The Khanate of Kokand is a formar state in Asia that existed from 1709-1876 within the territory of modern Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. It was established when Shaybanid Shahrukh of the Minglar Uzbeks established an independent principality in the western part of Fergana Valley. He built a citadel to be his capital in the small town of Kokand, thus starting the Khanate of Kokand. Asia is the largest and most populous of the Earths continents. ... The Fergana Valley (also Ferghana Valley) is a region of Central Asia spreading across Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. ... Kokand (or Khokand or Kokhand or Quqon or Коканд) is a city 1994 pop 145,000)in Fergana Province in eastern Uzbekistan, at the southwestern edge of the Fergana Valley. ...

His son Abd al-Karim and grandson Narbuta Beg enlarged the citadel. However, both Abd al-Karim and Narbuta Beg were forced to pay tribute to the Qing dynasty in China between 1774 and 1798, which to this day forms the basis for occasional Chinese claims of sovereignty over the Fergana Valley. The Qing Dynasty (Manchu: daicing gurun; Chinese: 清朝; pinyin: qīng cháo; Wade-Giles: ching chao), sometimes known as the Manchu Dynasty, was founded by the Manchu clan Aisin Gioro, in what is today northeast China expanded into China proper and the surrounding territories of Inner Asia, establishing the... 1774 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1798 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...

Narbuta Beg’s son Alim was both ruthless and efficient. He hired a mercenary army of Tajik highlanders, and conquered the western half of Fergana Valley, including Khodjend and Tashkent. He was assassinated by his brother Omar in 1809. Omar’s son, Mohammed Ali (Madali Khan) ascended to the throne in 1821 at the age of 12. During his reign, the Khanate of Kokand reached its greatest territorial extent. In 1841, the British officer Captain Arthur Connolly failed in an effort to persuade the various khanates to put aside their differences, in attempt to counter the growing penetration of Russia into the area. He left Kokand for Bukhara in his ill-fated attempt to rescue fellow officer Colonel Charles Stoddart in 1842. The Tajiks are one of the principal ethnic groups of Central Asia, and are primarily found in Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Iran, Pakistan, and the Xinjiang province of China. ... Khujand (also transliterated as Khudjand, Khudzhand, and Khodjend), formerly Leninabad is a city on the Syr-Darya at the mouth of the Ferghana Valley, and also gives its name to the northernmost region of the Republic of Tajikistan. ... Tashkent Tashkent (Toshkent or Тошкент in Uzbek, Ташкент in Russian; its name translates from the Turkoman language to Stone City in English) is the current capital of Uzbekistan. ... 1821 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... take you to calendar). ... Arthur Connolly was a British captain who worked for the British East India Company. ... Bukhara (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 one of... Colonel Charles Stoddart (1806 - June 1842) was a British officer and diplomat. ... 1842 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...

Despite the best efforts of Omar’s widow, the famed poetess Nadira, Madali Khan excelled at cruelty and debauchery, giving Emir Nasrullah Khan of Bukhara an excuse to invade Kokand in 1842. Preferring their own cruel and debauched depots over outsiders, the people of Kokand soon rebelled, and installed Madali Khan’s cousin Shir Ali on the throne. Over the next two decades, the khanate was weakened by bitter civil war and ethnic conflicts, further inflamed by Bukharan and Russian incursions. Shir Ali’s son Khudayar ruled from 1845 to 1858, and, after another interlude under Emir Nasrullah, again from 1865. In the meantime, Russia was continuing its advance. In 1866, Tashkent was lost followed by Khodjent in 1867. During this time, Kokand’s most famous son, Yakub Beg, former lord of Tashkent, fled to Kashgar, which he seized from the Chinese. Entrance to the emirs palace in Bukhara. ... Nasrullah Khan was born in 1875. ... 1842 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... An ethnic war is a war between ethnic groups often as a result of ethnic nationalism. ... 1845 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1858 is a common year starting on Friday. ... 1865 is a common year starting on Sunday. ... 1866 is a common year starting on Monday. ... 1867 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Night interview with Yakub Beg, King of Kashgaria, 1868 Yakub Beg (1820 - May 16, 1877) was a Tajik adventurer who became head of the kingdom of Kashgaria. ... Location of Kashgar Kashgar, (Uyghur: قەشقەر/K̢ǝxk̢ǝr; Chinese: 喀什; pinyin: , 39°28′ N 76°03′ E), is an oasis city in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of the Peoples Republic of China. ...

In 1868 a commercial treaty turned Kokand into a Russian puppet state. Western visitors were impressed by the city of 80,000 people, with some 600 mosques and 15 madrassah, and the now powerless Khudayar Khan spent his energies improving his lavish palace. Insurrections against Russian rule and Khudayar’s oppressive taxes forced Khudayar into exile in 1875. He was succeeded by kinsman Pulad Khan, whose anti-Russian stance provoked the annexation of Kokand (after fierce fighting) by Generals Konstantin Petrovich Von Kaufman and Mikhail Skobelev in March 1876. Tsar Alexander II stated that he had been forced to “yield to the wishes of the Kokandi people to become Russian subjects”. The Khanate of Kokand was declared abolished, and incorporated into the Fergana Province of Russian Turkistan. 1868 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 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. ... Madrassa in the Gambia The word madrassa in the Arabic language (and other languages of the Islamic nations such as Persian, Turkish, Indonesian etc. ... 1875 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Konstantin Petrovich Von Kaufman, first Governor-General of Russian Turkestan Konstantin Petrovich Von Kaufman (Константин Петрович фон-Кауфман in Russian) Konstantin Petrovich Von Kaufman (1818 - 1882) was the first Governor-General of Russian Turkestan. ... Mikhail Dmitrievich Skobelev (Russian: ) (September 29, 1843 – July 7, 1882; September 17, 1843 — June 25, 1882, O.S.) was a Russian general famous for his conquest of Central Asia and heroism during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-78. ... 1876 is a leap year starting on Saturday. ... Alexander II (1818-1881) Alexander (Aleksandr) II (Russian: Александр II Николаевич) (April 17, 1818–March 13, 1881) was the Emperor (Czar) of Russia from March 2, 1855 until his assassination. ... Fergana Province (Uzbek: Fargona viloyati / Russian: Ферганская область) is an administration division, or viloyati of Uzbekistan, located in the southern part of the Fergana Valley in far eastern Uzbekistan. ... Russian Turkestan (Russian: Ру́сский Туркеста́н), also known as Turkestansky Krai (Туркеста́нский край), was a subdivision (Krai or Governor-Generalship) of Imperial Russia, comprising the oasis region to the South of the Kazakh steppes, but not the Protectorates of Bukhara and Khiva. ...