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The chief should pass chiefdom down to me.
It should be you who gives me the sword of chiefdom.
-Congratulations, sir. -Congratulations, sir.
-Thank you, everyone.
Thank you.
My horse is right outside...
and my chieftain's sword to hand...
Now all I need is a woman.
Now it's time I took one.
What do you mean, Taşkun Bey?
I have nothing to hide.
I'm acting within my power as a bey.
After all, now that I'm the chieftain,
I need a woman from the bloodline of a chieftain.
On the commandment of Allah...
I'd like to marry Sırma Hatun.
What do you say, Sırma Hatun?
Do you want to be the wife of the chieftain of Umuroğlu Tribe?
Being the wife of a chieftain...
befits the daughter of a chieftain.
I accept the offer.
What's this? What happened?
That damned Ertuğrul's men came out of nowhere.
Gündoğdu ambushed us and killed everyone.
-Did anyone see you? -No.
I played dead.
Come, let's get your wound treated.
It's time.
It's like you said, Turgut, it's time to destroy their den.
Attack!
This is as far as you go, Arıkbuka.
If you don't talk...
I'll make you wish you were dead.
Now, tell me.
Who is the spy close to Berke Han? Who sent the information?
Just when you think you've got me...
I'll see the fear in your face now when you realize this is a trap.
I said I'd make this a hellish journey.
This will be your grave, Ertuğrul.
It's time to bury you now.
We won't take him captive now.
We're here, sir!
Kill him!
Allah is great!
This is not the end of your troubles, Ertuğrul.
You will die on this journey.
Sir, Abdurrahman and our men are still fighting. We followed you here.
We can't let that bastard run.
There might be another trap. You go and help Abdurrahman, now!
-As you command, sir. -As you command, sir.
On your horses.
-We are being attacked! -Where did they come from?
You were followed, you clueless fool!
Come on, everyone! Allah is great!
Allah is great!
Come on!
We will take the gold quickly.
Get the chests in the cave as well. We'll take them to the designated place.
Come on.
The fact that Taşkun Bey is now the chieftain
does not oblige you to accept his hand in marriage, Sırma.
You're struggling in vain, İlbilge Hatun.
Your sister made her decision completely unbiased.
Keep your nose out of our conversation.
I want to hear her say she wants to marry you.
I can't turn down this prize that fate itself offered me.
I'll accept Taşkun Bey's offer, and carry on...
our traditions and cause, sister.
There, you heard it.
You no longer have command of this tribe, or this tent.
You are not the chief of Umuroğlu Tribe now...
merely a visitor.
This road that you littered with traps will lead to your own death!
It's not Arıkbuka.
He played one of the devil's tricks again, sir.
-Where is Arıkbuka? -What's the hurry?
Wherever you go, Arıkbuka shall find you himself.
Should we track him, sir?
He must have erased his tracks. Going after him is a waste of time.
We'll carry on our journey.
We should go back to Abdurrahman and the others.
Understood, sir.
I set the game, I manage it,
and I'll finish it as I like, Ertuğrul.
What happened, Temüge? Where are the others?
We watched the skirmish from afar as you ordered.
They were all sent to heaven, Arıkbuka.
If they couldn't beat the enemy, they're better off dead.
We still have work to do, Temüge.
Ertuğrul survived this ambush.
-But we will lay more traps. -What will you do now?
Ertuğrul found out about the spy close to Berke Han.
If that spy is exposed, we are done for.
That's why we'll set the last and greatest trap.
Are we going to send this plan to him?
Ertuğrul finds out about news we send to Hülagü Khan.
That's why I won't send anyone.
I'll go personally.
I'll get there before Ertuğrul.
That way, our spy won't be exposed.
And we'll prevent the deal Ertuğrul wants to agree with Berke Han.
And I'll kill him before I'm back.
We should gather our men, then.
You shall stay here, Temüge. I'll take some men with me.
What should I do here?
Our men captured the goods Berke Han sent Ertuğrul.
You must protect them.
If something happens to them,
kill yourself before I'm back, Temüge.
Keep in touch with Sırma, sister of Albastı.
She'll be useful.
As you wish, Arıkbuka.
Sir.
-Are there any wounded? -No, sir.
We killed them all.
Well done.
Arıkbuka knows that we're going to meet Berke Han.
He will surely set another trap.
He may even get in touch with his spies over there.
Sir, could he set a trap on the ship we're going to take?
Everything has been arranged beforehand, Bamsı.
He can't even find out where we are going to take the ship.
It's likely that our struggle with Arıkbuka will continue on
across Berke Han's lands as well.
We must be prepared for any and all kinds of treacherous traps.
Be alert at all times.
A tiny mistake now will cost us dearly.
-As you command, sir. -As you command, sir.
Let's go.
Come on!
Calm down. Take a breath and think, madam.
How can I calm down, Mengü?
How could all those chiefs...
choose Taşkun Bey over Battal Bey, who I've been supporting?
All the chiefs pledged their loyalty to you. It should be impossible.
There must be a reason.
They must have been enticed by something big.
Nonetheless, I won't let this one slip.
What are you suspecting?
I think there's a plot behind it all, Mengü.
And I think Sırma has a hand in it.
Why do you think that?
Sırma accepted Taşkun Bey's offer of marriage.
And she shoved it in my face.
Taşkun Bey asked, and Sırma Hatun accepted.
It's not that easy, Mengü.
It's obvious that Sırma knew about this marriage beforehand.
She accepted the offer since he became the chieftain.
So, she must have known he'd be elected.
How could they be so sure that Taşkun Bey would be elected?
Now I see what you're getting at.
I'll solve it all.
I'll find out what Taşkun Bey and Sırma have going on here.
I'll follow them like a shadow.
You got what you wanted, Sırma Hatun.
Now all we need for you to be my wife...
is to have a wedding ceremony.
Of course, I'd like to become the wife of a chieftain,
but I must make sure that the man who will take me is a worthy man.
What does that mean?
You know what. I'm telling you to prove yourself, Taşkun Bey.
Do you doubt me as a chieftain?
I'm not sure.
But if you want to prove your strength,
then you need to carry out your duty like my father Umur Bey.
And how is that?
What duty would that be?
Collecting taxes.
You know that we came here on the orders of our government.
That's only possible with a decree.
Where is it?
That is a warrant to collect taxes
from the Umuroğlu Tribe signed by the sultan himself.
Now...
it's time you proved if you are worthy of me,
and how strong a chieftain you are.
You shall prove your strength to the Kayi Tribe first.
One can hunt birds with wits.
However...
one can hunt the lion only with strength.
-What happened here? -They were attacked.
Check the gold at once.
There is nothing inside.
Damn it! Incompetent idiots!
What should we do now? What do we say to Arıkbuka?
The only way is to find the gold.
Or Arıkbuka will shred us all to pieces.
Everyone is dead. There is no one left alive.
Sırma Hatun.
Arıkbuka said she'd be of use to us.
Now is the time.
Look what happened in the Umuroğlu Tribe, Mother.
Somebody other than İlbilge Hatun's candidate was elected chieftain.
There's a cunning game behind it all.
It should come to light sooner or later.
What happened, Mother? What are you brooding over?
Things are going awry in the Umur Tribe.
I was just bothered by the news.
Is it something serious?
İlbilge Hatun called a chiefdom vote.
But her candidate wasn't chosen.
The tradition is clear.
Whoever the chiefs see fit, sits on that seat.
True.
But there is something strange about it, Gündoğdu.
The elected Taşkun Bey wants Sırma Hatun as his wife.
How about that.
Shameless of her to take up the offer, huh?
I have faith in our traditions, Son.
However, after all they have gone through,
it's not good news that they are still opposing İlbilge.
Did all the chiefs decide to pull a trick on İlbilge Hatun?
They must be trying to take advantage of Ertuğrul's absence.
Let us head there with Turgut and see the situation with our own eyes.
We can also visit the new chieftain, and congratulate him.
Excuse me.
Help this poor man, please!
Help this poor man.
Why did you come here?
We need to talk, Sırma Hatun.
Talk now.
We can't do it here. It's urgent.
In the name of Allah.
May Allah bless you.
Where do we meet?
Come to Albastı's grave.
I'll come, wait for me.
Thank you, lady.
Help this poor man.
I wonder what you were talking about in secret for so long?
There must be something going on, since she left the camp right afterwards.
I'll find out what you're playing at, Sırma.
Come on.
Sir.
It's been so long since we last saw the sea.
I've never traveled by the sea before.
When I think about those who rule over the seas in ships...
I wonder if we'll ever be like that, Father.
The oath that was passed down to us from Oghuz Ata...
says, "Conquer more seas and rivers."
Those days shall come, too.
We'll raise our flag on the mast, and set sail.
We'll ride the winds and cut through those huge waves.
We'll conquer overseas lands.
We will need sails and winds, of course.
But those are just tools, son.
In truth, what allows us to travel across land and sea alike is Allah.
As long as we walk on Allah's path and work hard for his cause,
we shall pass through many rivers and seas.
I hope so.
I hope so, sir.
I hope so.
What happened, Temüge?
What happened at the tribe?
Everything is going according to plan.
With the help of the gold I got from you, my man was chosen chieftain.
The rest shouldn't prove too difficult.
That's exactly what I needed to hear, Sırma Hatun.
Look at that crooked beggar.
Who knows what you speak about over Beybolat's grave.
Tell me why you called me here.
I need a lot of men for a very important mission tomorrow.
And not just any men. They must be loyal to Albastı.
What do you need them for?
We'll deal a huge blow to the Kayis.
Oh!
And you have a lot of gold to gain from this.
Leave it to me, Temüge.
The trouble of my friend is a trouble of mine.
And if I can strike the Kayi and earn gold for it,
there is nothing that can stop me.
You know the Mongols don't like to stay in debt, Sırma Hatun.
Once we get this done, we shall do whatever is necessary.
Leave it to me, Temüge.
You should also know that Umur never let down their friends.
Subtitle translation by Tuğçe Erteki