What the records say
- When
- 1220 – 1221
- Kind
- Military operation
- Coordinates
- 36.00° N, 62.00° E
- Description
- 1220–1221 invasion
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Mongol invasion of Khorasan
Mongol campaign in 1220–1221
The Mongol invasion of Khorasan took place in 1220–1221, during the Mongol conquest of the Khwarazmian Empire. As the Khwarazmian Empire disintegrated after the capture of the large cities of Samarkand and Bukhara by the Mongol Empire, Shah Muhammad II fled westwards in the hope of gathering an army.
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