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The Mongol invasion of Central Asia occurred after the unification of the Mongol and Turkic tribes...

The Mongol invasion of Central Asia occurred after the unification of the Mongol and Turkic tribes on Mongolian plateau in 1206. It finally completed when Genghis Khan conquered the Khwarizmian Empire in 1221. Driven from China by the Jurchen Jin Dynasty, in 1124 some Khitans moved westward under Yeh-lü Ta-shih’s leadership and created the Kara khitan (Black Khitai, or Western Liao) Khanate between in the Semirechye and the Chu River. They subdued the Uyghurs, Qarluqs and local Turkic and Tajik peoples. However, their power was finally shattered in 1211, through the combined actions of the Khwārezm-Shah ʿAlāʾ ad-Dīn Muḥammad (1200–20) and Küchlüg, a fugitive Naiman prince in flight from Genghis Khan’s Mongols. The Uyghurs killed an overseer of the Kara-Khitan and declared their allegiance to the Mongols. A Uyghur leader married the daughter of Genghis in order to secure his realm. A leader of the Qarluq and Buzar, the warlord of Chu valley, followed the Uyghur example. Kuchlug usurped the throne and allied with Shah Muhammad of Khorazm. Fearing of former Christian but now buddhist Kuchlug's persecution, Muslims asked help from the Mongols. Genghis dispatched his general Jebe to