Emirate of Bukhara

Emirate of Bukhara was a state in Transoxiana and Khwarazm (Central and North Asia) that lasted from 1785 to 1920 CE, about 135 years. Its people spoke Turkic languages (Gokturk, Uyghur, Seljuk, Ottoman, Kazakh, Tatar).

The Manghit dynasty took the title of emir. Its rulers imprisoned and executed two British officers in 1842, became a Russian protectorate in 1868 and fled when the Red Army stormed Bukhara in 1920.

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Facts

Dates

1785 to 1920 CE

Duration

135 years

Type

State

Region

Transoxiana and Khwarazm, Central and North Asia

Language family

Turkic

Capital

Bukhara

Came from

• Khanate of Bukhara 1500 to 1785 CE

Became

• Bukharan People's Soviet Republic 1920 to 1924 CE

Events in Central and North Asia during its time

• 1865 Russia captures Tashkent
• 1908 Tunguska explosion

Neighbours in Central and North Asia

• Kazakh Khanate 1465 to 1847 CE
• Russian Siberia 1582 to 1917 CE
• Khanate of Bukhara 1500 to 1785 CE
• Qing rule in Mongolia 1691 to 1911 CE
• Qing Xinjiang 1759 to 1912 CE
• Russian Turkestan 1867 to 1917 CE
• Khanate of Khiva 1511 to 1920 CE
• Russian Far East and Yakutia 1632 to 1917 CE
• Khanate of Kokand 1709 to 1876 CE
• Russian Kazakh Steppe 1822 to 1917 CE

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

• Republic of Venice c. 697 to 1797 CE, Europe
• Holy Roman Empire 962 to 1806 CE, Europe
• Ethiopian Empire (Solomonic dynasty) 1270 to 1974 CE, North and West Africa
• Ottoman Empire 1299 to 1922 CE, Europe
• Ottoman Empire 1299 to 1922 CE, Middle East
• Portuguese Empire 1415 to 1999 CE, Europe
• Kingdom of Kongo c. 1390 to 1914 CE, Central and Southern Africa
• Mughal Empire 1526 to 1857 CE, South Asia
• Portuguese Brazil 1500 to 1815 CE, South America
• New Spain 1521 to 1821 CE, Mesoamerica and Caribbean

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