अस्गाबत एक अपेक्षाकृत जवान शहर हो । जुन १८८१ मा स्थापित भएको थियो र उत्खबाद को निकट नजिकै (तुर्कमेन मा '''प्रिय शहर''') को नामले चिनिन्थ्यो । नासाको साइटबाट टाढा रहेको स्थान, पार्थियन साम्राज्यको पुरातात्विक राजधानी, यो सिल्किक शहरको '''कोन्जिकाला''' किनारमा छ । पहिले दोस्रो शताब्दी ईसा पूर्वमा [[मदिरा]] उत्पादनको गाँउ को रूपमा उल्लेख गरिएको छ । यसको भूकम्पबाट बर्बाद भएको स्थानको पुनर्निर्माण गरियो । यो १३ औंऔँ शताब्दीमा मङ्गोलहरू द्वारा विनाश सम्म पुग्यो । यसको पछि यो १९ औंऔँ शताब्दीमा रूसीहरूले नलिदासम्म एक सानो गाँउको रूपमा रह्यो ।<ref>[http://www.geographicbureau.com/trips/central_asia/turkmenistan/info/brief_description_of_the_main_s.jdx Konjikala] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141029043151/http://www.geographicbureau.com/trips/central_asia/turkmenistan/info/brief_description_of_the_main_s.jdx |date=October 29, 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UGanxmJgQNIC&pg=PA40&lpg=PA40&dq=konjikala&source=bl&ots=76-v-N-YOn&sig=_SxnsotPclSEHqnFjepj4qQhlzc&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=3&ct=result#PPA41,M1|title=Turkmenistan|first=MaryLee|last=Knowlton|date=August 2, 2017|publisher=Marshall Cavendish|accessdate=August 2, 2017|via=Google Books}}</ref> १९४८ को भूकम्पमा यो खराब रूपमा क्षतिग्रस्त भयो र अन्ततः १९६३ मा ध्वस्त भयो ।<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bahai.us/bahai-temple-ashkabad |title=Baha’i House of Worship in Ashgabat |publisher=Bahai.us |accessdate=2010-06-28 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070808220600/http://www.bahai.us/bahai-temple-ashkabad |archivedate=August 8, 2007 |df= }}</ref> भूकम्प ले ११०-१७६,००० को ज्यान लियो ।<ref name="NGDC">{{cite web | url=http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/nndc/struts/results?eq_0=3891&t=101650&s=13&d=22,26,13,12&nd=display | title=Comments for the significant earthquake | publisher=National Geophysical Data Center | work=Significant Earthquake Database | accessdate=12 June 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/world/most_destructive.php |title=US Geological Survey |publisher=Earthquake.usgs.gov |accessdate=2010-06-28 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090901233953/http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/world/most_destructive.php |archivedate=September 1, 2009 |df=mdy }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Britannica Concise Encyclopedia |url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/176199/earthquake |title=Britannica Online |publisher=Britannica.com |accessdate=2010-06-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://turkmenistan.gov.tm/_eng/2007/10/06/today_the_people_of_turkmenistan_mourn_for_those_perished_in_the_1948_ashgabat_earthquake.html |title=State News Agency of Turkmenistan |publisher=Turkmenistan.gov.tm |date=2007-10-06 |accessdate=2010-06-28 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090406122236/http://turkmenistan.gov.tm/_eng/2007/10/06/today_the_people_of_turkmenistan_mourn_for_those_perished_in_the_1948_ashgabat_earthquake.html |archivedate=April 6, 2009 |df=mdy }}</ref>
