Ibn Khurmail killed; Herat besieged again

قتل ابن خرميل وحصر هراة

c. 1208 CE · 605 AH

Herat

Ibn Khurmail was killed and Herat besieged anew; Khwarazmshah himself was captured on the march and freed 1.

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1190120012101220 c.
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Ibn Khurmail was killed and Herat was besieged once more. The Khwarazm-shah was captured on his march, but some of its people freed him. 1

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Ibn Khurmail· خوارزم شاه علاء الدين محمد

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Khwarazmshah's siege of Herat· Perishing of the Khwarazmshah on an island in the Caspian Sea· death of Khwarazmshah Tekish· Khwarazmshah takes Ghazna and its dependencies· Khwarazmshah seizes the Ghurid lands in Khurasan· the Khwarazmshah retakes what the Ghurids had seized· Khwarazmshah takes the Jibal· Khwarazmshah takes Kirman, Makran and Sind

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  1. al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir , p. 334
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