Khwārizm (region)

URI https://medievalmideast.org/place/530

A place

Names

  • Arabic: خوارزم = Khwārizm 1-2
  • Latin: Corazmium 3

Temporal Data

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Event DescriptionDate
Event mentioned by Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī. 1 before c. 1225c.1225877 A.H. / 14721995
Event mentioned by Ibn Baṭṭūṭa. 2 before 1354 CE1354-1356early 1180 A.H. / 17661997
Events mentioned by Riccoldo da Montecroce 3 c. 1289c.129014th C1864

Sources

  • 1Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī, Muʿjam al-buldān (Beirut: Dār Ṣādr, 1995), (1) 326، 342، 351، 470 (2) 45، 122، 172، 197، 395، 415 (3) 77، 147، 214، 223، 277، 293، 379 (4) 257، 427، 452 (5) 215، 307 [Arabic].
  • 2Ibn Baṭṭūṭa, Riḥlat Ibn Baṭṭūṭa: al-musammāt Tuḥfat al-niẓār fī gharāʾib al-amṣār wa-ʿajāʾib al-asfār, edited by ʿAbd al-Hādī al-Tāzī (al-Ribāṭ: Akādīmiyyat al-Mamlaka al-Maghribiyya, 1417 H [1996-97]), 2:31, 45 [Arabic].
    • Khwārizm: H. A. R. Gibb, C. F. Beckingham, and A. D. H. Bivar, trans., The Travels of Ibn Baṭṭūṭa, A.D. 1325-1354 (London: The Hakluyt Society, 1958-2000), II, 295, 311 [English].
  • 3Corazmium: Riccoldo da Montecroce, Liber Peregrinationis, in J. C. M. Laurent, ed., Peregrinatores Medii Aevi Quatuor (Leipzig: C. P. Melzeri, 1864), XII 13. [Latin].

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson, Evan Willford, and Margaret Gaida, “Khwārizm” in Thomas A. Carlson, ed. Historical Index of the Medieval Middle East, last modified September 16, 2021, https://medievalmideast.org/place/530.

Additional credit information:

  • Thomas A. Carlson: Data merging and XML; matching and transliteration from Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī’s Muʿjam al-Buldān; categorization, matching, Arabic collection and transliteration from Ibn Baṭṭūṭa's travel account; and matching from Laurent's Peregrinatores medii aevi quattuor
  • Evan Willford: place categorization; Wikipedia matching; and matching from Ibn Baṭṭūṭa's travel account
  • Margaret Gaida: categorization from Laurent's Peregrinatores medii aevi quattuor
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