قصد خوارزمشاه بغداد ورده الثلج
قصد خوارزمشاه بغداد ورده الثلج
c. 1196 CE · 592 AH
Khwarazmshah, grown mighty over Khurasan and Transoxiana, cut the Abbasid khutba from his lands and marched on Baghdad; at Hamadan twenty days of out-of-season snow buried his host — 'God's wrath that you aim at the house of prophecy', a courtier said — and news that the Turkic peoples had rallied behind him turned him back; the Nasir was spared without battle. In 592 he crossed the Jayhun with fifty thousand demanding the sultanate and the caliph's tutelage as in Seljuk days; the caliph razed the dar al-saltana and returned his envoy unanswered 1.
At a glance
- Era
- The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
- Draft Completeness 2/5 · Help complete it
In time
Overview
Al-Suyuti relates that Khwarazm Shah stopped the Abbasid khutba in his lands and headed for Baghdad, reaching Hamadhan. 2
The snow
A great snow fell on them for twenty days out of season. One of his close men told him that it was a wrath from God, because he had marched against the house of prophethood. He also heard that the Turkic peoples had gathered against him, and that was the reason he turned back, and al-Nasir was spared his harm without a battle. 2
The year 592 AH
Al-Suyuti mentions that in this year he camped across the Jayhun with fifty thousand men and sent to the caliph asking for the sultanate and the return of the seat of the sultanate. The caliph pulled down the seat of the sultanate and sent his messenger back without an answer. 2
Connections
- Had participant
- خوارزم شاه علاء الدين محمد· الناصر لدين الله أحمد بن المستضيء
People and things also explored
هلاك خوارزمشاه بجزيرة بحر قزوين· قتل السلطان طغرل الثالث آخر سلاطين السلاجقة بالعراق· أسر خوارزم شاه من الخطا وخلاصه· غدر خوارزمشاه بتجار التتار وقتل الرسل· قتل أمير الحاج أقباش ووقعة الحسن بن قتادة بمكة· خروج التتر إلى بلاد الإسلام· الوقعة التي أفنت الخطا· حصار هراة وقتل ابن خرميل
Sources
- Tarikh al-Khulafa — al-Suyuti (Dar al-Minhaj edition), p. 687,694
- Tarikh al-Khulafa — al-Suyuti (Dar al-Minhaj edition), p.687,694
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