Khwarazmian dynasty
The Anushteginid dynasty (English: , ) also known as the Khwarazmian dynasty () was a Persianate Sunni Muslim dynasty of Turkic "mamluk" origin. The Khwarazmian dynasty ruled large parts of present-day Central Asia, Afghanistan, and Iran in the approximate period of 1077 to 1231, first as vassals of the Seljuks and the Qara Khitai, and later as independent rulers, up until the Mongol conquest of the Khwarazmian Empire in the 13th century.