Arsubaniket

Arsubaniket was a fortified town on the Arys River, west of Isbijab on the road toward Otrar. Medieval geographers described it as the principal town of Kenjide, surrounded by walls, towers and a moat, with a large congregational mosque. Pastures lay between the river towns and the steppe. The missionary Abu al-Hasan al-Usbanikati came from the town and travelled among Turkic peoples in the tenth century. Its position placed it on the caravan route from Isbijab toward the lower Syr Darya.