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Fall of Otrar
After months of siege, Otrar finally fell between late 1219 and early 1220; Mongol forces breached the outer and inner defenses, captured governor In…
Timeline
- 1219Otrar outer city · KazakhstanAfter sustained assaults, the Mongols breached Otrar's outer city; the garrison withdrew into the inner city for a last stand, and the situation inside was irreversible.
- 1219Otrar inner city · KazakhstanWith food and relief exhausted, the inner city fell; governor Inalchuq was captured and Otrar, a key Silk Road town, passed wholly into Mongol hands.
Sources
- The History of the World-Conqueror — Ala-ad-Din Ata-Malik Juvaini
- The Cambridge History of Iran, Volume 5 — J. A. Boyle (ed.) (1968)