What Happened to the Governor Who Started the Mongol War?

One man killed four hundred and fifty merchants for their silver, and started a war that swallowed an empire. Before this is over, he'll be throwing bricks from a rooftop. It's 1219. Your cousin rode out with that caravan and never came back. Now you're outside the walls of Otrar with the army sent to find the governor who killed him: five months of siege, a traitor who opens the gate, a last stand in the citadel, and a story about silver that has been told for seven hundred years. Timestamps: 0:00 — The Man Who Started It All 0:28 — Your Cousin's Caravan 1:19 — The Massacre at Otrar 2:06 — The One Who Escaped 2:39 — Envoys and Shaved Beards 3:08 — The Siege Begins 4:33 — The Night Raid 5:43 — The Traitor Opens the Gate 6:31 — Into the Burning Streets 7:10 — The Last Fortress 8:01 — The Ladders 8:42 — The Governor on the Roof 10:04 — The Silver 10:39 — What Became of Otrar 11:14 — The Shah's End Stay until the end to see what happened to the Shah who let the killing stand. Watch next: How Did Mongol Soldiers Survive Weeks on the March Without Food? (the Kyzylkum crossing to Bukhara) New Mongol history episode every 2 days. Subscribe to The MONGOL Chronicles. One fire. Ten thousand stories. #MongolEmpire #GenghisKhan #MongolHistory #History Sources: Ata-Malik Juvayni, History of the World Conqueror · Rashid al-Din, Jami' al-tawarikh · Shihab al-Din al-Nasawi, Life of Sultan Jalal al-Din · Paul Ratchnevsky, Genghis Khan: His Life and Legacy · Carl Sverdrup, The Mongol Conquests · modern scholarship on the Otrar catastrophe and the Mongol invasion of the Khwarazmian Empire This video is for educational and storytelling purposes. The soldier, his cousin and his family are dramatized characters. The size of the garrison is disputed, the sources disagree about the Shah's role in the massacre, and the molten silver execution may be a legend. Narration and visuals are AIgenerated. Viewers are encouraged to explore the primary sources for deeper study.