ShAMOKhAQALA, dimnai mansub ba asrhoi 13—14, ki 50 km garbtari sh. Kuhna-Urganji RSS Turkm. voqe ast. Dimnaro s. 1946 S. P. Tolstov kashf namud. S. 1948 onro bostonshinosoni Ekspedisiyai arkheologiyu etnografii Khorazm tadqiq namudaand. Asosi dimnaro boqimondai qalai ibtidoi asrhoi miyona tashkil medihad.Qala rostkunja buda, onro devori gafs, ki burjho dorad, ihota namudaast. Dar qismi markazii dimna havlihoi kalon-kaloni ayonu ashrof va masjidi jome bino yoftaand. Masjidi digar berun az devori dokhili sokhta shudaast. Dar kanorahoi Shamokhaqala mahallahoi hunarmandon (mahallai kulolon dar qismi janub, mahallai ohangaron dar qismi shim. garbi, mahallai shishagaron dar qismi garbii shahr) voqe budaand. Shahr dar asrhoi 13—14 nashunamo yoft. Dar in davra on bo davlathoi hamsoya, khususan bo shahrhoi Oltinurda, robitai tijorati dosht.
Ad.: Vakturskaya I. N.. O raskopkakh 1948 g. na srednevekovom gorodke. she Shemakhyakala Turkmenskoy SSR. .Tr,; KhAEE», t. 1, M.. 1952. T.V Belyaev