Emirate of Bukhara

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Was an Uzbek Khanate, and later an Emirate, in central Asia. At the end of the XIX century it was conquered by Russia. A part of its territory was annexed, and the remnant was made protectorate.

Establishment

January 1786: In 1785, his descendant, Shah Murad, formalized the family's dynastic rule (Manghit dynasty), and the khanate became the Emirate of Bukhara. The Manghits were non-Genghisid and took the Islamic title of Emir instead of Khan.

Chronology

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1. Conquests of Ranjit Singh

Expansion during the rule of Ranjit Singh in the Sikh Empire.

January 1840: Expansion of the Sikh Empire by 1839.

2. Russian Conquest of Bukhara

Was the conquest of the Central Asian Emirate of Bukhara by the Russian Empire.

May 1868: The war between Russia and the Bukhara erupted again when Emir Muzaffar ad-Din Bahadur Khan was forced to assume tsarist status vassal.

3. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)

January 1801: After the conquest of Badakhshan by Ahmad Shah Durrani in the later half of the 18th century, the capital was relocated to Faizabad, then known as Jauzun.

January 1802: The region of Badakshan became part of the Emirate of Bukhara.

January 1824: The Emirate of Afghanistan emerged from the Durrani Empire, when Dost Mohammed Khan, the founder of the Barakzai dynasty in Kabul, became Emir in 1826.