Back ينال خان Arabic Inaltschuk German غایرخان Persian Inalchuq ID イナルチュク Japanese Қайыр хан Kazakh Inalchuq Malay Каир-хан Russian இனல்சுக் Tamil İnalcık Turkish
Inalchuq (or Inalchuk) (died 1219) was governor of Otrar in the Khwarezmian Empire in the early 13th century, known mainly for helping to provoke the successful and catastrophic invasion of Khwarezmia by Genghis Khan.
Inalchuq was an uncle of Sultan Muhammad II of Khwarezmia. His name meant "little Inal" in his native Turkic, and he held the title Ghayir-Khan.[1]
- ^ Svat Soucek (2002). A History of Inner Asia. Cambridge University Press. pp. 106. ISBN 0-521-65704-0.