Haydar bin Shahmurad was the
Uzbek Emir
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of
Bukhara
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People have inhabited the region around Bukhara ...
from 1800 to 1826. His father was Emir
Shahmurad. (1785–1800). After Shahmurad's death, Haydar bin Shahmurad came to power.
At the beginning of the 19th century, the Bukhara Emirate included the Zeravshan valley, Kashka-Darya and the Merv oasis.
Bukhara
Bukhara (Uzbek language, Uzbek: /, ; tg, Бухоро, ) is the List of cities in Uzbekistan, seventh-largest city in Uzbekistan, with a population of 280,187 , and the capital of Bukhara Region.
People have inhabited the region around Bukhara ...
, on the other hand, owned a significant part of modern
Afghan Turkestan, as well as a number of regions of present-day Tajikistan, sometimes also
Khojent
Khujand ( tg, Хуҷанд, Khujand; Uzbek: Хўжанд, romanized: Хo'jand; fa, خجند, Khojand), sometimes spelled Khodjent and known as Leninabad (russian: Ленинабад, Leninabad; tg, Ленинобод, Leninobod; fa, لنی ...
, Ura-Tyube.
The period of the reign of Emir Haydar was rich in events. He had to suppress the rebellion of the Ktay Kipchaks in Miankal, the Uzbek tribe Keneges in Shakhrisabz. According to local historian
Ahmad Donish
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, Emir Haydar "faced with strife and tribal strife, pacified the elders and heads of tribes and after that began to rule quietly." Foreigners were appointed to government positions instead of Uzbek leaders. “At first glance, such actions seemed to be salutary for the state, but later they brought great harm to the outskirts of the country, since during the reign of his son, Emir Nasrullo, these elders and tribal leaders could not perform any duties and gave the region to enemies.
Emir Haydar maintained diplomatic relations with the
Ottoman Empire
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and the
Russian Empire
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.
In 1803, the Bukhara ambassador Ishmukhammad Baikishiev was received by the Russian emperor
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in St. Petersburg.
In 1815, the Bukhara ambassador Muhammad Yusuf divanbegi arrived in St. Petersburg to congratulate the Russian emperor on the victory over
Napoleon
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[Vasilyev A. D. Znamya i mech ot padishakha. Politicheskiye i kulturnyye kontakty khanstv Tsentralnoy Azii i Osmanskoy imperii (seredina XVI — nachalo XX vv.). Moscow, 2014, p.123]
Emir Haydar died in 1826 and was succeeded by
Mir Hussein bin Haydar
Mir Hussein bin Haydar (1797–1826) was the Uzbek Emir of Bukharan Emirate from October to December 1826. His father was emir Haydar bin Shahmurad (1800–1826). Emir Haydar died in October 1826 and was succeeded by his son Mir Hussein bin Hay ...
, (1826–1827) who in 1827 was succeeded by Nasrullah.
References
Literature
* Akhmad Donish, Puteshestviye iz Bukhary Peterburg. Dushanbe, 1960.
* Holzwarth, Wolfgang. "Community Elders and State Agents: Īlbēgīs in the Emirate of Bukhara around 1900." Eurasian Studies (2011).
* Holzwarth, Wolfgang. "War and peace in pre-colonial Bukhara: the Keneges treaties (1820s-1840s)." In Aus den Tiefenschichten der Texte: Beiträge zur Turko-iranischen Welt von der Islamisierung bis zur Gegenwart, pp. 191–231. Reichert, 2019.
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