Sasanian Khwarazm
Sasanian Khwarazm (Middle Persian: Xwarāzm) refers to the period that the ancient civilization of Khwarazm was under the suzerainty of the Sasanian Empire from 242[1] to its conquest by the nomadic Xionites in c. 350.
| Khwarazm Xwarāzm | |||||||
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| Province of the Sasanian Empire | |||||||
| 242–c. 350 | |||||||
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| Capital | Kath | ||||||
| Historical era | Antiquity | ||||||
• Conquest by Shapur I | 242 | ||||||
• | 242 | ||||||
• Xionites conquest | c. 350 | ||||||
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| Today part of |  Kazakhstan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan | ||||||
References
- Frye 1983, p. 125.
Sources
- Brunner, Christopher (1983). "Geographical and Administrative divisions: Settlements and Economy". The Cambridge History of Iran: The Seleucid, Parthian, and Sasanian periods (2). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 747–778. ISBN 978-0-521-24693-4.
- Frye, Richard N. (1983). "The political history of Iran under the Sasanians". The Cambridge History of Iran: The Seleucid, Parthian, and Sasanian periods (1). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 116–181. ISBN 978-0-521-24693-4.
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