The Khwarezmian Empire was a Turkic-speaking, Muslim Persian dynasty that rule Central Asia and present-day Iran between the 11th and 13th centuries.
It founder was Anush Tegin Gharchai, a former slave of the Seljuk sultans, who was appointed the governor of Khwarezm in 1077.
This empire picked up many of the pieces left by the demise of the Seljuk Empire, uniting most of Persia under the rule Ala al-Din Muhammad, the man with Turkic ancestry but raised in Persian court culture.
Ala al-Din Muhammad took over the throne of the Khwarezmian Empire in 1200. Ala al-Din Muhammad was the son of a slave who had first gained his freedom and then became viceroy of a small province called Khwarezm, in present day Uzbekistan. He extended Khwarezm’s territories far to the south.
The Khwarezmian Empire reached its highest point in 1212, when Khwarezmshah conquered its former rulers, the Kara Khitai Khaganate.
In 1218, Genghis Khan decides to invade the Khwarezmian Empire. The Mongol force consists of four main armies invading form the northeast under Genghis Kahn and his sons, Juji, Jagatai and Ogodei as well as a small force under Chepe from Kara-Khitai.
Khwarezmian Empire
The top most popular articles
-
The Harappan or Indus Valley Civilization, which thrived between approximately 3300 and 1300 BCE, stands as one of the world’s earliest and ... -
The Zagwe dynasty (c. 1137–1270 AD) represents a transformative chapter in Ethiopian history, bridging the decline of the Aksumite Empire an... -
The Hussain Shahi dynasty, a prominent family in the late medieval Sunni Muslim Sultanate of Bengal, ruled from 1494 to 1538. Founded by Ala...
-
The Hurrians were entering Mesopotamian at about Haran from Armenia, from northern mountains between the Black and Caspian Seas. They were a... -
Safavids was founded by Sufi mystics and religious preachers near the Caspian Sea. Safavids origins derived its name from the founder of the...
