Bhavesh's Tryst

In 1215 A.D, Genghis Khan decided to forge a new alliance with neighboring Khwarezmian Empire. He sent a gift loaded caravan to Ala Ud-Din Mohammad who ruled of the Khwarezmian Empire.

Ala ad-Din, drunk with pride, slaughtered Genghis Khan's entire caravan!

Genghis Khan gave Ala ad-din the benefit of doubt and sent three royal ambassadors out of which one was Muslim, to investigate the fate of his caravan.

This time, Ala ad-din shaved the heads of the two Mongol ambassadors and beheaded the Muslim one and sent the severed head back.

"Vinash Kale Viprit Buddhi!"

That was the extent of Genghis Khan's tolerance.

With an army of 250,000 soldiers, trebuchets, battering rams, enormous siege bows , Genghis Khan invaded Khwarezim to avenge the insult. The comparative strength of two armies is often described as an assault rifle in a stone fight.

Genghiz's invasion was followed by an orgy of bloodshed that was never before witnessed in human history. Nearly seven million Khwarezmian civilians and a million soldiers were ruthlessly murdered. A huge wall was built outside the capital city of Samarkand with skulls of a million dead inhabitants.

The city of Urgench was the birth place of Ala ad-din. In that city, very Mongol soldier was ordered to kill at least 24 citizens. After killing the entire city, Genghis demolished all the dams around the city that held back the River Amu Darya. The entire city was submerged under water.

Ala Ad-din's only surviving son was Jalal. He ran into Khorasan ( today's Afghanistan) to continue the war. Genghis marched right after him. The cities of Khorasan started falling one by one. Jalal, as the last resort, ran to India.

The ruler of India was Iltutmish, the third king of the Delhi Sultanate.

Now, there is a fundamental pact of birth-brotherhood between all Muslims. A Muslim always considers another Muslim as his true brother even though they might be meeting for the first time. Under this code, Jalal appealed to Iltutmish for help. He wanted refuge and an army to defeat Genghis. He was confident that Iltutmish would definitely help his fellow Muslim monarch to fight against an infidel.

BUT ILTUTMISH SAID NO!

Just to emphasize the magnitude of this No, it was the first time in the history of the world when a Muslim monarch had denied asylum to another Muslim monarch who was being hunted by a non-Muslim Emperor! Jalal had no option but return to Khorasan.

Genghis Khan was by now bored of the war and he decided to return to Mongolia.

For us, the important thing is that he went back WITHOUT INVADING INDIA.

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WHAT IF ILTUTMISH HAD SAID YES TO JALAL?

Simply put, Indian Civilization would not exist

Khwarezmian Empire was a gigantic empire. Yet we don't read anything about it in our History books. Why do you think that is?

Because Genghiz Khan annihilated it. He did the same with many other empires. For example, take the case of Baghdad. Genghis Khan invaded Baghdad in 1258. He turned the fertile plane of Baghdad into a desert. Baghdad has still not recovered, seven centuries after Mongol invasion.

Had Iltutmish given asylum to Jalal Ud-din, this would have been a direct invitation to Genghis. Enraged, Genghis would have marched into India with his undefeated army to fight Iltutmish.

Genghis would have obliterated Iltutmish, and then destroyed Delhi. By then, he would have seen all the riches that India had to offer. He would have pushed further into India destroying everyone and everything in his path. He would have wiped out the entire Indian Civilization and left behind a Mongol to govern whatever was left. We all would have been Mongols today.

And that ladies and gentlemen, is how a single "NO" saved the entire Indian Civilization.

posted by Bhavesh Jhaveri  # 5:39 PM

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