Kyzyl-Kala
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Kyzyl-Kala | |
![]() ![]() Kyzyl-Kala fortress, 1st-4th century AD: original ruins, and reconstruction (left third portion simulated) | |
Alternative name | Kyzyl-Kala |
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Location | Karakalpakstan,Uzbekistan |
Coordinates | 41°55′48.1″N60°47′02.8″E/ 41.930028°N 60.784111°E |
Type | Settlement |
History | |
Periods | Parthian,Sasanian |
Site notes | |
Condition | Ruined |
Kyzyl-Kala,alsoQyzyl Qala( "Red fortress" ), in modernKarakalpakstan,Uzbekistan,was an ancient fortress inChorasmiabuilt in the 1st-4th century AD.[1][2]The small fortress of Kyzyl-Kala is located nearToprak-Kala,about 1 km to the west, and was also built in the 1st-4th century AD, possibly as a fortified defense for the site of Toprak-Kala. Kyzyl-Kala was once restored in the 12th century. It has also been the subject of a modern renovation program, with the objective of showing what a fortress looked like originally. It is part of the "Fifty fortresses oasis" in modern-dayUzbekistan.[3]It was last occupied byMuhammad II of Khwarazm(1169, 1200-20), ruler of theKhwarazmian Empire,before it fell to theMongol conquest of Khwarazmia.
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Kyzyl-Kala under restoration (2018)
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Old and new walls
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Kyzyk-Kala, details of new walls
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Location of the Kyzyl-Kala fortress, next toToprak-Kalain theChorasmianoasis, in relation to other main fortresses
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Cotton picking near Kyzyl-Kala.
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Mina'i bowldepiction of a fortress under siege, circa 1200, Iran
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