Konye-Urgench
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Konye-Urgench, also known as Köneürgenç, Old Urgench or Urganj, is a city in north Turkmenistan, just south from its border with Uzbekistan. In 2022, it had a total population of 37,176 people.
Part of the ancient city of Konye-Urgench. On the left: Gutlug Timur Minaret; On the right: Sultan Tekesh Mausoleum
Soltan Tekesh Mausoleum in Konye-Urgench
Highly intricate decoration of Turabek Khanum Mausoleum dome. All tiling is original surviving more than 6 centuries.
Timur's army, commanded by his son Umar Shaykh, in the Siege of Urgench (1379). Garrett Zafarnama (1480).
Khwarazmian Empire
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The Khwarazmian Empire, or simply Khwarazm, was a culturally Persianate, Sunni Muslim empire of Turkic mamluk origin, ruled by the Anushtegin dynasty. The Khwarazmian Empire ruled large parts of prese
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…4th centuries BC. Some of the earliest records show that Khwarezm was conquered by the Arabs in 712, who took the capital city of Kath of the Iranic Khwarazmian Afrighid dynasty. The city rose to prominence between the 10th and 14th centuries as the Khwarezmian capital, replacing Kath. Gurjanu served as an…
Coin minted under Atsiz, citing his Seljuk suzerain Ahmad Sanjar
Khwarazmshah Il-Arslan at his coronation, painting from the book Jami' al-Tawarikh (c. 1306–1314)
Muhammad II depicted in a 1430 manuscript of the Jami' al-tawarikh by Rashid-al-Din Hamadani