The legacy of Chinggis Khaan influenced Asia for centuries
Inspiring minor clans to become great conquerors, but none made a stronger claim to the great
khans mantle than Timo
This video will detail the beginning of the life of a man who professed to be restoring the Mongol Empire
But washed away its remnants in a sea of blood
Welcome to our video on the rise of timur and his war against toqtamish
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Timur was born into the Turco fide Mongol tribe of the ballas around
1335 near Samarkand
Coinciding with the deaths of Ilkka and abu saeed and the Chegg attack khan tami Sheerin leaving both states in anarchy
The o'conner dissolved into regional powers and puppet Khan's while the chagatai khanate
divided into two
the largely nomadic non-muslim morghulis tan in the East where H agate icon continued to rule and
the mostly sedentary Islamic transoxiana in the West a
Tacit Prince ruled in Transylvania until the usurpation of kazakh in
1347 a non chinga said of the nigga dairy tribe after Cassie Ganz murder in
1358 and the expulsion of his son by local Amir's
The Taggart icon took look Timur saw this as a prime time to invade and appoint his son Ilyas as governor
During these attacks the chief of the barlas fled before chagatai armies and timur around 25 years old
Convinced to clerk timur to appoint him as the new chief. Thus began teemo's rise to power
Raised with the 13 sedentary pers, oh is Lamech culture and the nomadic Turco Mongolian world?
Timur had the hardiness of a nomadic warrior but with an eye for Persian culture allowing him to manipulate both
The Chagga Tyree occupation of transoxiana lasted only briefly with chugalug team was death in 1363
Timur joined Cass against grandson amir hossein to push them back into McCulloch Stan
During this fighting in the early
1360s Timor and Hussein's fortunes ebbed and flowed
Forcing them at times to be little more than Raiders stealing for supplies
while stealing a sheep
Timor was struck by arrows in his right arm and leg leaving him with permanent injuries and a significant limp
Thus he was called Timur Alang Timur the lame and hence Tamerlane
by
1365 Timur and Hussein drove Ilyas and the Chagga ties from Transylvania
Amir hussein restored the territory of his grandfather
But soon alienated the local Lords through his own actions such as moving his capital to bulk outside. Transoxiana
the ever ambitious and charismatic
timur riled up the armies led a rebellion and Al stirred him leaving Timur master of transoxiana by
1370 as
He was not a descendant of chingus timur could not take the title of khan
So to legitimize his rule he appointed his own Taggart icon. So you'll get mich a descendant of Agata
He married a chink acid princess allowing him to claim the title of good again son-in-law to the house of chingus
Despite often living like a nomad
Timur made Samarkand his capital and many captured scholars artisans and craftsmen were sent here over the following decades
His position was
consolidated over the 13 70s against local Amir's
campaigning against the concur at Sufi dynasty of quar ISM and the new can of McGillis tan kamar Aldean dog let
in this time
He also took in a fugitive from the white horde toqtamish providing him shelter and support to seize the region by
1378
From that base talk to Mitch competed for control of the entire golden horde bringing him into conflict with mana
the year after Timor took it upon himself to take qua resum raising again CH and conducting a massacre an
escalation of violence from his earlier campaigns
The core of teemo's armies throughout his career were the tribes of the Chakotay Carnot skilled horse archers and cavalry
supplemented by subject people's
Over time he replaced tribal leaders with his family and followers
Keeping his army
Almost constantly on campaign made it difficult for his generals to develop alternative power bases or conspire against him
The key to timurid military success was timur himself
Not just a phenomenal tactician
Timur thoroughly prepared for each campaign and gathered all possible intelligence on the weakness of his enemies
he led every campaign rarely delegating power keeping his troops loyal through the rich plunder and
provinces loyal through fear
With a puppet jacket icon and the next can of the Golden Horde his protege in 1381
Timur cast his eyes to the remnants of the Oh canít
closest to Timo's borders were smaller powers in Khurasan and northeastern Iran which Timur turned into
protectorates it was not until
1384 that timur prepared a proper invasion into iran pushing through miss and iran
He allowed a local Ching acid Prince to retain the ill Khan's imperial title of padishah
granting timur to puppet khan's
Timur took two former ilkhanate capitals
so Tanya and Tabriz
The latter ruled by another ill carnage successor the jelly rates under Sultan Ahmed who fled before him?
Returning to Samarkand in
1385 he immediately began his preparations for his next campaign
in the three-year campaign
beginning in 1386 timur drove deep into the west
forcing Sultan Ahmed to flee modern Azerbaijan again then invading Georgia sacking to Blissey and
Capturing the Georgian king and queen who were forced to convert to Islam the following year
He attacked another ilkhanate successor. He Mirza farad's and took his fahad
Timur had perhaps been unaware that toqtamish now Khan of the Golden Horde had in 1385
Established a treaty of friendship with Ahmad. Jellia
Toxsa mesh considered the Caucasus and qua resum to be George its territory and both were now under teemo's thumb
After Timur it forces withdrew from Azerbaijan toqtamish attacked in late
1386 taking Baku to brizz and neck Shaban in 1387
He swung around the caspian sea again and took Tashkent and Kashi
Before besieging Bukhara and Deimos capital of Samarkand
Once toqtamish withdrew tamari took quar ISM sacking again CH with a massacre to invoke those of Chinggis, Khaan
Immediate for prizes against toqtamish were halted by rebellions in kuro-san and a retaliatory
Campaign in McGillis turn against Kumar Alden who had allied with dr. Mesh
Once dealt with Timor began extensive preparations for an invasion of the Golden Horde
Spending months assembling a large army and supplies and set out unexpectedly early in January
1391
Anticipating that Teemo would cross the Earl river at Kirk ku
Toqtamish ordered his army to gather there. But before he could gather his full force. He learned that Teemo had crossed further upriver
Toqtamish retreated lest he be outflanked and his forces who arrives late were set upon by the Timur. It's
Toxin Esch drew Teemo deeper into the steppe to starve his large army
party sent out to forage were ambushed by talk domitius warriors and
The Khan tried to burn the grasslands before teemo's army though the wet spring hampered this
Knowing his starving men would soon be at their limit
Timur sent mirza Omar Sheikh with 20,000 swift riders to overtake toqtamish and force him to battle
Allowing the main force to catch up to the car
The ploy worked and tox image was forced to draw up as the Condor chub River on June 18th 1391
The two massive armies arrayed themselves in large Crescent formations
Both forces were largely horse archers light and heavy cavalry
With Timur bringing infantry from his Central Asian cities and toqtamish infantry from the hordes urban centres
Tim are strengthened his wings with units staggered behind them to protect against encirclement and
Commanded the rearguard behind the center
The golden horde struck first attacking across the entire front talks to mesh himself leading repeated charges
However, some of TOC domitius flank commanders retreated either due to treachery or miscommunication with the Horde now
Stretched thin timur ordered a counter-charge against TOC domitius left and center which broke and the rest retreated
Victory was achieved bitch talk to me and much of his army had escaped
deprived of a total victory
Timur declared a nuke on of the golden horde Teemo coots look then returns to his realm plundering as he went
In August 1392
Timur set out on his five-year campaign to seize the rest of iran
he destroyed the muzaffer is taking lira stack Shiraz and his forehead and
Brought his border to persian Iraq
In August 1393 Timur set out suddenly and surprised sultan ahmad. Jellia in baghdad
Ahmad only narrowly escaped fleeing to the Mamluk Sultanate and Baghdad was occupied without a struggle
Timur stayed in the city only two months before withdrawing
leaving a small garrison in Baghdad, which Ahmad expelled the next year in
1394 Timur was in the Caucasus
Devastating Georgia and wintering near the border with the Golden Horde
By then toqtamish has regained his strength and tried to organize an anti timur alliance
Contacting the ottomans the Mamluks the carrion loop and the J Lyrids
Timur could not allow such a coalition to form
Watching teemo's movement talk to mesh placed his own army north of the Caucasus
The two sent envoys to one another in a final diplomatic effort to no avail
Timur marched into the step in the first months of 1395
This time he caught toqtamish along the Terek River in April
The golden horde controlled the north bank of the closest ford
Unwilling to storm it timur marched upstream with toqtamish mirroring him for three days
on the third night the women and servants in Tamar's cannon donned armor and continued on
while the main force swiftly doubled back in the darkness and crossed the now
Unguarded Ford. It didn't take talked to mesh long to discover the ruse
But it was too late teemo's army deployed on their site late on April 14th
Anticipating a night attack timur ordered a moat dug around his camp
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Forces skirmished along the edges of the moat playing instruments and shouting keeping teemo's army up with expectations of an assault
But talked to Michelle to the main army back resting them on
The morning of the 15th they formed up
Again, they brought massive armies and timur increased the size of his rearguard in expectations of encirclement
Toqtamish opened the battle. He's right falling upon teemo's left rear guard
Timur ordered the left wing to assist and the golden hordes right retreated
Eager to pressed the assault team was left pursued leaving the security of the main army and were drawn into a feigned retreat
Surrounded the timid left was decimated
Battle order was lost
Timur retreated to the fortified camp with toqtamish troops in hot pursuit and they nearly captured the Amir
With Timur himself now under threat his commanders acted promptly
forcing wagons together in an impromptu stockade
They held off the Horde long enough for the remainder of the army to form backup and by evening
They had counter-attacked and force the Joads back until nightfall
Separated them so ended the first day of battle
Discipline and composure were re-established that night and the armies drew up early on the 16th
tom tamesha's army again began the battle his left flank forcing back teemo's vanguard and
Soon teemo's right was nearly overcome as well
One commander orders large shields forced into the ground and from behind this barricade
Team wars arches dismounted and shot at the approaching Tartars halting their advance
Team will reinforced them with several units from his bodyguard repulsing the judges under this volley of arrows
The second day ended much better than the first forty more but the old a mere new talk to Mitch had him matched
That evening he made overtures to a discontented emir in talk to muscies camp act out
Promising him rewards for promoting entry by morning Aktau had abandoned the battlefield
Toqtamish was disheartened but determined and formed up again his left wing weaker with Actos absence
toqtamish his center and flanks all attacks team our best team war had built up his forces on the right and
Broke through the weakened Church it left
Hard fighting continued in with toqtamish valiantly trying to save the left and prevent encirclement
Which teemo had the better of the day
Defeated took to mission had an orderly retreat planned sending one commander to the caucuses in an effort to harassed him Azrael
This gave talks mission of time to escape while Tim or crushed this army
However toqtamish could not rally another army leaving his cities isolated before the might of Timor
All the economic centres of the golden horde from Haji Turk and Sarai
Tanner and more were flattened by Timor over the course of
1395 and he carried their wealth back to Samarkand
Moscow and the Russian cities avoided teemo's wrath but timur completed the destruction of the Overland trade routes begun in the
1330s
Timur place timur could look back on the throne with his general at ago as the power behind him
Instructed to ensure toqtamish who had fled to lithuania could never regain power
Teemo's career though was just starting and in the next video. We will cover his destructive war against the delhi sultanate
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