Khwarazmian
The name Khwarazmian (also Khwarezmian, Khwarizmim, Khorezmian, Chorasmian, Carizmian, and others) may refer to:
Place and people
- Khwarazm, a large oasis region on the Amu Darya river delta in western Central Asia bordering the former Aral Sea and the center of the Khwarezmian civilization
- Khwarazmshah, the title of various rulers of Khwarazm from four different dynasties
- Khwarazmian Empire, a Turko-Persian Sunni Muslim empire that ruled large parts of present-day Central Asia, Afghanistan, and Iran from about 1077 to 1231
- Khwarazmian dynasty, its ruling dynasty of Khwarazmshahs
- Khwarazmian army between 1231 and 1246, which sacked Jerusalem in 1244
Languages and script
- Khwarezmian language (6th-13th century), an extinct East Iranian language
- Chorasmian (script), script used in writing the (Iranian) Khwarazmian language
- Khorezmian language (Turkic) (13th–14th century), an extinct Turkic language
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