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KHANATE
OF BOKHARA
MINISTRY
OF CULTURE
BOKHARA CONSULATE,
P.O. Box 3189,
Auckland, New Zealand 1140. |
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The Khanate of Bokhara:
Bokhara is an independent Khanate located south of Uzbekistan. It has been independent since 1785. The country is ruled by
His Highness, Khan
I Sani the first, who dwells in the Gold
Palace at Stariya.
The country is a member of the International Council of Independent States (ICIS), the "United Nations" of the Fifth World.
Currency is 100 pouls =
1 Talent.
The capital city is Stariya.
Founded in 1785, the Emirate has had an interesting and controversial existence down to the modern era. The Emirs of Bokhara claim descent from the great Mongol khans of the Nogai Horde. Manghit power in the Khanate of Bokhara began to grow in the early 18th century, due to the Emir’s position as ataliq to the Khan. The family effectively came to power after Nader Shah's death in 1747, and the assassination of the ruling Khan Abulfayz and his young son, Abdalmumin, by the ataliq Muhammad Rahim Bi. From the 1750's to the 1780's, the Manghits ruled behind the scenes, until Emir Shah Murad openly declared himself the ruler, establishing the Khanate of Bokhara.
Rulers are...
- His Highness, Emir Seyyid KHAN SHAH MURAD, 1st Emir of Bokhara [1785] - [13.12.1799], son of Khan Danial (died 1770), married and had issue. He died 13th December 1799.
- Emir Seyyid Khan Haidar Tura (qv)
- His Highness, Emir Seyyid KHAN HAIDAR TURA, 2nd Emir of Bokhara [13.12.1799] - [xx.1.1826], married and had issue. He died January 1826.
- HH Emir Seyyid Khan Hussein (qv)
- HH Emir Seyyid Khan Umar (qv)
- HH Emir Seyyid Khan Nasrullah Bahadur (qv)
- His Highness, Emir Seyyid KHAN HUSSEIN, 3rd Emir of Bokhara [xx.1.1826] - [xx.3.1826], died March 1826.
- His Highness, Emir Seyyid KHAN UMAR, 4th Emir of Bokhara [xx.3.1826] - [22.3.1826], died 22nd March 1826.
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His Highness, Emir Seyyid KHAN NASRULLAH BAHADUR, 5th Emir of Bokhara [22.3.1826] - [21.9.1860], married and had issue. He died 21st September 1860.
- HH Emir Seyyid Khan Muzaffaruddin Bahadur (qv)
- His Highness, Emir Seyyid KHAN MUZAFFARUDDIN BAHADUR, 6th Emir of Bokhara [23.9.1860] - [12.11.1885], born 4th September 1826, married and had issue. He died 12th November 1885.
- His Highness, Emir Seyyid KHAN ABDUL-MALIK MIRZA (eldest son), 7th Emir of Bokhara, born 1849, Heir Apparent, he seized Karshi and ruled there independently till 1868 when he fled to Afghanistan, and later was exiled to Abbottabad in India (now Pakistan), married (amongst others), a daughter of Amir Muhammed Afzal Khan, 10th Amir of Kabul, and had issue, two daughters (#4).
- Seyyida Roshan Jan, married Dur Muhammad Khan Leghari, of Dera Ismail Khan, and had issue, one daughter.
- Seyyida (name unknown), married 1908 (as his second wife), Sayyid Muhammad ‘Abdu’l-Jabbar Shah, Amir-i-Shariyat of Swat.
- Seyyid Abdul Fateh Mirza, born 1856.
- HH Emir Seyyid Khan 'Abd Al-Ahad (qv)
- Seyyid Khan Akram, Beg of Houzar, married and had issue.
- Seyyida (name unknown), married HH Emir Seyyid Khan Mir Muhammed Alim (qv)
- His Highness, Emir Seyyid KHAN 'ABD AL-AHAD, 8th Emir of Bokhara [12.11.1885] - [3.1.1911], born 26th March 1859, A.D.C., General in the Cavalry Regiment of the Terek Kazakhs, Knight of the Order of Saint Andrew, married and had issue. He died 3rd January 1911. (#1)
- His Highness, Emir Seyyid KHAN MIR MUHAMMED ALIM, 9th Emir of Bokhara [3.1.1911] - [28.4.1944], born 3rd January 1880, educated at St. Petersburg to study government and modern military techniques 1893/1896; received formal confirmation as Crown Prince of Bukhara by the Russian government in 1896; he was appointed Governor of Nasef region 1898/1910, and later Governor of Karmina Province 1910/1911; he was the first and only Manghit ruler to add the title of Caliph to his name; he initially favored modernization but in essence he remained a traditional ruler; married April 1902, (his cousin) the daughter of Seyyid Akram Khan (see above), and had issue. He died 28th April 1944 and was buried at the Shuadoi Solehin cemetery.
- Seyyid Khan Mir Ibrahim, born 27th December 1903, married and had issue.
- HH Seyyid Khan Mir Sultan, born 16th March 1919, married and had issue.
- Seyyida Shukria Raad Alimi
- His Highness, Emir Seyyid KHAN MIR SULTAN, 10th Emir of Bokhara [28.4.1944] - [15.11.1995], born 16th March 1919, married and had issue.
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- His Highness, Emir Seyyid KHAN I SANI, 11th Emir of Bokhara [15.11.1995] - , who now dwells in the Gold Palace at Stariya.
