The history of the Aral Sea is controversial and unclear, despite the fact that
research
many folios are dedicated to him, starting from the beginning of the last millennium, and from the
second half of the 19th century
The Aral Sea became the object of numerous expeditions and works of the Russian Geographical Society
and
various scientific organizations of the Russian state. The first more or less reliable
sources of existence
of the Aral Sea belong to the Arabic scripts, which captured the evidence of the conquerors of
Khorezm in
712. These data are described in detail by V.V. Barthold, from which it is clear that already in the
800s
The Aral Sea existed, and it was located not far from Khorezm, since its description is quite
coincides with the character of the eastern shore of the Aral Sea.
The results of these works were summarized in 1908.
L. Berg in his famous work “Essay on the history of the Aral Sea research”, where he states,
that none of the Greek and Roman authors had a direct or indirect mention of
Aral Sea, but many of them talk about Oksa (Amu Darya) and Aksart (Syr Darya), it is not clear where
falling in. According to the famous Khorezm scholar Al Beruni, who died in 1048,
Khorezmians leading their chronology from 1292 to the birth of Christ testify to
the existence of the Aral Sea.
Berg makes the same reference to the sacred book of the Avesta, where there is
an indication that the Vakhsh River or the current Amu Darya flows into Lake Varakhsha, under which
some
refer to the Aral Sea.