What the records say
- When
- Feb 1220
- Kind
- Siege
- Coordinates
- 39.78° N, 64.41° E
- Description
- seizure and destruction of Bukhara by Genghis Khan's Mongol army
Siege of Bukhara
1220 siege and sack by Genghis Khan's Mongol army
The siege of Bukhara took place in February 1220, during the Mongol invasion of the Khwarazmian Empire. Genghis Khan, ruler of the Mongol Empire, had launched a multi-pronged assault on the Khwarazmian Empire ruled by Shah Muhammad II. While the Shah planned to defend his major cities individually, the Mongols laid siege to the border town of Otrar, and struck further into Khwarazmia.
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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 “Spring – The Mongol army (some 100,000 men) led by Genghis Khan crosses the Kyzylkum Desert – a freezing sand-and-tussock wilderness of some 450 kilometers”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Turkish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “İlkbahar - Cengiz Han liderliğindeki Moğol ordusu (yaklaşık 100.000 kişi)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page