The Battle of Ankara, 1402 AD ⚔️ | Timur's Near Destruction of the Ottoman Empire

At the turn of the 15th century, the Ottoman Empire was at the zenith of its power. However, its success did not go unnoticed among its neighbours. To its east lay the Timurid Empire. Sultan Bayezid provoked Timur, leading the latter to invade the Anatolian Peninsula. The invasion culminated in the iconic 1402 Battle of Ankara. It nearly destroyed the Ottoman Empire entirely.

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0:00 Introduction
0:41 Towards Ankara (1396-1402)
4:49 The Battle of Ankara (1402)

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[ghostedits]

It's actually insane that the Ottomans manage to survive after Timurs destruction

[rnp]

A series of works On Timur would be great given how out of the 3 great Eastern Horse Warriors (Attila, Genghis and Timur) he is one the one that gets least attention whilst being an amazing historical figure

[strutter]

Fun fact: the war elephant regiment had a commander called Isen Buga. It is said that he hid his troops and beasts in a forest near the battlefield. Today, that region is called Esenboğa (which literally means Isen Buga in modern Turkish) and modern day Ankara's international airport is located right there. Because of this, the airports name is Esenboğa and it facinates me it took its name from a warlord, riding his war elephant to the battle.

Great video btw, greetings from Ankara.

[nomooon]

A quarter of Ottoman's Turkic brothers desert them, while the Serbian vassals fought the best.... shame on those deserters.

[Algoz]

Serbs were the most loyal soldiers. But Kara Tatars paid very high price for their betrayel. Timur took them with him towards Samarkand, and on the way they rebelled, most of them were massacred by Timur's order. Also rumoured that Bayezid asked Timur to take them away.
So Timur treated well to Bayezid and didn't destroy his state, also because of his wish.

[Ker-dbnd]

Could you do a video on Despot Stefan Lazarevic, he was a amazing knight, basically like a fictional character, he was extremely loyal and he was known in whole of Europe at that time, he also wore a flaming dragon on his shield so that's pretty cool :D

[jeroenwubbels]

This battle was also very important for europe, it delayed the fall of constantinople for 50 years in which the best part of the byzantine elite and merchant elite could flee the city and relocate in Italy
most scholars agree that this diaspora was the spark that triggered the renaissance in Italy, spreading over the rest of europe. 1 of 4 diaspora that had great historical effect changing it's course
70 AD Fall of Jerusalem and disperse of the Jews, 1402-1453 The greek diaspora, mainly toward northern italy, Expulsion of the Iberian jews after the fall of Grenada, The flemish diaspora after the fall of Antwerp ( 1585) which propeled the rise of the dutch republic, Sweden and othe harbor cities across the baltic area

[jaythompson]

Your channel is doing great, really love your style. Not all of the channels like these show the host, it gives the channel a more personal feel. Keep it going!!

[napoleonibonaparte]

Byzantines (in Orson Krennic voice): “We were this close to greatness!”

[historyrhymes]

Love the video and the editing style brother! Could I ask what software do you use for the battle terrain?

[irfanhekimoglu]

Bayezid named his sons after the prophets: Suleyman(Solomon), Isa(Jesus), Musa(Moses) and Mehmet(Mohammed)

[Demiurg]

Well made! Your manner of story telling is perfect for not native English speaker as me. Appreciate it! You got a subscriber ✌ have you happened to hear of Didgori Battle in 1121?

[spoolofflarn]

You give a lot of relevant context and it leads me to learn far more than I usually would from these sorts of videos. Nice!

[aleksamiljkovic]

Greetings from Serbia, love your content!

[overlordover]

Serbs were more loyal to Ottomans than Anatolias lmoa

[salvetat]

great video! Just hope the sound/mic would be of better quality :)

[tonit]

When the former nomads get yeeted by the current nomads

[waqarsaleem]

Wow, didn't know this channel existed untill now. Great work.

[grimgoreironhide]

The Timurids vs Ming Dynasty would have been very interesting. I think the Ming would have given a more challenging fight than the Ottomans. The Ming Dynasty were possibly the strongest military power in the world at the time. They had a strong economy. Nearly countless well equiped and trained soldiers.

[WilliamsLibrary]

I'd be interested in a video on Ligdan Khan, the second-to-last (his son reigned an unremarkable few months) ruler of the Northern Yuan (rump state of the Yuan dynasty), the last of the four direct successor states of the Mongol Empire.