Mohammed Rahim Khan
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Mohammed Rahim Khan, was the second Khan of the Uzbek Kungrat dynasty in the Khanate of Khiva. He reigned from 1806 to 1825.
Tomb of Mohammed Rahim at the Pahlavan Mahmud mausoleum in Khiva.
Syr Darya
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The Syr Darya, historically known as the Jaxartes, is a river in Central Asia. It originates in the Tian Shan mountains in Kyrgyzstan and eastern Uzbekistan, and flows for 2,256.25 kilometres west and
Mohammed Rahim Khan
…In 1811, he finally subdued the Uzbek tribes of the Amu Darya delta who had broken away from Khiva. He also subdued the Kazakh tribes of the lower Syr Darya in 1812-1813 and in the 1820s, he conquered the city of Merv. Mohammed Rahim strengthened diplomatic ties with the Russian Empire, the Ottoman Empire…
Syr Darya at Kyzylorda, Kazakhstan
Astronaut photograph of the Syr Darya River floodplain
Syr Darya River at Khujand