What the records say
- When
- Jul 1221
- Kind
- Siege
- Coordinates
- 34.82° N, 67.82° E
- Description
- Mongol campaign in 1220–1221
Siege of Bamyan
Mongol campaign in 1220–1221
The siege of Bamyan took place in the spring of 1221 A.D. during the Mongol invasion of Khorasan by an army under the leadership of Genghis Khan, ruler of the Mongol Empire, who was in pursuit of Sultan Jalal al-Din Mangburni, the last ruler of the Khwarazmian Empire.
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