Ain Jalut 3 September 1260

Tür:

Kitap Bölümü

Yazar:

Paul K Davis

Yayın yılı:

2001

Yayıncı:

Oxford University PressNew York, NY

Dil:

en

Abstract By 1219, the Mongols under Genghis Khan had spread their influence as far as the Caspian Sea. There, the Shah of Khwarizm offended the Great Khan by declining to extradite one of his governors for the death of two Mongol merchants. This provoked an invasion and the destruction of Khwarizm and led to the Mongol onslaught into the Middle East. Four Mongol armies engaged in the punishment: Genghis led one army that burned Bokhara, Samarkand, and Balkh; his son Juchi defeated the Shah’s forces at Jand, reportedly killing 160,000 men in the victory; another son, Jagatai, captured and sacked Otrar; yet another son, Tule, led 70,000 men through Khorasan and pillaged everywhere he went. All the armies proceeded undefeated, capturing and despoiling Merv, Nishapur, Rayy, and Herat.

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