The Khwarazmian Empire was the last great pre-Mongol Persianate empire of Central Asia, destroyed by Genghis Khan's campaign of 1219–1221 after its Shah fatally insulted the Mongol envoys.
Destroyed by the Mongol invasion under Genghis Khan between 1219–1221 CE, when the Mongols systematically sacked its major cities including Samarkand, Urgench, and Merv; the last sultan Jalal ad-Din Mingburnu was killed in 1231 CE.
The atlas holds 3 border frames for Khwarazmian Empire — the shape you scrub through changes in 1077 · 1187 · 1200.
Covers the Khwarazmian Empire's dramatic rise and catastrophic collapse under the Mongol invasion.
Classic single-volume history of the Mongol conquests, covering the destruction of the Khwarazmian Empire in detail.
Attar's celebrated mystical narrative poem was composed in Nishapur, within the Khwarazmian Empire's territory and lifespan, and is one of the great classics of Persian Sufi literature.