The mighty and great Shah of Khorezm is the full ruler of a vast country. At the mention of Ala ad-Din Muhammad, his enemies tremble, and even the caliph of Baghdad cannot be at peace for his own life and fate. Indeed, rumors even reached the high shah’s throne: in the east, some khan has subdued all Mongol tribes and even attacked China. No one in Khorezm sees reasons to worry—this arrogant one, of course, cannot compare to the great shah. And when an embassy from the great khagan Genghis Khan arrived in Samarkand, its fate was not enviable…