Askajamuk II (died 8th-century) was the ruler of the

Afrighid dynasty The Afrighids (Khwarazmian language, Khwarazmian: ''ʾfryḡ'') were a native Khwarezmian language, Khwarezmian Iranian peoples, IranianClifford Edmund Bosworth, The New Islamic Dynasties: A Chronological and Genealogical Manual, Columbia Univers ...

Khwarezm Khwarazm (; ; , ''Xwârazm'' or ''Xârazm'') or Chorasmia () is a large oasis region on the Amu Darya river delta in western Central Asia, bordered on the north by the (former) Aral Sea, on the east by the Kyzylkum Desert, on the south by ...

from 712 to an unknown date. He was the relative and successor of Khusrau. He was the son of king

Azkajwar II Azkajwar II (died 712) was the ruler of the Afrighids, Afrighid dynasty of Khwarezm from an unknown date to 712. He was the son and successor of Sabri of Khwarezm. Azkajwar II is agreed by most scholars to be the same person as king Jigan or Chigan ...

, who is probably identical with the Afrighid ruler Jigan or Chigan, who became a vassal of the

Abbasids The Abbasid Caliphate or Abbasid Empire (; ) was the third caliphate to succeed the Islamic prophet Muhammad. It was founded by a dynasty descended from Muhammad's uncle, Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib (566–653 CE), from whom the dynasty takes i ...

in 712. During the same year, an anti-Abbasid rebellion broke out in Khwarazm, which resulted in the death of Azkajwar II. Another Afrighid prince named Khusrau was shortly after put on the throne. However, the Abbasids then invaded Khwarazm and overthrew the latter and made Askajamuk II the new ruler of the kingdom. Askajamuk II was later succeeded by his son Sawashfan.

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* * 8th-century deaths Year of birth unknown 8th-century Iranian people Afrighids Zoroastrian monarchs {{Iran-royal-stub