Khanate of Kokand
Khanate of Kokand خاننشین خوقند Khānnishīn-i-Khoqand خوقند خانليغى Khoqand Khaanlighi | |||||||||
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1709–1876 | |||||||||
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Status | Khanate | ||||||||
Capital | Kokand | ||||||||
Common languages | Persian (official, court)[a][b][c] Chagatai language[1] | ||||||||
Religion | Sunni Islam | ||||||||
Demonym(s) | Khoqandi | ||||||||
Government | Monarchy | ||||||||
Khan | |||||||||
• 1709–1722 | Shahrukh Khan | ||||||||
• 1876 | Nasruddin Khan | ||||||||
History | |||||||||
• Established | 1709 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1876 | ||||||||
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The Khanate of Kokand[d] was a Central Asian polity[2] in the Fergana Valley centred on the city of Kokand between 1709 and 1876. It was ruled by the Ming tribe of Uzbeks.[3] Its territory is today divided between Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Kazakhstan.
History
The
Narbuta Bey’s son
Following this, Madali Khan, who had received Conolly in Kokand, and who had also sought an alliance with Russia, lost the trust of Nasrullah. The Emir, encouraged by the conspiratorial efforts of several influential figures in Kokand (including the commander in chief of its army), invaded the Khanate in 1842. Shortly thereafter he executed Madali Khan, his brother, and Omar Khan's widow, the famed poet Nodira. Madali Khan's cousin, Shir Ali, was installed as the Khan of Kokand in June 1842.[7] Over the next two decades, the khanate was weakened by a bitter civil war, which was further exacerbated by Bukharan and Russian incursions. During this period, the Kyrgyz tribes also broke away, forming the Kara-Kyrgyz Khanate under the leadership of Ormon Khan. Shir Ali's son, Khudayar Khan, ruled from 1844 to 1858, from 1862 to 1863, and from 1865 to 1875. In the meantime, Russia was continuing its advance; on 29 June 1865 Tashkent was taken by the Russian troops of General Chernyayev; the loss of Khujand followed in 1867.[8][page needed]
Shortly before the fall of Tashkent, Kokand’s best-known son,
The now powerless
Society
In the 1830s, more than 5 million people lived in the Khanate of Kokand. Roughly 3 million of them were sedentary residents with Turkic and Iranian roots, while the remaining population of 2.0–2.5 million were nomadic tribes, spread across 400,000 households, consisting of various Turko-Mongolian groups such as Uzbeks, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, Karakalpaks, Kalmyks, and Farghani Kipchaks.[11]
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List of the khans of Kokand


Reign | Ruler |
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1709–1722 | Shahrukh Bey
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1722–1734 | Abdul Rahim Bey |
1734–1751 | Abdul Karim Bey |
1751–1752 | Irdana Bey (1st Reign)
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1752–1753 | Bobobek |
1753–1769 | Irdana Bey (2nd Reign)
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1769–1770 | Suleiman Bey |
1770–1799 | Narbuta Bey
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1799–1811 | Alim Khan
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1811–1822 | Muhammad Umar Khan |
1822–1842 | Muhammad Ali Khan |
1842–1844 | Shir Ali Khan |
1844 | Murad Beg Khan |
1844–1852 | Muhammad Khudayar Khan (1st Reign) |
Mingbashi Musulmonqul (Regent for Khudayar Khan) | |
1852–1858 | Muhammad Khudayar Khan (2nd Reign) |
1858–1862 | Muhammad Mallya Beg Khan
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1862 | Shah Murad Khan
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1862–1863 | Muhammad Khudayar Khan (3rd Reign) |
1863–1865 | Muhammad Sultan Khan |
Alimqul (Regent for Sultan Khan) | |
1865 | Bil Bahchi Khan |
1865–1875 | Muhammad Khudayar Khan (4th Reign) |
1875 | Nasruddin Khan (1st Reign) |
1875 | Muhammad Pulad Beg Khan
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1876 | Nasruddin Khan (2nd Reign) |
See also
- List of Sunni dynasties
- Emirate of Bukhara
- Khanate of Khiva
- Russian Turkestan
- Turkestan Autonomy (Kokand Autonomy)
References
Notes
- ^ Roy, p. 3. "...the court language was Persian at Bukhara and Kokand, which at the time was seen as the main cultured language. The idea of associating a territory with an ethnic group defined by language was alien to the political ideas of the Muslims of Central Asia. These populations were, and still are widely intermingled, so that infra-ethnic identitics (tribal, clan, locality, family, etc) were more important in determining loyalties than strictly ethnic origin."
- ^ Roy, p. 4, "Persian was the language of civilisation par excellence from Delhi to Samarkand, passing via Lahore and Kabul, and this remained the case until the early twentieth century. The emirates of Kokand and Bukhara had Persian as their official language right up to their dissolution (in 1876 and 1920 respectively)"
- ^ History of Civilizations of Central Asia, p. 81.
- : Kokon handygy
Citations
- ISBN 1-4020-1298-5.
- ^ Golden, pp. 114–115.
- ISBN 978-0-8229-6506-0.
- ^ a b c Starr.
- ^ OʻzME.
- ^ Howorth, p. 801.
- ^ Dubavitski, pp. 31–33.
- ^ History of Civilizations of Central Asia.
- ^ Zenkovsky, p. 15
- ^ Zenkovsky, p. 18
- ^ Levi & Beisembiev 2023.
- ^ Bosworth, p. 295.
- ^ Geiss, pp. 116–117.
- ^ Levi, The Rise and Fall of Khoqand, 1709 – 1876, p. XIX.
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