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Khwarazm Shah's Expansion
In 1158 CE, Khwarazm Shah Il-Arslan, at the request of exiled Karluks, sent troops into Transoxiana, capturing Bukhara and besieging Samarkand, inter…
Timeline
- 1158Khwarazm · KhwarazmWestern Qarakhanid Chaghri Khan Ali persecuted Karluk leaders, and some Karluk fled to Khwarazm seeking aid. Il-Arslan decided to use the opportunity to intervene in Transoxiana affairs, leading his army east to support the rebellious tribes and opening a new phase of Khwarazm's eastward expansion.
- 1158Samarkand · Western Qarakhanid KhanateKhwarazmian forces occupied Bukhara and besieged Samarkand; Chaghri Khan appealed to the Turkic tribes along the Syr Darya and to the Western Liao. The Western Liao relief force hesitated to advance, and religious figures in Samarkand mediated, forcing Chaghri Khan to restore the Karluk leaders' positions, whereupon the Khwarazmian army withdrew.
Sources
- Il-Arslan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Il-Arslan
- IL-ARSLĀN — C. E. Bosworth https://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/il-arslan/
- KHWARAZMSHAHS iii. The Line of Anuštigin — C. E. Bosworth https://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/khwarazmshah/iii-the-line-of-anustigin/