What the records say
- When
- 1 Dec 1221
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 33.77° N, 72.18° E
- Description
- battle fought at the Indust river between Khwarazm and the Mongols (1221 AD)
Battle of the Indus
1221 Mongol victory over the Khwarazmians
The Battle of the Indus was fought on the banks of the Indus River, on 24 November 1221, between the armies commanded by Jalal al-Din of the Khwarazmian Empire, and Genghis Khan of the Mongol Empire. The battle, which resulted in an overwhelming Mongol victory, was the concluding engagement in the Mongol invasion of the Khwarazmian Empire.
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Battle of the Indus: Left with some 20,000 men, Jalal al-Din Mangburni has headed for the Indus River where Genghis catches up with him”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Чингисхан настигает Джелал ад-Дина и наносит ему поражение в битве на берегу Инда”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “11月，札蘭丁被哲別和速不臺的蒙古軍包圍，在印度河之戰激戰後躍馬渡河，逃入印度。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page