Inal Khan, lord of Utrar
أنيال خان صاحب أطرار
Inal Khan, maternal uncle's son of Sultan Muhammad Khwarazmshah and lord of Utrar; when merchants from Genghis Khan's lands arrived he seized their goods and reported them as spies rather than traders, was ordered to hold them and secretly killed them — Genghis Khan demanded his extradition, the sultan recoiled and killed the envoys, and this became the cause of the Tatar march on his realm.
At a glance
- Roles
- military-commander
- Era
- The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
- Region
- Persia & Central Asia
- Review
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Overview
Inalchuq Khan, cousin of the sultan Muhammad Khwarazm-shah, and lord of Otrar. Ibn Khaldun says that his affair was the cause of the Tatars' march on the Khwarazmian kingdom. 1
The merchants of Otrar
Some merchants from the lands of Genghis Khan came to him, and he found their goods. He reported to the sultan that they were spies on the lands and not merchants, and the sultan ordered him to take precautions against them. He seized their goods and killed them in secret. 1
The outcome
Genghis Khan demanded that he be handed over, and the sultan was alarmed and killed the envoys. According to Ibn Khaldun's account, that was the cause of the Tatars' march on his kingdom. 1
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Sources
- Kitab al-Ibar of Ibn Khaldun
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