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| Emirate of Bukhara Аморати Бухоро Timeline: Sons of Leszczynski | ||||||
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| Motto: "Бухоро дар дили мо тавоност" "Bukhara is strong within our hearts" |
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| Anthem: "Yashasin Buxoro" (Long live Bukhara) |
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| Capital (and largest city) | Bukhara | |||||
| Official languages | Tajik | |||||
| Religion | Islam | |||||
| Demonym(s) | Bukharian | |||||
| Government | Absolute Monarchy | |||||
| - | Emir | Sayyid Abdusattar Alimi | ||||
| - | Prime Minister | Emomali Rahmon | ||||
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| - | Emirate Established | 1785 | ||||
| Currency | Bukharian WIP (BH) | |||||
Bukhara (officially known as the Emirate of Bukhara) is a nation that is North of Afghanistan, West of Kumul, South of Kazakhstan and East of Khiva. Its core territory is the land along the lower Zarafshan River, and its urban centers are the ancient cities of Samarqand and Bukhara which is the Emirate's Capital.
History[]
The Emirate of Bukhara was officially created in 1785, upon the assumption of rulership by the Manghit emir, Shah Murad. Shahmurad, formalized the family's dynastic rule (Manghit dynasty), and the khanate became the Emirate of Bukhara.
As one of the few states in Central Asia after the Mongol Empire not ruled by descendants of Genghis Khan (besides the Timurids), it staked its legitimacy on Islamic principles rather than Genghisid blood, as the ruler took the Islamic title of Emir instead of Khan. In the 18th-19th centuries, Khwarazm (Khiva Khanate) was ruled by the Uzbek dynasty of Kungrats.
Over the course of the 18th century, the emirs had slowly gained effective control of the Khanate of Bukhara, from their position as ataliq; and by the 1740s, when the khanate was conquered by Nadir Shah of Persia, it was clear that the emirs held the real power. In 1747, after Nadir Shah's death, the ataliq Muhammad Rahim Bi murdered Abulfayz Khan and his son, ending the Janid dynasty [fa]. From then on the emirs allowed puppet khans to rule until, following the death of Abu l-Ghazi Khan, Shah Murad assumed the throne openly.
Fitzroy Maclean recounts in Eastern Approaches how Charles Stoddart and Arthur Conolly were executed by Nasrullah Khan in the context of The Great Game, and how Joseph Wolff, known as the Eccentric Missionary, escaped their fate when he came looking for them in 1845. He was wearing his full canonical costume, which caused the Emir to burst out laughing, and "Dr Wolff was eventually suffered to leave Bokhara, greatly to the surprise of the populace, who were not accustomed to such clemency."
In 1868, the emirate lost a war with Imperial Russia, which had aspirations of conquest in the region. Russia annexed much of the emirate's territory, including the important city of Samarkand. In 1873, the remainder became a Russian protectorate, and was soon surrounded by the Governorate-General of Turkestan.
Reformists within the Emirate had found the conservative emir, Mohammed Alim Khan, unwilling to loosen his grip on power, and had turned to the Russian Bolshevik revolutionaries for military assistance. The Red Army decided to only help the Reformists as a way to annex Bukhara as part of the Soviet Union. Iran hearing of this decided to back Khiva and Bukhara against the Soviet Union. Iran was victorious against the Soviets as Islamic insurgents in the area had aided Iran in the war against the Soviet forces in the area. The Emirate had become an independent state because of Iran. Due to this Bukhara had fought on Iran's side during World War II in order to destroy the Soviet Union. Bukhara and its allies had won the war against its enemies.
Mohammed Alim Khan had ruled until his death in the year of 1945 and he was succeeded by his son Sayyid Abdusattar Khan who became the new Emir.
Politics[]
The Emirate is an Absolute Monarchy in which the Emir has all the power within the government one could possibly have. There are other Political parties in the government.
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