Otrar

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Otrar was an important medieval Central Asian city and trading hub located in present-day Kazakhstan, historically significant along the Silk Road.

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Otrar canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf archaeological site
historical city
abandonedInCentury 18th century
alsoKnownAs Farab
Fārāb
Turarband
attackedBy Mongol Empire
attackedByLeader Genghis Khan
country Kazakhstan
culturalInfluence Islamic culture
linked to: Islamic world

Persian culture
Turkic culture
declinedInCentury 16th century
destroyedInCentury 13th century
event Otrar Incident
excavatedBy Kazakh archaeologists
flourishedInCentury 10th century
11th century
12th century
13th century
function caravan city
fortified city
trading hub
governedBy Karakhanid dynasty
linked to: Kara-Khanid Khanate

Kazakh Khanate
Khwarazmian Empire
Timurid Empire
linked to: Timurid dynasty
hasStructureType baths
citadel
city walls
craft workshops
mosques
residential quarters
heritageStatus archaeological reserve of Kazakhstan
historicalPeriod Middle Ages
knownFor agriculture
ceramic production
irrigation systems
metalworking
locatedIn Central Asia
South Kazakhstan Region
locatedNear Aris River
Syr Darya River
linked to: Syr Darya
locatedOn Silk Road
linked to: Silk Road routes
nearModernSettlement Shaulder
onTradeRoute Silk Road
linked to: Silk Road routes

route between Central Asia and Persia
route between China and the Middle East
partiallyRebuiltInCentury 14th century
partOf Transoxiana
producedNotablePerson Al-Farabi
regionHistoric Turkestan region
linked to: Turkestan
religion Islam
siege Siege of Otrar
siegeYear 1219

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