Siege of Bamyan

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Siege of Bamyan
	Part of the Mongol invasion of Khorasan
	; Ruins of modern-day Shahr-e-Gholghola
Date	July 1221
Location	Bamyan, Khwarazmian Empire (present-day Hazarajat, Afghanistan)34°49′30″N 67°50′00″E / 34.82500°N 67.83333°E
Result	Mongol victory
Belligerents
Mongol Empire	Khwarazmian Empire
Commanders and leaders
Genghis Khan	Jalal al-Din Mangburni
Casualties and losses
Heavy	All killed
	Bamyan Location of the siege on a map of modern Afghanistan Bamyan Bamyan (South Asia)

The siege of Bamyan (Dari: محاصره بامیان) took place in the spring of 1221 A.D. during the Mongol invasion of Khorasan by an army under the leadership of Genghis Khan, ruler of the Mongol Empire, who was in pursuit of Sultan Jalal al-Din Mangburni, the last ruler of the Khwarazmian Empire. Genghis Khan crossed the Hindu Kush and after that besieged the citadel of Shahr-e-Gholghola near Bamyan, northwest of Kabul, in present-day Afghanistan. The siege had led to a devastating attack that left the city in ruins.