Khivabad
Khivabad (also Old Khivabad or New Khivabad) is a village in the Ahal Province of Turkmenistan.[1] It is famed for the fortress of Nadir Shah.[1][2]
History[edit]
Nader Shah had constructed a fortress in the area; local tradition argues Shah to have employed thousands of prisoners of war in bringing soil from Khiva for construction.[1][3] Much of the fort and its components survive — the complex is now designated as Old-Khivabad.[1][4][a] Entrances through the north and east walls lead into the main building, at the center.[1]
Notes[edit]
- ^ New Khivabad is used for the current village.
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e Brummell, Paul (2005). Turkmenistan. Bradt Travel Guides. p. 126. ISBN 978-1-84162-144-9.
- ^ Olbrycht, Marek Jan (2021-05-14). "Imperium Constitutum Est—Achievements and Challenges of Arsakes I". Early Arsakid Parthia (ca. 250-165 B.C.): At the Crossroads of Iranian, Hellenistic, and Central Asian History. Brill. p. 193. ISBN 978-90-04-46076-8.
- ^ O'Donovan, Edmond (1883). The Merv Oasis: Travels and Adventures East of the Caspian During the Years 1879-80-81 Including Five Months' Residence Among the Tekkés of Merv. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. pp. 79–81.
- ^ Marek Jan Olbrycht. “Arsacid Iran and the Nomads of Central Asia – Ways of Cultural Transfer” in J. Bemmann, M. Schmauder (eds.). Complexity of Interaction along the Eurasian Steppe Zone in the First Millennium CE. Bonn: fgarch press uni-bonn, 2015, p. 333-334, (Bonn Contributions to Asian Archaeology, 7)