هلاك جلال الدين خوارزم شاه وخراب الجزيرة سنة 628هـ
هلاك جلال الدين خوارزم شاه وخراب الجزيرة سنة 628هـ
c. 1231 CE · 628 AH
In 628 the Tatars, learning of Jalal al-Din's weakness, rushed Azerbaijan; he would not face them, Maragha fell, his army scattered, and they surprised him by night — he escaped alone, and the Kurds and peasants plundered his followers; God took vengeance on them all. The Tatars then bore to Mardin slaying and enslaving, entered Amid killing over twenty thousand, repeated it in Azerbaijan, and settled their rule beyond the Oxus while Khurasan's cities lay desolate 1.
At a glance
- Era
- The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
- Region
- Levant & Iraq · Persia & Central Asia · Anatolia
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In time
Overview
Ibn al-Imad records in 628 AH the weakness of Jalal al-Din Khwarazmshah and the advance of the Tatars into Azerbaijan and al-Jazira. 2
The account
When the Tatars learned of Jalal al-Din's weakness they hastened to Azerbaijan, and did not meet him. They took Maragha and his army scattered. They attacked his camp at night and he escaped with his life, and Kurds and peasants snatched some of his troops. 2
After that
Ibn al-Imad says that the Tatars drove on to Mardin and entered Amid, where they killed more than twenty thousand. Their rule was established beyond the river, and the cities of Khurasan remained in ruins. 3
Sources
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali, p. 126-127
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali, p.126
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali, p.127
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islam.museum contributors. “هلاك جلال الدين خوارزم شاه وخراب الجزيرة سنة 628هـ”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/jalaluddin-death-amid-628/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.