Decline of the Karakhanid Khanate

Name: Decline of the Karakhanid Khanate
Start: 1161
End: 1170

Type Event Region Central Asia Time 1161–1170

In the 1160s both Karakhanid branches further declined: the western branch lost Khwarazm, the eastern branch became a Western Liao vassal, and territ…

Timeline

1161–1164Khwarazm · KhwarazmThe Khwarazm Shah completely threw off Western Karakhanid suzerainty; the western khanate lost its core territories in the lower Amu Darya and its power greatly diminished.
1162–1170Kashgar · Southern TianshanThe Eastern Karakhanid khagan submitted to Western Liao; changes of the khanate throne required Western Liao's approval, leaving political independence in name only.
1165–1170Samarkand · TransoxianaSamarkand, Bukhara, and other cities were effectively controlled by local governors; the Karakhanid center could not command them, and the khanate system tended to disintegrate.

Sources

The Cambridge History of Early Inner Asia — Denis Sinor (ed.) (1990)