Battle of Muhi

Battle of Mohi
Part of the First Mongol invasion of Hungary
Date 11 April 1241 Location Sajó River, near Muhi, Hungary Result Decisive Mongol victory
Belligerents
Kingdom of Hungary Kingdom of Croatia Knights Templar Minor belligerent: Duchy of Austria	Golden Horde (Mongol Empire)
Commanders and leaders
Béla IV of Hungary Coloman of Slavonia  (DOW) Ugrin Csák  † Matthias Rátót  † Frederick II of Austria Denis Tomaj  † Rembald de Voczon	Batu Khan Subutai Shiban Berke Boroldai
Units involved
primarily light cavalry Knights Templar Crossbowmen Infantry	Cavalry, predominantly horse archers and lancers Stone throwers Possibly Chinese firearm units and other gunpowder units
Strength
80,000 50,000 25,000	~15,000-30,000 cavalry (contemporary sources) Other estimations: 70,000 50,000 20,000
Casualties and losses
~10,000 (contemporary sources) Most of the army	Few hundreds Very heavy

Kingdom of Hungary
Kingdom of Croatia
Knights Templar

The Battle of Mohi (today Muhi), also known as Battle of the Sajó River or Battle of the Tisza River (11 April 1241), was the main battle between the Mongol Empire and the Kingdom of Hungary during the Mongol invasion of Europe. It took place at Muhi, southwest of the Sajó River. After the invasion, Hungary lay in ruins. Nearly half of the inhabited places had been destroyed by the invading armies. Around 15–25 percent of the population was lost, mostly in lowland areas, especially in the Great Hungarian Plain, the southern reaches of the Hungarian plain in the area now called the Banat and in southern Transylvania.

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