Otrar Catastrophe

The Otrar Catastrophe was a siege that took place between December 1219 and February 1220 during the Mongol invasion of the Khwarazmian Empire at Otrar, a large trading city on the Syr Darya river. Inalchuq, the city's governor, had seized the goods of a Mongol trade caravan the previous year; after more provocations from Inalchuq's liege and ruler of the Khwarazmian Empire, Shah Muhammad II, Genghis Khan launched a full-scale invasion of the empire.

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1219 — 1220  Wikidata
Siege of Otrar
siege, Mongol Empire, Khwarazmian Empire, Khwarazmian Empire, 

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1219 — 1220 Otrar Catastrophe

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Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	armed conflict	1219	Otrar Catastrophe	Mongol Empire, siege, Khwarazmian Empire	Wikidata