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"A father should only have such a son. Whether he escaped from the fiery battlefield and came to the brink of salvation from the whirlwind of destruc… - Jalal ad-Din Mingburnu
"A father should only have such a son. Whether he escaped from the fiery battlefield and came to the brink of salvation from the whirlwind of destruction, great deeds and great revolts will still come from him!" - Genghis Khan on Jalal al-Din Mangburni, at the end of the Battle of the Indus.
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Jalal al-Din Mangburni (Persian: جلال الدین مِنکُبِرنی), also known as Jalal al-Din Khwarazmshah (جلال الدین خوارزمشاه), was the last Khwarazmshah of the Anushteginid dynasty. The eldest son and successor of Ala ad-Din Muhammad II of the Khwarazmian Empire, Jalal al-Din was brought up at Gurganj, the wealthy capital of the Khwarazmid homeland. An able general, he served as second-in-command to his father in at least one battle; however, since he was the son of a concubine, he was challenged as successor by a younger brother, whose cause was supported by the powerful Queen Mother, Terken Khatun. Nevertheless, after the Mongol conquest of the Khwarazmian Empire led to his father's flight and death on an island in the Caspian Sea, Jalal-al Din gained the loyalty of the majority of Khwarazmian loyalists.
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“Beyond any doubts, Allah punished Jalal ad-Din for his sins and granted no respite to him but rooted him out. Still, his death marked the extermination of Muslims by the Mongols. After the death of his father ‘Ala ad-Din Muhammad, after the destruction of the countries by the Mongols and the carnages over the population Jalal ad-Din fled to India, then turned back. His might increased, his position consolidated, so he captured Kerman, Persian Iraq, Azerbaijan and Arran, and he had an enormous army. If he had behaved decently and justly, if he had not shed no blood, he could have fought the Mongols properly and his army could have been a buffer between us and the Mongols. However, he led a vicious life, sinned, made injustices, was at loggerheads with his neighbours, behaved treacherously and caused displeasure. That led to his death and to the ruin of his army. Next came the Mongolian invasion and the Mongol’s triumph over the countries of Islam. If Allah wishes something, He brings about its causes”. - Ibn Wasil.
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