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Encyclopedia > Khanate of Bukhara

Khanate of Bukhara was a feudal state in Central Asia during the 16th–18th centuries. It received this name when the capital of the Shaybanid state (1500–1598) was moved to Bukhara. Its received it greatest extent and influence under Abdullah Khan II during 1577–1598. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Bukhara (Bokhara in XIX century English, Buxoro or Бухоро in Uzbek (the Cyrillic alphabet was officially phased out for Uzbek after independence); بُخارا /Bukhârâ/ in Persian, Buhe/Puhe Tang Chinese, Бухара in Russian; also Boxara in Tatar) is the fifth-largest city in Uzbekistan, and capital of the Bukhara region (Bukhoro Wiloyati). ...


In 1740 it was conquered by Nadir Shah and became the Emirate of Bukhara. Tomb of Nadir Shah, a popular tourist attraction in Mashhad Nadir Shah (Nadir Qoli Beg, also Tahmasp-Qoli Khan) (October 22, 1688 - June, 1747) ruled as shah of Iran (1736–47) and was the founder of the short-lived Afsharid dynasty. ... The Emirate of Bukhara (1747-1920) was a state in Central Asia, with its capital in Bukhara and was a Russian protectorate from 1868. ...


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Name "Khanate of Bukhara "is used as a matter of convinience in European suorces:.In indigenous works the khanate was known either by the name of the ruling dynasty,by the name of its main region,Mawarannahr(Transoxonia),or by the literature name "Turan".
But the population of the main urban centres, such as Samarkand and Bukhara, remained predominantly Tajik; Tajik was language of literature and chancery in the khanate until the end of it existanse.
Besides frequent diplomatic exchanges with its Central Asia nieghbors, the khanate perennially naintained limited relations with other states of Islamic world; Iran, the Ottoman empire, the Mughal empire and Afganistan.Diplomatic relations with Europe were practically nonexist, but trade was significant,and the country did not experience any Western influence before the Russian conquest.
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