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Central Asia in 1683

1683 is the year of the second siege of Vienna. This map shows the 15 states and peoples the data has for Central Asia in that year.

Map of Central Asia in 1683 with 15 states and peoples
Borders: Cliopatria, Seshat Global History Databank (CC BY 4.0). Coarse outlines: check and adjust them for your story.

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States and peoples in Central Asia in 1683

Largest first, by area on this map.

  • Kazakh Khanate
  • Dzungar Khanate
  • Safavid Dynasty
  • Tsardom of Russia
  • Golden Horde
  • Tibet
  • Mughal Empire
  • Khanate of Bukhara
  • Eastern Moghulistan
  • Khanate of Khiva
  • Tümed
  • Kalmyk Khanate
  • Khoshut Khanate
  • Ottoman Empire
  • Astrakhan Khanate

New on the map since 1658

Dzungar Khanate

Gone from the map by 1708

Golden Horde · Eastern Moghulistan · Tümed · Khoshut Khanate

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Central Asia in other years

Other regions in 1683

The outlines are coarse and follow the Cliopatria dataset: borders before modern surveys are estimates, and a blank area means the data has no state on record there, not that nobody lived there. A state that changed hands during the year can appear together with its successor.