Khan of Bukhara

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The Khan of Bukhara was the hereditary ruler of the Khanate of Bukhara, a Central Asian state centered in present-day Uzbekistan that played a major role in regional politics, trade, and Islamic culture.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Emir of Bukhara 1
emirs of Bukhara 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic ruler
head of state
hereditary monarch
associatedWith Naqshbandi Sufi order NERFINISHED
ulama of Bukhara NERFINISHED
capital Bukhara NERFINISHED
country Khanate of Bukhara NERFINISHED
culturalRole center of Islamic learning in Central Asia
patron of Persianate court culture
currencyUsed tenga
dynasty Janid dynasty NERFINISHED
Manghit dynasty NERFINISHED
Shaybanid dynasty NERFINISHED
exercisedPowerOver tribal confederations in the Khanate of Bukhara
urban elites of Bukhara
firstDynasty Shaybanid dynasty NERFINISHED
governmentForm monarchy
historicalLocation parts of present-day Kazakhstan
parts of present-day Tajikistan
parts of present-day Turkmenistan
present-day Uzbekistan
influencedRegion Ferghana Valley NERFINISHED
Khorasan NERFINISHED
Khwarazm NERFINISHED
Transoxiana NERFINISHED
lastDynasty Manghit dynasty NERFINISHED
legitimizedBy Islamic law (sharia) NERFINISHED
Turko-Mongol steppe traditions
recognition by religious scholars
politicalSystem Central Asian khanate
positionHeldIn Khanate of Bukhara NERFINISHED
region Central Asia
religion Sunni Islam
responsibleFor collection of taxes and tribute
maintenance of madrasas in Bukhara
protection of caravan trade routes
role patron of Islamic scholarship
patron of trade along the Silk Road
protector of Islam in Bukhara
supreme military commander in the Khanate of Bukhara
supreme political authority in the Khanate of Bukhara
seatOfPower Ark of Bukhara NERFINISHED
style Amir
Emir NERFINISHED
Khan NERFINISHED
succession hereditary succession
titleLanguage Arabic
Chagatai Turkic
Persian

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Imam Quli Khan positionHeld Khan of Bukhara
Shah Murad usedTitle Khan of Bukhara
this entity surface form: Emir of Bukhara
Ark of Bukhara servedAsResidenceFor Khan of Bukhara
this entity surface form: emirs of Bukhara