Puresh

In September 1237 the Mongols invaded Moksha kingdom Moxel^{[3][page needed]}). Puresh became a vassal of Batu Khan and joined Mongol army in the European campaign. Puresh's warriors became the vanguard of the Mongol army and took part in the seizure of Kiev, Sandomierz and Zawichost.^{[4][page needed]}

Puresh secretly met with the High Duke of Poland, Henry II the Pious, on 8 April 1241, one day before the Battle of Legnica, and they agreed that the Moksha army would join the Silesia and Greater Poland. Subutai uncovered the plot and Puresh, his son Atämaz and many Moksha warriors were killed while sleeping after midnight on 9 April 1241.^{[5][unreliable source?]}

Queen Narchat took a revenge on Mongols in 1242 and raided their convoys in Mokshaland. It led to an uprising which resulted in another war with Mongols returned from Europe known as Sernya battle. William of Rubruck described Mokshaland after the war as a land without cities with people dwell in forests since "their king and most of his men were killed in Germany where they were forced to go together with the Mongols".^{[3][page needed]}

• Mokshas
• Yuri II of Vladimir
• Köten
• Henry II the Pious
• Battle of Legnica
• Mongol invasion of Rus'
• Mongol invasion of Europe
• History of Mokshaland
• History of Middle Volga Area

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