Kyzyl-Kala | |
Kyzyl-Kala fortress, 1st-4th century AD: original ruins, and reconstruction (left third portion simulated) | |
| Alternative name | Kyzyl-Kala |
|---|---|
| Location | Karakalpakstan,Uzbekistan |
| Coordinates | 41°55′48.1″N60°47′02.8″E / 41.930028°N 60.784111°E /41.930028; 60.784111 |
| Type | Settlement |
| History | |
| Periods | Parthian,Sasanian |
| Site notes | |
| Condition | Ruined |
Kyzyl-Kala, alsoQyzyl Qala ("Red fortress"), in modernKarakalpakstan,Uzbekistan, was an ancient fortress inChorasmia built in the 1st-4th century CE.[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 CE, 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.