Emirate of Bukhara امارت بخارا Amārat-e Bokhārā | |||||||||
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| 1785–1920 | |||||||||
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 The Emirate of Bukhara under Russian rule | |||||||||
| Status | Semi-independent state (under Russian protection 1873–1917) | ||||||||
| Capital | Bukhara | ||||||||
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| Religion | Sunni Islam, Shia Islam, Sufism (Naqshbandi), Zoroastrianism, Judaism | ||||||||
| Government | Absolute Monarchy | ||||||||
| Emir | |||||||||
• 1785–1800 | Mir Masum Shah Murad | ||||||||
• 1911–1920 | Alim | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Manghit control | 1747 | ||||||||
• Established | 1785 | ||||||||
• Conquered by Russia | 1868 | ||||||||
• Russian protectorate | 1873 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | October 1920 | ||||||||
| Population | |||||||||
• 1875 | c. 2,478,000 | ||||||||
• 1911 | 1,200,000 | ||||||||
| Currency | fulus, tilla, and tenga. | ||||||||
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The Emirate of Bukhara (Persian: امارت بخارا Amārat-e Bokhārā, Chagatai: بخارا امرلیگی Bukhārā Amirligi, Uzbek: Buxoro amirligi) was a nation that was located in Central Asia that existed from 1785 to 1920 in what is now modern-day Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan.