Emirate of Bukhara

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The Emirate of Bukhara was the name of Uzbekistan from 1747 to 1920. It was a state in Central Asia, with its capital in Bukhara and was a Russian protectorate from 1868.

It was created after the Khanate of Bukhara was conquered by Nadir Shah and was ruled by emirs of Manghit dynasty. As they were not descended from Genghis Khan, they took the lesser title of "emir."

In 1920 it was turned into the Bukharan People's Soviet Republic and its territory currently lies mostly in Uzbekistan with parts in Tajikistan.

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