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Description: Battle of Vâliyân (1221). Jami' al-tawarikh, Rashid al-Din. "Mongol officers Taqacaq and Mulgar attempted to take Waliyan. Jalal al-Din moved to Parwan; making a quick move across the mountains to the north, he surprised and routed the Mongols at Waliyan, inflincting a reported 1,000 loss on them. The Mongols retreated across a river and destroyed a bridge to keep the enemy from following (spring 1221). Jalal al-Din had left his baggage at Parwan and returned there." [1]
Title: Bataille de vâliyân (1221)
Credit: Bibliothèque nationale de France. Département des Manuscrits. Division orientale. Supplément persan 1113, fol. 72v
Author: Sayf al-Vâhidî. Hérât. Afghanistan
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License: Public domain
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