Khivan Khanate
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Was a Central Asian polity that existed in the historical region of Khwarezm in Central Asia from 1511 to 1873, when it was partially annexed and partially made a protectorate by Russia. It ceased completely to exist when the protectorate was dissolved in 1920.
Establishment
January 1512: The Khivan Khanate was established in 1511.
Chronology
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Expansion during the rule of Aurangzeb in the Mughal Empire.
January 1701: Mughal emperor Aurangzeb (1658-1707) expanded the empire to include almost the whole of South Asia.
Expansion during the rule of Nader Shah of the Afsharid Dynasty.
January 1741: Nader Shah, the founder of the Afsharid Dynasty, conquered Khwarezm during his military campaign in Central Asia in 1740. Khwarezm was a historical region located in present-day Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and Kazakhstan.
January 1741: Khanate of Khiva conquered by Afsharid Dynasty.
Expansion during the rule of Ahmad Shah Durrani in the Durrani Empire.
January 1751: Emir Ahmad Shah of the Durrani Empire set out westward and took possession of Mashhad, which was ruled by Shahrokh Shah.
Was a war between Russia and the Khanate of Khiva that resulted in the Russian conquest of the latter.
June 1873: The Russians took Khojali, 88 km south, and Mangit (56 km southeast of that).
June 1873: On June 7, 1873, Russian commander Nikolaj Aleksandrovič Verëvkin reached the outskirts of Khiva.
June 1873: Khiva captured by the Russians (June 10, 1873).
August 1873: Russian conquest of the Khanate of Khiva.
January 1525: The Uzbeks took advantage of the civil war to invade the north-eastern province of Khorasan.
January 1529: In 1528 Chuha Sultan and the shah marched with their army to reassert control of the Khorasan region.
January 1541: The Khanate of Khiva is conquered by the Bukharans.
January 1542: End of the Bukharan occupation of Khiva.
January 1569: In the fight against the Khivans, the Kazakhs conquered the Mangyshlak peninsula.
January 1569: Haqnazar Khan annexed the northern regions of Sary-Arka to the Kazakh Khanate.
January 1569: Haqnazar Khan (Khazakh Khanate) reconquered Saraishyk from the Nogai Horde.
January 1594: The Khanate of Khiva is conquered by the Bukharans.
January 1595: End of the Bukharan occupation of Khiva.
October 1722: The siege of Isfahan in 1722 was led by Mahmud Hotak, who defeated Sultan Husayn and took control of Persia, establishing the Hotak Empire. Sultan Husayn abdicated after the six-month siege, recognizing Mahmud as the new Shah of Persia.
January 1747: Afsharid occupation by Nader Shah between 1740 and 1746.
Disestablishment
June 1873: The Russians took Khojali, 88 km south, and Mangit (56 km southeast of that).
June 1873: On June 7, 1873, Russian commander Nikolaj Aleksandrovič Verëvkin reached the outskirts of Khiva.
June 1873: Khiva captured by the Russians (June 10, 1873).
August 1873: Russian conquest of the Khanate of Khiva.
