Emirate of Bukhara
The Emirate of Bukhara (Persian: امارت بخارا Amārat-e Bokhārā, Chagatai: بخارا امرلیگی Bukhārā Amirligi, Uzbek: Buxoro amirligi) was a nation that was located in Central Asia that existed from 1785 to 1920 in what is now modern-day Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan.
Emirate of Bukhara امارت بخارا Amārat-e Bokhārā | |||||||||
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| 1785–1920 | |||||||||
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 The Emirate of Bukhara under Russian rule | |||||||||
| Status | Semi-independent state (under Russian protection 1873–1917) | ||||||||
| Capital | Bukhara | ||||||||
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| Religion | Sunni Islam, Shia Islam, Sufism (Naqshbandi), Zoroastrianism, Judaism | ||||||||
| Government | Absolute Monarchy | ||||||||
| Emir | |||||||||
• 1785–1800 | Mir Masum Shah Murad | ||||||||
• 1911–1920 | Alim | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Manghit control | 1747 | ||||||||
• | 1785 | ||||||||
• Conquered by Russia | 1868 | ||||||||
• Russian protectorate | 1873 | ||||||||
• | October 1920 | ||||||||
| Population | |||||||||
• 1875[4] | c. 2,478,000 | ||||||||
• 1911[5] | 1,200,000 | ||||||||
| Currency | fulus, tilla, and tenga.[6] | ||||||||
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Emirate Of Bukhara Media
The Emir of Bukhara and the notables of the city watch how the heads of Russian soldiers are impaled on poles. Samarkand
Chor Minor Madrasah, Bukhara (built in 1807)
A bureaucrat in Bukhara, c. 1910
Large Medallion Suzani (textile) from Bukhara, c. mid-18th century
References
- ↑ Olivier Roy (2000), The new Central Asia: the creation of nations, p.70
- ↑ "About the national delimitation in Central Asia". Retrieved 2021-11-08.
- ↑ Grenoble, Lenore. Language Policy of the Soviet Union (2003)Kluwer Academic Publishers. p. 143. ISBN 1-4020-1298-5.
- ↑ E.K. Travel from Orenburg to Bukhara. Foreword N. A. Halfin. Moscow, The main edition of the eastern literature of the publishing house "Science", 1975. (in Russian:Мейендорф Е. К. Путешествие из Оренбурга в Бухару. Предисл. Н. А. Халфина. М., Главная редакция восточной литературы издательства "Наука", 1975.)[dead link]
- ↑ Olufsen, Ole (1911). The emir of Bokhara and his country; journeys and studies in Bokhara. Gyldendal: Nordisk forlag. p. 282.
- ↑ ANS Magazine. "The Coinage of the Mangit Dynasty of Bukhara" Archived 2020-07-15 at the Wayback Machine by Peter Donovan. Retrieved: 16 July 2017.