Kyzyl-Kala

Kyzyl-Kala
	Kyzyl-Kala
	; Kyzyl-Kala fortress, 1st-4th century AD: original ruins, and reconstruction (left third portion simulated)
	Shown within West and Central Asia Kyzyl-Kala (Uzbekistan)
Alternative name	Kyzyl-Kala
Location	Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan
Coordinates	[ ⚑ ] : 41°55′48.1″N 60°47′02.8″E / 41.930028°N 60.784111°E
Type	Settlement
History
Periods	Parthian, Sasanian
Site notes
Condition	Ruined

Short description: Fortress and archaeological site in Uzbekistan

Kyzyl-Kala, also Qyzyl Qala ("Red fortress"), in modern Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan, was an ancient fortress in Chorasmia built in the 1st-4th century AD.^[1]^[2] The small fortress of Kyzyl-Kala is located near Toprak-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-day Uzbekistan.^[3] It was last occupied by Muhammad II of Khwarazm (1169, 1200-20), ruler of the Khwarazmian Empire, before it fell to the Mongol conquest of Khwarazmia.

Kyzyl-Kala under restoration (2018)
Old and new walls
Kyzyk-Kala, details of new walls
Location of the Kyzyl-Kala fortress, next to Toprak-Kala in the Chorasmian oasis, in relation to other main fortresses
Cotton picking near Kyzyl-Kala.
Mina'i bowl depiction of a fortress under siege, circa 1200, Iran

References

↑ Ducke, Isa; Thoma, Natascha (2015) (in de). Usbekistan. Dumont Reiseverlag. p. 385. ISBN 978-3-7701-7739-4. https://books.google.com/books?id=c6wmBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA385.
↑ Adrianov, Boris V.; Mantellini, Simone (31 December 2013) (in en). Ancient Irrigation Systems of the Aral Sea Area. Oxbow Books, Limited. p. 162. ISBN 978-1-78297-167-2. https://books.google.com/books?id=is0nDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA162.
↑ Adrianov, Boris V.; Mantellini, Simone (31 December 2013) (in en). Ancient Irrigation Systems of the Aral Sea Area. Oxbow Books, Limited. p. 38. ISBN 978-1-78297-167-2. https://books.google.com/books?id=is0nDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA38.

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[1] Ducke, Isa; Thoma, Natascha (2015) (in de). Usbekistan. Dumont Reiseverlag. p. 385. ISBN 978-3-7701-7739-4. https://books.google.com/books?id=c6wmBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA385.

[2] Adrianov, Boris V.; Mantellini, Simone (31 December 2013) (in en). Ancient Irrigation Systems of the Aral Sea Area. Oxbow Books, Limited. p. 162. ISBN 978-1-78297-167-2. https://books.google.com/books?id=is0nDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA162.

[BVA-3] Adrianov, Boris V.; Mantellini, Simone (31 December 2013) (in en). Ancient Irrigation Systems of the Aral Sea Area. Oxbow Books, Limited. p. 38. ISBN 978-1-78297-167-2. https://books.google.com/books?id=is0nDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA38.

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History
Kyzyl-Kala
Kyzyl-Kala fortress, 1st-4th century AD: original ruins, and reconstruction (left third portion simulated)
Shown within West and Central Asia Show map of West and Central Asia Kyzyl-Kala (Uzbekistan) Show map of Uzbekistan
Alternative name	Kyzyl-Kala
Location	Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan
Coordinates	[ ⚑ ] : 41°55′48.1″N 60°47′02.8″E / 41.930028°N 60.784111°E / 41.930028; 60.784111
Type	Settlement
Periods	Parthian, Sasanian
Site notes
Condition	Ruined

Kyzyl-Kala

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