transoxiana

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Definition of transoxiana in English Turkish dictionary

eski Amu Derya ötesi

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Definition of transoxiana in English English dictionary

An ancient portion of Central Asia, the region between the Amu Darya|Amu Darya]] and Syr Darya|Syr Darya]] rivers, corresponding approximately with modern-day Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and southwest Kazakhstan

(Tarih) Transoxania, also spelled Transoxiana, Arabic Mā Warāʾ al-Nahr, (“That Which Lies Beyond the River”), historical region of Turkistan in Central Asia east of the Amu Darya (Oxus River) and west of the Syr Darya (Jaxartes River), roughly corresponding to present-day Uzbekistan and parts of Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, and Kazakhstan. A great centre of Muslim civilization during the European Middle Ages, Transoxania was the centre of the Timurid empire in the 15th century, and its cities (e.g., Bukhara and Samarkand) were known worldwide. The region came under Russian occupation in the 19th century