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Massacre of Otrar
After the fall of Otrar, the Mongol army carried out a mass massacre of the city's inhabitants in line with Genghis Khan's customary punishment of re…
Timeline
- 1219Otrar · KazakhstanAfter the city fell, the Mongols massacred the population according to their conquest custom; apart from artisans and young men and women selected as slaves, large numbers of residents were killed, and streets and buildings were systematically destroyed.
- 1219Otrar · KazakhstanOtrar lay desolate for a long time after the massacre; this example had a huge deterrent effect on other cities in Khwarezm and became a landmark event of the Mongol conquests' policy of terror.
Sources
- The Mongols — David Morgan (1986)
- The History of the World-Conqueror — Ala-ad-Din Ata-Malik Juvaini