JALOLIDDIN MANGUBERDI'S MARTIAL ARTS, TACTICS AND THEIR ROLE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF MEDIEVAL EAST MARTIAL ARTS

Abstract

Despite the fact that the Khorezmshah-Anushtegin state took the first blow in the Mongol invasion of the West and had more military forces than the Mongol army, most of the reasons why the state failed to organize defense in the border regions and inside the country and why it was defeated by the Mongols. has attracted and continues to attract attention. In particular, the inhabitants of a number of its cities (including Gurganj, the capital of the Khorezmshahs) and many military units resisted the invaders with their lives and inflicted heavy losses on them, but were eventually defeated by the Mongols. In particular, the last Khorezm king Jalaliddin Manguberdi (Mankburni) fought against the Mongols to the last breath and undoubtedly became known as the strongest and most courageous opponent of the Mongol invaders, and even Genghis Khan and the Mongol invaders themselves acknowledged this. historical processes related to it also fully confirm. The solution to this problem, of course, lies first and foremost in finding full answers to the questions of both sides - the rivals: the Khorezm Shahs and the Mongol states, their martial arts, their level of armament, fighting methods and army structure. In this regard, this article focuses not only on the military potential of the Khorezm kings, military strategy and tactics in the country, but also on the art, tactics of Jaloliddin Manguberdi and its role in the development of martial arts in the Middle East. The problem has been analyzed mainly on the basis of new views and approaches.