Mongol Empire · BATTLE SITE ·
Siege of Samarkand (1220)
On the Mongol Empire map as “Samarkand”
Mar 1220 — The shah’s capital, garrisoned by 40,000, surrenders in days; the walls are pulled down, the craftsmen deported east by the thousand. The shah himself is already running west with Jebe and Subötai on his trail.
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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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