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Battle of Bamian

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Estimated casualties

Casualty figures unrecorded for this conflict.

Battle of Bamian (1221), part of the Conquests of Genghis Khan. Mongols defeated Khwarezm. Battle followed by a massacre.

Belligerents2

  • Mongols
  • Khwarezm

ON THE MAPMongol EmpireKhwarezmian Empire

Conflict graph

PART OFConquests of Genghis Khan

Sources

  1. HCED — Miller & Bakar (2023), Historical Conflict Event Dataset, J. Conflict Resolution 67(2-3)
  2. Jaques, Dictionary of Battles and Sieges (HCED primary source)

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