Timur against Bayezid - Battle of Ankara 1402 DOCUMENTARY

Our animated historical documentary series on the history of the Mongols continues with a video on the Battle of Ankara as Timur takes on the Ottoman Sultan Bayezid I. This video also features the war against the Mamluks of Egypt.

#Documentary #Ankara #Timur

[NedimCanIncebay]

Ottomans: Nothing to do? Siege Constantinople!
Timur: Nothing to do? Invade Georgia!

[timurpodcast]

Another weird thing about this battle is the experience of Johann Schiltberger. Schiltberger was a German Crusader who had fought the Ottomans at the battle of Nicopolis, was captured by Bayezid, and then in turn was captured by the Timurids when the Ottomans were defeated at Ankara... Strangely enough though, he lived, returned home eventually, and wrote about his adventure.

[rotciv]

Bayezid: writes his own name with big golden letters and Timur's name with Comic Sans.
Timur: (inhales) ...(exhales)... Now you've done it.

[Killzoneguy]

You really have to admire Stefan's loyalty. Bayezid was a foreign overlord who did not speak Stefan's language, he did not share Stefan's religion. Half of the Sultan's army had already defected to the enemy, Stefan could have taken his men and fled, he could have left Bayezid to his fate and instead retreated home to assert his independence. Instead, Stefan fought his way through hordes of Timurids to save his Sultan. He refused to retreat without his commander. Whatever bad blood exists between Serbs and Turks, I think both Serbs and Turks can agree that Stefan really embodied the virtues of chivalry, courage and honour.

[ekn_]

Georgia *exists*
Timur: What a nice land you have, it would be a shame if... someone pillaged it

[realtangerine]

whenever timur starts a campaign, i wait for the narrator to say "he raided georgia"

[Liquidsback]

In Damascus: Well, they may have sacked our city but it can only get (Locusts Noises)

[kokologix]

Trabzond watching all this in Horror, not breathing and not moving to not provoke any side. Georgia moved again :'D

[channelbelongtous]

Americans taking Baghdad: "we need that oil"
Hulagu taking Baghdad: "how dare they not take me seriously"
Timur taking Baghdad: "I just want my skull towers"

[Martijn_Steinpatz]

Imagine trash talking with a guy that single handedly killed off 5% of the World population.

[Khaoki]

Timur: Babe, it's campaign season. Time to raid you.

Georgia: Yes, Timur...

[pll]

In retrospect, Baghdad doesn't seem to be a particularly lucky city.

[lyonvensa]

Constantinople: Here's a gift, please don't attack us.
Timur: Ok, thanks.

Trezibond: Here's a gift, please don't attack us.
Timur: Ok, thanks.

Georgia: Here's a gift, please don't attack us.
Timur: ...How cute.

[letmesee]

"Sir, we can win this war without attacking Georgia"
Timur: No, you cannot.

[kokologix]

Georgia be like what did i do this time?
Timur: You still

[BARONWODENRIC]

Fun fact: All Turkic tribes betrayed Ottoman Sultan whereas Serbian Prince remained loyal.

[keiththomas]

Poor Georgia, Timur's punching bag. Imagine sending someone a gift and then suddenly having them appear on your land and burn everything you have 😂😂😂

[abloodorange]

Take a shot every time sultan Ahmad flees bagdad

[bakarandguladze]

Georgian here. There's a village in Georgia called "Mdzovreti" which literally means "corpse-land" - thanks to Timur..

Also, King Giorgi VII actually outlived Timur after 8(!) destructive invasions only to die in a battle against "Black Sheep Turkomans" after a few years.

[Justjustinp]

Crazy to think about how loyal Stefan was to Bayezid, despite both of their fathers (Lazar and Murad) having killed each other in battle.