Lecturer of History department

at Urgench State University

Jaloliddin Manguberdi is an outstanding figure in the history of statehood in Uzbekistan – the most powerful leader of the struggle for freedom, who is seen as a symbol of patriotism equally with Amir Temur. Jaloliddin Manguberdi is not just one of the Uzbek heroes, but of the Turkmen nations and many other Turkic nations, tribes and the Islamic world. He was the first to defeat the Mongols, who were called “invincible” in large and small battles. Sources show that the Mongols were defeated only in two major battles during their extensive march against the west. The Mongols were first defeated in the period of Genghis Khan in 1221 in the Parwan steppe in Afghanistan, and were later defeated by the Sultan of Egypt, Sayfuddin Qutuz, the nephew of Jaloliddin Manguberdi in 1260 in the modern-day Israel (the Battle of Ayn Jalut).