Atlas of Battles

commander, 4 engagements

Battles of Ögedei Khan

Battles of Ögedei Khan

Khan of the Mongol Empire (c.1186-1241) (r. 1229-1241)

Ögedei Khan is recorded as a commander at 4 placed engagements in the atlas between 1211 and 1233: 2 battles and 2 sieges across 3 present-day countries, most in People's Republic of China (2), Uzbekistan (1), Pakistan (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 8,691 km apart end to end, 2,897 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Mongol conquest of the Jin dynasty (2), Mongol invasion of Khwarazmian Empire and Eastern Iran (2).

Battle of YehulingSiege of SamarkandBattle of IndusSiege of CaizhouBattle of YehulingSiege of SamarkandBattle of IndusSiege of CaizhouChengduÜrümqiKabulTashkentNew DelhiKarachiWuhanTianjinLahoreChongqing1000 km37.022N, 90.838E
4 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1211: 1 engagements1 in 12111220: 1 engagements1 in 12201221: 1 engagements1 in 12211233: 1 engagements1 in 123312111233
4 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Yehuling, 1211Siege of Samarkand, 1220Battle of Indus, 1221Siege of Caizhou, 123312111233
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
August 1211Battle of YehulingZhangjiakou, People's Republic of ChinaMongol victory
1220Siege of SamarkandSamarkand, Uzbekistan3,997 km WMongol victory
24 November 1221Battle of IndusIndus River, Pakistan803 km SEMongol victory
November 1233Siege of CaizhouCaizhou, China3,891 km EMongol–Song 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, AnonymousUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.