Alim Khan (1880-1944), photographed by Prokudin-Gorskii in 1911, using three black-and white images through coloured filters before the invention of colour photography.

Emir Mohammed Alim Khan (1880-1944) was the last emir of Bukhara. Alim Khan was ruler of Bukhara's autonomous city-state in Central Asia. The Emir presided over the internal affairs of his emirate as absolute monarch, although since the mid-1800s Bukhara had been a vassal state of the Russian Empire. Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii (August 31, 1863 – September 27, 1944) (Russian: Сергей Михайлович Прокудин-Горский) devoted his career to the advancement of photography. ... A database query syntax error has occurred. ... Color photography was explored throughout the 1800s. ... 1880 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1944 was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Bukhara (بُخارا in Persian, Buxoro or Бухоро in Uzbek (the Cyrillic alphabet was officially phased out for Uzbek after independence); Бухара in Russian; also Boxara in Tatar) is one of the major cities of Uzbekistan, and capital of the Bukhara region (Bukhoro Wiloyati). ... Autonomy is the condition of something that does not depend on anything else. ... A city-state is a region controlled exclusively by a city. ... Map of Central Asia outlined in orange showing one set of possible borders Central Asia located as a region of the world Central Asia is a vast landlocked region of Asia. ... Absolute monarchy is an idealized form of government, a monarchy where the ruler has the power to rule his or her country and citizens freely with no laws or legally-organized direct opposition telling him or her what to do, although some religious authority may be able to discourage the... Events and Trends Beginning of the Napoleonic Wars (1803 - 1815). ... Bukhara (بُخارا in Persian, Buxoro or Бухоро in Uzbek (the Cyrillic alphabet was officially phased out for Uzbek after independence); Бухара in Russian; also Boxara in Tatar) is one of the major cities of Uzbekistan, and capital of the Bukhara region (Bukhoro Wiloyati). ... A puppet state is a state whose government, though notionally of the same culture as the governed people - owes its existence (or other major debt) to being installed, supported or controlled by a more powerful entity, typically a foreign power. ... Imperial Russia is the term used to cover the period of Russian history from the expansion of Russia under Peter the Great, through the expansion of the Russian Empire from the Baltic to the Pacific Ocean, to the deposal of Nicholas II of Russia, the last tsar, at the start...

During the Russian Civil War (1917-1921) Bolsheviks annexed Bukhara in 1920; the emir fled and went into exile in Afghanistan. He died in Kabul in 1944. The Russian Civil War was fought between 1918 and 1920. ... Bolshevik Party Meeting. ... 1920 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) Events January January 7 - Forces of Russian White admiral Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk. ... Afghanistan (Pashtu/Dari-Persian: Afğānistān افغانستان) is a country in Central Asia. ... Kabul (Kâbl, in Persian کابل) is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan with a population variously estimated at 2 to 4 million. ... 1944 was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ...