Mongol Empire · BATTLE SITE ·
Siege of Otrar (1219–20)
On the Mongol Empire map as “Otrar”
1219–20 — Where governor Inalchuq murdered a 450-man Mongol trade caravan and the shah killed the envoys sent to ask why. The city holds five months; the chronicles say the governor dies with molten silver poured into his eyes. The war of the era starts at this one customs post.
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- Battle site
- Chapter
- Mongol invasion of Khwarazm (chapter 4 of Mongol Empire)
- Atlas
- The Mongol Empire, 1206–1294
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