Jalaluddin Manguberdi: Parvan and the Indus
Answers are for parents and teachers.
1
Tabulate Jalaluddin’s three battles of 1221 (Valian, Parvan, Indus): place and result.
Valian — victory; Parvan — victory; the Indus — defeat, but he escaped across the river.
2
Group the results of the Mongol invasion into economic and cultural.
Economic: irrigation, farming, trade; cultural: cities, craftsmen, learning suffered.
3
Write the lessons of the commanders’ split in 3 sentences.
Without unity even a victory cannot be kept; personal gain must not outweigh the common goal.
4
Find Ghazna, the Parvan plain and the Indus on a map.
In today’s Afghanistan and Pakistan.
5
Write 3 sentences separating “tradition” from “source” using Genghis Khan’s remark about Jalaluddin.
The remark has come down as a traditional account; its exact wording cannot be confirmed.