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A Concept Drawing for the Turko-Persian Woman Warrior in the Historically Wrong Sketch Series: Medieval Revisited , which is roughly based on the Middle ages covering 800 AD to 1400 AD. She is the series representation of Tamerlane, or Timur the Lame, one of the most ruthless and powerful figure in the history of the world as well as the Turko-Persian Dynasties that ruled much of Persia in the middle ages.

Inspired by the Music - le Serpent Rouge by Arcana

DRAWING COMMENTARIES

I've received a few notes asking if I could draw some short of "evil" character in the Historically Wrong Sketch Series, pointing out that most of the Women Warriors looks rather heroic. In short, giving the evil-good-neutral thingy balance in the cast of the Women Warrior Characters. Maybe this is something that i need to look into.

However, if any of these women warriors exist in real life, it's really hard to say what short of alignment they would be. First of all, Most of these women warriors are noble, or at least very very rich to be able to afford the equipments and the armor they wear as depicted. Secondly, they participated in War, and war is a bloody business. You don't expect innocent maidens to come out after killing some people during battle without being mentally disturbed , do you? Thirdly, being a Noble, they had to be politically smart and powerful to maintain their position, or better, achieve their ambition, anything less could risk them being removed from position of power or worst. How would you feel if you were meet face-to-face with women who have beheaded many, and could easily do the same to you?

Anyway, as for the character, she is Khatun Urma of House Ghorkhanid of the Turko-Persian Temuriyan Empire, dressed in stylized Turko-Mongol Armor with mail, lamellar and coat of plate, as well as other stylistic elements which were common for the elites in the Timurids army ranks. I tried drawing the Turko-Persian face helmet to give a much imposing image, as well as the background filled with decapitated head

HISTORICAL COMMENTARIES

Persia had its legacy as one of the most powerful and advance civilization since antiquity, but after the fall of its Sassanids dynasty at the hands of the Arabs in mid 7th century, the land of Eran would forever be changed by the introduction of foreign religion (Islam) and in many case, foreign rulers. While the Persian religion of Zoroastrianism went to a decline, the Persian Culture survived to this day.

Initially, when the Arabs conquered Persia, they installed Arab Governors to oversee the conquered provinces, while collecting tax and suppressing any rebellions at the same time. The process of Islamization of persia was considered to be a slow but gradual process, and this was contributed to many complex factors. The early Muslim proselytizers attemped to convert the population with moderate success due to the strong presence of the local Zoroastrian religion, but this effort was met with dislikes by the Muslim rulers. The reason being, non-muslims under Islamic Law had the status of Dhimmis, which exempted them from military service, in exchange for protection under the Muslims, at the expense of higher taxes called Jizya. The conversions of local population to Islam means that the rulers would receive less taxes, which caused by several local populace converting to Islam. This theory however, constitutes small percentage of the cause of conversion or the Islamization of Persia.

While the early rulers of Persia were arabs, they employed highly skilled Persian administrators in their councils. From the time of Ummayads to Abbasids Calipathe, gradually more and more local Muslim Persian dynasties took up the positions of power, becoming governors and after the disintegration of Abassid Caliphate, rulers of their own right. Such examples are the Tahirids, Ziyanids, Saffarids, Ilyasids and the Buyids. It was also that during this age, the Persian dynasty promoted the process of Persianization as a means to preserve the legacy and the culture of Persia, unique from the Arabs who brought the religion of Islam to the land.

By the late 10th century, new powerful dynasties emerged in Persia, dynasties of Turkic origins. The Turks, who were employed as slaves or slave-soldiers in the service of Persian rulers, took advantage of the numerous feuds and successions crisis that plagued the ruling Persian Dynasties, allowing them to rose into power and contested the supremacy of Persia. Dynasties of Turkc Origin, like the Ghaznavids, Seljuks and Kwarezhmians, ruled the land successfully, whose period of rule was painted by the assimilation of Persian culture with their Turkic origin, creating anique blend of Turko-Persian culture.

When the mongols invaded Persia in early 13th century, they caused major destructions to the land, reducing Persia's population to as far as an estimate of 90%, from 2,500,000 to about 300,000 in a span of just 30 years. By this time, Persia was no longer ruled by the Arabs or the Turks, but rather the Mongols. The mongols divided its realm after their invasion had ceased, and their domain in Persia, would later be known as Il-Khanate. The Mongols were tolerant to the local populace (as long as they paid their taxes/tribute) which allowed them to adopt the Turko-Persian culture that had dominated the previous administrations. Nevertheless, by this time, Iran still remained divided between the Mongols and the Turks. It was not until the arrival of Timur, who had established his rule in Transxonia, that Persia became united once more under his iron grip.

As for the Historical Figure of Tamerlane, he was an ambitious and genius leader that sought to restore the glory of the Mongolian Empire like that in the time of Genghis Khan, his ancestor. He emerged as the most powerful ruler in the Islamic world, ruling much of Persia, defeating the Egyptian Mamluk, the Ottomans, Crusaders, as well as the Indian sultanate of Delhi. While his achievement were parable to that of the world's great conquerors, he was also ruthless in subjugating his enemies, being responsible for the death of an estimated 17,000,000 - 20,000,0000 lives during his reign (that's about 5% - 7% of the world population), regardless of their race and religion.

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Her ambition knows no boundary, for she will challenge the following women warriors in the series:

The Indian ,
The Turks ,
The Arabs ,
The Mongols Remnants

and many more should she succeed....

A Part of the Historically Wrong Sketch Series: Medieval Revisited - You can find more on the various faction on the map here:

Description
A Concept Drawing for the Turko-Persian Woman Warrior in the Historically Wrong Sketch Series: Medieval Revisited , which is roughly based on the Middle ages covering 800 AD to 1400 AD. She is the series representation of Tamerlane, or Timur the Lame, one of the most ruthless and powerful figure in the history of the world as well as the Turko-Persian Dynasties that ruled much of Persia in the middle ages.

Inspired by the Music - le Serpent Rouge by Arcana

DRAWING COMMENTARIES

I've received a few notes asking if I could draw some short of "evil" character in the Historically Wrong Sketch Series, pointing out that most of the Women Warriors looks rather heroic. In short, giving the evil-good-neutral thingy balance in the cast of the Women Warrior Characters. Maybe this is something that i need to look into.

However, if any of these women warriors exist in real life, it's really hard to say what short of alignment they would be. First of all, Most of these women warriors are noble, or at least very very rich to be able to afford the equipments and the armor they wear as depicted. Secondly, they participated in War, and war is a bloody business. You don't expect innocent maidens to come out after killing some people during battle without being mentally disturbed , do you? Thirdly, being a Noble, they had to be politically smart and powerful to maintain their position, or better, achieve their ambition, anything less could risk them being removed from position of power or worst. How would you feel if you were meet face-to-face with women who have beheaded many, and could easily do the same to you?

Anyway, as for the character, she is Khatun Urma of House Ghorkhanid of the Turko-Persian Temuriyan Empire, dressed in stylized Turko-Mongol Armor with mail, lamellar and coat of plate, as well as other stylistic elements which were common for the elites in the Timurids army ranks. I tried drawing the Turko-Persian face helmet to give a much imposing image, as well as the background filled with decapitated head

HISTORICAL COMMENTARIES

Persia had its legacy as one of the most powerful and advance civilization since antiquity, but after the fall of its Sassanids dynasty at the hands of the Arabs in mid 7th century, the land of Eran would forever be changed by the introduction of foreign religion (Islam) and in many case, foreign rulers. While the Persian religion of Zoroastrianism went to a decline, the Persian Culture survived to this day.

Initially, when the Arabs conquered Persia, they installed Arab Governors to oversee the conquered provinces, while collecting tax and suppressing any rebellions at the same time. The process of Islamization of persia was considered to be a slow but gradual process, and this was contributed to many complex factors. The early Muslim proselytizers attemped to convert the population with moderate success due to the strong presence of the local Zoroastrian religion, but this effort was met with dislikes by the Muslim rulers. The reason being, non-muslims under Islamic Law had the status of Dhimmis, which exempted them from military service, in exchange for protection under the Muslims, at the expense of higher taxes called Jizya. The conversions of local population to Islam means that the rulers would receive less taxes, which caused by several local populace converting to Islam. This theory however, constitutes small percentage of the cause of conversion or the Islamization of Persia.

While the early rulers of Persia were arabs, they employed highly skilled Persian administrators in their councils. From the time of Ummayads to Abbasids Calipathe, gradually more and more local Muslim Persian dynasties took up the positions of power, becoming governors and after the disintegration of Abassid Caliphate, rulers of their own right. Such examples are the Tahirids, Ziyanids, Saffarids, Ilyasids and the Buyids. It was also that during this age, the Persian dynasty promoted the process of Persianization as a means to preserve the legacy and the culture of Persia, unique from the Arabs who brought the religion of Islam to the land.

By the late 10th century, new powerful dynasties emerged in Persia, dynasties of Turkic origins. The Turks, who were employed as slaves or slave-soldiers in the service of Persian rulers, took advantage of the numerous feuds and successions crisis that plagued the ruling Persian Dynasties, allowing them to rose into power and contested the supremacy of Persia. Dynasties of Turkc Origin, like the Ghaznavids, Seljuks and Kwarezhmians, ruled the land successfully, whose period of rule was painted by the assimilation of Persian culture with their Turkic origin, creating anique blend of Turko-Persian culture.

When the mongols invaded Persia in early 13th century, they caused major destructions to the land, reducing Persia's population to as far as an estimate of 90%, from 2,500,000 to about 300,000 in a span of just 30 years. By this time, Persia was no longer ruled by the Arabs or the Turks, but rather the Mongols. The mongols divided its realm after their invasion had ceased, and their domain in Persia, would later be known as Il-Khanate. The Mongols were tolerant to the local populace (as long as they paid their taxes/tribute) which allowed them to adopt the Turko-Persian culture that had dominated the previous administrations. Nevertheless, by this time, Iran still remained divided between the Mongols and the Turks. It was not until the arrival of Timur, who had established his rule in Transxonia, that Persia became united once more under his iron grip.

As for the Historical Figure of Tamerlane, he was an ambitious and genius leader that sought to restore the glory of the Mongolian Empire like that in the time of Genghis Khan, his ancestor. He emerged as the most powerful ruler in the Islamic world, ruling much of Persia, defeating the Egyptian Mamluk, the Ottomans, Crusaders, as well as the Indian sultanate of Delhi. While his achievement were parable to that of the world's great conquerors, he was also ruthless in subjugating his enemies, being responsible for the death of an estimated 17,000,000 - 20,000,0000 lives during his reign (that's about 5% - 7% of the world population), regardless of their race and religion.

====================================================================================================================

Her ambition knows no boundary, for she will challenge the following women warriors in the series:

The Indian ,
The Turks ,
The Arabs ,
The Mongols Remnants

and many more should she succeed....

A Part of the Historically Wrong Sketch Series: Medieval Revisited - You can find more on the various faction on the map here: