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HÂREZMŞAH CELÂLEDDİN’İN HİNDİSTAN SERÜVENİ
HAREZMŞAH CELÂLEDDİN'S ADVENTURE IN INDIA

Author(s): Nagehan Vurgun
Subject(s): Military history, Political history, 13th to 14th Centuries
Published by: Sage Yayınları
Keywords: Celâleddin Hârezmşah; Kabaca; Delhi’s ruler Şemseddin İl-Tutmuş;

Summary/Abstract: In this work, the life of Celâleddin Hârezmşah’s in 1221 and his straggle after the escaping from Mongols and taking shelter İndia fot three years described and this period examined untill 1224. Celâleddin Mengüberti (1220-1231 accepted as a last Sultan who established on Azerbaijan and East Anatolian countries, at the same time he established Hârezmşah Empire. Sultan Celâleddin merely revive Hârezmşah state which destroyed after Mongol invasion in 1220’s. He, scrambled with Mongol’s leader Cengiz Han in the battle at the edge of Sind river, and ir order not to br defeated, he crossed the river with his horse to İndia. When he was in İndia, there wasn’t any politicial entity and this stuation result in favor of Celâleddin. He lived from 1221 till 1224 in İndia and in that region he fight against to Usakun’s ruler Kabaca, Delhi’s monarch Şemseddin İl-Tutmış and Cebel el-Cudi’s ruler Rana Satra, after these struggles he gained power in İndia and set huge hegomony. After hs hegomony in İndia, İndians were disturbed and they made a move against him. They getting together in Balala and Nikala mount and made a plan to exclude Sultan from İndia. Celâleddin defeated them with the five hundred cawalier and the other soldier who heard his victory wanted to fight for him. Mongol’s leader Cengiz Han, was the another reveal who disturbed from Celâleddin’s victory in İndia. Cengiz Han sent the Mongol army who commanded by Turbay Tokşin to İndia. However, Celâleddin retreated to Delhi because he didn’t have enough soldier. When Mongols fond out Celâleddin escape, thet spoilated Meliktur region and return from there. Although Celâleddin had a big power in İndia, he decided to go Irak-ı Acem region where his father ruled. İt before and his finished his İndian historical adventure in 1924.

  • Issue Year: 12/2020
  • Issue No: 47
  • Page Range: 131-134
  • Page Count: 4
  • Language: Turkish