That's interesting. This made me look up the empire's relation to Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī[1], the mathematician whose work influenced the name Algorithm.

That's interesting. This made me look up the empire's relation to Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī[1], the mathematician whose work influenced the name Algorithm. He is named Al-Khawarzmi after the city he originated from. The same was for the Khawarazmian Empire which started from the same city. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_ibn_Musa_al-Khwarizmi https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_ibn_Musa_al-Khwariz...