Khanate of Kokand
Khanate of Kokand خاننشین خوقند | |||||||||
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| 1709–1876 | |||||||||
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 Map of the Khanate of Kokand and its territorial acquisitions | |||||||||
| Status | Khanate | ||||||||
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| Common languages | Persian (official, court, administration, literature, historiography)[1][2] Chagatai Turkic (secondary language, literature)[2][3] | ||||||||
| Religion | Sunni Islam | ||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||
| Khan | |||||||||
• 1709–1722 | Shahrukh Biy | ||||||||
• 1876 | Nasruddin Khan | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 1709 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1876 | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Uzbekistan | ||||||||
The Kokand Khanate (Persian: خاننشین خوقند) (Uyghur: خوقند خانلىغى) was a state in the Fergana Valley of Central Asia. It lasted from 1709 until 1876. The capital was Kokand. The khanate included lands that are today part of Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Kazakhstan.
The Kokand Khanate was founded by Shahrukh Biy in 1709. Later rulers expanded the state into much of the Fergana Valley. The khanate fought wars with the Khanate of Bukhara, the Khanate of Khiva, and nomadic Kyrgyz and Kazakh groups. In the 19th century, Kokand became known for trade and culture, with Persian and Chagatai Turkic used in government and literature.[4]
The khanate was ruled by several dynasties of khans, including Alim Khan, Umar Khan, and Khudoyar Khan. Umar Khan (1810–1822) supported poets and scholars, and his wife Nodira was a famous poet in both Persian and Turkic.[5]
The people of Kokand often resisted heavy taxes and forced labor. There were many uprisings, such as the Osh revolt in 1845 and the rebellion led by Pulat Khan in the 1870s.[6]
In 1876, the Russian Empire invaded and ended the Kokand Khanate. Its lands became part of the Fergana Oblast in Russian Turkestan.[7]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Roy 2000, pp. 3–4.
- 1 2 Levi & Beisembiev 2023.
- ↑ DeWeese 2019, p. 137.
- ↑ Central Asian History – Keller, Khanates on the Eve of Russian Expansion, Hamilton College, 2010, pp. 45–47.
- ↑ Manuscripts of Ferghana Valley, Endangered Archives Programme (EAP1326), British Library, 2021.
- ↑ Aydarkul Kaana, “The Era of the Kokand Khanate and Pulat Khan,” Osh State University Journal, 2024, pp. 12–15.
- ↑ Rakhimjanova Nigora Kudratillaevna, The History of the Kokand Khanate in the Press of Turkestan, International Journal on Integrated Education, 2020, pp. 88–90.