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Meanwhile, a new state emerged that would not only leave profound
traces in the history of Muslim and Turkish States, but also change the fate of the
history of the entire world. This was the Mongolian State established by Jenghiz. Firstly
Alaeddin Muhammed had sent a diplomatic corps and then, Jenghiz sent a diplomatic corps in
return in the year of 1218, and the proper relations of peace and trade had been
established between the two states. Afterwards, a Mongolian trade caravan that came to the
city of Otrar were killed by Inalcik who was the governor of the named city and the
properties of the caravan were confiscated by them. These events led to the emergence of
the incidents that changed the direction of the world history. Sultan Alaeddin Muhammed
rejected the request of Jenghiz for the surrender of Inalcik and the reimbursement of the
properties and goods. This rejection caused to the outbreak of a war of life and death
between the Mongolians and the Harezmshah State. This war led to the annihilation of
thousands of people in the Turkish and Islam world, the incineration and destruction of
various cities and the eradication of numerous works of art. It is of no doubt that the
greatest liability of this war was on the account of Alaeddin.
Pursuant to a long period of preparation, Jenghiz set in motion against
the Harezmshah State. His forces were composed of nearly 150- 200 thousands of people and
his first target was naturally the city of Otrar. The forces of Sultan Alaeddin were more
than the forces of the Mongolians. However, he could not dare for a pitched battle.
Therefore, he distributed his forces to the big cities and the castles and arranged them
in branches. Then, he retreated to Khorasan. All these arrangements were a great fault of
him. The Mongolians swiftly captured the fortified places in the Transoxania, and they
totally destroyed those that tried to resist these invasions. Sultan Alaeddin Muhammed who
was in the city of Belh firstl ran away to the city of Tus. Then, he ran away to his son,
Rukneddin Gursantçi who waited within the environs of Hamedan with an army composed of 30
thousands of people. While he spent the night in the front of Ferrezin castle, he suffered
from a sudden attack of the Mongolian forces. Alaeddin Muhammed slipped through the
fingers of the Mongolians again and astonishing them, he took shelter in one of the
islands of Abeskun located near to the southeastern coasts of the Caspian Sea. After a
while, he got sick and died (1220). In the period of Sultan Alaeddin, the Harezmshah State
had attained its widest borders; however, the state was dissolved all of a sudden as a
result of the faulty behaviours of the same ruler.
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