Khanate of Kokand
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The Khanate of Kokand was an early modern state in the Fergana Valley of Central Asia. At its peak, it stretched from the Ulu Tau mountains in the north, Sariqol in the south, Aq Masjid in the west, a
Couple from the Khanate of Kokand in the Chinese Huang Qing Zhigong Tu, dated 1769
Kokand soldier by the Russian painter Vasily Vereshchagin, dated 1873
Seyid Muhammad Khudayar Khan, the 1860s
Kyrgyzstan
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Kyrgyzstan, officially the Kyrgyz Republic, formerly known as Kirghizia, is a landlocked country located in Central Asia, lying in the Tian Shan and Pamir mountain ranges. It is bordered by Kazakhstan
Khanate of Kokand
…Tau mountains in the north, Sariqol in the south, Aq Masjid in the west, and Karakol in the east. Its territory is today divided between Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Kazakhstan. It was established during the decline of the Khanate of Bukhara by Shahrukh Biy, the leader of the Ming tribe of Uzbeks…
Tian Shan Mountains in East Kyrgyzstan
Petroglyphs of local sheep, Sary Kamysh
Tash Rabat, a silk road caravansarai used during the Islamic Golden Age
Turgan Berdike-úlu, first Kyrgyz traveler to Europe - 1906