Back الغزو المغولي للدولة القراخطائية Arabic Conquista mongola de Kara-Kitai Spanish فتح قراختاییان توسط مغول Persian Invasion mongole des Kara-Khitans French Penaklukan Kara-Khitan oleh Mongol ID Conquista mongola del Kara Khitay Italian モンゴルの西遼征服 Japanese Монголчууд Хар Киданыг байлдан дагуулсан нь Mongolian قرہ خیتائی اُتے منگول فتح PNB Conquista mongol do Canato Caraquitai Portuguese
| Mongol conquest of the Qara Khitai | |||||||||
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| Part of the Mongol invasion of Central Asia | |||||||||
 Mongol conquest of Qara Khitai (Western Liao) and other Chinese regimes | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| Mongol Empire | Qara Khitai | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
| Jebe |
Kuchlug  | ||||||||
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| 20,000 | Total unknown, over 30,000 | ||||||||
The Mongol Empire conquered the Qara Khitai (Western Liao Empire) in the year 1218 AD. Prior to the invasion, war with the Khwarazmian Empire and the usurpation of power by the Naiman prince Kuchlug had weakened the Qara Khitai. When Kuchlug besieged Almaliq, a city belonging to the Karluks, vassals of the Mongol Empire, and killed their ruler Ozar, who was a grandson-in-law to Genghis Khan, Genghis Khan dispatched a force under command of Jebe and Barchuk to pursue Kuchlug. After his force of over 30,000 was defeated by Jebe at the Khitan capital Balasagun, Kuchlug faced rebellions over his unpopular rule, forcing him to flee to modern Afghanistan, where he was captured by hunters in 1218. The hunters turned Kuchlug over to the Mongols, who beheaded him. Upon defeating the Qara Khitai, the Mongols now had a direct border with the Khwarazmian Empire, which they would soon invade in 1219.