What the records say
- When
- Dec 1219 – Feb 1220
- Kind
- Siege
- Coordinates
- 42.85° N, 68.30° E
- Description
- 1219 siege and capture of Otrar by Mongol Empire
Otrar Catastrophe
1219 siege and capture of Otrar by Mongol Empire
The Otrar Catastrophe was a siege that took place between December 1219 and February 1220 during the Mongol invasion of the Khwarazmian Empire at Otrar, a large trading city on the Syr Darya river. Inalchuq, the city's governor, had seized the goods of a Mongol trade caravan the previous year; after more provocations from Inalchuq's liege and ruler of the Khwarazmian Empire, Shah Muhammad II, Genghis Khan launched a…
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