History of Bukhara

former state (16th–18th century) in Central Asia, centered on Bukhara

former Soviet state

Po-i-Kalan, or Poi Kalan (; ; , ), is an Islamic religious complex located in Bukhara, Uzbekistan. The complex consists of three parts, the Kalan Mosque (Masjid-i Kalan), the Kalan Minaret (Minâra-i Kalân) to which the name refers, and the Mir-i-Arab Madrasah.

one of the dynasties that ruled Khanate of Bukhara

thumb|French first edition of Narshakhi's History of Bukhara, 1892 Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Jafar Narshakhi (or Narshaki) (ca. 899–959), a Sogdian scholar from the village of Narshak in the Bukhara oasis is the first known historian in Central Asia. His unique History of Bukhara (Tarikh-i Bukhara) was written in Arabic and presented to the Samanid emperor Nuh I either in 943 or 944. The book provides important information on Bukhara that cannot be found in other contemporary sources. Nothing is known about Narshakhi except his authorship of this one book.

Military conflict fought between Soviet Russia and the Young Bukharians against the Emirate of Bukhara

tegin of Bukhara

political party

local Sogdian dynasty, which ruled the city of Bukhara

conquest of the Central Asian Emirate of Bukhara by the Russian Empire

history of the fifth-largest city in Uzbekistan and the capital of Bukhara Region