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Region: Persia & Central Asia
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Khwarazm is a province that includes all of the land beyond the river, and its city is eastern. Al-Ahnaf ibn Qays marched to it after Balkh but could not take it, and withdrew, according to al-Baladhuri. ¹

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Site of: death of Khwarazmshah Tekish· Khwarazmshah takes Transoxiana and restores Khurasan· Khwarizm's King Summoning Qutayba against his Brother· Qutayba's Settlement of Khwarizm· Shihab al-Din's siege of Khwarazm and his defeat by the Khita

People and things also explored

خوارزم شاه علاء الدين محمد· قتيبة بن مسلم الباهلي· Abd al-Rahman ibn Muslim al-Bahili· علاء الدين تكش خوارزم شاه· Khurrazad· Shihab al-Din al-Ghuri· Ubaydallah ibn Muslim al-Bahili· death of Khwarazmshah Tekish

Sources

Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)

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islam.museum contributors. “Khwarizm”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/khwarizm/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.

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خوارزم شاه علاء الدين محمد

The Khwarazmshah who ruled Khurasan and Transoxiana, cut the Abbasid khutba and marched on Baghdad till twenty days of snow turned him; in 592 he crossed the Jayhun demanding the old Seljuk terms — the caliph razed the dar al-saltana and gave no answer.