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Battle of the Indus

Genghis Khan caught up with the army of the Khwarazmshah Jalal al-Din on the bank of the Indus and routed it; Jalal al-Din himself leapt on horseback from a cliff into the river and escaped to the far bank.

Date
between 24 November and 9 December 1221exact date unknown: an interval is given
Place
Bank of the Indusapproximate locationtoday: Punjab, Pakistan · South Asia
Participants
Mongol Empire, Khwarazmian Empire, Genghis Khan, Jalal al-Din Mangburni
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Jalal al-Din had about 30,000 men against a much larger Mongol army, yet the fighting was stubborn. According to tradition, Genghis Khan, admiring his opponent’s courage, forbade his men to shoot after him. The defeat completed the conquest of the Khwarazmian Empire.

Sources give different dates for the battle — 24 November or 9 December 1221 — so the date is given as a range; the exact site on the bank of the Indus has not been established.

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Sources

  1. Wikipedia (English): Battle of the Indus
  2. Wikipedia (Russian): Битва на реке Инд (1221)
  3. Бартольд В. В. Туркестан в эпоху монгольского нашествия. — Ч. 1–2. — СПб., 1898–1900.
  4. Wikidata: Q3269760