Rise of the Seljuk Empire - Nomadic Civilizations DOCUMENTARY
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Kings and Generals animated historical documentary series on the nomadic civilizations continues with a video on the rise of the Seljuk Empire, an Oguz Turkic empire that started in Central Asia fighting the Ghaznavids, Samanids and Karakhanids, before expanding westwards under the leadership of Chaghri and Tughril, and taking over Iraq and Baghdad from the Buyids. Eventually, the Seljuks would meet the Eastern Roman Empire at the battle of Manziker of 1071 ( • Battle of Manzikert 10... ) and conquer most of the Anatolia. This video also features the famous battle of Dandanaqan of 1040.
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A few notes regarding the video:
0. We misplaced Jand, sorry about that. There are multiple places it might have existed, but it was clearly to the north, somewhere around the Aral sea. Sorry!
1. There is no "officially accepted" symbol of Islam. We use the crescent, as it is widely known, but in truth, it didn't mean much for the Muslim world until the rise of the Ottomans, and even then it wasn't accepted as a universal symbol
2. The Seljuk eagle was most likely adopted only after the takeover of Anatolia in order to underline that the Seljuk sultans were the equals of the Byzantine emperors.
3. Unfortunately, details for the battle of Dandanaqan are lost, but it was one of the most important battles of the era.
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Finnaly I've been waiting for the seljuks thanks kings
@WesterGamers TV 12 i first wht you on abt
@WesterGamers TV 12 ima muslim but not a turk
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'Goguryeo' in Korean ancient history. If you create such content, it will be enjoyed by subscribers all over the world. I am enjoying your videos. Have a good time ☺
Kings & Generals please add Turkish subtitle?
Seljuks: "Please give us a place to live! We don't know where to go anymore!"
Ghaznavids: "No"
Also Seljuks: "So you have chosen... arrows"
@Bardia gh ...Okay...?
@Bardia gh no 🤣🤣 they were Turkic
@@lyonvensa seljuks are Turkic everyone knows that
@@tuvutanhu2352 Yes, I know, but why does it has anything to do with my joke?
@@lyonvensa You said okay and i said that its not okay
For a nomadic people these Turks sure know how to build empires and dynasties
Turks were good at building states & empires, but their creations were rarely living long. Main reasons were geopolitics, diversity of people and lost of qualified rulers.
Some credit also has to be given to Iran and China. Take the Seljuqs as an example their administration was based on that of the Iranain empires before them.
@@onur6145 Ottomans and Mughal lasted a while tho
@@dogeofgreatness2222 They adopt everywhere they go whether it is their humble beginnings when they were black smiths in the forests of Northeastern Asia to finding Gokturk empire in Mongolia to Seljuks , Ottomans , the Mamluks of Egypt , Delhi sultanate , the Ghaznavids the Khazars, the Golden Horde to Mughal Empire these nomadic people are pretty good at state building
Turks adopted the Iranian style of governance. Even the dynasties adopted Iranian culture.
The Seljuks have one of the coolest names of any empire in history, IMO.
I dont know but i prefer the Roman Empire
I don't know if it's a cool name , but at the end , they did Some horrible things for their period of ruling like Every others people ....
@@samuelmargueret9626 lmaooo haters another anti turk detected hahahahahhahaha
@@UkranianStallion omg lol thats what i thought too
In malay seljuk means cold or snowy
"It's a bird! It's a plane! ....Iiiits the Seljuk Turks" - Bill Wurtz
ByzEmp: "AH!"
ByzEmp: "Hey pope can you help us? And maybe take back the holy land too? Cmon I know you want take back the holy land"
@Sasist nah
@Sasist great but not better then the ottomans for few reasons
@@kelso7206 to me it ain't
I love that it's come to the point that people apologize for Raid ads.
What does that mean
@@aloha1783he meant that raid shadow legends is in everyone's video and it's annoying
Another useful addition to our historical understanding of the Middle Ages beyond conventional European history.
@Black Wolf Indeed, this goes all the way to China, especially when talking about Steppe civilizations. The domino effect is real, A stone falls In the far east, and ripples extend all the way to the Atlantic.
“Another excellent, informative video” would’ve said just as much as you did. You tried hard with this sentence.
@Black Wolf Agreed!
True. It really bugs me about the Real Crusader history CZcams channel. It's very euro centric and they don't show both sides of the story.
Spherical knowledge of history is what makes us understand why and some things unfolded
The Seljuks had a badass flag.
Indeed
@Вхламинго bsdhhd this russian guy again
@Вхламинго You are stupit! Im sure. The Golden Eagle and Grey Wolf Mythologic sembol All Turko-Mongolian nomads.
A bunch of history nuts arguing about flags, lol im in heaven
@Kadir Garip Byzantines didn’t use coat of arms yet and the most common symbol in the Middle Period was the Chi Rho or basic Cross.
Came here from the "The Great Seljuk" series, damn this got me interested in history...
welcome to the most entertaining and fascinating thing we have to enjoy, history
As a history teacher I approve this comment... as I struggle to refrain from binging on these videos
Where can i watch that series?
@@jaymarkdelarosa8623 in yotube the name is Uyanıs buyuk Selçuklu
@@jaymarkdelarosa8623 is turkish i dont know if there is english subtitles
It still blows my mind how these relatively simple groups of steppe nomads - Huns, Mongols, Turks - can just transform into a military superpower seemingly overnight.
Mainly because they gave up their nomadic Horde-like lifestyles and adopted a more civilized structure of government. The Seljuqs adopted many essentials from the Samanid Persia to produce a machine of an empire which they gallantly became.
@@omarn7650 What about Huns, Göktürks and Mongols?
Living in steppe while you are at early medieval age is the key. Not humans, all livings are stronger when they face extremes
@ they weren't really civilisations either, they were pretty much hordes (although the Mongols were a mix or 'in the process') They carried their empires on the backs of horses and in tents for the most part. Nothing wrong with that, but most Turks only truly civilized after converting to Islam and taking up Samanid influence.
Peoples such as Romans, Persians, Greeks, Mayans, Arabs, Egyptians, Israelites, etc. formed civilisations with distinct characteristics to their civilisations. The old Turks, although ruled the steppe are similar in nature to the native Americans of the Americas or the Bedouins of Arabia/Sahara. The Mongols never truly had a civilisation, in its most mediocre definition, they also ran across Asia just sacking city after city, not caring once about a currency, or even statehood nonetheless. This is one of the main reasons why some don't consider the Mongols to have been an Empire but rather just a horde.
One wouldn't refer to the Gokturks as a civilisation as they always remained nomadic, the Huns somewhat became civilized but even that is debatable and the Mongols were just way too decentralized to ever form a Mongol civilization and put its name up there with the Greeks, Romans, Abyssinians, Persians, Chinese etc.
The first major Turkish civilization were the Seljuqs probably.
Currency as In a unified currency across the Empire, like the Denar.
When you ride horses so good you don't need to ever leave your house
@@comradekenobi6908turkologits come from all across the world, there are Russian, Turkish, Chinese, German and even American turkologists. What unites them all is their shared interest in the history of the Turkic peoples of Asia
I understand what you are trying to say. Wrong grammar though.🙁
@@comradekenobi6908 because Turkey helped South Korea in the war
I highly doubt his decision to study Turkic history has anything to do with the Korean War. What's next Vietnamese historians studying Russian history because the USSR helped them against the French and Americans?
@@hectortroy8671 yeah sure, why not?
A nation helping another nation makes the people more interested and more influenced by that nation, that's why South Korea is a westernised version of a far east country.
Watching all of this, making my own searches and deductions, I say there is still a very big question and historical mistery to answer:
How did manage just 100 people to control a flock of 50.000 sheeps?
The assumption is that "100 people" means "100 warriors" and the rest were workers, families, possibly slaves
I love that out of all of the comments in the comment section, K&G decided to reply to the guy asking the big questions here 😂
My grandpa still alive and still nomadic had 9000 sheep and 400 cattle at one point, and every clan had different jobs for each family and those jobs were inherited from father to son, for example they had a family of Shepard’s that were only responsible for herding and keeping sheep, another family commonly called “qurd” (means wolf) would be the thieves and warriors,
@@a_channel2545 patrons get replies :-)
The Seljuks conquered a vast realm but they could hardly muster more than 30000-40000 men.Hence they would appoint semi-autonomous leaders in their remote unstable areas that acted under their suzeiranty.
"I am the son of free people and a member of the kingdom of the Huns."
Seljuk Turk Sultan Tuğrul Beğ
Source: Abul Farak History, C.1, p.299
Destek
Both Seljuks and Huns used the same symbol on their flags the 'Turul bird' which derived from Turkic mythology 🦅
Magyar too, Khazar too, bolghar too, they are member Kingdom of the Huns
@@nenenindonu Actually it was a symbol of Kayi tribe (Seljuks), and Dulu tribe (Bulgars). That’s it.
Do not confuse people with all Huns/Xiongnu., and magyar legend of Tugrul bird.
"How many empires did you establish throughout history?"
Turks: "Yes."
@Bardia gh there is not a seperate name in history as Turk or Turkic. This is how the westerners called people after centuries. There was a Turk name for longer than a thousand years but also there was a name Turkman/Türkmen. Turkic is just an English word to refer people. If you want to think about this name, both Turks and Turkics established many empires in the history. Because Turks are the part of the Turkic. And if you want to talk about Turkish history, learn it first.
@Bardia gh At 2:07 they say it even in this video that they were Turks.
@Bardia gh what are you on? It is like Eagles and eaglets are different... They are the same...
@Bardia gh I am half Cuman half Tatar. I am Türk.
@Bardia gh ancestors of Turkmenistan and Turkey and also Azerbaijan for example are same; Oghuz. We come from Oghuz Turks and Oghuz are part of Gokturks. Read some books so you can learn Turkish history a little bit.
“Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet".
~Ertuğrul Gazi
I smiled at this
Im pretty sure engine Altan says this in ertugrul
Who is that?
@@Abhishek-sr2pu watch drilis ertugrul episode on CZcams
@@Abhishek-sr2pu Father to the Founder of The Ottoman Empire.
The Seljuk Turks, an Islamic version of Carolingian Franks. Why? Because the way Abbasid caliph invited the Seljuk to defeated the Buyids and installed Tughril as the new Sultan was kinda similar with how the Pope invited the Franks to defeated the Lombards and installed Karl as the new Western/Holy Roman Emperor.
interesting approach
Crusaders did the same comparision between Turks and Franks when they met the Turks.
I am glad you made this comparison and didn’t go with the Seljuks are just another bunch of Mongols rhetoric. There is a huge difference in culture and civilization between the two.
@@bodoor8172 Turks are not Mongols but only from the steppes. Turks were conquerors but the Mongols were butchers.
Interesting comparison.
I’m from Oghuz city in Azerbaijan, something that makes me even prouder of my ancestry 🇦🇿 🇹🇷
Türkiye'den Güneyile Kuzeyiyle büyük Azerbaycan'a selam olsun kardeşlerim 🇦🇿🇹🇷
Oghuz is a beautiful city with mountains & forests
🇹🇷 🇦🇿 🇵🇰 3 hilals ❤️❤️❤️
@@asadimtiaz128 🇨🇨🇰🇲🇱🇾🇲🇷🇲🇻🇵🇰🇹🇳 All Hilals Are Türk . Maşallah 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🐺🐺🐺🤘🏻🤘🏻
@@burzumimmortal5667 but they say themself Arab
Seljuks conquest goes faster than i can press notification about them
Turkmens, Azeri turks, Anatolian Turks
Tarihimiz bir, soyumuz bir. Yaşasın Türk Oğuz birliği! 🇹🇷🇦🇿🇹🇲
From sheep herders to conquerors to the greatest empire and military power of the modern age. Truly impressive. Hats down, guys 👍
They are not only sheep herders. They are grand grand grandsons of Huns which are warriors
@Unfriendly atheist Ur country is probably becoming a new caliphate so I'd be quiet
Thank u mate👍 we respect ur history to
The origins of the Seljuks seems to closely parallel the origins of the later Ottoman Empire.
Both were founded by small bands of warriors, both attracted large numbers of ghazi, and both were founded at the borders of empires.
Ottomans came from Saljuks
Osman 1st was a seljuk commander
They came essentially from the same Tribe called Oghuz Turks. They were the same people, whenever a more dominat family took over, the tribes formed around them.
@@TheMrmomo55 I know as I am oğuz turk too ;)
@@ahmadovasvlog5028 Not exactly. Ottomans were a frontier beylik of Seljuks. They were semi-aoutonomus. They weren't even called Ottomans then, they were the Kayı tribe of Oghuz. But Seljuks and Ottomans came from the same place, they were both members of the Oghuz Yabgu
The last time I was this early, the battle of Manzikert hasn't happened yet
@Black Wolf It was called Constantinople back then. It was only renamed to Istanbul in 1930.
@@anonymousanonymous31 are you living in 1453 or 2021?
@Black Wolf very interesting. Thanks for sharing.
I still can't get over how huge so much of the asian steppe changed world history and how I know so little about it.
Because your governments dont want you to know and be amazed about it 😎. I bet u dont know that europe learned culture amd science from East during crusades.
That's the end of this episode? Would be interesting to cover the Seljuk Empire's pivotal moments and the relationship with the Abbasids.
This is just their first part of a series of videos, they'll cover the Abbasids and Crusades soon.
sounds like a topic for another video
The Seljuks one of the most important States in the history. Because of their victory in Manzikert, the Crusades started and the Turkic migration into Anatolia began.
Seljuks are vasty underrated. They essentially paved the way for the Ottomans.
Exactly..
I notice there is difrent clans or Turkish people..
But when ever one of them loose they give the flag to other Türk to carry on ..
And its like there is always more than 10 Turkish country around the world all the time...to reach there goal
@@kehkah2120
Yes. Also, remember the sub dynasties that also came from the Seljuks such as the Zengids.
@@HistoryoftheUmmah sorry who ?
Do u mean djengiz han ?
@@kehkah2120
The Zengids were Seljuk sub tribe founded by the Turkic warlord Zengi Aq-Sunqur. They emerged during the Crusade Era.
@@HistoryoftheUmmah i se yes ..
Where u from origin ?
And what do u think of the Turks today ?
U think they can rule again ?
Love to all Oghuz Turks of Seljuk Empire❤️Turkmenistan-Azerbaijan-Turkey🇦🇿🇹🇲🇹🇷
🇹🇷🇹🇲🇦🇿 + Gagavuz
What about Kipchak Turks? :( 💔🇰🇿🇰🇬
uzbekistan
@Bardia gh more like Iranified Turks maybe?
The story of the rise of the Seljuks alone has the potential for a 4-5 season TV show. This was great!
There is a popular Turkish series called The Great Seljuks, it is still ongoing.
@@muhammadkhan2007 I actually did watch that. Good series despite the historical inaccuracies. But you'll notice I said "the rise of the Seljuks" as in their early beginnings and the period before the reign of Melikshah. This video makes it seem very interesting.
But sure I'll still look forward to the sequel to The Great Seljuks. Nice to see a fan here!
@@muhammadkhan2007 historical drama film in a nutshell , containing some inaccuracies
@@sou713 Тюрки сельджуки чтобы возвышать приходились воевать против два Тюркский государства Караханидов и Гезнавидов
I can't wait for more. The Seljuks desintegration and loss of central power (1092 - 1194) following Malik Shah's death in 1092, is one the most interesting periods of the Near East and Medieval times. From Empire to a patchwork of Atabegs and Emirs all nominally loyal to a Sultan in far away Persia.
Stillmdruing the time you put they were still a strong force
Good examples are Zengid, the emir of Mosul, the Seljuk of rum, and kharezm.
@@scourgeofgodattila3827 I know ☺️. But their base of power was in Persia, and sometimes Irak, (when the Sultan resided in Baghdad, along with the Abbasid Court), since the Seljuks portrayed themselves as the Guardians of Islam in the name of the Caliph.
@@steffanyschwartz7801 don't forget Tutush, Kerbogah, Il-Ghazi, Tzachakas and others, who also controlled their own areas in the name of the Sultan. But in actually that allegiance was only nominal, the Atabegs ruled with almost full independence.
The Kara Khitai were the final nail in the coffin for a united Seljuk Empire. Research the Battle of Qatwan.
Ottomans, Ghanavids, Mughals, Timurids, Khwarzimis and Seljuk. All 6 badass empires made by Turks.
I don't believe the Turkish should be considered as "Turkic" or nomadic because their DNA is pretty much all Greek, Iranian and Arab. Seljuk himself wouldn't look like a modern Turkish person but rather like a Mongolian, Kyrgyz or Kazakh.
The modern Turkish language is also not the same as the one that Seljuk spoke because 90% of modern Turkish is made up of foreign words. What do you think of this?
@@jihangirastra3851 İf modern turkish isnt same seljuks language Then how understand each other anatolian türks and Türkmenistan Turks.
Seljuks also ancestors of turks of Türkmenistan.
@@vehbisabanc7843 This is because about 90% of modern Turkish words are from the Arabic, Iranian and Greek languages.
And the modern Turkmen language is also heavily damaged like this, but not to the same extent as the Turkish.
And if you look at their DNA; Kyrgyz, Kazakh, Mongols all have the haplogroup C3 while the Turkish, Iranians and Greeks have the J2 haplogroup.
We belong to completely different cultural and genetic groups.
@@vehbisabanc7843 This is because about 90% of modern Turkish words are from the Arabic, Iranian and Greek languages.
And the modern Turkmen language is also heavily damaged like this, but not to the same extent as the Turkish.
And if you look at their DNA; Kyrgyz, Kazakh, Mongols all have the haplogroup C3 while the Turkish, Iranians and Greeks have the J2 haplogroup.
We belong to completely different cultural and genetic groups.
@@jihangirastra3851 Let me guess. You are Kirgiz. because I usually hear these arguments from the Kirghiz.🤔
Ghaznavid Mahmuds book a "Divan-ı Lügatit Türk" is so important for turkic history .He talk about 24 oghuzic boys in his book(I only know six of them)
1- Kınık(Seljuk Dynasty)
2-Kayı(Ottoman Dynasty)
3-Pechenegs
4-Bayat
5-Bayındır
6-Avşar or Afşar
Avsars are actually currently the Turks of Azerbejan and those that live in Iran. many of the suni somethimes even alevite avsars where forced of their empire/country - safevid they moved to mainly central anatolia back then Ottoman empire land.
@@mazakantc5532 We also are here, in Anatolia! Avshars don't live only in Azerbaijan or Iran.
@@suadagokduman5699 said the same think in central anatolia especially Kayseri there are many avsar villages even loads of them live and migrated to Izmir. i suggest you to read what i said agsin.
Gazneli Mahmut değil.
Kaşgarlı Mahmut hazretleri..
Karıştırmışsınız.
@@foreverturkh max yasuo player
nobody:
Turks: time to build a new state
nobody:
Turks: time to be arrogant and narcissist
+Alperen Başal and another state and another state and another state and another state and another state and another state and another state and another state and another state and another state and another state and another state and another state and another state and another state and another state and another state and another state and another state and another state
@@heberthr.6978 salty
The Turks are a great people experts in warfare and the brave warriors of Islam, Greetings from Somalia!
@@user-hr9jy8ru1g most of the turks are Muslims
I think you confused Jand in Punjab with Cend in Kazakhstan. The location of Cend, the main city of the Oghuz Yabgu is in Transoxiana near the Aral Lake. Cend is the Turkish name of the city btw i don't know if its different in Kazakh.
Correct, Kings and Generals was an amazing channel in the past as they were using multiple sources and trying to tell history as accurate as possible but sadly after a point they completely ditched this and accordingly their video quality dramatically dropped!! Such as in this video they didn't only make a huge Jand-Cend mistake also managed to claim a complete nonsense as ''Seljuks only had 100 men'' while in reality Selçuk wasn't only an Oghuz Yagbu general also an Oghuz Yagbu BEY (Similar to lord) so his own oba (Nomadic village) had thousands of people if not tens of thousands without any question!! In fact his force was strong enough that he was planning to become the ruler of Oghuz Yagbu but he revealed his intention too early and had to retreat after loyal forces united against him. And he didn't retreat into Jand indeed rather stayed in southeastern Oghuz Yagbu called Cend where Muslim Turks were majority and became a Muslim as well. He continued gathering a force there and started a Muslim rebellion against Oghuz state which was partially successful and he died in today's Kazakhistan. It was his sons who decided fighting against Tengri Turks for barren lands was just pointlessly dividing their forces so they started to invade southwards and westwards while even more Turkic people joining their army in a search of fertile lands, in fact vast majority of historians agree that majority of Seljuk armies were Tengri not Muslim after a point. And Seljuk Beys kept returning to central Asia for recruiting more soldiers even after their victory against Byzantine!! Such as it is known Kütalmışoğlu Süleyman went all the way back to Tashkent in 1072 and recruited a large army with much larger following ''army'' which was families of those soldiers!! After Süleyman captured several towns in Anatolia many Turkish families migrated into those places. Turkish invasion was much much less destructive than Mongol invasion etc and they tried to use diplomacy as much as they could indeed simply because they didn't only want gold like Mongols rather they wanted to live there which wasn't possible if they made locals their enemies...
I am from Punjab
From what I can see, Jand wasn't of any significance in Punjabi history, it appears to be just a small town, I highly doubt the death happened there. The closest notable city to Jand would be Attock.
@@alpachino7659 ???
@@arjansingh1777 Kings and Generals made a mistake. The real Seljuk capital Jend (or Cend) is located in Kazakhstan.
Mistakes can happen
Turks are actually pretty cool warriors.
Quite curious to see if they’ll ever militarily be a dominant regional/world force again or will they just stay as a strong, but above average military strength.
Turkey is barely a 2nd world country. There will be no "rise to dominance". The world remembers Armenia.
@@Johnny_Tambourine the world can remember Armenia all it wants. The Turks gave them another arsehole just a couple of months ago, the world did nothing.
Well turkey is regional player in modern middle east politics especially turkey is involved war’s in syria so yeah turkey is a regional player
Nobody will know what the future holds. We are still struggling to have our "Turkish" enlightenment like Europe did after the middle age era. After that, I doubt Turks will become a dominant force in the world, the Turks will become a military section of the United Nations of Earth. If nations decide to unite under one flag.
@@Johnny_Tambourine A brainwashed anti Turk detected
Thanks for shining light on a relatively unknown Empire!! I always wanted to know more about the Seljuks, but there isn't much video content on youtube abut them.
@Black Wolf Thank you very much for this enlightening information, hopefully over time I will become more knowledgeable of the Suljuks and can let more people know about their achievements!
@Black Wolf
If Seljuks were so determined and successful in their sunni shiite religious war then why did many Turkmens became Batıni Shia and almost destroyed Anatolian Seljuks in Baba Ilyas revolt?
@Black Wolf
Madrasah education was a doctrinal education. That was the problem with it. Due to this its propaganda was limited to urban centers.
Shia had the superior propaganda power. It would send "dai"s to Turkmens. Baba Ilyas, Dede Garkin, Hadji Bektash Veli etc. Many of these would spread their propaganda among Turkmens by playing baglama. Vefaiyyah, Batiniyyah, Khaydariyyah were the most widespread among Turkmens.
I am telling this because you said majority of Turks adopted the sunni hanafi interpretion of islam but in fact sunnism was limited to urban centers and Turkmens were uneffected by the doctrinal madrasah propaganda.
Of course Baba Ilyas revolt was a revolt what do you mean?
It was such a great revolt that Seljuks had to hire Frankish mercenaries to destroy them because Turkmens completely destroyed the Seljuk army. In fact Mongols seeing this weakness attacked Seljuks and thats how battle of Kosedag was lost.
@Black Wolf
Where did I ever say the state wasnt sunni? Did I ever contradict this?
I am telling you, madrasah education was limited to urban city centers. All those scholars, clergs you listed, they meant zero to nomadic Turkmens. It was ''the few names'' I listed that inspired the Turkmen spiritual mentality.
It was highly doctrinal so sunni madrasah teachings couldnt make their way to nomadic Turkoman tribes.
Shia dais were far more successful at relating to Turkmens. Unlike the doctrinal madrasah teachings they would know how to relate to illiterate nomad Turkmens. They would use baglama and inspire the Turkmens.
It was the Baba Ilyas, Baba Haydar, Dede Garkin, Baba Ishak, Hacı Bektaş who were esteemed the highest among Turkmens. Not those ''litteratours''.
And it wasnt the creeds like maturidism that played a spiritual role among Turkmens.
It was the syncretical shia sufi tariqahs like Haydarism, Babaism, Batinism, Kalenderism, Vefaism and later Bektashism that had credent on Turkmens.
The state and cities were sunni thats another case but Turkmens were not.
In fact there were some Seljuk statesman who previously created strong bounds with some of these Turkmen tariqahs to have political backing of the Turkmens.
@@arda213 Seljuks couldn't control nomadic tribes in their empire
Finally a video on the Seljuks! I've been looking for videos and books on them for a long time now. Big thank you!
Greatings to all Turkmens around the world especially Turkmens from Turkmenistan, my mother is from Bayat tribe and my father is from Salur tribe (Kara Teke, Yalwaç) also known as "Teke" tribe in Turkmenistan. 🇹🇲🇹🇷🇹🇲🇹🇷
Çorum'da bayat ilçesi var acaba bir bağlantısı var mı Laçin Osmancık kargı bunlar da Çorum ilçeleri
@@turkmen8558 iranın maku bolgesinde ve Azerbaycanın Gence bolgesinde baya bir bayat var
@@andarkansalur3893 Bayat's are everywhere :D
@new soul Aleykum Selam my brother greatings to Somalian people
@Sports Entertainment Yes, in this era it's not important anymore
*"Do not pray for easy life, Pray for stronger men"*
it sounds very darvinist, actually
@@sodinc But still it is the rule of nature. Look I am no fan of Darwinism ( I am Muslim) but the society prospers and thrives in shadow of great men. Sometimes in literature in my country( Pakistan) the period of Mongol conquests is roughly called " Drought of Men". The Muslim World at that time was suffering from lack of good leaders. In Middle East, some were hunted by Assassins and rest of the situation was not good. Even today our countries are in turmoil suffering from same malice that they faced in 13th century. And the whole World is going to face yet another disaster in shape of Men going weak and Women being in Power. I personally say that by destroying culture and by turning basic social hierarchy that has been the core of Human Civilization will prove no good. Muslim Countries are yet saved from such mess but the Satanists are locking their aim on them. First they destroy Family, then population decreases, then if there are children they are bastards. So a whole society is brought down upon its knees. Muslims are warned from this. Their ideas seem radical to world around them but these ideas are what which is saving them. May Allah protect them. If they follow same Western shit then they will have weak men and gays and their fate will be devastating.
@@usmanzafar4751 yes, this way of life can give more positives in a long run.
About the "drought of man" - it is very well described by the passionarity theory of Gumilev. It explains a lot of social downfalls in human history (together with external factors, of course).
Not sure if is books were published outside of Russia, but i suggest some reading about it.
According to his theory almost all western nations are in suicide spiral, basically.
@@sodinc Yes they are. Look how strange is that often the thing that is your strength becomes your weakness. In case of Western Countries, Reason, Freedom and Logic. They broke free from things that were holding their back and now they are so free that they have fallen from status of humans. They are the same people who brag about going to Moon yet now their logic is so deluded that they are destroying their social fabric. Maybe the nations have some sort of lifetime, they have their Springs and Autumns. Like every Sun which rises, sets.
@@usmanzafar4751 westerners have mostly abandoned logic already and they are ruled by feelings, it seems. Many of them, at least.
yes more seljuk history I would love for the seljuk sultanate of rum to be covered too love your work
You sound like you watch ertugrul
@@shafayqaiser2370 i do have the same curiosity as his as well, despite haven't seeing the Ertuğrul film and neither do have the intention to watch it lol
@@koraycilingiroglu95 Ertugrul's Beylic was the Foundation of Osman's State and Osman's State was the Foundation of Orhan's one etc Ertugrul is a very Important part of this Equation he isn't Overrated.
@@shafayqaiser2370the show isnt really historically accurate lmao
@@korhan5123I mean yeah there’s not really any info to base it off of, it’s still a good show promoting good things
Kings And Generals Conquer the Seljuk İmperial Hegemony! Now this is a Upload that must be watched!
Greetings to Turkey from Kazakhstan! 🇰🇿🇹🇷🐎🐎🐎
It amazes me how little it is talked about the Seljuks. We usually only hear about them when they come in contact with another major power.
Descendants of the Seljuks
-> Turkmen 🇹🇲
-> Azerbaijani 🇦🇿
-> Turk 🇹🇷
-> Gagauz
-> Qashqai
-> Khorasani
-> Salar
Qazilbash ?
@@blacksheep6174 Qashqai, azerbaijan and khorasani oghuz tribes are qizilbash
@@ibrahimova51 They are europeans who speak turkish bcoz of ottomons
@@blacksheep6174 He means Azebaijani and Qasghai. Because you know tons of Qizilbash tribes exist. Like Tekelu, Afshar and etc.
@ Why would they Speak Turkisb being Irani ? Why there is blind nationalism why dont u guys accept Azerbaijanis are Turks No matter where they live . They are Irani Citizens But Genetically Linguistically they are Turks.
Iran has many ethnic groups.
Turks adopted persian culture to rule iran like Ghaznavids Seljuks Timur Khuweazm Safavids Qajars That doesnt mean they are Iranics or Farsis. They are Iranian azerbaijanis just like Iraqi Turkoman and Afghani Uzbek .
It's a bird! It's a plane!
It's the Seljuk Turks!
Byzatine:Gasp!
I see you're a man of culture as well
Mom "You have a history test tomorrow!!! Stop watching CZcams and start studying for goodness sakes!"
Me "Yes mom"
Lol
0:45 I hope other sponsors would have sponsoring your great channel. You have done so much for us all viewer.
I love these videos on various civilizations’ origins, compared to specific battles (which are also great). The Germanic and Nubian videos were amazing! Love this channel.
I for one don’t mind the adds at all. You have provided hours of free high quality historical content. I can sit through a 40 second add, no problem.
Great Seljuk Empire 🇹🇲🦅
It was oğuz turks. This makes it 🇦🇿🇹🇷🇹🇲
It's funny how well maps of these empires overlap substantially: Achaemenids, Alexander the Great, Ummayads, Seljuks
The Medes.
@@paul1780 Mate the Medes controlled only half of the mentioned territories as they shared it with the Neo-Babylonians
Sons of Seljuks = 🇹🇷🇦🇿🇹🇲
@شیر علم ♿♿♿♿
@@jajajajajajadkdk güzel cevap 👍🏻
@@selimkarademir2950 bunlar gibiler son zamanlarda çok türedi. Yok biz %7 türkmüşüz felan. Kendi iranlı sorsan aryan ırkındanım avrupalıyım der ama araplarla %99 benzerlik gösterir
@@jajajajajajadkdk Aynen öyle diyo salaklar 😂
Only turkmens
0:45 when narrator says: "We understand that no one likes the ads"... This is the honest channel on ads
Great video as always. I'm glad you guys are getting sponsored. don't apologize for that we love your channel!
Thanks K&G! You always deliver.
Big Seljuk empire🇦🇿🇹🇷🇹🇲🇺🇿🇰🇿🇰🇬
@Ευαγγελος Αγγελος Mongols are not turkic
@@Timurid1370 Turkics and Mongolics are cousins
These last 2 videos been such a great change of pace, that 7 wonders just a great insight into the accomplishments we can achieve working together. Thank you kings for all the work put into these videos
🙋🏼♂️ I am a Balkan Turk and my ancestry comes from Karamanids and Seljuks
:)
They are from Karaman Turkic State in Anatolia, which was destroyed by Otomman Turks.
because ur mother is a turk but your father not oh oh
Jand, the city where Selçuk governed, is in the right bank of Syrdaria river in Kazakhstan. It is near Aral Sea. In video, it shows that jand is in Pakistan.
Yeah cause they took the first location that Google gave them. They took Jand, Attock wich is in Pakistan. The Jand u are talkin about and Kings & Generals meant is Jand, Transoxania.
Thanks for clearing my confusion.
Correct, Kings and Generals was an amazing channel in the past as they were using multiple sources and trying to tell history as accurate as possible but sadly after a point they completely ditched this and accordingly their video quality dramatically dropped!! Such as in this video they made many mistakes confusing Jand city in Pakistan with Cend with in Oghuz Yagbu, wrong dates and also managed to claim a complete nonsense as ''Seljuks only had 100 men'' while in reality Selçuk wasn't only an Oghuz Yagbu general also an Oghuz Yagbu BEY (Similar to lord) so his own oba (Nomadic village) had thousands of people if not tens of thousands without any question!! In fact his force was strong enough that he was planning to become the ruler of Oghuz Yagbu but he revealed his intention too early and had to retreat after loyal forces united against him. And he didn't retreat into Jand indeed rather stayed in southeastern Oghuz Yagbu called Cend where Muslim Turks were majority and became a Muslim as well. He continued gathering a force there and started a Muslim rebellion against Oghuz state which was partially successful and he died in today's Kazakhistan. It was his sons who decided fighting against Tengri Turks for barren lands was just pointlessly dividing their forces so they started to invade southwards and westwards while even more Turkic people joining their army in a search of fertile lands, in fact vast majority of historians agree that majority of Seljuk armies were Tengri not Muslim after a point. And Seljuk Beys kept returning to central Asia for recruiting more soldiers even after their victory against Byzantine!! Such as it is known Kütalmışoğlu Süleyman went all the way back to Tashkent in 1072 and recruited a large army with much larger following ''army'' which was families of those soldiers!! After Süleyman captured several towns in Anatolia many Turkish families migrated into those places. Turkish invasion was much much less destructive than Mongol invasion etc and they tried to use diplomacy as much as they could indeed simply because they didn't only want gold like Mongols rather they wanted to live there which wasn't possible if they made locals their enemies...
@@ggoddkkiller1342 okay, then make a video of your own
Wait ,so the seljuks also ruled some parts of modern pakistan ?
Great video! I always wanted to learn more about the Seljuks
Seljuks unironically fought against and victorious over *other* Turkic realms that already prevailed through the Central Asia and Persia
@@olumluhayatbugunvarsinyari9649 Big *Ooof!* Turkic wars and power struggles are unironically defeated the other Turks
@@olumluhayatbugunvarsinyari9649 hakikaten nerede yorumunu mu sildi
Because always the more nomadic and hungrier new comer prevails over the previous nomadic city dweller
@@jetli2086 exactly
@@olumluhayatbugunvarsinyari9649 Sen gerçek ölümlühayat mi sin
Thank you for all the work and reading you do to provide for us i just got the Caesar world tour mug and i seriously can’t wait to rock that thing.
I have waited a long time for it, please more about Seljuks!
Honestly I’d watch a thousand ads for you guys. You’re absolutely wonderful keep up the good work.
I've been wanting this, haven't watched it yet but I hope you talk about Alp arslan and nizam-al-mulk
I watched this video twice to get a better understanding, Brilliant work.
Lerenwordtleuker
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After alle these years of feasting on historical knowledge on the Mediterranean and Western European world and East-Asia these videos about Near-East, Central and Southern Asia are like a whole new banquet with sublime stories and peoples. What wonderful and intriguing histories do the descendants of these regions and empires have! You enrich the world. Proud to be a pupil to your cultures.
Kings and Generals, please make a video about Kipchaks (Qipchaks). They were so powerful and left so much legacy but people around the world still don't know anything about them. Even on Mongol invasion maps their land is shown as an empty land, while Kipchaks were the sole reason why Mongols invaded Central Asia. The whole BS goes as far as some historians invented a people of Cuman, while Cuman was just a Western name of Qipchak. Qipchak were the people of the Golden Horde, beloved by Jochi and his army in Western expansion.
Exactly!
One of the craziest thing is history is about invasion... and when you look at it it's always nomadics people who do the most damage in kingdoms and in empire !!! Love your vidéos , you are doing such a great job you deserve way more likes and subscribers !!
Thank you Chanel for this amazing video . I been waiting for long time for this episode
I like how they're just open with the adds instead of being suggestive.
I just love your style of video's. Great work, great quality. You guys keep me interested in history. Keep it up guys
I am from Ghazni Afghanistan and a Turk originally from Central Asia where Sultan Mahmoud was from once and now I see that how Turks become stronger day by day
Thank you so much for this!!!
Kings and Generals Uploaded. Aaahhh it’s a good day..
This is among the most interesting historical channels at CZcams. Some of the episodes here are more informative than the conventional channels on TV. For decades, from since school days, I had known about the Seljuks. At least by name. But had no idea how they became such a major factor in the region's history. All this while I had assumed they "must have originated somewhere in Turkey". Which is correct to an extent, but shallow.
At 13:16 shows Seljuke coin with lion and sun which became symbol of Iranian flag later during Safavid dynasty as well as Qajar kings along with Pahlavi. Alp Arsalan along with Malek Shah and Nezam Al Mulk ( their Persian Grand Vezier) established a great Turko-persian empire . The City of Isfahan became the capital and glory was restored to many Iranian traditions for first time after fall of Sassanid empire. The Jalali Calendar, a solar based Calendar with high degree of accuracy, was established and this Calendar is based on true seasonal changes with movement of earth on equinox,; the Calendar is still in use in Iran as official Calendar.
Seljuk is turko Iranian
Khazonov, Anatoly M. (April 9, 2015). "Pastoral nomadic migrations and conquests". In Kedar, Benjamin Z.; Wiesner-Hanks, Merry E. (eds.). The Cambridge World History, Volume 5. Cambridge University Press. p. 373. ISBN 978-0521190749. The Seljuk Empire was another Turco-Iranian state, and its creation was unexpected even by the Seljuks themselves.
Ay takvimini aşamamış araplardan çok daha uygar ve gelişmiş bir medeniyet olduğu kesindir. Hatta o dönem "dünyanın en ileri medeniyetiydi." Anadolu'da Selçuklu eseri yaklaşık 900 yıllık üniversiteler, hastaneler, köprüler, kervansaraylar hala kullanımdadır. Bir Türk olarak, Selçuklu'ya Osmanlı'dan çok daha fazla saygı duyuyorum.
Again very classy explained the adventure of Seljuks Thank you
I've been waiting for this!!! hell yeah!
thank you for the very nice video. and a hint: always try to put oxus and jaxartes rivers on the maps, as they play extremely important roles in the nature of all conflicts in the area.
Great video guys!
Excellent work as always! 👌
This is what i wanted!!!! Thank you.
Incredible , can't wait for the next episode on this series 👌👌
@@Shahanshah101 because u are iranian 😂
@@muhammetatsyz6658 nope I'm from South Korea but I love Zoroastrian Persia
“ I Have Got Such A Homeland For You That Will Be FOREVER Yours !”
-Sultan ALP ARSLAN Muhammed Alp Arslan bin Davud
Kanka elinde Türk DNA'sı ile ilgili olan kaynaklarini buraya atar misin? Bi ara yorumlara yapıştırıyordun. Türkiyede ki Türklere Türk değil diyenlere karşı. O kaynak, yazi duruyorsa atar mısın?
@Atakan 1905
Sağol kardeşim eskiden burada çok kişi vardı bu haterlara cevap verecek artık sayımız azaldı yazmaz oldular bunlar da ortalığı bos buldu.hadlerini bildirmedigimizden konuşur oldular lafinizi esirgrmeyin bunlara
@@hannibalbarca2928 kanka türk DNA'sı ile ilgili bir kaynak at yE
@@makavelithedon3204
kardeşim buradan attığım kaynak gitmiyor jake mapping Turk history videosuna gel son yorumlara tıkla oradan bak oraya atıyorum.burada siliniyor.
"Bought" satin almanin gecmis zamanda cekilmis halidir. Alp Arslan'in deyisiyle uyusmaz. Tercüme hatasi... Yerine "conquered" (fethettim), "governed" (hükmettim), "got" (aldim) kullanilmasi daha uygun olur...
All hail kings and generals! Jaw dropping documentaries as always.
Excellent work here as always.
Oh great! I love the Seljuk Empire. It's an important Empire yet often fall into obscurity. Especially the Stultanate of the Romans. Such a blessing that you decided to reveal its history to the public.
@@hakanbaybars4435 both of you talk bullshit, Rum means Roman in Turkish, only in modern days its referred to anatolian greeks because they were the last religious ethnic remnants. In case here he is right it was the Sultanate of Romans/Rum. doesnt matter how to discribe it.
We used to call ourselves Rumî, which means Roman. Azerî Turks are the ones in Azerbaijan and us, Rumî Turks are from Rome (Anatolia, at the time). Interesting isn’t it?
I've been meaning to learn about Seljuq history myself, so this video is really helpful! What sources did you guys use?
I loved it, great job ❤
I see a documentary about nomadic people, I press the like button
başına " i am a simple man" ekle
Central asian mediaval history really excited. Love your works sir. Rest in peace family of seljuk, son of dukak temür yaylıg
A video about the Great Seljuk Empire from Kings and Generals
? Aaaaawwww Yeeeeaaaaahhhh!!! Count me in!
History is just so amazing... wow.
Kings and General never dissapoint me for their great cintent in visual and explanation .
Its the Seljuk Turks!
"Aaaah!" said the Byzantine Empire which is getting so small and almost doesn't exist anymore.
Is that a reference from Bill Wurtz video?
*funky melody
@Manqhəşi Let a little of your separation from the Soviet Union and Iran pass, then make these jokes😂🍼
@leonardo turk ? what is it ? a sub branch of Persians and Arabs and Greeks ??
@Yzdjan Ali turk is only a term on paper so sht up.. they were Iranian from Mongolian Persian and Arab roots!
Based Türkmen 🇹🇷🇹🇲
Excellent video, keep up!
Love king and generals. Awesome stuff🧐
My ancestor the Seljuks
I was waiting for you to tell the story of Al-Basassiri's betrayal of the Abbasid caliph and seeking help of Tughrul, but you shortened it quickly.. it deserves a video alone
Thanks. Gave me more understanding of the series Derilis Ertugrul