أسر خوارزم شاه من الخطا وخلاصه

In 604 AH Khwarazm Shah Ala al-Din Muhammad fought the Khita, and the Muslims were defeated and many of them were taken captive. Among the captives was Khwarazm Shah, with a great emir, the son of Shihab al-Din Mas'ud. ¹

Ibn al-Athir relates that Ibn Mas'ud told him to give up the sultanate and become a servant to his captor, so that he could plot his escape. He served him and brought him food. When the captor asked Ibn Mas'ud about him, he said that he was his slave. Then Ibn Mas'ud fixed a sum of money on himself and let his slave go; the captor sent him away with horsemen to protect him. ¹

He reached Khwarazm, and the people rejoiced at his return and the city was decorated. His brother Ali Shah had called himself ruler in Tabaristan and had taken Kazlak Khan of Nishapur. He marched to Khurasan and reached it on the sixth day with six horsemen, and Kazlak Khan fled with his wealth. ¹