Khwarezmian

The name Khwarezmian (also Khorezmian, Khwarezm, Khwarizmim, Chorasmian, Carizmian, and others) may refer to:

  • Khwarezm, a large oasis region on the Amu Darya river delta in western Central Asia bordering the former Aral Sea and the center of the Khwarezmian civilization
  • Khwarezmian language also known as Chorasmian, an extinct East Iranian language
  • Khorezmian language (Khorezmian-Turkic)
  • Khwarazmian dynasty, a Persianate Sunni Muslim dynasty of Turkic mamluk origin that ruled Greater Iran from about 1077 to 1231

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