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Khwarazm Shah Expansion

Type Event Region Central Asia Time 1195

In the 1190s the Khwarazm Shah dynasty under Ala al-Din Tekish and his son Ala al-Din Muhammad expanded from the lower Amu Darya into Transoxiana and…

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  1. 1194Khwarazm (around Urgench) · KhwarazmShah Tekish consolidated Khwarazm's core territories in the lower Amu Darya, integrating local powers and building up military and administrative resources for expansion into Transoxiana and Khurasan.
  2. 1197–1198Transoxiana · TransoxianaKhwarazm forces advanced along the Syr Darya and Amu Darya, challenging Western Liao suzerainty and seizing the trading centers of Bukhara and Samarkand, shifting Central Asia's political center of gravity eastward.
  3. 1199–1200Khurasan frontier · KhurasanTekish's son Muhammad took part in military operations toward Khurasan; Khwarazm and the Ghurid dynasty faced off along the eastern Persian border, paving the way for the subsequent conquest of Khurasan.

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