Xingqing Prefecture, also known as Irqai, Äriqaya and Egrigaia in
Tangut, ''
Secret History of the Mongols'' and ''
The Travels of Marco Polo'' respectively, was the capital of
Western Xia (Tangut Empire) between the 11th and 13th centuries and its ''de facto'' independent precursor
Dingnan Jiedushi, in modern
Ningxia, China, centering on modern
Yinchuan
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.
After the fall of the Tangut Empire, it was absorbed into
imperial China
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. The Mongol leader and conqueror
Genghis Khan
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, who founded the
Mongol Empire
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, died there on 25 August 1227.
Xingqing was its name between 1033 and 1205. Between 1205 and 1288, it was known as Zhongxing Prefecture ( zh, p=Zhōngxīngfǔ, t=中興府, links=no; Tangut: ) and between 1020 and 1033 as Xing Prefecture ( zh, p=Xīngzhōu, t=興州, labels=no; Tangut: ).
The modern urban district
Xingqing District in Yinchuan retains its name.
See also
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Khara-Khoto
References
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1020 establishments in Asia
11th-century establishments in China
1288 disestablishments in Asia
13th-century disestablishments in China
Prefectures of Western Xia
Prefectures of the Yuan dynasty
Yinchuan
Former prefectures in Ningxia
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