Ma'munids
Sign in to saveThe Maʾmunids () were an independent dynasty of Iranian rulers in Khwarazm. Their reign was short-lived (995–1017), and they were in turn replaced by the expansionist Ghaznavids.
Key facts
- Country.conventional_long_name
- Ma'munid dynasty
- Country.common_name
- Khwarmezm
- Country.era
- Middle Ages
- Country.government_type
- Monarchy
- Country.year_start
- 995
- Country.year_end
- 1017
- Country.event_end
- Ghaznavid conquest of Khwarazm
- Country.p1
- Afrighids
- Country.s1
- Ghaznavids
- Country.capital
- Gurganj
- Country.common_languages
- Khwarezmian
- Country.religion
- Sunni Islam
- Country.title_leader
- Khwarazmshah
- Country.leader1
- Ma'mun I ibn Muhammad (first)
- Country.year_leader1
- 995-997
- Country.leader2
- Abu'l-Harith Muhammad (last)
- Country.year_leader2
- 1017
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- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1017-01-01
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The Maʾmunids () were an independent dynasty of Iranian rulers in Khwarazm. Their reign was short-lived (995–1017), and they were in turn replaced by the expansionist Ghaznavids.
==History== The ancient Iranian kingdom of Khwarazm had been ruled until 995 by the old established line of Afrighids of Kath. Khwarazm, or the classical Chorasmia, was the well irrigated and rich agricultural region of lower Oxus. Surrounded on all sides by steppe land and desert, it was geographically isolated from other areas of civilization. This isolation allowed it to maintain a separate distinctive Iranian language and culture.