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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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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