Khwarazm Expansion (1130s)

Name: Khwarazm Expansion (1130s)
Start: 1131
End: 1140

Type Event Region Central Asia Time 1131–1140

In the 1130s, Khwarazm Shah Atsiz, taking advantage of Seljuk Sultan Sanjar's preoccupation with eastern campaigns, seized key points in Khorasan and…

Timeline

1131–1135Nishapur · KhorasanAtsiz led his army into Khorasan, capturing cities such as Nishapur, and clashed repeatedly with Seljuk Sultan Sanjar; Khwarazm transformed from a vassal into an independent power.
1136–1140Herat · KhorasanKhwarazm continued pressing the Ghurid dynasty to the west and controlling the oases of the lower Syr Darya to the north, enlarging its tax base and trade-route nodes and forming an expansion spanning both banks of the Amu Darya.

Sources

Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition: Khwarazm