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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;arnoldoe, post: 2477266, member: 72712&quot;]2 new coins from the Khwarazmian Empire</p><p><br /></p><p>In 1218 after the conquest of the Kara Khitan, The Mongols gained a border with the Khwarazmian Empire...</p><p><br /></p><p>Genghis Khan sent a letter to the Shah,&nbsp; Ala ad-Din Muhammad offering a alliance or trade agreement..</p><p>&quot;I am master of the lands of the rising sun while you rule those of the setting sun. Let us conclude a firm treaty of friendship and peace.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>So shortly afterwards a Mongol caravan was sent to Khwarezmia.. Unfortunatly a local governor had them arrested on suspicion they were spies (which was unlikely).. Genghis sent 3 ambassadors to meet with the Shah to arrange for their release, however he had the 2 Mongol ambassadors shaved and the Muslim killed</p><p><br /></p><p>Genghis was... unhappy with this result... So he had the Khwarazmian Empire destroyed..</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="6"><b>Muhammad II of Khwarezm 1200 - 1220 AD</b></font></p><p>[ATTACH=full]522400[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>AE Jital </b></p><p><b>Dated: Rabbi II AH 618&nbsp; = June/July 1221 AD</b></p><p><b>Album 1971 </b></p><p><b>Struck by the local ruler Malik of Kurzuwan</b></p><p>3.4g, 20 MM</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This Coin was supposedly struck while the city was under siege by the Mongols... After about 2 months the city fell and all were killed..</p><p><br /></p><p>and another</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Muhammad II of Khwarezm</b></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]522401[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>AR Dirham</b></p><p><b><b>Ghazna Mint</b></b></p><p><b><b>Album 1714?</b></b></p><p><b><b>4.6g 29 mm</b></b></p><p><b><b><br /></b></b></p><p>Ghazna appears to have fared slightly better than Kurzuwan, as the City was abandoned ahead of the Mongol arrival..</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>In the end it is estimated that 1.25 million people were killed which was 25% of the population of Khwarazmia(A Percentage higher than that suffered by any country in World War 2 and it happened in just 2 years without modern technology..)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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