Reformists within the Emirate had found the conservative emir, Mohammed Alim Khan, unwilling to loosen his grip on power, and had turned to the Russian Bolshevik revolutionaries for military assistance.
Reformis di dalam negeri telah menemukan bahwa amir konservatif, Muhammad Alim Khan, tidak mau melepaskan cengkeramannya pada kekuasaan, dan berpaling ke revolusioner Bolshevik Rusia untuk bantuan militer.