![]() ![]() ![]() Besides court officials, there were over four hundred Muslim traders with merchandise of great value. As he neared the valley of the Syr Darya, the Khan sent an embassy to Mohammad, Jalaluddin’s father. Having subdued and united the many free-ranging Mongol tribes, he was reaching westward. It was the beginning of the 13 th century and Chengez Khan was on the ascendant. Moreover, since Jalaluddin is a Muslim name, subcontinental Muslims simply cannot come to grips with the fact that he could be anything but a hero.Īlauddin (aka Ata Malik) Juvaini wrote his masterful Tarikh-e-Jahan Kusha ( History of the World Conqueror, circa 1255) and preserved the real history of the shameless Jalaluddin. It seems everyone has read the spurious history of Nasim Hijazi and since, we are mostly undiscerning readers, we have failed to sift through Hijazi’s hash of fiction that hides real history. Whenever I refer to Jalaluddin, the fugitive king of Khwarazm, as a coward, I draw flak. ![]()
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