Choresmers
The (Germanized) term Choresmier denotes:
- generally the inhabitants of the Central Asian region of Khorezm , but above all the old Iranian people who originally lived there. See : Choresmier (people)
- the Muslim dynasty of the Anuschteginden and their feared Turkish soldiers. See : Khorezm Shahs
- the wild riding troops of the last Khorezm Shah Jalal ad-Din , who after the death of their master wandered around in Syria and Palestine and were recruited as mercenaries by rulers like the Ayyubids . See : Chwarizmiyya