Fragmentation of the Karakhanid Khanate

Name: Fragmentation of the Karakhanid Khanate
Start: 1121
End: 1130

Type Event Region Central Asia Time 1121–1130

In the 1120s the Karakhanid Khanate further declined and fragmented, with cities north and south of Tianshan carving out local rule, unable to resist…

Timeline

1121–1125Kashgar · Southern TianshanCentered on Kashgar, the Eastern Karakhanids suffered endless succession disputes; local emirs grew powerful and central authority could hardly govern the cities of the southern Tianshan.
1123–1128Samarkand · TransoxianaThe Western Karakhanids nominally ruled Samarkand and elsewhere, but city governors acted independently, clashing with Seljuk remnants and Khwarazm forces; the khanate existed in name only.
1125–1130North and south of the Tianshan Mountains · Central AsiaThe fragmented Karakhanid branches could neither unite against Yelü Dashi's Western Liao advance nor halt Khwarazm's westward expansion; the Central Asian political map entered a period of reorganization.

Sources

The Cambridge History of Iran, Vol. 5: The Saljuq and Mongol Periods — J. A. Boyle (ed.) (1968)
突厥史 — 薛宗正 (1992)