Whakaotihia te rerenga korero e whai ake nei: Ko te Khanate o Khiva ( "Khivâ Khânligi", "Khânât-e Khiveh",,) he kawanatanga o Ahia ki te Waenganui i noho i te rohe hitori o Khwarezm i Ahia ki te Waenganui mai i te 1511 ki te 1920, haunga te wa o te mahi Afsharid a Nader Shah i waenga i te 1740 me te 1746. I waenganui i nga mania wai o raro o Amu Darya, ki te tonga o te Moana Aral, me te whakapaipai i te taone nui o Khiva, i whakahaeretia te whenua e tetahi iwi Turko-Mongol, ko nga Khongirads, i ahu mai i Astrakhan. I hipoki i te hauauru o Uzbekistan, te tonga ki te hauauru o Kazakhstan me te nuinga o Turkmenistan i mua
Te taenga mai o te Rūhia i te haurua tuarua o te rau tau 19.