Kyzyl-Kala, also Qyzyl Qala ("Red fortress"), in modern Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan, was an ancient fortress in Chorasmia built in the 1st-4th century CE. The small fortress of Kyzyl-Kala is located near Toprak-Kala, about 1 km to the west, and was also built in the 1st-4th century CE, possibly as a fortified defense for the site of Toprak-Kala. Kyzyl-Kala was once restored in the 12th century. It has also been the subject of a modern renovation program, with the objective of showing what a fortress looked like originally. It is part of the "Fifty fortresses oasis" in modern-day Uzbekistan. It
Kyzyl-Kala, also Qyzyl Qala ("Red fortress"), in modern Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan, was an ancient fortress in Chorasmia built in the 1st-4th century CE. The small fortress of Kyzyl-Kala is located near Toprak-Kala, about 1 km to the west, and was also built in the 1st-4th century CE, possibly as a fortified defense for the site of Toprak-Kala. Kyzyl-Kala was once restored in the 12th century. It has also been the subject of a modern renovation program, with the objective of showing what a fortress looked like originally. It is part of the "Fifty fortresses oasis" in modern-day Uzbekistan. It was last occupied by Muhammad II of Khwarazm (1169, 1200-20), ruler of the Khwarazmian Empire, before it fell to the Mongol conquest of Khwarazmia.
Kyzyl-Kala under restoration (cropped).jpg|Kyzyl-Kala under restoration (2018) File:Karakalpakstan Kyzyl Qala (Red Fortress) Fortified Residence 1st-2nd cent CE - 4th cent CE & restored 12th cent CE (4).jpg|Old and new walls File:Karakalpakstan Kyzyl Qala (Red Fortress) Fortified Residence 1st-2nd cent CE - 4th cent CE & restored 12th cent CE (5).jpg|Kyzyk-Kala, details of new walls File:Chorasmian oasis main fortresses.jpg|Location of the Kyzyl-Kala fortress, next to Toprak-Kala in the Chorasmian oasis, in relation to other main fortresses File:Karakalpakstan Kyzyl Qala Cotton Picking.jpg|Cotton picking near Kyzyl-Kala. File:Mina'i bowl fortress under siege, circa 1200 CE, Iran.jpg|Mina'i bowl depiction of a fortress under siege, circa 1200, Iran
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