Xingqing Prefecture, also known as Irqai, Äriqaya and Egrigaia in Tangut, Secret History of the Mongols and The Travels of Marco Polo respectively,[2] was the capital of Western Xia (Tangut Empire) between the 11th and 13th centuries and its de facto independent precursor Dingnan Jiedushi, in modern Ningxia, China, centering on modern Yinchuan.
[3] After the fall of the Tangut Empire, it was absorbed into imperial China.
[4] The Mongol leader and conqueror Genghis Khan, who founded the Mongol Empire, died there on 25 August 1227.
Between 1205 and 1288, it was known as Zhongxing Prefecture (Chinese: 中興府; pinyin: Zhōngxīngfǔ; Tangut: 𗤛𗼵𗥑)[5] and between 1020 and 1033 as Xing Prefecture (興州; Xīngzhōu; Tangut: 𗼵𗉔).
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