History of Uzbekistan
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Uzbekistan is a landlocked country in Central Asia. It is itself surrounded by five landlocked countries: Kazakhstan to the north; Kyrgyzstan to the northeast; Tajikistan to the southeast; Afghanistan
Triumphant crowd at Registan, Sher-Dor Madrasah. The Emir of Bukhara viewing the severed heads of Russian soldiers on poles. Painting by Vasily Vereshchagin (1872).
Skull of Teshik-Tash Neanferthal child
ossuary, statue of a man, Koy-Krylgan-Kala region, first centuries BC, Khorezm
Chorasmian fresco from Kazakly-Yatkan (fortress of Akcha-Khan Kala), 1st century BC-2nd century AD
Khanate of Khiva
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The Khanate of Khiva was an Uzbek monarchy that existed in the historical region of Khorezm from 1511 to 1920, except for a period of Afsharid occupation by Nader Shah between 1740 and 1746. Centred i
Persian slave in the Khanate of Khiva, 16th century. Painting made in the 19th century.
Muhammad Rahim Khan II (third from the right) and his officials at the coronation of Nicholas II
![Coinage of Kutlugh Muhammad Murad Bahadur [ru], dated 1856. Khwarezm mint.](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Inaqids_%28Khanate_of_Khiva%29._Qutlugh_Murad._AH_1271-1272_AD_1856._AV_Half_Tilla_%2817mm%2C_2.22_g%2C_5h%29._Khwarezm_mint._Dated_AH_1271_%28AD_1856%29.jpg/500px-Inaqids_%28Khanate_of_Khiva%29._Qutlugh_Murad._AH_1271-1272_AD_1856._AV_Half_Tilla_%2817mm%2C_2.22_g%2C_5h%29._Khwarezm_mint._Dated_AH_1271_%28AD_1856%29.jpg)
Coinage of Kutlugh Muhammad Murad Bahadur [ru], dated 1856. Khwarezm mint.
Seid Muhammad Rahim, c. 1880