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The origin of the name Khiva is unknown, but many contradictory stories have been told to explain it. A traditional story attributes the name to one of the sons of the prophet Noah: "It is said that Shem, after the flood, he found himself wandering in the desert alone.
The Khanate of Khiva (Chagatay: خیوه خانلیگی, romanized: Khivâ Khânligi, Persian: خانات خیوه, romanized: Khânât-e Khiveh, Uzbek: Xiva xonligi, Хива хонлиги, Turkmen: Hywa hanlygy, Russian: Хивинское ханство, romanized: Khivinskoye khanstvo) was a Central Asian polity [8] that existed in the historical region of Khwarazm from 1511 to 1920 ...
The Khivan campaign of 1839–1840 was a failed Russian attempt to conquer the Khanate of Khiva. Vasily Perovsky set out from Orenburg with 5,000 men, met an unusually cold winter, lost most of his camels, and was forced to turn back after going halfway. Russians attacked Khiva four times. Around 1602, some free Cossacks made three raids on Khiva.
Uzbek khanates is a general name for the three states that existed in Transoxiana (modern Uzbekistan) at the time of its subjugation by the Russian Empire in the 19th century, namely the Khanates of Bukhara (1500-1920 [1]), Khiva (1512-1920 [2]) and Kokand (c. 1710-1876 [3]).
Khiva was one of the main slave markets in Central Asia. In Bukhara, Samarkand, Karakul, Karshi, and Charju, mainly Persians, Russians, and some Kalmyk slaves, were traded by Turkmens, Kazakhs, and Kyrgyz. [1] From the 17th to 19th centuries, Khiva was a notorious slave market for captured Persian and Russian slaves. [2]
Konya Ark is located on the western side of the Itchan Kala, and covers. an area about 1.2 hectares. It was built in the 17th Century by the Khan of Khiva, Muhammad Erenke (Khan from 1687 to 1688), as an administrative centre for the Khanate of Khiva. The fortress was subsequently expanded, and 100 years later, Konya Ark housed the Khan's ...
The Ota Gate, located in the city of Khiva, was constructed during the reign of Olloqulixon in 1828–1829. [5] [1] Inside the gate, there were 13 market stalls and an open-air bazaar. [6] On the right side of the gate, there is the Muhammad Amin Khan Madrasah, while on the left side, the old palace of the Khan is located.
The Khiva Khanate was one of the Uzbek khanates. The term "Khiva Khanate" was used for the state in Khwarazm that existed from the beginning of the 16th century until 1920. The term "Khiva Khanate" was not used by the locals, who used the name Khvarazm. In Russian sources the term Khiva Khanate began to be used from the 18th century. [50]