At a glance
- Era
- The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
- Draft Completeness 2/5 · Help complete it
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Map: Natural Earth, public domain · places and route from the graph
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Summary
In 634 AH the Tatars camped before Arbil, besieged it and took it by the sword, until the city overflowed with the dead. Then they marched away with countless spoils 1.
Arbil had been the seat of the Begtekin dynasty since the days of Muzaffar al-Din Kukburi. After Kukburi's death in 630 AH, its ruler had entered the obedience of the caliph al-Mustansir bi-Llah. Its fall by the sword was therefore a shock throughout al-Jazira, and a sign that the Tatar ring had reached the upper cities of Iraq and not merely their outskirts 1.
Connections
- Occurred at
- Arbil (Erbil)
- Had participant
- Mongol empire
People and things also explored
The Tatars Return to Rayy and Hamadan in 621 AH· The Tatar Raid on Shahrazur in 629 AH· Oh Islam· death of Zayn al-Din Yusuf of Irbil — Muzaffar al-Din Kokburi succeeds· A Mongol detachment reaches Irbil and Daquqa· al-Hajari al-Irbili· Fakhr al-Din al-Irbili· جنكزخان قان التتار
Sources
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 162
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “The Tatars Take Arbil by the Sword in 634 AH”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/tatars-sack-irbil-634/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-23.