Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Har sai Rasha ta ci Asiya ta Tsakiya
, halin da ake ciki a yankunan mazaunin Turkmen ya kasance mai rikici. A karkashin hujja na jihadi, Khiva Khan ya kai hari kan yankin Iran sau da yawa. Kamar yadda marubucin Iran Reza-Qoli Khan ya rubuta, shi (Khiva Khan) "a wasu lokuta ya jagoranci sojoji kan Serakhs da Merv, kuma wani lokacin ya umarci Turkmen su mamaye yankunan Khorasan". A biyun, sojojin Iran sun kai hari kan Khwarazm, galibi ƙasashen Turkmen, suna fashi da ɗauke mutane cikin bauta.