Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Guta rakavambwa muna 1881 pahwaro hwemusha wedzinza reAhal Teke, uye rakaitwa guta guru reTurkmen Soviet Socialist Republic muna 1924. Ruzhinji rweguta rwakaparadzwa ne
1948 Kudengenyeka kwenyika kweAshgabat asi kubvira ipapo kwakavakwazve pasi pehutongi hwaSaparmurat Niyazov's "White City" chirongwa chekuvandudzwa kwemaguta, zvichikonzera mapurojekiti akakosha akaputirwa nemarble machena anodhura. Karakum Canal yomunguva yeSoviet inopfuura nomuguta racho, ichitakura mvura inobva muAmu Darya kubva kumabvazuva ichienda kumadokero. Kubva muna 2019, guta iri rakazivikanwa kuva nerimwe remari yepamusoro yekurarama pasi rose nekuda kwekukwira kwemitengo yeTurkmenistan uye nyaya dzekunze.