Genghis Khan defeats Jalal al-Din at the Indus

1221

The last Khwarazmian prince, cornered on the Indus's banks, fought a desperate battle and then spurred his horse over a cliff into the river. Genghis reportedly ordered his archers to hold fire and watched the prince swim to the far shore, admiring his nerve. Jalal al-Din would resurface in Iran and Azerbaijan, cobbling together a second empire before the Mongols returned to finish him.