Sutkent

Sutkent was a fortified town on the left bank of the Syr Darya, at the edge of the Farab district and the Oghuz steppe. The tenth-century geographer Ibn Hawqal described a mosque where Turks from various tribes gathered. Irrigation supported the town and its fields beside the river, while pastoral communities used the surrounding country. Sutkent is mentioned again during Timur's last campaign toward Otrar in 1404–05; its archaeological remains include walls, towers and a citadel.