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1190–1231 Iran
Jalal al-Din Mangburni (Persian: جلال الدین مِنکُبِرنی), also known as Jalal al-Din Khwarazmshah (جلال الدین خوارزمشاه), was the last Khwarazmshah of the Anushteginid dynasty. The eldest son and successor of Ala ad-Din Muhammad II of the Khwarazmian Empire, Jalal al-Din was brought up at Gurganj, the wealthy capital of the Khwarazmid homeland.
Also known as: Jalãlu’d-Dîn Mankbarnî of Khwarîzm, Sultãn Jalãlu’d-Dîn Mankbarnî
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"Jalâl al-Dîn whom all the rulers on earth held in awe and feared." - Ibn Al-Athir.
“…Julal-ood-Deen now occupied Tutta, destroyed all the temples, and built mosques in their stead; and on one occasion detached a force to Nehrwala (Puttun), on the border of Guzerat…”
"Sultan Jalal ud-Din, Mangburni, was the eldest son of Sultan Muhammad, and was endowed with great heroism, valour and high talents and accomplishments."
"...the Sultan Jalaldin - valorous and brave, courageous and fearless like some immaterial being, superb, strong and an excellent fighter ..." 13th century Georgian Royal Annals.
The Sultãn then went towards Dewal and Darbela and Jaisî… The Sultãn raised a Jãmi‘ Masjid at Dewal, on the spot where an idol temple stood.
"He was a lion among lions and the most fearless among his valiant horsemen." Jalal al-Din Mangburni's secretary Shihab al-Din Muhammad al-Nasawi.
"the first vigilante enemy of Genghis Khan." Thomas Osborne.
Osborne (1759)
"A father should only have such a son. Whether he escaped from the fiery battlefield and came to the brink of salvation from the whirlwind of destruction, great deeds and great revolts will still come from him!" - Genghis Khan on Jalal al-Din Mangburni, at the end of the Battle of the Indus.