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January 2, 2002

Capital of Khawrezm

This question comes from Arya Khshathra:

What is the name of the great capital city of Khawrezm which was completely destroyed by Timur-e-Lang (Tamerlane)?

The first correct answer came half an hour after it was posted! Shahrbanou Tadjbakhsh wrote:

Timur declared himself ruler of Khwarezm in 1380 and build his capital in Samarqand which he brought artisans from Herat and architects from Persia to build (the city was not destroyed, but built really). Khiva was created in the 16-17th Century, when the Uzbek tribes created in 1512 the Khanate of Khwarezm, which became the Khanat of Khiva and was later annexed by the Russians in 1873. As for your question, Timur took/destroyed URGENCH and then HERAT, and he built his visions of cities in Samarqand and Shahresabz. The capital of Khwarazm at that time must have been Urgench. The city is now a nothing city in Uzbekistan. It has an airport to get to Khiva from there.

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