Khanate of Bukhara

Khanate of Bukhara was a state in Transoxiana and Khwarazm (Central and North Asia) that lasted from 1500 to 1785 CE, about 285 years. Its people spoke Turkic languages (Gokturk, Uyghur, Seljuk, Ottoman, Kazakh, Tatar).

Founded by the Uzbek Shaybanids, who took Samarkand in 1500, and ruled from 1599 by the Janid dynasty. Its madrasas made Bukhara a center of Sunni learning while Silk Road trade declined.

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Facts

Dates

1500 to 1785 CE

Duration

285 years

Type

State

Region

Transoxiana and Khwarazm, Central and North Asia

Language family

Turkic

Capital

Bukhara

Came from

• Khanate of Abu'l-Khayr 1428 to 1468 CE
• Timurid Empire 1370 to 1507 CE

Became

• Emirate of Bukhara 1785 to 1920 CE

Events in Central and North Asia during its time

• 1578 Altan Khan names the Dalai Lama
• 1582 Yermak takes Sibir
• 1689 Treaty of Nerchinsk
• 1755 Destruction of the Dzungars

Neighbours in Central and North Asia

• Timurid Empire 1370 to 1507 CE
• Kazakh Khanate 1465 to 1847 CE
• Russian Siberia 1582 to 1917 CE
• Northern Yuan 1368 to 1635 CE
• Golden Horde 1242 to 1502 CE
• Qing rule in Mongolia 1691 to 1911 CE
• Qing Xinjiang 1759 to 1912 CE
• Dzungar Khanate 1634 to 1758 CE
• Khanate of Khiva 1511 to 1920 CE
• Russian Far East and Yakutia 1632 to 1917 CE

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

• Republic of Venice c. 697 to 1797 CE, Europe
• Swahili city-states c. 800 to 1700 CE, Central and Southern Africa
• 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
• Mali Empire c. 1235 to 1670 CE, North and West Africa
• Ayutthaya Kingdom 1351 to 1767 CE, Southeast Asia

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