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Topic: Aftermath of the Sixth Crusade: Crusader-Turkish Wars of 1230-48
Location: Cirencester > Corinium Dobunnorum Gloucestershire United Kingdom

Jalal ad-Din Mengübirti, son of the defeated …

Years: 1225 - 1225

Jalal ad-Din Mengübirti, son of the defeated Shah of Khwarezm, had spent three years in exile in India before returning to Persia, gathering an army, and reestablishing a kingdom.

occupying dominions formerly controlled by a brother in western Mesopotamia.

He will never be able to consolidate his power, however, and will spend the rest of his days struggling against the Mongols, pretenders to the throne and the Seljuqs of Rum.

He loses his power over Persia in a battle against the Mongols in the Alborz mountains and flees to the Caucasus, to capture Azerbaijan in 1225, setting up his capital at Tabriz.