Emirate of Bukhara

State · 1788–1919 CE · at its largest around 1803 CE

A Central Asian state ruled by the Manghit dynasty from Bukhara, which became a Russian protectorate in 1868 and fell to the Bolsheviks in 1920.

On its lands while it lasted

• The Great Game (c. 1830–1907 CE): Rivalry between the British and Russian empires for influence in Central Asia, Afghanistan and Persia.
• Basmachi movement (c. 1916–1934 CE): Armed resistance in Central Asia, centred on the Fergana Valley, against Russian and then Soviet rule.

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