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Welcome, Prince Theodor.

Thank you, Ertuğrul Bey.

Please.

We brought you offers of peace before.

But they were broken.

I'm here for a serious and lasting agreement.

First, I want you to accept our gifts.

Thank you for the gifts.

As you said, you brought offers of peace before.

We never denied them.

Yet, they were all broken.

The reason was betrayal by your governors and commanders.

I, the Heir Apparent of the Byzantine throne,

came personally to reassure you.

Ögedei Khan is dead.

The Mongols will head to Anatolia.

They will try to destroy us both.

Why be destroyed when we can live in peace?

Nobody will dare betray and break the peace, rest assured.

Prince Theodor.

We never deny an offer of peace.

And as long as you keep your end of the deal,

we'll treat you fairly.

And as long as they're honorable, we'll treat our enemies the same way.

When your great Sultan Alparslan defeated

and captured Emperor Romanos Diogenes at Manzikert,

he treated him fairly and like a friend.

I know that you're honorable as well.

That's why making a peace agreement with you is an honor for us.

Abdur Rahman.

I sign in the name of our Emperor.

And I sign as Frontier Bey,

with the authority given to me by the Seljuk State

and the Sultan.

When we settle in Söğüt, we'll build a bazaar greater than Hanlı Bazaar.

The Greek merchants can trade there as they wish.

We'll ensure their safety.

We'll do our best to support the new bazaar

as long as the peace lasts, Ertuğrul Bey.

May our peace be eternal, Ertuğrul Bey.

God willing, Prince Theodor.

Please.

Farewell, Prince Theodor.

Then what happened, Grandmother?

That's all for now.

Your father can tell you the rest after the council...

tonight.

Am I going to the council?

Of course, a brave bey like you.

You deserve to be there.

Really, Grandmother?

Am I invited as a bey?

Of course, son. It was time.

Everyone wants to see you there as a bey.

I'm a bey too.

I'll go to the council.

I'll scare the evil men. I'll help the poor fellows.

I'll be a brave bey like my father.

God willing, son.

He's really happy, Mother Hayme.

May God always keep him happy.

May his fate be good.

May they ever be happy.

Amen.

Since the Prince of Nicaea came himself, they must be in trouble, my Bey.

Brother, the Emperor has no governors left.

So, he sent his own son, what choice did he have?

They're scared of the Mongols, Bamsı.

They know that if we're not in Anatolia,

Mongols will ride unopposed and destroy them easily.

That's why they want peace.

Prince Theodor was serious about peace, my Bey.

Normally, they shouldn't dare break it

until the Mongols are taken care of, my Bey.

I think the same, Artuk Bey.

The Prince assured me.

But, just in case.

Let's stay vigilant.

All right, my Bey.

My Bey... The infidels are beaten every time.

They know they can't fight us and win.

God willing, the Mongol devils will understand that too.

Bamsı...

If the world wants peace and tranquility,

it should know that it must not fight the Turks.

Once the Turk is angry,

they all know what will happen.

Rest assured.

-Yes, my Bey. -Indeed.

My Bey, everyone is working hard for migration.

Good.

Be with them, Turgut.

So, you can help them when needed.

All right, my Bey.

-Thanks, brothers. -Excuse us.

You were a bird of prey.

Now you're a scared sparrow, Ulu Kam.

News from Karacahisar, Noyan.

What happened?

Speak.

Ertuğrul's alps...

attacked the tannery...

and killed everyone.

How?

How?

How did Ertuğrul know?

And Alangoya?

Tell me! What happened to my sister?

She was--

Ertuğrul and his mother...

trapped her in their tent.

Ertuğrul!

Ertuğrul!

Ertuğrul!

Good day.

Good day.

Come, brother. Let's see the situation.

Onur Bey.

-Çalık Bey. -Bring that too!

Good day.

-Thanks, Turgut Bey. -Welcome, Turgut Bey.

-Thank you. -Good day.

It seems that...

the village is ready.

It is, my Bey.

Everything should be done before sundown.

Good, good.

All our cart-pulling animals look healthy.

They'll go fast in the mountains.

-Great. -Mashallah.

Father, you're tired. I brought you water.

Give it to Turgut Bey and Chief Alp Bamsı.

Oh... Thank you.

Thanks.

May you be healthy as this water.

May it relieve you, Chief Alp Bamsı.

Mashallah.

Do you want some, Turgut Bey?

-Thanks. -Come on, dear.

Give water to the others too.

Mashallah.

So, do you need anything?

No, Chief Alp Bamsı. The animals are enough.

They'll be enough for our load.

We're dismantling the tents.

We'll take care of them.

All right.

Let us know if you need anything.

-Take care. -Thanks, my Bey.

Good day.

Our Frontier Bey, Ertuğrul Bey!

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim.

Please, beys.

In all 99 names of God...

he who created and filled our hearts with faith.

Our council has started.

Amen.

You went to the Mongol Khan Ögedei as a messenger

and came back alive, Ertuğrul Bey, praise God.

And you took out the Mongol spies here.

Thank you, my Beys.

Ögedei Khan is dead.

We took out some Mongol spies among us.

But...

the Mongol threat is not over.

Since Ögedei Khan is dead,

the peace agreement with him means nothing.

The Mongols will attack Anatolia again.

Just as we defeated all threats so far by standing united,

God willing, we'll beat the Mongols too.

God willing.

We're on a new and holy path.

When, God willing, we settle in Söğüt, we'll grow even larger.

God willing.

We escaped many troubles so far.

We fought many enemies.

Our path is not limited to Söğüt.

Just as we came here all the way from our old homeland,

we will spread in the whole world from Söğüt.

-God willing. -God willing, my Bey.

It's said that horses are fast,

and the bard's tongue is talented.

Sing us something from our ancestors,

to entertain us, bard.

All right.

The Khan's tent is raised

The drums are playing

The Khan's tent is raised

The drums are playing

The enemy is crushed

Oh how they run away

The enemy is crushed

Oh how they run away

Anger consumed me

I roared like a lion

Anger consumed me

I roared like a lion

I cut down the head Alp

Who can hold me back now

I cut down the head Alp

Who can hold me back now

Alps fight bravely

Their swords are strong

Alps fight bravely

Their swords are strong

They help each other

Their arrows don't miss

They help each other

Their arrows don't miss

Anger consumed me

I roared like a lion

Anger consumed me

I roared like a lion

I cut down the head Alp

Who can hold me back now

I cut down the head Alp

Who can hold me back now

I cut down the head Alp

Who can hold me back now

I cut down the head Alp

Who can hold me back now

Alangoya...

Did you see Ertuğrul?

I manipulated his honesty and honor and got a place in his bazaar.

He trusts me.

I evet met his mother and wife in their tent.

You took all that I held dear, Ertuğrul.

Now it's my turn.

Wait for me.

I'll come.

I'll bring dark spirits.

I'll end your line...

and I'll make myself a tent with the skin of your children.

I will trample on their corpses.

Wait for me Ertuğrul.

Wait.

Chief Alp Bamsı.

You mentioned the Templars.

How did you beat them?

Gündüz Bey.

We were surrounded.

The Templar infidels were everywhere, like trees,

but we were like fire.

With our steel-like faith and our courage,

our strong wrists and our armor-piercing swords,

we beat them all.

How did we come so far, Father?

When my father Suleyman Shah died, we set off with those who believed in us.

That's how, Gündüz.

It was hard to leave your brothers, right?

Of course, Gündüz.

Of course.

Those were the most painful, most difficult days of my life.

Father, you encountered many difficulties.

That's right, Gündüz.

But those were all tests.

We are on God's path,

so, God helped us in our hard days.

Thankfully, we managed to come here.

-Thankfully. -Thankfully.

Tomorrow, the migration caravan goes before us.

We'll visit the graveyard

and catch up with the caravan at the Yellow Valley.

From there, we'll all get to Söğüt, God willing.

-As you order, my Bey. -As you order, my Bey.

-As you order, my Bey. -Thank you, men.

Come now, Gündüz.

Time for bed.

As you order, my Bey.

Come on, alps.

Praise your name, God.

Son.

My Ertuğrul...

Do you think that scum Noyan is gone for good?

Will he leave us?

Noyan will never give up.

He'll come again.

But this time with his army to invade Anatolia.

What will we do?

We'll do whatever we did so far, mother.

Do no evil, and never bow to evil.

Even if he brings all the armies of the world,

we either win...

or we die with honor, Mother.

We encountered many troubles.

We endured many calamities.

But the pain this scum caused feels like it was yesterday.

I'm scared of seeing the same things.

And of him attacking our children.

Oh God.

Don't make us suffer those things again.

Rest assured, Mother.

If he comes...

he'll get what he deserves.

We'll take all the precautions at Söğüt.

I hope so, Ertuğrul.

Now, God willing, we'll migrate to Söğüt.

We lost our loved ones

on this holy path.

My Suleyman Shah died.

We were separated from your brothers.

My Halime. My dear.

We buried her here.

We endured all this pain...

and never gave up.

It was all for this day.

I wish they could have seen this too.

The pain I feel for them burns my heart, Mother.

But the holy path is full of tests.

The pain for our loved ones was a test.

We carried on, endured the pain, with the help of God.

Our efforts were rewarded with God's favor.

Now, Söğüt will be our home, Mother.

God willing, the flame we'll lit in Söğüt with mercy and justice

will be carried everywhere in the world by our children.

God willing, son.

I'll check on the children.

Farewell, son.

My Gündüz...

My first boy.

My Savcı...

My Savcı...

Face white like milk...

eyes blue like the sky.

Go to sleep, son.

Sleep, son.

My Osman...

My Osman...

My promised son.

Brave like a lion.

Eyes like a wolf.

You were promised in holy dreams.

Took your name from my father, Suleyman Shah.

You were born during the spring council.

God willing...

you'll grow up with Söğüt as your home.

At one side, may you have strong, and brave warriors,

and at the other side, angels saying prayers.

May armies follow you.

May you lead holy wars.

Oh son...

May you carry the fire of Söğüt...

from far east to far west.

May the seas and rivers be yours.

May the blue sky be your tent, and the sun be your banner.

May your only goal be God's favor, son.

Mother...

My brothers and I miss you.

We miss your warmth.

Now we go to our new home.

Don't worry.

I'll look after my brothers like a good big brother.

We'll come visit you.

You wanted us all to be great beys.

I swear, Mother.

We'll be beys worthy of you and Father.

Mother...

My Gündüz...

My brave son...

Come on...

Time to go.

Come.

Gündüz...

Come.

Oh dear.

Come.

My Halime...

My brave wife with beautiful eyes.

I miss you so much.

It burns me.

It's time to go to Söğüt, Halime.

It's time to light the flame at Söğüt,

that we dreamed of for such a long time.

Don't worry, Halime.

Rest in peace.

I'll raise our sons to be worthy

of their fathers' blood and their mothers' milk.

Rest assured.

I loved you, Halime.

May God bless you.

May you rest in heaven.

I hope that God...

in the name of our Prophet,

unites us in the afterlife as well.

We prayed for our fallen and watered their graves.

Well done.

Well done.

Today, our cause...

is their legacy.

May God send them to heaven.

Amen.

May our unity prevail in Söğüt.

Amen, my Bey.

Come on.

Time to go.

-Selamunaleykum. -Aleykumselamun.

Welcome.

Thank you.

We, the Mongols...

are Tengri's punishment on Earth.

If the Turks had obeyed...

If they weren't so proud...

Tengri wouldn't send us against them.

Noyan, our flesh and blood are yours.

Yours!

Now...

We're going to invade Anatolia.

At last, the Turks will lose.

They'll pay for not obeying me, Noyan.

I know that you're loyal to me until death.

But that's not enough.

Even if I rot in the Gobi Desert,

you won't give up.

You are my bravest commanders.

When we enter Anatolia,

The Turks will stand like a wall against us.

But the strength of this wall

depends on the courage of its defenders.

First, we'll break their courage.

With our spies everywhere...

with the traps of our loyal men...

we'll paint Anatolia in blood.

We'll set the Turks against each other...

and we'll collect their heads like pears from a tree.

The greatest happiness for a warrior is to be victorious.

To track them down,

to beat them,

to take their goods and loved ones.

Then, we shall...

drink kumis on the Seljuks' broken table

and get drunk.

We'll celebrate our victory.

May the spirits be with us.

Noyan! Noyan!

You traveled on many hard roads.

You lost loved ones.

You lost alps in battle.

But, with unshaken determination...

and the faith in your heart, you didn't give up.

You're dedicated to a holy cause.

You adopted God's cause,

and you hold it higher than anything else.

Now, you're about to have great conquests, God willing.

My only wish from God is that we can serve his cause

to gain his favor.

I'll try to bring justice, mercy and hope

everywhere on earth until my last breath.

Holy God says that:

"The ones who have believed,

emigrated and striven in the cause of God...

it is those who are the attainers of success."

God is merciful and forgiving.

You set off on God's path for jihad.

God willing, his favor will be upon you.

-God willing. -God willing.

God willing.

I hope that...

you'll shine like the sun in your new home...

and enlighten the world.

Now, time to say goodbye.

I'll go to Konya with my brothers.

We owe you.

You guided us.

You helped us escape the darkness.

I'll never forget your support and help.

We can't ever repay you.

We thank you.

God bless you.

Ertuğrul Bey.

You gave hope to the poor and scared away the evil.

You protected the innocent.

Your goal is to serve God's cause.

Our cause is to serve God's servants.

Thank you.

Now, we go our separate ways.

But know that death is not goodbye.

There is no separation for those who share one heart.

You'll always be in our hearts and we'll pray for you.

Pray for this poor fellow.

Always.

I would love to hear your words again.

Farewell, son.

Thank you.

Gündüz... Son...

You grew up into a man.

You aren't Gündüz the baby, but Gündüz Bey.

You have a duty too.

To look after your two brothers...

make them ride and swing a sword.

Make them brave beys like yourself.

Brothers are like arrows.

They're stronger when together.

I hope you'll be worthy of your father.

I won't forget your lessons, sir.

I'll be a good big brother to them.

We'll be worthy of our father.

I hope so.

Give us your blessing, sir.

You have it, son.

You have it.

God help you, alps.

God protect you.

-Thank you, sir. -Thank you.

Thank you.

Come on, alps.

We can't keep them waiting.

We have to go now.

Come on, men!

Our way is the way to holy war.

We won't stop until our horses reach the horizon,

and until we spread the justice of God from the east to the west.

Our destination is,

the seven climates, all the seas and rivers.

Our road is to the holiest goal, it is the Red Apple.

Bismillahirahmanirrahim.

"Surely, we have given you a conquest.

That God may forgive you

for what preceded of your sin and what will follow

and complete His favor upon you.

and guide you to a straight path.

And that God may aid you with a mighty victory.

It is He who sent down tranquility into the hearts of the believers.

He fills their hearts with faith

and makes them peaceful.

To God belong the soldiers of the heavens and the earth,

and God is all knowing.

And God is Wise.

He may admit the believing men and the believing women

to gardens beneath which rivers flow.

Those believers can go to heaven and stay there forever

because God cleanses their hearts.

Before God, it is such a joy to have this opportunity.

Subtitle translation by Berk Meydanlı