Atlas of Battles

commander, 9 engagements

Battles of Jalal ad-Din Mingburnu

Battles of Jalal ad-Din Mingburnu

Ruler of the Khwarazmian Empire, 1199 to 1231

Jalal ad-Din Mingburnu is recorded as a commander at 9 placed engagements in the atlas between 1209 and 1230: 7 battles and 2 sieges across 7 present-day countries, most in Afghanistan (3), Kazakhstan (1), Uzbekistan (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 5,318 km apart end to end, 665 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Mongol invasion of Khwarazmian Empire and Eastern Iran (5).

Battle of WaliyanSiege of BamyanBattle of BolnisiBattle of YassıçemenIrghiz River skirmishSiege of SamarkandBattle of ParwanBattle of IndusBattle of GarniIrghiz River skirmishSiege of SamarkandBattle of ParwanBattle of IndusBattle of GarniTehranBaghdadTashkentAleppoMashhadIsfahanTbilisiDushanbeVolgogradBishkek1000 km41.010N, 55.836E
9 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1209: 1 engagements1220: 1 engagements1221: 4 engagements4 in 12211225: 1 engagements1228: 1 engagements1230: 1 engagements12091230
9 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Irghiz River skirmish, 1209Siege of Samarkand, 1220Battle of Parwan, 1221Battle of Waliyan, 1221Siege of Bamyan, 1221Battle of Indus, 1221Battle of Garni, 1225Battle of Bolnisi, 1228Battle of Yassıçemen, 123012091230
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1209Irghiz River skirmishIrgiz River, KazakhstanIndecisive
1220Siege of SamarkandSamarkand, Uzbekistan1,034 km SEMongol victory
1221Battle of ParwanAfghanistan548 km SKhwarazmian victory
1221Battle of WaliyanAfghanistan54 km NKhwarazmian victory
June 1221Siege of BamyanBamyan, Afghanistan121 km SWMongol victory
24 November 1221Battle of IndusIndus River, Pakistan417 km EMongol victory
July 1225Battle of GarniGarni, Armenia2,529 km NWKhwarazmian victory
1228Battle of BolnisiBolnisi, Georgia149 km NKhwarazmian victory
1230Battle of YassıçemenErzincan, Turkey466 km WSeljuk–Ayyubid victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, 1529 artist, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.