Battle fought at the Indust river between Khwarazm and the Mongols (1221 AD). It took place on 24 November 1221 in what is now Pakistan. The setting was Indus River. It was part of the Mongol invasion of Khwarazmian Empire and Eastern Iran. Those involved included the Mongol Empire and the Khwarazmian Empire.
Before and after
- February 1220Siege of Bukhara (1220)
- 13 May 1220Birth of Alexander Nevsky
- from October 1220 to April 1221Siege of Gurganj
- 1221Construction of Burgos Cathedral
- 24 November 1221Battle of Indus
- from 1223 to 1240Mongol invasion of Kievan Rus'
- from 1223 to 1242Mongol invasion of Europe
- from 1225 to 1687Chagatai Khanate
- 1225Birth of Thomas Aquinas
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