Ala al-Din Tekish Seizes Bukhara in 594 AH

استيلاء علاء الدين تكش على بخارى سنة 594

c. 1198 CE · 594 AH

Bukhara

In 594 Ala al-Din Tekish the Khwarazmshah seized Bukhara, which had belonged to the lord of Khita; wars and trials ran between them until Tekish prevailed and killed many of the Khitans 1.

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The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
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Persia & Central Asia
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119012001210 c.
The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks

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Bukhara

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In 594 AH Ala al-Din Tekish, the Khwarazmshah, took Bukhara, which had belonged to the ruler of the Khitai. There were wars and calamities between them. Tekish won and killed many of the Khitai. This Tekish is the one who ended the Seljuq state 1.

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Bukhara
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علاء الدين تكش خوارزم شاه

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Abu al-Hayja sent against Hamadan· The killing of Sultan Alp Arslan and the accession of Malikshah· Killing of Sultan Tughril III, last Seljuk sultan in Iraq· death of Khwarazmshah Tekish· Sa'id ibn Uthman and the Bukhara Host· Abdurauf Fitrat· Shams al-A'imma al-Kurdari· Fayzulla Khodzhayev

Sources

  1. Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 796
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