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Khanate of Bukhara (Uzbek: Buxoro Amirligi) was a feudal state in Central Asia during the 16th–18th centuries. It received this name when the capital of the Shaybanid state (1500–1598) was moved to Bukhara. Its received it greatest extent and influence under its last Shaybanid ruler, Abdullah Khan II (r. 1577–1598).
In 1740 it was conquered by Nadir Shah. After his death, in 1747, the khanate was controlled by the descendents of the Uzbek emir Khudayar Bi, through the prime ministerial position of ataliq. In 1785, his descendent, Shah Murad, formalized the family's dynastic rule (Manghit dynasty), and the khanate became the Emirate of Bukhara.[1]
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- ^ Soucek, Svat. A History of Inner Asia (2000), p. 180.
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