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Battle of Parwan , 1221
The Battle of Parwan was fought between Sultan Jalal-ud-Din Khwarzimshah of the Khwarezmid Empire and the Mongols in 1221, at Parwan, a place in the vicinity of Ghazni (not to be confused with Parwan north of Kabul)
Following the Mongol invasion of Khwarezm Jalal ad-Din was forced to flee towards the Hindukush, where he began to muster additional troops to face the Mongols. With the arrival of over 30,000 Afghan and Khalji warriors from the surroundings of Ghazni; his strength rose to 60,000. Though badly equipped and ill-managed being tribal Lashkar, they managed to defeat the Mongol hordes under the command of Shigi Kutaku after the day-long battle at Parwan.
But the Khwarezmian prince did not prove himself as able in victory as he had been in defeat. In a dispute over the spoils -a Mongolian white horse- between his father-in-law and an Afghan Chief, he sided with his father-in-law. The Afghans left their camp fire burning and left the same night, despite being completely exhausted by the day's fighting. Finding himself without more than half of his fighting strength Jalal ad-Din retreated the next day towards the east.
Parwan was not just the only Mongol defeat in the war against Khwarezm, it was the only defeat the Mongols would suffer in any battle outside East Asia for another eighty years.
The Battle of Parwan was fought between Sultan Jalal-ud-Din Khwarzimshah of the Khwarezmid Empire and the Mongols in 1221, at Parwan, a place in the vicinity of Ghazni (not to be confused with Parwan north of Kabul)
Following the Mongol invasion of Khwarezm Jalal ad-Din was forced to flee towards the Hindukush, where he began to muster additional troops to face the Mongols. With the arrival of over 30,000 Afghan and Khalji warriors from the surroundings of Ghazni; his strength rose to 60,000. Though badly equipped and ill-managed being tribal Lashkar, they managed to defeat the Mongol hordes under the command of Shigi Kutaku after the day-long battle at Parwan.
But the Khwarezmian prince did not prove himself as able in victory as he had been in defeat. In a dispute over the spoils -a Mongolian white horse- between his father-in-law and an Afghan Chief, he sided with his father-in-law. The Afghans left their camp fire burning and left the same night, despite being completely exhausted by the day's fighting. Finding himself without more than half of his fighting strength Jalal ad-Din retreated the next day towards the east.
Parwan was not just the only Mongol defeat in the war against Khwarezm, it was the only defeat the Mongols would suffer in any battle outside East Asia for another eighty years.
