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Kara-Khanid Khanate
The Kara-Khanid Khanate is a Turkic dynasty that rules in Transoxania in Central Asia, ruled by a dynasty known in literature as the Karakhanids (also spelt Qarakhanids) or Ilek Khanids.
Both dynastic names represent titles with Kara Kağan being the most important Turkish title until the end of the dynasty.
The Khanate conquers Transoxania in Central Asia and rules it between 999–1211.
Their arrival in Transoxania signals a definitive shift from Iranian to Turkic predominance in Central Asia.
Their capitals include Kashgar, Balasagun, Uzgen and Samarkand.
Their history is reconstructed from fragmentary and often contradictory written sources, as well as studies on their coinage.
Member Cities
- Kashgar > Kashi Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu (Sinkiang) China Capital
- Alamut Castle Qazvin Iran Location
- Balasagun Chüy Kyrgyzstan Location
- Basra > Al-Basrah Al-Basrah Iraq Location
- Battle of Dandanaqan Mary Turkmenistan Location
- Bukhara Bukhara Uzbekistan Location
- Ferghana > Fergana Ferghana Uzbekistan Location
- Ghazni Ghazni Afghanistan Location
- Gurganj > Kunya Urgench Dashhowuz Turkmenistan Location
- Hamadan > Ecbatana Hamadan Iran Location
- Isfahan > Esfahan Esfahan Iran Location
- Kazalinsk Qyzylorda Kazakhstan Location
- Merv > Mary Mary Turkmenistan Location
- Nahavand Hamadan Iran Location
- Neyshabur > Nichapur > Nishapur Khorasan Iran Location
- Rey Tehran Iran Location
- Sajram (Sayram) > Isfijab Ongtustik Qazaqstan Kazakhstan Location
- Samarkand Samarkand Uzbekistan Location
- Talas Talas Kyrgyzstan Location
- Termez Surkhandarya Uzbekistan Location
- Yinchuan > Xingqing Ningxia Huizu Zizhiqu (Nigsia Hui) China Location
- Zhetysu Kazakhstan Location