She quarreled so bitterly with his heir by another wife, Jalal al-Din, that she may have contributed to the impotence of the Khwarazmian Empire in the face of the Mongol onslaught.

She had a separate Diwan (state apparatus) and a palace and had and managed her fiefs in a huge area as much as her son, and had her own vizier and guard commander to carry out her affairs.

Khwarazmshah Muhammed retreated to Samarkand towards the end of his rule and had to leave the capital city of Gurgenç (Köneürgenç, present-day Turkmenistan) to her.

Many large and prosperous cities: Otrar, Khujand, Bukhara, Samarkand, Merv, Nishapur and others were razed and their inhabitants killed.

How can I become dependent on the mercy of the son of Aychichek (Turkmen wife of Muhammad and mother of Jalal al-Din) and be under his protection, when I have Uzlag-shah and Aq-shah?