Muhammad Mallya Beg Khan, also known as Malla-Khan, was the Khan of

Kokand Kokand ( uz, Qo‘qon/Қўқон/قوقان, ; russian: Кока́нд; fa, خوقند, Xuqand; Chagatai: خوقند, ''Xuqand''; ky, Кокон, Kokon; tg, Хӯқанд, Xöqand) is a city in Fergana Region in eastern Uzbekistan, at the sou ...

from 1858 to 1862; he was the son of

Murad Beg Khan Murad Beg Khan was briefly the Khan of Kokand after he killed Shir Ali Khan. After requesting the assistance of the Emirate of Bukhara, Musulmonqul travelled to Namangan and gave his daughter as a "gift" to Khudayar before brought the young Khuday ...

and the stepbrother of

Khudayar Khan Sayid Muhammad Khudayar Khan, usually abbreviated to Khudayar Khan, was a Khan of Kokand who reigned between 1845 and 1875 with interruptions. He was the son of Shir Ali Khan. During the reign of Khudayar Khan, the Khanate was suffering from a ci ...

. He was assassinated in 1862 and succeeded by his seventeen-year-old stepbrother Shah Murad Khan, who ruled for only several days until

Muhammad Khudayar Khan Sayid Muhammad Khudayar Khan, usually abbreviated to Khudayar Khan, was a Khan of Kokand who reigned between 1845 and 1875 with interruptions. He was the son of Shir Ali Khan. During the reign of Khudayar Khan, the Khanate was suffering from a ci ...

came back to power.Bosworth CE The new Islamic dynasties. A chronological and genealogical manual. NY, 1996. P. 295 During his rule the land of the present-day city of

Bishkek Bishkek ( ky, Бишкек), ), formerly Pishpek and Frunze, is the capital and largest city of Kyrgyzstan. Bishkek is also the administrative centre of the Chüy Region. The region surrounds the city, although the city itself is not part of ...

was annexed to the Khanate and expanded construction projects on the Chu River. His regent

Alimqul `Alimqul (also spelt Alymkul, Alim quli, Alim kuli) (ca. 1833 – 1865) was a warlord in the Kokand Khanate, and its ''de facto'' ruler from 1863 to 1865. Alimqul was born in Budjun Batken, 1833, into a family of a Kyrgyz- Kipchak ''beys''. ...

controlled many affairs of the Khanate and was to some extent it's de facto ruler. OʻzME. Birinchi jild. Tashkent, 2000 In 1859 the Russians occupied Fort Julek, which according to Russian governor-general of

Orenburg Orenburg (russian: Оренбу́рг, ), formerly known as Chkalov (1938–1957), is the administrative center of Orenburg Oblast, Russia. It lies on the Ural River, southeast of Moscow. Orenburg is also very close to the Kazakhstan-Russia bor ...

, was to protect Fort Perovski; In 1861 they rebuilt the fortress and demolished the Yani Kurgan fortress. As Kokand gradually expanded their dominion North into the area occupied by Kazakhs subject and to Tokmak, and others that had already occupied, relations with Russia further deteriorated into an all out war. Dissatisfaction with high taxes and Alimqul's hostility towards the population of Kokand led to Mallakhan's overthrow and replacement by Shah Murad Khan.

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