Template:Did you know nominations/Battle of the Indus
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The result was: promoted by Bruxton (talk) 18:10, 8 August 2023 (UTC)
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Battle of the Indus
- ... that when Jalal al-Din realised he would be defeated at the Battle of the Indus, he rode his horse off a 30-foot (10 m) cliff into the Indus River? Source: Buniyatov 2015, p. 128
- ALT1: ... that although Jalal al-Din's family was put to death by Genghis Khan after the Battle of the Indus, his life was spared? Source: Boyle 1968, p. 320, Barthold 1968, p. 445
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/David Baron (Messianic leader)
Improved to Good Article status by AirshipJungleman29 (talk). Self-nominated at 15:09, 4 August 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Battle of the Indus; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.
Hi AirshipJungleman29 (talk), review follows: article passed as GA on 3 August; article is well written; sources look reliable and are cited inline throughout; hooks are sourced offline, I am happy to AGF that the sources support the facts base don the contributor's track record; ALT0 is stated in the article, ALT1 also, in that al-Din escaped the battle on horseback but Genghis Khan ordered his archers not to shoot at him. Preference for ALT0.
- I had one query about the quote "Fortunate should be the father of such a son", when the Khan brought al-Din's sons to witness his escape. It feels as this should be the other way around ("Fortunate should be the sons of such a father"), is this as the source has it? A QPQ has been carried out, so this is good to go. I'll approve on the basis that my query has nothing to do with the hooks - Dumelow (talk) 09:49, 7 August 2023 (UTC)
- Dumelow, the quote is correct. Genghis was praising Jalal al-Din's bravery by saying that his father should be proud of him; it was also slightly a veiled insult at his father and Genghis' enemy, who was not in fact fortunate and who had died a few months earlier. Also, it was Genghis' sons who were called to witness, not Jalal al-Din's. Thanks for the review. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 11:05, 7 August 2023 (UTC)