Back غزو المغول لوسط آسيا Arabic Orta Asiyanın monqollar tərəfindən istilası Azerbaijani اورتا آسیانین موغوللار طرفیندن ایستیلاسی AZB Mongolernes invasion af Centralasien Danish Invasión mongola de Asia Central Spanish حمله مغول به آسیای مرکزی Persian Mongolien hyökkäykset Keski-Aasiaan Finnish Invasions mongoles en Asie centrale French Kampanye Mongol di Asia Tengah ID Conquista mongola dell'Asia centrale Italian

Mongol campaigns in Central Asia

Mongol invasion of Central Asia
Part of the Mongol conquests
Date1209–1236
Location
Xianjiang, Central Asia, Afghanistan
Result

Mongol victory

Territorial
changes		 Mongol Empire gains control of most of Central Asia
Belligerents

Mongol Empire

and vassals:
Qocho
Karluks

Merkit and Naimans

Qara Khitai Khanate
Cumania		 Khwarazmian dynasty
Commanders and leaders

Kuchlug Executed

Qudu
Strength
100,000–150,000 Around 100,000 40,000+ men
Casualties and losses
Around 50,000+ 60,000–70,000 men Most soldiers killed, 1.7 million killed (25% of the population)[1]

Mongol campaigns in Central Asia occurred after the unification of the Mongol and Turkic tribes on the Mongolian plateau in 1206. Smaller military operations of the Mongol Empire in Central Asia included the destruction of surviving Merkit and Naimans (which involved forays into Cumania) and the conquest of Qara Khitai. These were followed by a major campaign against Khwarazm. Expansion into Central Asia began in 1209 as Genghis Khan sent an expedition to pursue rivals who had fled to the region and threatened his new empire.[2] The Uyghur kingdom Qocho and leaders of the Karluks submitted voluntarily to the Mongol Empire and married into the imperial family. By 1218 the Mongols controlled all of Xinjiang and by 1221 all the territories of the former Khwarazmian Empire. In 1236, the Mongols defeated the eastern portions of Cumania and swept into Eastern Europe.

  1. ^ John Man, "Genghis Khan: Life, Death, and Resurrection", February 6, 2007. p. 180. [ISBN missing]
  2. ^ May, Timothy (May 2008). "The Mongol Empire in World History". World History Connected. 5 (2). University of Illinois Press.

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