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Death of Kuchlug

Type Event Region Central Asia Time 1218

In 1218 Kuchlug, last ruler of Western Liao, was defeated and captured while fleeing Jebe and Subutai's Mongol expeditionary force, then executed, en…

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  1. 1218Around Balasagun · KyrgyzstanAs the Mongol army advanced on the Western Liao capital, Kuchlug abandoned the city and fled south; his followers scattered along the way, and forces formerly subject to Western Liao defected to the Mongols.
  2. 1218Kashgar · NorthwestJebe and Subutai divided their forces in pursuit; Kuchlug was captured at the southern foot of the Tianshan, and the Mongol army executed him on Genghis Khan's orders as a warning and to announce the fall of Western Liao.

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