Place:Kyzyl-Kala
Kyzyl-Kala | |
 .jpg) Kyzyl-Kala fortress, 1st-4th century AD: original ruins, and reconstruction (left third portion simulated) | |
  Shown within West and Central Asia  Kyzyl-Kala (Uzbekistan) | |
| Alternative name | Kyzyl-Kala |
|---|---|
| Location | Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan |
| Coordinates | [ ⚑ ] : 41°55′48.1″N 60°47′02.8″E / 41.930028°N 60.784111°E |
| Type | Settlement |
| History | |
| Periods | Parthian, Sasanian |
| Site notes | |
| Condition | Ruined |
Kyzyl-Kala, also Qyzyl Qala ("Red fortress"), in modern Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan, was an ancient fortress in Chorasmia built in the 1st-4th century AD.[1][2] The small fortress of Kyzyl-Kala is located near Toprak-Kala, about 1 km to the west, and was also built in the 1st-4th century AD, possibly as a fortified defense for the site of Toprak-Kala. Kyzyl-Kala was once restored in the 12th century. It has also been the subject of a modern renovation program, with the objective of showing what a fortress looked like originally. It is part of the "Fifty fortresses oasis" in modern-day Uzbekistan.[3] It was last occupied by Muhammad II of Khwarazm (1169, 1200-20), ruler of the Khwarazmian Empire, before it fell to the Mongol conquest of Khwarazmia.
Kyzyl-Kala under restoration (2018)
Old and new walls
Kyzyk-Kala, details of new walls
Location of the Kyzyl-Kala fortress, next to Toprak-Kala in the Chorasmian oasis, in relation to other main fortresses
Cotton picking near Kyzyl-Kala.
Mina'i bowl depiction of a fortress under siege, circa 1200, Iran
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References
- ↑ Ducke, Isa; Thoma, Natascha (2015) (in de). Usbekistan. Dumont Reiseverlag. p. 385. ISBN 978-3-7701-7739-4. https://books.google.com/books?id=c6wmBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA385.
- ↑ Adrianov, Boris V.; Mantellini, Simone (31 December 2013) (in en). Ancient Irrigation Systems of the Aral Sea Area. Oxbow Books, Limited. p. 162. ISBN 978-1-78297-167-2. https://books.google.com/books?id=is0nDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA162.
- ↑ Adrianov, Boris V.; Mantellini, Simone (31 December 2013) (in en). Ancient Irrigation Systems of the Aral Sea Area. Oxbow Books, Limited. p. 38. ISBN 978-1-78297-167-2. https://books.google.com/books?id=is0nDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA38.
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