Nyzvar

A square fortified mound rises above the cultivated fields at Boldumsaz in the Khwarazm oasis. Medieval Nyzvar is often linked to this site. The settlement was devastated by the Mongols and later occupied again. Graves and mausoleums stand within the remains of the fortress, whose elevated site contrasts with the low, irrigated land around it. The oasis formed part of the network of settlements sustained by channels of the lower Oxus.