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Battles of Jalal al-Din and Genghis Khan, 618 AH

ملاحم جلال الدين وجنكيزخان سنة 618هـ

c. 1221 CE · 618 AH

In 618, 'the world boiling with Tatars', Jalal al-Din met Tolui's son and broke him — Genghis's first-ever defeat, at which his fury blazed — then Genghis himself marched to the Sind: at the Shawwal battle Jalal al-Din's army was again routed while he stood with a remnant, Genghis nearly beaten until a ten-thousand ambush crushed the Muslim right and captured the sultan's son; Jalal al-Din fell back to the Sind's edge. That year the Tatars took Maragha, burned it and slew most of its people, then rode to the Rus 1.

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The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
Region
Persia & Central Asia · South Asia
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The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era

Overview

Ibn al-Imad relates the affairs of Jalal al-Din with the Tatars in 618 AH, among them his meeting with Chinggis Khan at the Indus in Shawwal. 2

The battles

Jalal al-Din gathered his armies and met Tuli Khan, son of Chinggis Khan; Tuli Khan was defeated and a group of Tatars was taken captive. Chinggis Khan then gathered his army and marched toward the Indus, and Jalal al-Din met him in Shawwal, and his army was also defeated. 2

The ambush

Ibn al-Imad says that an ambush of ten thousand came out against the Muslims, crushed the right wing and captured the sultan's son. His order fell apart and he retreated to the edge of the Indus. 2

Sources

  1. Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 79
  2. Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p.79
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islam.museum contributors. “Battles of Jalal al-Din and Genghis Khan, 618 AH”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/jalaluddin-indus-618/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.

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