Mongol conquest of the Khwarazmian Empire
The Mongol conquest of Khwarezmia, or the Mongol invasion of Persia/Iran (), was the invasion of the Khwarazmian Empire by the Mongol Empire under Genghis Khan and Hulagu Khan. The comprehensive defeat and destruction of this Turco-Persian empire at the hands of the Mongols marked the beginning of their conquest of Central Asia and the Islamic world.