In the winter of 1230 AD, in order to hunt down Zalandin, the last sultan of the Khwarazim kingdom, the Wukuda faction general Chuer Mahan led an expedition to western Iran with 30,000 Mongolian cavalry. Only one year later, Zaran Ding’s power was wiped out, and Chuer Mahan, who had made great contributions in the war, was appointed governor of western Iran. During the period when Chuoermahan served as governor, he successfully expanded the Mongols' power in the local area and laid a solid foundation for the establishment of the Yier Khanate.
About 1241, Chuoer Mahan died of illness, and his successor was named Baizhu, who was Chuer Mahan’s lieutenant. After Baizhu took office, he did not continue Chuermahan’s policy of large-scale expansion of territory. During his time as governor, he only fought a decent victory. According to historical records, Baizhu Zeng led his army into Annan. Tolia Plateau, and defeated the chief of the Roma Sultanate Kehoslu. After that battle, the Roma Sultanate began to surrender to the Mongols.
But Baizhu did not completely solve the problem of the Roma Sultanate. After he left with his army, Kehoslu became the master of the Anatolian Plateau. At that time, Kehosru was just a superficial He surrendered to the Mongols, but secretly he was actively expanding his army. In 1251, Meng Ge sent his younger brother Xu Liewu to West Asia to take over the position of worship, and ordered Xu Liewu to eliminate the resistance of the Mongols in West Asia.
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When Xu Liewu arrived in West Asia with the army, he immediately reprimanded him for his ineffectiveness, and then ordered Baizhu to surrender his military power and worship. All his soldiers joined Xu Liewu's Western Expedition Army. Then the descendant of the ambitious Genghis Khan began his own military operations. In less than two years, Hulagu destroyed the Abbasid dynasty, and Baghdad, the capital of West Asia, was looted by the Mongols.
News of Xu Liewu’s breach of Baghdad soon reached the Anatolian Plateau. This bad news surprised Kehoslu. He couldn’t believe that Xu Liewu defeated Baghdad’s three in such a short time. One hundred thousand defenders.
Xu Liewu had planned to marry the Byzantine princess
At that time, Kehuslu had realized the power of Xu Liewu, and he also understood that the powerful Xu Liewu would come back sooner or later to clean up himself. , In order to save his life, Kaihuslu intends to take the initiative to show his favor to Xu Lie. But after all, Kehoslu had resisted the Mongolian army. He was worried that Hulagu would not forgive himself, so Kehosru decided to give Hulagu a gift, but many people would give gifts to Hulagu at that time. In order to make his gift surprisingly successful, Kehoslu came up with a peculiar way.
It is said that Kaihuslu prepared a pair of boots for Xu Liewu, and ingeniously painted his own portrait on the sole of the shoe. This gift was quickly delivered to Xu Liewu’s hands, Kai Huslu also ordered the entourage who went to give gifts to pass a message to Xu Liewu: "Your servant Kehuslu courageously expects his master Xu Liewu to put his noble feet on his head. This is a slave Glory.”
This special gift of Kekhoslu finally successfully moved Hulagu, because no Turkic prince could do this to Hulagu before. Humble and kneel, in order to thank Kehosru for his gift, Hulagu appointed Kehosru as the ruler of the Anatolian Plateau. Until Hulagu's death, he did not feel sorry for Kehosru.
But this behavior of Kehoslu made later Ottoman scholars spurned. As we all know, the Ottoman family had allegiance to the Roma Sultanate, and Kehosru was their lord. And when the scholars of the Ottoman Empire describe the history of the Roma Sultanate, they will always use this incident to laugh at Kehoslu. They think that Kehosru's behavior of slacking his beard to Xuliegu makes people feel very shame.
