Aujourd'hui nous commémorons les 100 000 martyrs de Tbilissi.

En 1227, le sultan Jalal al-Din de Khwarazm et son armée de Turkmènes attaquèrent la Géorgie. Le sultan ordonna que la coupole de la cathédrale de Sioni soit démontée et remplacée par son vil trône.

The walls of Khiva in the Khwarazm oasis

'There is not a scientist or poet in Baghdad who does not have a student from Khwarazm.'

-Observation of a 10th century Arab writer on the countless Central Asian students and scholars in Baghdad.

Mahmud of Ghazni (971–1030) or Mahmud Ghaznavi was the first independent ruler of the Turkic dynasty of Ghaznavids. At the time of his death his kingdom had been transformed into an empire extending from northwestern Iran proper to the Punjab, Khwarazm in Transoxiana, and Makran.

Le fort Nandana & laboratoire à Jhelum, Pakistan

Un site où le scientifique iranien khwarazm musulman Al-Biruni a mesuré le rayon de la terre à l'aide d'un bâton

A boy of the Late Bronze Age Tazabag'yab culture in Khwarazm.

This culture, in modern day Uzbekistan, would be ancestral to the Tajik and Dardic people of Central Asia.

The one name which Muslims fear the most is that of “Chengiz Khan”.

He swept like a tornado over the then most powerful and extensive Islamic empire of Khwarazm. In a
short span of five years (1219-1224 CE), he slaughtered millions
of Muslims,......

Tulajha Fort is the name of a mountain top near Khura, Khushab, Punjab having ruins of old palaces. The fort is famous 4 being the place where JalalUdDin Khwarazm Shah took shelter while escaping frm Mongols. The track to reach top is through a dense forest.
Credits: Nasr Ahmad

The Khanate of Khiva ruled Khwarazm and part of Khorasan for four centuries. In this thread I will briefly cover the khanate under the Kungrat dynasty, from its inception in the 19th century until its end in 1920 (using the pictures I took in Khiva)

General view of the Dakhma at Chil’pyk, Khwarazm, NW Uzbekistan c. 4th-8th century.

“The Dakhma contains a monumental staircase, high mud-brick walls and compartments for depositing corpses (pāvis). Associated with it was also a fire chamber (sāgris).”

[Xin, 2014].

It just keeps getting worse. Not only did ARK refuse to annex Merv, but he also rejected a similar request from the Khan of Khwarazm/Khiva. Brb going to piss on his grave

Arghush Farhadan was a legendary ruler of Gilan in the Shahnameh during the time of Kay Khosrow. He fought against Afrasiab of Turan, invaded Khwarazm, and defeated Afrasiab's brother, Garsivaz, and his son, Sheda.

The Seljuqs and the Khwarazm Shahs. A. Sevim and C. E. Bosworth.
Part of book History of civilizations of Central Asia, v. 4: The Age of achievement, A.D. 750 to the end of the fifteenth century.
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Silver bowl,
raised from a circular piece of sheet metal with an embossed design,
originally gilded,
Khwarazm, Central Asia,
658 AD

'Within, a depiction of a four-armed crowned goddess, possibly Nana...'
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#Gold Dinar from the Khwarezmshah #dynasty of #Khwarazm and #Khorasan 521-628 H/1127-1231 AD

No mint name

Date: Month of Safar 615 H (May 1218 AD)

#CentralAsia

Writing the #Uzbekistan script I have to mention the incredible significance the Khwarazm region plays in the country's identity. Shared with #Turkmenistan ,

Although under many empires, this area was originally inhabited by Iranic peoples who built massive desert castles,…

Gilded silver dish from Khwarazm showing a horseman with a lapel coat and a bowcase, with a halo around his head. 7th - early 8th C
Image from the Cultural Legacy of Uzbekistan catalogue

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History in Story Georgia has a similar icon, depicting when Sultan Jalal al-Din of Khwarazm in 1227 beheaded 100,000 Christians in Tbilisi who refused to convert to Islam

Nice! Recently My dad done a depiction of the Battle of Parwan 1221. He didn’t know which flags to put down so I suggested because the battle was fought by Afghans(Pashtuns) under Sultan Jalaluddin Khwarazm, Put the Durani flag, Pakistani flag and the Umayyad white standard.