Izmukshir

41°43′54″N 59°43′5″E / 41.73167°N 59.71806°E / 41.73167; 59.71806

Izmukshir (Turkmen: Yzmykşir), formerly Zamakhshar (Persian: زمخشر‎), is the site of a ruin in the Khwarazm oasis of Turkmenistan, about 25 km. south of Daşoguz.^[1]^[2]^[3]

History

Zamakhshar was a prominent town of medieval Khwarazm.^[1]^[3] It was the birthplace of Al-Zamakhshari, a Muslim polymath.^[1]

Site

The ruins of the town is enclosed by a decaying wall; the southern gate survives alongside a mud-brick tower as does a gate of the northern wall.^[1] Skeletal remains are visible across the ruins.^[1] A twin-domed mausoleum adjacent to the walls is believed to be the resting place of Al-Zamakhshari — it attracts pilgrims.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Brummell, Paul (2005). Turkmenistan. Bradt Travel Guides. pp. 168–169. ISBN 978-1-84162-144-9.
^ Baumer, Christoph (2018). The History of Central Asia. Vol. 1: The Age of the Steppe Warriors. I. B. Tauris. p. 129.
^ ^a ^b Bregel, Yuri (2003-01-01). "Major Archeological Sites & The Central Regions of Western Turkestan in the 10th Century & Khorezm in the 18th-19th Centuries". An Historical Atlas of Central Asia. Handbook of Oriental Studies: Section 8 Uralic & Central Asian Studies (9). Brill. pp. 5, 25, 67. ISBN 978-90-474-0121-6.

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[:052-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Brummell, Paul (2005). Turkmenistan. Bradt Travel Guides. pp. 168–169. ISBN 978-1-84162-144-9.

[2] Baumer, Christoph (2018). The History of Central Asia. Vol. 1: The Age of the Steppe Warriors. I. B. Tauris. p. 129.

[:0-3] Bregel, Yuri (2003-01-01). "Major Archeological Sites & The Central Regions of Western Turkestan in the 10th Century & Khorezm in the 18th-19th Centuries". An Historical Atlas of Central Asia. Handbook of Oriental Studies: Section 8 Uralic & Central Asian Studies (9). Brill. pp. 5, 25, 67. ISBN 978-90-474-0121-6.

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