class="apple-converted-space"> Mongolian
Uzbek (East Asian) city of
Kharsh-khot, Qarshi was the second city of the
Emirate of Bukhara. It is in the
center of a fertile
oasis
that produces
wheat,cotton, and
silk
and
was a stop on the 11 day
caravan
route between
Balkh
and
Bukhara.
The
Chagatai's
Mongolian
Khans
Kebekand
Qazan
built palaces here on the site of
Chinggis Khaan's summer pasture.
In 1364, Timur also built a fortified
palace with moats in what is now the southern part of the city. The modern name
"Qarshi" means fort.
With the decline of Shahrisabz in the 18th century, Qarshi
