Turk - Mongol Empire
The mongols who were originally from Altaic tribes as were the Turks, after the migration of the empire, Temuçin who became Genghis in 1206, started to expand his empire.. The empire which covered all of Asia during the reignof Genghis Khan, after his death in 1227, was divided into four: China Mongols (Kubilay Dynasty, Iran Mongols (Ilhanlılar), Central Asia Mongols (Çağatay) and Kipchak Mongols (Golden Horde). In time, the Kubilay Dynasty was assimilated by the Chinese and the other three servived under the name Turk-Islam Empire, after adopting the Islamic religion.
After establishing his sovereignty in Central Asia he marched on the North Chinese Empire in 1211 and conquered Peking in 1215.
He occupied the Nayman Turk Empire and conquered the whole of Turkestan after battles with the Harzemshahs.
Tamerlane Empire (1369 - 1501 )
The childhood of Tamerlane, who gave his name to the empire, coincides with a period when there were continuous battles between Mongol khans and beys.After these battles, he once again turned to Anatolia and looted all of Anatolia, defeating the Ottoman Kahn Yıldırım Beyazıd in the Battle of Ankara in 1402. He was preparing to march on China, but died in 1403. Following his death, squabbles for the division of the throne among his sons and grandchildresn, weakened the country. It was destroyed by the Şahbanis in 1501. Tamerlane who joined in on the side of Kazhan Khan continued to fight after the murder of Kazgan.
After defeating the Çagatay Emporer, he proclaimed himself "emir" "leader ruler, prince" of the Mongols and Turks at the Convention in Samarkand in 1369.
He destroyed the Golden Horde State in 1395 and conquered Iran, Eastern Anatolia and Baghdad.
Babur Empire ( 1526- 1858 )
Babur, the son of the emperor of Fergana and the founder of an empire, was a descended of Tamerlane.
Following his fathers death in 1494, he could not survive in Samarkand and Fergana and went down south and conquered Kabul, thus laying the foundation for hisstate. Twenty years after this he marched again to the south and conquered Lahore in
1524 and Delphi and Agra after the battle of Panipat in 1526. The country was weakend during the period of Hümayan (1530-1556), but continued to develop during the reign of Ekber.
During the reign of Shah Alem (1759-1806), the British Trading Company, which gradually started to enter Indıa, began to administer the Bengal, Bihar and Orisa regions. In 1858, this company handed the administration over to Britain, thus ending the Babur Empire.
Ottoman Empire ( 1281-1922 ) Osman Bey
The core of the Ottoman Empire, which reigned over three continents for more than six centuries, was the Karacahisar region. This region which was given to Ertuğrul bey as a frontier beylicate by Alaeddin Keykubat was inherited by Osman Bey, the son of Ertuğrul Bey in 1281. Osman Bey enlarged the territory, which was abouth 4800 square kilometres at the time, taking advantage of the malfunctioning administrations of the byzantine and Seljuk Empires.
Orhan Bey
Orhan Bey, replacing his father, resumed expansionist policies. He moved the capital of the state from Söğüt to Bursa after he conquered that city on April 6, 1326. Orhan's conquest of Iznik (Nıcaea) in 1329 which was an important city for Christian, caused great repercussions in Europe and the Near East.
Murat I
Following his father's death, Sultan Murad I assumed the throne and conquests followed one another. The Conquest of Edirne in July 1362 opened the road to the Balkans for the Turks. Anxious about the march of the Ottomans on Rumelia, Hungarians, Serbians and Walachians were ready to meet them in 1364 in the Maritza valley 60,000 troops but were defeated at Sırpsındığı. The Battle of Kosova in 1389 ended in complete success for the turks, but Murad I, touring the battlefield just after the battle, was killed by a Serbian prisoner.
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