Xingqing Prefecture

Xingqing Prefecture, also known as Irqai, Äriqaya and Egrigaia in Tangut, Secret History of the Mongols and The Travels of Marco Polo respectively,^[2] 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.^[3]

Xingqing Prefecture
Traditional Chinese	興慶府
Simplified Chinese	兴庆府
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Xīngqìng[1] Fǔ
Zhongxing Prefecture
Traditional Chinese	中興府
Simplified Chinese	中兴府
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zhōngxīng Fǔ
Xing Prefecture
Traditional Chinese	興州
Simplified Chinese	兴州
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Xīng Zhōu

After the fall of the Tangut Empire, it was absorbed into imperial China.^[4] The Mongol leader and conqueror Genghis Khan, who founded the Mongol Empire, died there on 25 August 1227.

Xingqing was its name between 1033 and 1205. Between 1205 and 1288, it was known as Zhongxing Prefecture (Chinese: 中興府; pinyin: Zhōngxīngfǔ; Tangut: 𗤛𗼵𗥑)^[5] and between 1020 and 1033 as Xing Prefecture (興州; Xīngzhōu; Tangut: 𗼵𗉔).^[6]

The modern urban district Xingqing District in Yinchuan retains its name.

See also

• Khara-Khoto