Akhsikath

Akhsikath, also known as Akhsi, stood above the Syr Darya in the Fergana Valley. Its fortified citadel and town formed an important centre in a fertile region between the river and the mountains. In the fifteenth century the Timurid ruler Umar Shaikh Mirza made Akhsi his principal residence. His accidental death there in 1494 brought his young son Babur to the throne of Fergana. The city later suffered an earthquake in 1620, after which its remaining inhabitants moved to Namangan.