Otrar or Utrar (Kazakh: Отырар, Otyrar, [wotəˈɾɑɾ]; Old Turkic: 𐰚𐰭𐱃𐰺𐰢𐰣, romanized: Keŋü Tarman), also called Farab, is a Central Asian ghost town...

Otrar Catastrophe was a siege that took place between December 1219 and February 1220 during the Mongol conquest of the Khwarazmian Empire at Otrar,...

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sold to merchants (The Otrar incident), because these objects belong to Mongols. They brought all the property they had from Otrar caravan and handed them...

Inalchuq (or Inalchuk) (died 1219) was governor of Otrar in the Khwarezmian Empire in the early 13th century, known mainly for helping to provoke the...

The Fall of Otrar (Kazakh: Отырардың күйреуі, Otyrardyñ küirewi) is a 1991 Kazakhstani drama film directed by Ardak Amirkulov. The film was selected as...

caravan by the government of Otrar and the subsequent refusal of Shah Ala ad-Din Muhammad II to bring the governor of Otrar to task for his crime. Genghis...

excellent manoeuvering, the Khan's army managed to take the border town of Otrar swiftly, followed by the large cities of Bukhara and Samarkand. The siege...

"Тобол" - "Отрар". Это не было схваткой лидеров [Superfinal: "Tobol" - "Otrar". It wasn't a final of leaders]. Gazeta.kz (in Russian). 1 June 2004. Retrieved...

Majilis, and editor-in-chief of the magazine Zhalyn. Shakhanov was born in Otrar. Well known in Kazakhstan for his articles, which raised public awareness...

campaign against Khwarazmian Empire with his father and brothers, capturing Otrar in 1218, Samarkand in 1220, Urgench in March-April 1221. The Urgench campaign...

crossed the Jaxartes in 1219 and sacked the cities of Samarqand, Bukhara, Otrar, and others. Muhammad's capital city, Gurganj, followed soon after. The...

major cities individually, the Mongols laid siege to the border town of Otrar, and struck further into Khwarazmia. The city of Bukhara was a major centre...

border cities of Turkestan and says that Sighnaq was located 40 km from Otrar; the biographical book called Tabakatol hanefiyet, by Ketevi, placed it...

ruled by Shah Muhammad II. The Mongols had laid siege to the border town of Otrar, but finding its defences obdurate, a large force commanded by Genghis and...

Otrar from either the Altai Mountains to the north or the Dzungarian Gate and immediately started laying siege to it. Rashid Al-Din stated that Otrar...

a defence in depth strategy based on garrisoning his cities, especially Otrar, Samarkand and Gurganj. However, the Khan demonstrated superior strategic...

crossed the Jaxartes in 1219 and sacked the cities of Samarkand, Bukhara, Otrar and others. Muhammad's capital city, Urgench, followed soon after. Ala ad-Din...

defeat.: 255  However, he could not ignore the seizure of a trade caravan in Otrar and subsequent execution of Mongol envoys in Gurganj. War between the two...

century. The city emerged as a commercial hub following the decline of Otrar, an ancient city with remnants located southeast near the Syr Darya. For...

Fergana Valley. Jochi's brothers Chagatai and Ogedai then descended on Otrar and besieged it. Genghis soon arrived with his youngest son Tolui, and split...

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quantity of wares. Inalchuq, the governor of the Khwarazmian border town of Otrar, decided to massacre the merchants on grounds of espionage and seize the...

in 1376. Winning his favor and support, Tokhtamysh installed himself at Otrar and Sayram on the Syr Darya in 1376, raiding into Urus Khan's territory...

Tokhtamysh with resources and forces, allowing him to establish himself at Otrar and Sayram. Urus' son Qutlu-Buqa, who was governing the east in his father's...

that hydrological/geological toponym) in that general area, such as Farab (Otrar) on the Jaxartes (Syr Darya) in modern Kazakhstan; Farab, an still-extant...

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during a campaign in China. In January 1405, he arrived in the city of Otrar (its ruins - near the confluence of Arys into the Syr Darya), where he fell...

immediately start laying siege to the border city of Otrar. Mongol forces under Chagatai and Ögedei capture Otrar after a 5-month siege. The city becomes the first...

and Qaraçuq (the last of which was also known to Kashgari as Farab, now Otrar; situated near the Karachuk mountains to its east). The extension from the...