Emirate of Bukhara
1785–1920 state in Central Asia
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 | ||||||||
• Established | 1785 | ||||||||
• Conquered by Russia | 1868 | ||||||||
• Russian protectorate | 1873 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | October 1920 | ||||||||
| Population | |||||||||
• 1875[4] | c. 2,478,000 | ||||||||
• 1911[5] | 1,200,000 | ||||||||
| Currency | fulus, tilla, and tenga.[6] | ||||||||
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References
change- ↑ Olivier Roy (2000), The new Central Asia: the creation of nations, p.70
- ↑ ""About the national delimitation in Central Asia"". Archived from the original on 2021-08-04. Retrieved 2021-11-08.
- ↑ Grenoble, Lenore (2003). Language Policy of the Soviet Union. 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.)[permanent 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.