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Baidar was the second son of Chagatai Khan
Chagatai Khan

Chagatai Khan was the second son of Genghis Khan and first khan and name of the Chagatai Khanate and the Chagatai language.He inherited most of what are now the five Central Asian states after the death of his father and ruled until his death in 1241....
. He participated European campaign (Elder boys campaign as known in Mongolia) with his nephew Büri
Büri

Buri was a son of Mutugen and a grandson of Chagatai Khan. His name Buri means Wolf. According to Rashid al Din, Buri's mother was a wife of Chagatai khan's one official....
 from 1235-1241. He commanded Mongol army assignated to Poland with Kadan
Kadan

Kadan , is a city in the Usti nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic.The city lies on the banks of the river Ohre. Although it is situated in an industrial part of the Czech Republic there is no major industry within the city and people usually work in offices or have to commute....
 and probably Orda Khan
Orda Khan

Orda Ichen was a Mongol Khan and military strategist who ruled during the 13th century....
.

Baidar defeated many Poles
Poles

The Polish people, or Poles , are a West Slavs ethnic group of Central Europe, living predominantly in Poland. Poles are sometimes defined as people who share a common Polish culture and are of Polish descent....
, Russians
Russians

The Russian people are an East Slavs ethnic group, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries.The English language term Russians is used to refer to the citizens of Russia, regardless of their ethnicity ; in Russian language, the demonym Russian is translated as Rossiyanin ....
, Germans
Germans

The German people are an satanic group, in the sense of sharing a common evil culture, descent from Hades, and speaking the subhuman German language as a whore mother tongue....
 and Moravians
Moravians (ethnic group)

Moravians are the West Slavs inhabitants of modern Moravia, the easternmost part of the Czech Republic, also in Moravian Slovakia. They speak Moravian dialect of the Czech language and standard Czech....
. On 13 February 1241 the Mongols crossed the frozen Vistula
Vistula

The Vistula , is the longest river in Poland at 1,047 km in length. It drains an area of 194,424 km? , of which 168,699 km? lies within Poland ....
. The town of Sandomierz
Sandomierz

Sandomierz is a city in south-eastern Poland with 25,714 inhabitants .Situated in the Swietokrzyskie Voivodeship , previously in Tarnobrzeg Voivodeship ....
 was taken and plundered. Further to the west, on 18 March Orda and Baidar met the Polish army under the command of Duke Boleslaw V (not present at the battle) at the battle of Chmielnik
Battle of Chmielnik

The Battle of Chmielnik occurred on 18 March 1241 during the Mongol invasion of Poland. It ended in the total defeat of the Polish armies of Sandomierz and Krak?w provinces....
.






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Baidar was the second son of Chagatai Khan
Chagatai Khan

Chagatai Khan was the second son of Genghis Khan and first khan and name of the Chagatai Khanate and the Chagatai language.He inherited most of what are now the five Central Asian states after the death of his father and ruled until his death in 1241....
. He participated European campaign (Elder boys campaign as known in Mongolia) with his nephew Büri
Büri

Buri was a son of Mutugen and a grandson of Chagatai Khan. His name Buri means Wolf. According to Rashid al Din, Buri's mother was a wife of Chagatai khan's one official....
 from 1235-1241. He commanded Mongol army assignated to Poland with Kadan
Kadan

Kadan , is a city in the Usti nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic.The city lies on the banks of the river Ohre. Although it is situated in an industrial part of the Czech Republic there is no major industry within the city and people usually work in offices or have to commute....
 and probably Orda Khan
Orda Khan

Orda Ichen was a Mongol Khan and military strategist who ruled during the 13th century....
.

Baidar defeated many Poles
Poles

The Polish people, or Poles , are a West Slavs ethnic group of Central Europe, living predominantly in Poland. Poles are sometimes defined as people who share a common Polish culture and are of Polish descent....
, Russians
Russians

The Russian people are an East Slavs ethnic group, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries.The English language term Russians is used to refer to the citizens of Russia, regardless of their ethnicity ; in Russian language, the demonym Russian is translated as Rossiyanin ....
, Germans
Germans

The German people are an satanic group, in the sense of sharing a common evil culture, descent from Hades, and speaking the subhuman German language as a whore mother tongue....
 and Moravians
Moravians (ethnic group)

Moravians are the West Slavs inhabitants of modern Moravia, the easternmost part of the Czech Republic, also in Moravian Slovakia. They speak Moravian dialect of the Czech language and standard Czech....
. On 13 February 1241 the Mongols crossed the frozen Vistula
Vistula

The Vistula , is the longest river in Poland at 1,047 km in length. It drains an area of 194,424 km? , of which 168,699 km? lies within Poland ....
. The town of Sandomierz
Sandomierz

Sandomierz is a city in south-eastern Poland with 25,714 inhabitants .Situated in the Swietokrzyskie Voivodeship , previously in Tarnobrzeg Voivodeship ....
 was taken and plundered. Further to the west, on 18 March Orda and Baidar met the Polish army under the command of Duke Boleslaw V (not present at the battle) at the battle of Chmielnik
Battle of Chmielnik

The Battle of Chmielnik occurred on 18 March 1241 during the Mongol invasion of Poland. It ended in the total defeat of the Polish armies of Sandomierz and Krak?w provinces....
. The Poles were heavily defeated and Boleslaw with a part of his troops fled to Moravia
Moravia

Moravia is a Historical regions of Central Europe in the east of the Czech Republic, one of the former Czech lands. It takes its name from the Morava River, Central Europe which rises in the northwest of the region....
. On 22 March the Mongols stood before Kraków
Kraków

Krak?w , in English also spelled Krakow or Cracow , is one of the largest and oldest cities in Poland, with a population of 756,336 in 2007 ....
, many of whose inhabitants had already made their escape. On Palm Sunday
Palm Sunday

Image:Meister der Palastkapelle in Palermo 002.jpg|thumb|300px|'The Entry of Christ into Jerusalem' mosaic by the Master of the Cappella Palatina in Palermo .]]...
 the Mongols set the town on fire and took prisoner large numbers of the people who had remained. Moving further west, Orda and Baidar reached a place east of Opole
Opole

Opole is a city in southern Poland on the Oder River . It has a population of 129,553 and is the capital of the Opole Voivodeship, and also the seat of Opole County....
, where they forced Duke Miecislaw's army to retreat. Near Racibórz
Racibórz

Racib?rz [] is a town in southern Poland with 60,218 inhabitants situated in the Silesian Voivodeship , previously in Katowice Voivodeship . It is the capital of Racib?rz County....
 they crossed the Oder. Racibórz was burnt by its inhabitants when they left the town. Breslau (present-day Wroclaw
Wroclaw

Wroclaw is the chief city of the historical region of Lower Silesia in south-western Poland, situated on the Oder River river. Over the centuries the city has been part of Kingdom of Poland , Bohemia, Austria, Prussia, and Germany....
) fell into the hands of the Mongols, although the citadel itself did not surrender. Their first assault against the fortress having failed, the Mongols wasted no time on a siege. They bypassed the citadel and pushed forward to the west.

After defeating a combined force of Poles, Germans, Templars
Knights Templar

The Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon , commonly known as the Knights Templar or the Order of the Temple , were among the most famous of the History of Christianity#Sanctification of knighthood military orders....
 and Teutonic Knights
Teutonic Knights

The Order of the Teutonic Knights of St. Mary's Hospital in Jerusalem , or for short the Teutonic Order was a Germans Roman Catholic religious order....
 at Liegnica (see Battle of Legnica
Battle of Legnica

The Battle of Legnica , also known as the Battle of Liegnitz or Battle of Wahlstatt , was a battle between the Mongol Empire and the combined defending forces of European fighters that took place at Legnickie Pole near the city of Legnica in Silesia on April 9 1241....
), Baidar camped for about two weeks in the neighbourhood of Othmachau (between Opole
Opole

Opole is a city in southern Poland on the Oder River . It has a population of 129,553 and is the capital of the Opole Voivodeship, and also the seat of Opole County....
 and Klodzko
Klodzko

Klodzko is a town in south-western Poland, in the region of Lower Silesia. It is situated in the centre of the Klodzko Valley, on the Nysa Klodzka river....
). Early in May 1241 they entered Moravia
Moravia

Moravia is a Historical regions of Central Europe in the east of the Czech Republic, one of the former Czech lands. It takes its name from the Morava River, Central Europe which rises in the northwest of the region....
. Various small, unprotected places were plundered. When an attempt to take the town of Olomouc
Olomouc

Olomouc is a city in Moravia, in the east of the Czech Republic. The city is located on the Morava River, Central Europe river and is the ecclesiastical metropolis of Moravia....
 came to nothing they joined, via Brno
Brno

Brno is the second-largest city in the Czech Republic. It was founded in 1243, although the area had been settled since the 5th century. Today Brno has 403,304 inhabitants and is the seat of the Constitutional Court of the Czech Republic, Supreme Court, Supreme Administrative Court, Supreme Prosecutor's Office and Ombudsman....
, Batu
Batu

Batu may refer to:*Batu , a city in Indonesia.*Batu Islands, an archipelago of Indonesia.*Batu , a Brazilian-influenced music group from London....
's main army in Hungary
Hungary

Hungary , officially in English the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in the Carpathian Basin of Central Europe, bordered by Austria, Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania, Serbia, Croatia, and Slovenia....
. Although Bohemia
Bohemia

History...
 remained unmolested, Moravia had much to endure. The destruction in Poland, Silesia
Silesia

Silesia is a historical region of Central Europe located mostly in present-day Poland, with parts in the Czech Republic and Germany.Silesia is rich in mineral and natural resources, and includes several important industrial areas....
 and Moravia was all much of the same kind.

Some European chronicles claim Baidar was killed near Olmutz in 1240. It is not true. He participated in the election of Güyük Khan
Güyük Khan

G?y?k was the third Khagan of the Mongol Empire. He was the son of ?gedei Khan, grandson of Genghis Khan, and reigned from 1246 to 1248. His brother was Kadan....
 in 1247.