Southwest Asia Time Line

Before 1167 to 1363

I just wanted to lay out my notes in an easier format so I decided to try a time lime. What you see is not a finished product but rather a framework to build upon. While it may touch on many areas I am focusing on Persia, Turkey, India, and Turan.

Southwest Asia Time Line Before 750 AD

Southwest Asia Time Line 750 to 1167

Southwest Asia Time Line 1500 to Now

1167

The birth of Temujin (Cingis Qan) 1167 -1227 (Ghingis Khan).

1175

Yesugei is murdered by the Tatar tribe in 1175. Mongol history and chronology from ancient times
1174/75: Cengiz Qan (Temujin) becomes betrothed to Borte. His father Yesugei is murdered by the Tatar tribe. Mongol history and chronology from ancient times

1179

A young man who would grow up to be Cingis Qan (Ghingis Khan) of the Mongols was aided by the son of the Chieftain of the Arulat clan. (The young man was Bo'orcu. He became one of Cingis Qahan's Dorben Kulu'ud (Great Warriors)) Yuan ch'ao pi-shih, quatrain 90. - W. 4

1182

1182 Cingis Qan (Temujin) marries Borte. Cengiz Qan gains the protection of Toghrul Qan of the Kerait tribe who had been Anda of Yesugei. Mongol history and chronology from ancient times

1183

1183 Borte wife of Temujin was taken in a Merkit raid in 1183. This led to a tribal war where Temujin with the help of Toghrul, and Temujin's Anda, Jamuqa defeat the Merkit and regain Borte. It is believed that Borte became pregnant with Jochi during her captivity. Mongol history and chronology from ancient times

1185

1185: "Temujin is elected khan of his clan the Borjigin." Mongol history and chronology from ancient times

1187

1187: Temujin is defeated in the battle of Dalan Balzhut. Mongol history and chronology from ancient times
1187-1196 After Dalan Balzhut Temujin may have gone into exile in China. Mongol history and chronology from ancient times

1196

1196: "Temujin attacks and defeats the Tatar tribe." Mongol history and chronology from ancient times

1197

1197: Toghrul is given the title Wang-khan by the Chinese. Mongol history and chronology from ancient times

1199

1199 Bihar (India) was over run by Muhammad Baktiyar. Rawlinson, INDIAN ART. . Page 30. - W. 4

Early 13th century

The Tatars were taken into the Mongol IL in the in the early 13th century. Paksoy, Crimean Tatars

1200

By 1200 the Oghuz had become sedentary agriculturists. . Krader, Central Asia. Page 84. - W. 4

1201

1201: "Temujin falls out with his Anda Jamuqa because of rivalry. Jamuqa is elected khan by his followers, and is given the title Gur-khan. Jamuqa builds up a coalition against Temujin." Mongol history and chronology from ancient times

1202

1202: "Temujin breaks with Wang-khan". Mongol history and chronology from ancient times
1202: Temujin defeats the Tatars for a second time this time breaking their coalition.* Mongol history and chronology from ancient times

1203

1203: The Mongols Coalition under Temujin and defeat the Kerait under Toghrul the Wang-khan who is defeated and killed. Mongol history and chronology from ancient times3

1204

1204: Cingis Qan defeats a Naiman war coalition that includes the Merkits, the Jadirat under Jamuqa, the Dorbet, Katagin, Seljiut and remaining Tatars. Mongol history and chronology from ancient times

1205

1205: Jamuqa is executed by Temujin. Mongol history and chronology from ancient times

1206

Establishment of the Borchalu. Cingis Qan said "Let Bo'orcu govern the ten thousand of the right hand which take the Altai as pillow." Yuan ch'ao pi-shih, quatrain 205. - (W. 5)
1206 Muhammad Ghori was assassinated by a Hindu and his general Qutb u'd-din Aibak became the first Sultan of Delhi. He was originally a Turkoman and a slave. Rawlinson, INDIAN ART. Page 30. - (W. 5)
The Delhi Sultanate lasted from 1206 - 1526. The dynasties were the Slave Kings, the Tughlaks, the Sayyids, and the Lodis. Rawlinson, INDIAN ART. Page 31. - (W. 5)

1207

1207: The Kirghiz tribe joins the Mongol confederation. Mongol history and chronology from ancient times
1207: Chingis Khan attacks the Chin (Northern China). Mongol history and chronology from ancient times

1209

1209: The Uigher tribe comes into the Mongol confederation. Mongol history and chronology from ancient times

1211

1211: At the khuriltay at the river Kerulen in 1211 the Mongol agree to invade the Qin (Northern China). Mongol history and chronology from ancient times

1214 - 1215:

1214 - 1215: Siege of Peking begins. Mongol history and chronology from ancient times

1219

1218/1219: "Shah Mohammed of Khwarezm, which was an empire encompassing Afghanistan, present-day Persia, and Turkestan, that is the area between the Aral Sea and the Caspian, secretly ordered the murder of a caravan of Mongol merchants sent by Chingis Khan to the city of Otrar. Chingis Khan responded by sending an envoy, giving Mohammed the choice between handing Otrar's governor Inalchuq over to the Mongols, or accepting war. This envoy was put to death, and war was declared." Mongol history and chronology from ancient times
1219: Mongols defeat 400,00 man Khwarezm army but fail to capture the Khwarezm Shah. Mongol history and chronology from ancient times

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1220:	1220: Mongols capture Bukhara and Samarkand. Mongol history and chronology from ancient times
1200 - 1220:	"Rabbit Like" Creatures From Persia
1221	After the death of Mutugen at the siege of Bamiyan Cingis Qan ordered the death of all living things and the destruction of the town (1221 my date). Ratchnevsky, Genghis Khan. Page 164. - (W. 5) 1221: Shah Mohammed of Khwarezm dies. Chepe and Subetai made a raid through Russia. Mongol history and chronology from ancient times 1221: In a quest for the secret of immortality Chingis Khan has the Chinese Taoist monk Changchun brought to his camp near Bamiyan in the Hazarajat (called Afghanistan). Mongol history and chronology from ancient times The Mongol conquest pushes the Oghus tribes from the Syr Dara region into the Kara Kun area and along the Caspian Sea. Library of Congress: Turkmenistan Formation of the Turkmen Nation March 1996
1224	"The "GOLDEN HORDE" - 1224 - 1502 A.D. Founder - Batur Han, Area - Eastern Europe, the Western Ural Area, the Crimea and the area to the north of the Volga." The 16 Great Turkish Empires
1226	Cingis Qan died as result of injuries from a wild horse battue in the winter of 1226. Ratchnevsky, Genghis Khan. Page 141. - (W. 5)
1229	Ogodai succeeds his father Cingis Qan as Great Qan or Qahan of the Mongols at the Quraltai of 1229. Spuler, Bertold. The Mongols in History. Page 15. - (W. 5)
1237	1237, December 21: "The Mongols took Riazan as the first Russian town. The Russian chronicles give a detailed description of the catastrophe." Mongol history and chronology from ancient times
1240 to 1480.	Muscovy was a tributary of the Golden Horde from 1240 to 1480. Paksoy, Crimean Tatars 1240, December 6: "The Mongols captured Kiev, the largest city in Russia". Mongol history and chronology from ancient times
1241	1241, December 11: "Ogodai, Chingis Khan's son and first successor, dies in Mongolia. The regency is taken over by his widow Toregene. Toregene was to be the ruler of the Mongol Empire from 1241 to
1243	Seljuk Sultanate of Rum 1205 - 43 Collapsed due to Mongol battering at the battle of Kosedag 1243. Wagstaff Landscapes Page 189. - (W. 3) 1243: "Yeh-lu Chu'tsai, Chingis Khan's forever faithful shaman and foremost spiritual adviser, died." Mongol history and chronology from ancient times 1243 - The Mongols defeat the Seljuks near Sivas. Georgian and Armenian troops fight as Mongols and 2000 Frankish mercenaries fight as Seljuks. Reinhart Timeline
1246	1246, when her son Guyuk was elected Grand Khan." Mongol history and chronology from ancient times 1246: Subetai died at the age of 70. Mongol history and chronology from ancient times 1246: "Guyuk, son of Ogodai and Toregene, was elected as Great Khan." Mongol history and chronology from ancient times
1248	1248: "Guyuk died. The leadership of the Mongol Empire is taken over by his widow Oghulgamish." Mongol history and chronology from ancient times
1251	Mangu Khan, Qan of the Mongol Empire (1251 to 1259),
1255	1255: "Batu, the first khan of The Golden Horde, died." Mongol history and chronology from ancient times
1256	1256: "Hulagu, grandson of Chingis Khan, overcomes the Persian Ismaili's." Mongol history and chronology from ancient times
1260	September 6th 1260 a Mamluk army under Baibars smashed a smaller Mongol army at Ain Jalut in Galilee. Hulagu rushed to revenge his men but became embroiled in war with the Golden Horde. This stopped the Mongol western advance. Rossabi, Khubilai Khan. Page 55. - (W. 4)
latter part of the 13th century	"Golden Horde itself, with its capital at Sarai on the Idil (Volga), dominated the Yayik (Ural)-Idil area, Muscovy, Kievan Rus and the Crimea from its rise in the latter part of the 13th century until the decisive defeat of the Horde under Toktamysh by Timur in the 1490s." Paksoy, Crimean Tatars
1261	Members of a Tamma of Golden Horde warriors ended up in Afghanistan about 1261 and are known to us as Qaraunus or Nicudari. (They were unable to return to the Horde because of war with the Il-Khanids) Morgan, The Mongols. Page 95. - (W. 3)
1264	1264: "Kubilai finally defeats Ariq-boeke, his rival for the throne of Grand Khan." Mongol history and chronology from ancient times
1270	"The Latin word "Tartarus," meaning "the infernal regions of Roman and Greek mythology, hence Hell" had already been borrowed into Christian theology by the clergy of Europe. Possibly St. Louis of France was the first, in 1270, to apply this unrelated term to the troops of Chinggis. By the 14th century, this erroneous usage was also extended to the homelands of the Tatars. Consequently that area later known as Central Asia, or Turkistan, was referenced by the European cartographers and authors, including Chaucer, as "Tartary," Tartares," or "Independent Tartary."" Paksoy, Crimean Tatars
1271	Marco Polo encountered the Qaraunus or Nicudari in 1271. Morgan, The Mongols. Page 95. - (W. 3)
1274	1274:" Kubilai sends a fleet of 150 boats against Japan, but is beaten back." Mongol history and chronology from ancient times
1279	1279: "The Sung was conclusively subjugated, and the whole of China is won and the Mongol Yuan dynasty, lasting until 1368, is established." Mongol history and chronology from ancient times
1281	Osman I Founds the Ottoman Empire Reigned 1281 to c. 1326. - (W. 3) 1281: Kubilai sends another, larger expedition with more than 160 000 warriors to Japan, but this also meets failure, and a typhoon seals its doom. This unfortunate event causes the barbaric Japanese to be isolated on their islands setting off a course of events that results in the Necessity of the atom bomb blasts at Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Mongol history and chronology from ancient times1281: Kubilai sends another, larger expedition with more than 160 000 warriors to Japan, but this also meets failure, and a typhoon seals its doom. This unfortunate event causes the barbaric Japanese to be isolated on their islands setting off a course of events that results in the Necessity of the atom bomb blasts at Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Mongol history and chronology from ancient times
1294	Ghazan Khan converts to Islam converting the IL Khanids with him. - (W. 3)
1301	Ottoman Sultan Osman I victorious at Baphaeon. - (W. 3)
1313	Golden Horde Khan Uzbek 1282-1342 converts to Islam. - (W. 3)
1326	1326 Ottoman Sultan Orhan became Ottoman Sultan. - (W. 3) Khan Tarmashirin of the Chagatai horde converts to Islam. 1326
1336	The IL-Khanid dynasty in Iran breaks up after the death of Abu Said in 1335. - (W. 3) The birth of Timur in Kesh (Shahr-i-Sabz). - (W. 3)
1346-63	Tughlug Timur becomes the last independent Chagatai Khan in Transoxiana. - (W. 3)
1347	In 1347 an Afghan leader Hasan Gangu Bahmani established Deccan as an independent kingdom with his capitol at Gulbarga. Rawlinson, INDIAN ART. Page 35. - (W. 3)
1351-1380	Under Bayram Khôja the Qara Qoyunlu were part of the Jalayirid IL. - (W. 3)
1362	Ottoman Sultan Orhan dies. - (W. 3) Murad I became Ottoman Sultan. - (W. 3)
1363	Timur expels Khan Tughlug Timur and sets up a puppet Cingissid Khan. - (W. 3)