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Bukhara: History, Former Names & Timeline

Centre of Islamic learning in Central Asia, Samanid capital and later capital of the Emirate of Bukhara.

Map showing Bukhara in 1200Bukhara
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Former names of Bukhara

FromNameNote
AD 500Bukhara

Timeline of Bukhara

YearEvent
AD 892The Samanids make Bukhara their capital
1220Genghis Khan sacks Bukhara
1868The Emirate of Bukhara becomes a Russian protectorate

Who ruled Bukhara

Derived from the border maps; each row runs until the next recorded border change.

PeriodState
500 BC–324 BCAchaemenid Empire
323 BC–301 BCEmpire of Alexander
300 BC–201 BCSeleucid Kingdom
200 BC–2 BCScythians
1 BC–99Unclaimed / no data
100–199Kushan Empire
200–699Unclaimed / no data
700–799Western Gokturk Khaganate
800–899Abbasid Caliphate
900–999Samanid Empire
1000–1099Unclaimed / no data
1100–1199Karkhanids
1200–1299Kara Khitai Khaganate
1300–1399Chagatai Khanate
1400–1491Timurid Empire
1492–1599Timurid Emirates
1600–1782Khiva Khanate
1783–1814central Asian khanates
1815–1879Turan
1880–1919Russian Empire
1920–1929USSR
1930–1937White Russia
1938–1993USSR
1994–todayUzbekistan

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