Nasruddin Khan, or Nasruddin Beg ( uz, Nasriddin Bek), was the last ruler of

Khanate of Kokand The Khanate of Kokand ( fa, ; ''Khānneshin-e Khoqand'', chg, ''Khoqand Khānligi'') was a Central Asian polity in the Fergana Valley centred on the city of Kokand between 1709 and 1876. Its territory is today divided between Uzbekistan, Ky ...

, then a protectorate of the Russian empire. He rose to power in 1875 when his father Khudayar fled uprisings in the

Ferghana Valley The Fergana Valley (; ; ) in Central Asia lies mainly in eastern Uzbekistan, but also extends into southern Kyrgyzstan and northern Tajikistan. Divided into three republics of the former Soviet Union, the valley is ethnically diverse and in the ...

. The Khanate of Kokand was abolished on 19 February 1876, and the region annexed to Ferghana Oblast.Howorth, Henry Hoyle
''History of the Mongols, from the 9th to the 19th Century. Part II division II. The so-called tartars of Russia and Central Asia''
Londres: Longmans, Green and Co, 1880.

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