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The Battle of Parwan was fought between sultan Jelal ad-Din Mingburnu of the Khwarezmid Empire and the Mongols. The sixty thousand men of the sultan were badly equipped and tired but after a battle that lasted a day, the sultan was able to overcome his enemies. This was one of the few times the Mongols were decisively defeated, but it brought the full rage of Genghis Khan himself after Jelal ad-Din Mingburnu who simply did not have the resources left to fight another, larger, army, under the Great Khan himself, who had never been defeated in battle since his youth. After having won, Mingburnu headed for India to seek refuge together with his army of some fifty thousand men and several thousand refugees. However, he was caught, and defeated by Genghis Khan at the Battle of Indus.
