Khwarezm Shah's Expansion of Power in Central Asia (1177)

Name: Khwarezm Shah's Expansion of Power in Central Asia (1177)
Start: 1177

Type Event Region Central Asia Time 1177

Around 1177, Khwarezm Shah Ala al-Din Tekish pushed east into Central Asia, encroaching on Western Liao vassals and Syr Darya cities, and contested K…

Timeline

1177Middle Syr Darya · Central AsiaShah Tekish led his army eastward, seizing or compelling submission of cities in the Syr Darya basin, weakening Western Liao suzerainty there and extending Khwarezm's power into the heartland of Transoxiana.
1177–1178Khorasan · KhorasanKhwarezm and the Ghurids contended along the Khorasan frontier; Tekish consolidated control over vassal cities through diplomacy and military action, further establishing Khwarezm's dominance in the Central Asia–Persia borderlands.

Sources

The History of the Khwarazmian Empire — Clifford Edmund Bosworth
The Cambridge History of Iran, Volume 5 — Various (1968)