Emirate of Bukhara

The Emirate of Bukhara is a Puppet State of the Persian Empire that is located east of Persia itself, North of the Kingdom of Afghanistan and South of the Turkestan Caliphate. It occupies the land between the Amu Darya and Syr Darya rivers, known formerly as Transoxiana. Its core territory is the land along the lower Zarafshan River, and its urban centres are the ancient cities of Samarkand and the emirate's capital, Bukhara.

## History

### Origin

The Emirate of Bukhara was officially created in 1785, upon the assumption of rulership by the Manghit emir, Shah Murad. As one of the few states in Central Asia after the Mongol Empire not ruled by descendants of Genghis Khan (besides the Timurids), it staked its legitimacy on Islamic principles rather than Genghisid blood, as the ruler took the Islamic title of Emir instead of Khan. Moreover, both of its neighbors, the Khanate of Khiva and the Kokand Khanate, as well as its predecessor, the Khanate of Bukhara, were ruled by Genghisid descendants.

Over the course of the 18th century, the emirs had slowly gained effective control of the Khanate of Bukhara, from their position as *ataliq*; and by the 1740s, when the khanate was conquered by Nadir Shah of Persia, it was clear that the emirs held the real power. In 1747, after Nadir Shah's death, the ataliq Muhammad Rahim Bi murdered Abulfayz Khan and his son, ending the Janid dynasty [ja]. From then on the emirs allowed puppet khans to rule until, following the death of Abu l-Ghazi Khan, Shah Murad assumed the throne openly.

Fitzroy Maclean recounts in *Eastern Approaches* how Charles Stoddart and Arthur Conolly were executed by Nasrullah Khan in the context of The Great Game, and how Joseph Wolff, known as the Eccentric Missionary, escaped their fate when he came looking for them in 1845. He was wearing his full canonical costume, which caused the Emir to burst out laughing, and "Dr Wolff was eventually suffered to leave Bokhara, greatly to the surprise of the populace, who were not accustomed to such clemency."

In 1868, the emirate lost a war with Imperial Russia, which had aspirations of conquest in the region. Russia annexed much of the emirate's territory, including the important city of Samarkand. In 1873 the remainder became a Russian protectorate, and was soon surrounded by the Governorate-General of Turkestan.

### Reza Shah's Conquest

Reza Shah had conquered the region as a way to save them from the Soviets and to create multiple fronts against British India and get Afghanistan to join the side of the Central Powers. The plan had worked as the Emirate had invaded India with Afghanistan, Persia and Japan. After the invasion the Emirate of Bukhara became a Persian Puppet State with many other Puppet States of Persia. Sadly the royal diet of Bukhara which was created by Reza Shah had caused discrimination against non Tajik and Turkmen people which includes Uzbeks. This and the unfair abolition of the Khanate of Khiva due to the Khan having no heirs and the rulers being Uzbek had angered the Uzbek, Kazakh and Kyrgyzstan peoples to the point that they had left for the neighboring Turkestan Caliphate.

The Discrimination against those people still continues and it is bad because the Turkmenistan Government has gained a huge population of those people who were refugees being persecuted.

## Government

The Government of Bukhara is an Absolute monarchy ruled by an Emir who rules as an Autocratic Monarchy who has charge over the Government as a Satrap appointed by Reza Shah enforces the will of the Emir and Reza Shah.

## Military

The Military only consists of 120 Infantry Brigades, 110 Calvary Brigades, 100 Mechanized Infantry Units, 90 Artillery Batteries, 80 Gun Cars and 70 Tanks as it's official military.

## Foreign Relations

* Colonial Relations with the Indo-Persian Empire.
* Great Relations with the Khanate of Khiva, Kingdom of Afghanistan and the Maharajahnate of Jammu and Kashmir.
* Bad Relations with Soviet Rus.