG said Ida really was captured though
@@جهادال-ش3ث This is a later report. The earliest report was that she was killed in the fighting
@@dominicguye8058They got it wrong
Amazing videos, accurate description and very effective narration of historical facts.
I would recommend to do even longer videos with more details related to battles or strategies, tactics used.
Then, when will be ready the playlist with second crusade? Now there are first, third and fourth as far as I saw.
Probably better also to go in chronological order for next time :)
Good work and thanks
I remember that my history teacher said: We've made hell Anatolia for the crusaders and annihilated them until the day that they were kicked out of Anatolia.
ALL HAIL THE GLORIOUS KILIC ARSLAN AND TURKS...
If Sultan Klicharslan had given his full attention as he did in 1101 on his first expedition, today the Heroism of the Crusader leaders and the fall of Jerusalem would not have happened
He still a teenager back then..
This was such an interesting video, I never knew about this part of the First Crusade!
I really wish it was officially known in the histories as "the Worst Crusade". More things need be known by the title as "the Worst".
In history, “Turkish people” are famous for their strength, there is even a French expression referring to it: Il est fort comme un Turc = He is strong as a Turkish.
Your videos are superb. I always wait for your new episode of history. Could you provide a video on fall of Srivijaya empire and the geopolitics of the circumstances. It's somewhat similar to the current scenario going on
Fascinating video. Hope you will continue with another series directly into the Second Crusade. Also, would be interesting to see a video on the Byzantine reaction or thoughts as to the result of the Crusade, as opposed to their thoughts at the outset (as depicted in previous video). Why didn't they attempt to more adroitly use the massive Western forces (20-50 thousand troops being enormous for this time) to reconquer the Byzantine heartlands of Anatolia?
Well that's a blessing how they explain every single topic of history
Thank you 💞
Really interesting and undertold part of this period, great video as always
You know it went bad when westoids didnt give it a number but simply called it by the year it happened. As the video stated, this crusade actually had about same crusader participant as first and third crusades.
Kudos to the great Turkic warrior Kilij Arslan. He did underestimate crusaders in first crusade but he certainly more than avenged it in 1101.
"westoids" sounds like a word someone gnashing his teeth 24/7 would say.
@@Kaiyanwang82
It is a meme born in reddit balkan subs.
@@arda213 So it's butthurt, thank you for confirming.
Your claim makes absolutely no sense... It wasn't given a "number" because it is considered part of the first crusade, and was comprised of three different expeditions whose aim was to secure the successes of the first crusade, hence their name in modern historiography : "the Succouring Crusades".
Subsequent crusades didn't go that well either (though a couple were successful), yet they were also given numbers.
What are "westoids" by the way ? The West is a cardinal point, anyone could be a "westoid" relative to anyone else.
Maybe you meant to say "European".
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1- Westoid isnt European. It is Western/Central European. Byzantines, Balkans or Russians arent westoids.
In this case it is Latin/Normans.
2- It is not '''my claim''. It is the videos claim and it is the truth.
You can classify crusades however you want. It has also been classified ''the crusade of the faint hearted''.
Video explains westerner historians traditionally mark the end of first crusade with the battle of Ascalon. So the traditional view is this crusade was something seperate. ''Crusade of 1101''
Westoid historians neither classify this crusade under the first crusade (in order to not damage the reputation of it) nor number this one.
3- Militarily only second crusade was as big a blunder/fiasco as this one. Funnily, due to the same reason as the 1101 one, Seljuks. This time Kilij Arslans son, Mesut I.
However second crusade was led by German Emperor and Frankish King. Being the first crusade that kings/emperors were the leaders of.
Due to that it was already impossible to downplay its importance like this one.
Qillij Arsalan was a Brave Seljuk Turk warrior who knew his Land well.. And defeated the Crusaders on his choice of terrain.. In my view He was more of a warrior King then Saladin.. As Western Authors fail yet again sighting No written record, to glorify his Millitary Genius and acumen.. Let the Brave Turk ride History annals as The Great 🇹🇷🎉
Turkiye is laic and has nothing to do with islam. Aslan fought for islam.
I hope the next episode is on the early years of the crusader states and battles and challenges they went through yet still came out on top
Brave Anatolian Turks they do best to stop crusaders from reaching holy land .Seljuks are forgotten heroes of Islam .long live seljuks ,zengrids and mamluks our Islamic heros and defenders of islam
Imagine thinking of such people as heroes. I most certainly don't view Richard the Lionheart or Aleander the Great as heroes 🤣
@@VinnieG- it is your problem I certainly view every Muslim or man with Islamic faith whom defend people of same faith as hero no matter than he was Turk ,Arab or Berber or Persian.Youchristians should also view christians as your heros
@@deanticocombar7529 nah we've grown out of the medieval period
@@VinnieG- what dude? all he said was "long live heroes of Islam", I dont get why it hurt you so much.
This is your bread and butter topic! Love it!
At some point, you need to make a mega episode of your First Crusade content, as you have more info on that than other channels would have on the entire crusades!
We will
Fantastic video! The Crusades are so fascinating on so many levels.⚔🔥🙌
Finally medieval content.. please make more
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
if I had a dollar for every nomadic army that defeated a non-nomadic army using hit & run with ranged cavalry...
Another great video added to your great list!
Sultan Kılıç Arslan 💪he buried 3 crusader army into Anatolia..Turks are still last castle of Islam. since Seljuks and Ottomans...
Very exciting episode. Strategic and tactical howlers in long courses. Unity makes strong!!!!!!!!!👍
Fascinating Story! Great work as always K&G! Love you guys!
I am so sad my brother is dead...
You are getting all his money...
I have never been happier.
I've loved this series (as usual). I would like to see a video on the Pechenegs themselves.
In the works
@@KingsandGenerals Very nice. Btw, Wallachia in 11th century...? :)
When the finally realised what was actually at stake. That these Crusaders were notsome random raiders.
This is best video in history of kings and generals
13:25 "The horses were weak, the equipment heavy" should be ended with "mom's spaghetti".
Very interesting final reflection regarding why do we take in consideration some Crusades but not others and when did they really ended.
A small amount of coordinated effort, a pinch of humility, and a whole lot more professional scouting would have made this something else entirely.
Same goes for the muslims during the prince's crusade. The muslims were divided and foolish, had they properly used their might together no crusade would have ever worked.
Kilj Arslan revenge arc😂
Kilijarslan was a great general. He defeated the crusader armies 5-10 times bigger than him.
We all Thank you for delivering such a great content and spreading the knowledge all over the globe
Love from INDIA 🇮🇳❤️
@Terrorist Rapoopblic of Lundia Muhammad madarchood
Another great video form my favorite channel !
Raymond upon hearing a Crusader army had arrived for a Second Crusade: ''Oh shit, here we go again...''
Another good video thanks 👍🏻
I have waited for this video for so long. Kılıçarslan is my most beloved hero of entire history. Thank you Kings and Generals despite your misdirected info about how Turks entered Anatolia in the first place.
K&G how about some videos about the Turk vs Russian history? I always thought that relationship was fascinating albiet very violent and has a lot of importance into the modern day as the relationship is not well known in the west especially in the USA.
This made me install medieval 2 total war again
incredible work
A moment of silence for the army at 16:30. They were unlucky enough to give battle to a nomadic horse archer army in open flat plateu. Meaning if you don't have bir cavalry ratio in your formations, you're basically turtles crawling around to be harrassed by Turkish alps.
Excellent video 📹
' A bridge too far'
GW announces the return of The Lion, a new edition, new Primaris Terminators, new Termigaunts, new shadespire, some other stuff haha and Kings and Generals launches a new crusade video, nice. So in regards to this crusade, how many Christians died in the battles with Arslan?
Kılıçarslan had a very hard life. He lost his father when he was a child and became a prisoner for so long. He managed to escape only to find himself ruling a barely existing Sultanate and fight the heavily armored murderers with extreme numbers. He was still a very young man doing all these stuff. Even though what he suffered through he kept fighting against the enemies from all sides. He is the man who saved the entire muslim world. Türkiye exists thanks to him.
Edessa, Antioch and Jerusalem was already taken anyway. No need to talk about 1101 campaign (!). I guess the western historians thought so. This is the only detailed documentary I could find about the campaign. 👍
This is my favorite episode of the series so far, the historical introspective was crazy good
Can't wait to learn about the fate of our heroes!
This is exactly how a Crusade works in Crusader Kings 3
Kılıç Arslan 👑🇹🇷❤️
That was great, this one I didn't know much if anything about. Much appreciated! (Field of Blood battle would be a good one if you did it).
Chad Seljucs
Wait? Stephen of Blois fled? The whole thing is that he died in that battle or was it later that year after another battle, it happened in 1101 for sure
The 2nd crusade should be covered as well
Kings and Generals is the commander in chief and I am a loyal foot soldier.
Yes SIR!!
Kılıçarslan is the most underrated and unspoken genius leader in history. Even watching this video is make me proud of my great ancestor. I wish someone made a TV series about his life and name it The Crusader Slayer. I would definitely watch it million times!
Between the Forth Crusade and the Crusade of 1101, which one is worse? To me, it's the one that involved the Sack of Constantinople in 1204.
I always wonder how did anyone know what was happening in other locations and the time frame they had to react to the threat.
Spies, of course
@@Arya-zo6nv Of course not thought of that one. So how does said spy tell said employer of an enemies movement in time for them to act.
By the way I had thought of the spy bit
The horses were weak, the equimpent heavy.
There's vomit on his sweater already, mom's spaghetti.
Element of surprise was lost at this point so they were domed to failed.
“Eastern Roman Empire”…. me like.
Would you by any chance ever do the ancient Egypt wars of pharoes before roman times around creation of pyramids ect
She became a part of somebody's harem...thts too funny 💯
She was killed in battle, although we don't really know for sure. Later European legends claim she became part of a harem.
@@maxg8766 oh no I don't believe she was killed in battle the Arabs needed that little piece of sugar after a hard battle 🤣🤣😆
@@omororagland3823 They were Turks.
@@maxg8766 oh thts right he's half turk and half white 👍🏿
@@omororagland3823 I am part Turk. She would have been 50 years old by the time she was captured, making it unlikely that she was fertile by the time she was captured/killed.
Furthermore, Zengi was likely born before 1101- he would have been around 14 years old by 1101. However, anything is possible as the Sultanate of Rum did not leave good records. Everything we have is from Europeans and their fantasies.
The movie on this one will be epic🎉🎉🎉
Turkey should be proud on these Anatolian heroes like khilj arslan.Anatolian seljuks deserve respect from muslim world .Turks try their best to stop crusaders.
We do
Can you do a video on the battle of Mariupol please
So two more episodes going up to 1118? I'm assuming the Norwegian Crusade is coming up next then?
In the last one
Klic aslan dude was a menace.
"Αlexios rolled his eyes back " 😂😂 exactly what i would do 🤣
"There were many crusades. Some of which almost didn't fail"
yesss plz more crusade videos
the desire for spoils divided them before the crusade even went off. not to mention... why don't they secure water sources for the voyage? they just travel till exhaustion towards another city? why not having reserves, or a supply chain? at any rate, it was clear this crusade did not have the same leadership the 1st had. while the enemies learned and adapted.
What is the name of the group that produces the background music for these videos?