Mongol Heavy Cavalry Part 2: Mongols vs Jin Dynasty

In the second part of our series on Mongol heavy cavalry, we look at its role in the wars against the Jurchen ruled Jin Dynasty of North China, and how, in turn, the Mongols fared against the Jin’s own heavy cavalry. What manuevers won at the Battle of the Badger’s Mouth Pass? What about the fearsome Iron Pagoda? and What led to the Jin’s best performance against the Mongols? Part 1: looking at equipment and what sources say about it: Part 3: Mongols vs Khwarezm, Delhi and Qipchaqs Part 4: Mongol Cavalry vs Knights: Video series on Nomad Blacksmithing: Full Source List: Select Bibliography ‘Ala-ad-Din ‘Ata-Malik Juvaini. The History of the World-Conqueror. Vol 1. Campaigns of Činggis Qan [Shengwu Qinzheng Lu 聖武親征錄]. Translated by Christopher Atwood. Forthcoming “History of Jin 金史.” Chinese Notes. The Hypatian Codex II: Galician-Volynian Chronicle. Trans. George A. Perfecky Ibn al-Athir. The Chronicle of Ibn al-Athir for the Crusading Period from al-Kamil fi’l-Ta’rikh, Part 3, The Year 589-629/1193-1231: The Ayyubids after Saladin and the Mongol Menace. Translated by D.S. Richards Ibn Battuta. The Travels of Ibn Battuta, A.D. 1325-1354. Volume II. Translated by . Gibb. John de Plano Carpini. “History of the Mongols.” In Mission to Asia: Translated by a Nun of Stanbrook Abbey. Edited by Christopher Dawson, Li Xinchuan. “Selections from Random Notes from Court and Country since the Jianyan Years.“ Trans. Christopher Atwood Maurice’s Strategikon: Handbook of Byzantine Military Strategy. Translated by George T. Dennis. Marco Polo. The Description of the World. Translated by Sharon Kinoshita. Master Roger. Master Roger’s Epistle to the Sorrowful Lament upon the Destruction of the Kingdom of Hungary by the Tatars. Translated by Janos M. Bak and Martyn Rady. Matthew Paris. Matthew Paris’s English History. Vol. 1. From the year 1235 to 1273. Translated by J.A. Giles. Peng Daya and Xu Ting. “A Sketch of the Black Tatars.” Trans. Christopher Atwood. Rashiduddin Fazlullah. Jami’ u’t-tawarikh: Compendium of Chronicles: Trans. W.M. Thackston. Rashīd al-Dīn. The Successors of Genghis Khan. Translated by John Andrew Boyle. The Secret History of the Mongols. Trans. Igor de Rachewiltz. Simon of St. Quentin. Simon of Saint-Quentin: History of the Tartars. Translated and edited by Stephen Pow, Tamás Kiss, Anna Romsics, Flora Ghazaryan. Thomas of Split. History of the Bishops of Salona and Split. Translated by Damir Karbić, Mirjana Matijević Sokol, and James Ross Sweeney William of Rubruck. The Mission of Friar William of Rubruck: His Journey to the Court of the Great Khan Möngke, 1253-1255. Translated by Peter Jackson Zhao Gong. “A Memorandum on the Mong-Tatars.” Trans. Christopher Atwood. DONATIONS: Patreon: Paypal: Facebook: Instagram: MUSIC ATTRIBUTES: The other music is provided by Epidemic Sound. #mongolempire #documentary #genghiskhan #heavycavalry