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Jankiz Khan burns Sirt and kills Khudawandkhan, 968

جنكيز خان يحرق سرت ويقتل خداوند خان 968هـ

c. July 1561 CE · c. 29 Dhu al-Qa'da 968 AH

In 968 Jankiz Khan came to Sirt, burned its houses, ruined it, dealt out killing and took all; its lord Khudawandkhan — 'a great, honoured amir, generous, beloved, a gatherer of the learned, under whom Sirt was a refuge for the virtuous' — was killed Tuesday at the end of Dhu'l-Qa'da at Jilanjan 1.

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The Gunpowder Empires
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Anatolia
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The Gunpowder Empires

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In 968 Jankiz Khan came to Sirt, burned its houses, ruined it, slaughtered widely and claimed spoils; its lord Khudawand Khan was killed on Tuesday the last of Dhu'l-Qa'da at Jalanjan — a great amir of high station, fine character, comely, generous, beloved of the people, a convener of scholars, old in leadership, in whose days Sirt was a refuge for the learned 1.

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  1. Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 352
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