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Battle site · The Mongol Empire, 1206–1294
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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.
This is one scene of Chapter 4 — The Khwarazm Catastrophe in The Mongol Empire, 1206–1294.
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