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
Emirate of Bukhara
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The Emirate of Bukhara was an Uzbek absolute monarchy in Central Asia that existed from 1785 to 1920 in what is now parts of Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan. It occupied the land b
Khanate of Khiva
…Khanate of Khiva was greatly reduced in size and became a Russian protectorate. The other regional protectorate that lasted until the Revolution was the Emirate of Bukhara. Following the Russian Revolution of 1917, Khiva had a revolution too, and in 1920 the Khanate was replaced by the Khorezm People's Soviet Republic…
The Emir of Bukhara and the notables of the city watch how the heads of Russian soldiers are impaled on poles. Samarkand
Chor Minor Madrasah, Bukhara (built in 1807)
A bureaucrat in Bukhara, c. 1910
Large Medallion Suzani (textile) from Bukhara, c. mid-18th century