Flight of the Khwarazm Shah Muhammad westward

Name: Flight of the Khwarazm Shah Muhammad westward
Start: 1219

Type Event Region Central Asia Time 1219

In 1219 CE, after the Mongol conquests shattered Khwarazm's frontier defenses, Shah Ala al-Din Muhammad II abandoned the cities of Transoxiana and fl…

Timeline

1219Transoxiana · TransoxianaAfter the Mongol army broke through Khwarazm's frontier fortresses, Shah Muhammad judged the Transoxiana plain impossible to hold and decided to stop personally leading the central army in coordinating each city's defense, turning west instead.
1219Samarkand · UzbekistanThe Shah left Samarkand and other core cities, fleeing west through Khorasan with his family and guards; his forces disintegrated along the way, and the empire's military-political command center effectively collapsed.

Sources

The Secret History of the Mongols
Juvayni, Tarikh-i Jahangushay (History of the World-Conqueror) — Ala al-Din Ata-Malik Juvayni