The Berke-Hülagü War: Nogai #4

In the 1260s, two civil wars split apart the Mongol Empire. In this video, we look at one of them: the Berke-Hülegü War, fought between Golden Horde and Ilkhanate over the pastures of the Caucasus. Along the way, we detail the involvement of Nogai, the famous 'khanmaker' of the Golden Horde, as this was his first appearance in the historical sources.

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Chapters:
0:38 Part 1, Background
7:33 Part 2, War Begins, September 1262-June 1263
11:00 Part 3, Foreign Diplomacy
15:16 Part 4: The Quiet of 1263 and 1264
18:35 Part 5, the Berke-Abaqa War
20:11 Part 6, Aftermath

SOURCES

Primary sources:

Kirakos Gandzakets’i. History of the Armenians. Translated by Robert Bedrosian. New York: Sources of the Armenian Tradition, 1986.

Grigor of Akanc’. History of the Nation of the Archers (the Mongols). Translated by Robert P. Blake and Richard N. Frye. Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies 12 no. ¾ (1949): 369-399.

The Mongols in Iran: Qutb al-Dīn Shīrāzī’s Akhbār-i Moghūlān. Translated by George Lane. Routledge: New York, 2018.

Rashīd al-Dīn. The Successors of Genghis Khan. Translated by John Andrew Boyle. New York: Columbia University Press, 1971.

Rashiduddin Fazlullah. Jami’ u’t-tawarikh: Compendium of Chronicles: A History of the Mongols. Translated by W. M. Thackston. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University, 1998.

Secondary Literature:

Amitai-Preiss, Reuven. Mongols and Mamluks: The Mamluk-Īlkhānid War, 1260-1281. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995.

Bayarsaikhan Dashdondog, The Mongols and the Armenians (1220-1335). Leiden: Brill, 2011.

Boyle, J.A. “Dynastic and Political History of the Īl-Khāns.” in Cambridge History of Iran vol. 5 ,The Saljuq and Mongol Periods, edited by J.A Boyle, 303-421. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1968.

Broadbridge, Anne F. Kingship and Ideology in the Islamic and Mongol Worlds. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008.

Favereau, Marie. “Berke Khan and Sultan Baybars: The Debate over Conversion to Islam.” Turkological Studies 2 no. 3 (2019): 7-13.

Hope, Michael. Power, Politics, and Tradition in the Mongol Empire and the Ilkhanate of Iran. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016.

Irwin, Robert. The Middle East in the Middle Ages: The Early Mamluk Sultanate 1250-1382. Southern Illinois University Press 1986

Muhammad Abdul Karim, “Baghdad’s Fall and its Aftermath: Contesting the Central Asian Political Background and the Emergence of the Islamic Mongol Dynasties,” Al-Jami’ah: Journal of Islamic Studies 56 no. 1 (2018): 187-224.

Jackson, Peter. The Mongols and the Islamic World: From Conquest to Conversion. 2018.

Trepavlov, Vadim. “The Formation of the Ulus of Jochi,” in The Golden Horde in World History, 134-144 (2017).

Vásáry, István. Cumans and Tatars: Oriental Military in the Pre-Ottoman Balkans, 1185-1365. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005.

MUSIC ATTRIBUTES:

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[HikmaHistory]

Dude I don't understand how the pronunciation of Mongol names just rolls off your tongue... P.S. Awesome to collab with you!

[edy]

If Batu or Mongke lived, I don't think there was this circus

[TheJackmeisterMongolHistory]

Take a shot whenever a Jochid prince dies

[AnnhilateTheNihilist]

Happy new year buddy and thanks for everything looking forward to more product from my OG mongol historian…

[ElBandito]

There should be a show styled like that of the Sopranos, but the main cast are the Mongol Khans and their generals fighting over territories around the world. :p

[johnway]

Another great video. Jackmeister, if you see this, who do you think is the most interesting descendant of Chinggis Khan? I'm curious what other people think too. I'd say Mongke, imho.

[ElBandito]

Imagine if Güyüg Khan did not die in 1248 after just 2 years of rule; we might have had a civil war right then, between him and Batu. That would have changed a lotta things. Perhaps you can do a series of "what ifs" on Mongol history.

[jeanbaroger]

Thank you again for this particularly well done video. I am always interested in battle stories. Do you know if there are any sources that accurately describe the battles between Hulegu and Berke (the battle of Terek for example)? So far, I haven't found anything.
Thanks again to you

[Khagan_Of_Editz]

Another great video Jackmeister ! Could you do a video on the armies, arms and armours of the Golden Horde, Ilkhanate and Yuan Dynasty ( I know you covered Chagatai armour, or rather lack of, in your video on Timurid armour ) ?

[Shaldanshimpanzee]

Love the dedication Jackmeister! Sending love from Mongolia 🇲🇳 please send your contact info, I would be happy to host you in Mongolia! Let’s ride some horses and eat Mongolian food!

[sebresludolf]

*Berke was a true hero of humanity, his actions saved countless people. May Allah bless Berke Khan.*

[farleymarly]

Got recommend by hikma history very interesting

[mohammedyassine]

Muslim historian Rashid-al-Din Hamadani quoted Berke Khan as telling his Mongols and Muslim subjects, in protest at the attack on Baghdad:

"He (Hulagu) has sacked all the cities of the Muslims, and has brought about the death of the Caliph. With the help of God I will call him to account for so much innocent blood." (see The Mongol Warlords, quoting Rashid al-Din's record of Berke Khan's pronouncement; this quote is also found in The Mamluk-Ilkhanid War)

[Alejandro-tent]

could you please do a winter reading list featuring books that you like on steppe history? I want to be you when I grow up. Eyvallah Kardeşim

[cebenify]

That Berke feigned retreat might as well be straight outta Herodotus

[sabreakkari]

I am a djrect descendant from the mongols who raided in to syria and then in to the Turkmenistan and turcic area.
Mashallah good to know they were muslim.

[ExtremelyTriggered-tlnv]

Hey, was this supposed to be the end of the Nogai series, and if not do you plan to continue it?
 
I looked through the description and your channel, and this seems to be the last video you have on Nogai, but it seems like you never got to the part where Nogai helps overthrow one of the khans or “declares independence”. Your initial video seemed to be setting up you talking about Nogai’s later career and explaining how he wasn’t actually kingmaker or as Wikipedia says, “de facto ruler” of the Golden Horde. I didn’t see any comments mentioning this though so perhaps I’m missing something. Regardless, this series has been great and I’m happy there’s at least one YouTube channel covering this fascinating subject of history in depth.

[harzemsahtekin]

Was Kutuz last living member of Khwarezmian dynasty or there were others ?

[cudanmang_theog]

Could you complete the Mongol conquest of Jin empire series

[harzemsahtekin]

20:46 could be Volga Bulgar rebellion which Abulghazi mentioned ?