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Mizdahkan ( Persian: مزدهقان) [1] is an archeological complex and the place of the ancient Iranian Khwarazmians, not far from the town of Xoʻjayli in Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan. [2] This archaeological complex of structures is located 40 minutes from the city of Nukus. [3]
Mizdahkan complex occupies a square of 200 hectares. Its two fortresses were built in the 9th-12th centuries. [4] The ossuary burial ground occupies the entire western half of the hill. [5] The last burial in the necropolis dates back to the 14th century.
The Mongols under Genghis Khan massacred the Iranian inhabitants of the area and after a certain time, the complex was demolished in 1338 during the Tamerlane expedition to Konye-Urgench. [6]
In the legends, Keyumars (or Gayōmart), who was neither male nor female but was the first human on Earth (according to the Zoroastrian mythology), is related to this site. [7] In Mizdahkan, there is an underground mausoleum of Princess Mazlum Khan Sulu. [8]