State
Khanate of Bukhara
former state (16th–18th century) in Central Asia, centered on Bukhara
- This boundary
- 1500–1785
- Founded
- 1500
- Ended
- 1785
- Capital
- Bukhara
- Government
- theocracy, absolute monarchy
- Languages
- Persian, Chagatai
- Preceded by
- Timurid EmpireUzbek Khanate
Overview
The Khanate of Bukhara was an Uzbek monarchy in Central Asia from 1501 to 1785, founded by the Shaybanid dynasty, a branch of the Abu'l-Khayrids. Muhammad Shaybani, grandson of the steppe ruler Abu'l Khayr Khan, conquered the major cities of Mawarannahr (Transoxiana) – Balkh, Bukhara, Samarkand, and Tashkent – and established his rule in the region. In its earliest years, the Khanate was alternately governed from each of these cities before Abdullah Khan II (r. 1557–1598) established Bukhara as its permanent capital by 1562.
All rulers (1)
- Jani Muhammed Beg1599–1601
Records (14)
- 1501 — Siege of SamarkandSiege
- 1503 — Battle of AkhsiBattle
- 1503 — Battle of AkhsikathBattle · Uzbeks ▸ Mughal Empire
- 1510 — Battle of MervBattle
- 1511 — Battle of Pul-i-SanghinBattle · Mughal Empire ▸ Uzbekistan
- 1512 — Battle of GhazdewanBattle
- 1512 — Battle of GhujduwanBattle · Uzbekistan ▸ Persia, Mughal Empire
- 1512 — Battle of Kul-i-MalikBattle · Uzbekistan ▸ Mughal Empire
- 1513–1514 — Battle of Jayhun RiverBattle
- 1598 — Battle of SamarkandBattle
- 1602 — Battle of BalkhBattle
- 1613 — Battle of SamarkandBattle
- 1649–1653 — Mughal–Safavid WarWar
- 1740 — Capture of Samarkand by Nader Shah AfsharBattle
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