| Muhammad Ii Of Khwarezm |
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It was in this situation that, in 1218 , Genghis Khan sent his emissaries to the shah in Samarkand . The shah executed the Mongol diplomats and sent back their entourage with their heads shaved in defiance of the emerging great power, and Genghis Retaliated With A Force Of 200,000 Men that crossed the Jaxartes in 1220 and sacked the cities of Samarkand and Bukhara . Muhammad's capital, Urgench , followed in 1221 . Ala ad-Din Muhammad fled and sought refuge throughout Khorasan , but died of Pleurisy on an island in the Caspian Sea some weeks later. REFERENCES Neil Blandford & Bruce Jones - ''The World's Most Evil Men'', 1985 Nigel Cawthorne - ''The World's Worst Atrocities'', 1999 |
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