{"id":83,"date":"2021-10-08T19:55:42","date_gmt":"2021-10-08T19:55:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/uzbekintour.com\/dir\/?p=83"},"modified":"2021-10-09T14:39:18","modified_gmt":"2021-10-09T14:39:18","slug":"bukhara","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/uzbekintour.com\/dir\/bukhara\/","title":{"rendered":"Bukhara"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Introduction<\/h1>\n

\"Bukhara
\nBukhara<\/span> (Uzbek: Buxoro, Russian: \u0411\u0443\u0445\u0430\u0440\u0430), also spelled as Bukhoro and Bokhara, from the Soghdian – “lucky place”, is the capital of the Bukhara Province (viloyat) of Uzbekistan. The nation’s fifth-largest city, it has a population of 237,900<\/span> (1999<\/span> census estimate).
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\nBukhara city, south-central Uzbekistan, located about 140<\/span> miles (225<\/span> km) west of Samarkand. It lies on the Shakhrud Canal in the delta of the Zeravshan River, at the centre of Bukhara oasis.
\nFounded not later than the 1st<\/span> century ad (and possibly as early as the 3rd<\/span> or 4th<\/span> century BC), it was already a major trade and crafts centre along the famous Silk Road<\/span><\/a> when it was captured by Arab forces in 709<\/span>. The capital of the Samanid dynasty in the 9th<\/span> and 10th<\/span> centuries, it later was seized by the Qarakhanids and Karakitais before falling to Genghis Khan in 1220<\/span> and to Timur (Tamerlane) in 1370<\/span>.
\n\"Samanids
\nIn 1506<\/span> Bukhara was conquered by the Uzbek Shaybanids, who, from the mid-16th<\/span> century, made it the capital of their state, which became known as the khanate of Bukhara.
\nBukhara attained its greatest importance in the late 16th<\/span> century, when the Shaybanids\u2019 possessions included most of Central Asia as well as northern Persia and Afghanistan. The emir Mohammed Rahim freed himself from Persian vassalage in the mid-18th century and founded the Mangit dynasty.
\n\"Ayub
\nIn 1868<\/span> the khanate was made a Russian protectorate, and in 1920<\/span> the emir was overthrown by Red Army troops. Bukhara remained the capital of the Bukharan People\u2019s Soviet Republic, which replaced the khanate, until the republic was absorbed into the Uzbek S.S.R. in 1924<\/span>. It remained the capital when Uzbekistan gained independence in 1991<\/span>.
\nThe city grew rapidly after the discovery in the late 1950s<\/span> of natural gas nearby. The last emir of Bukhara was Muhammad Alim Khan (1880-1944<\/span>).
\nThe Trans-Caspian railway was built through the city in the late 19th<\/span> century. The historic center of Bukhara has been listed by UNESCO as one of the World Heritage Sites. It contains numerous mosques and madrassas.
\n\"Kalyan
\nThe historic centre of Bukhara, designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1993<\/span>, still retains much of its former aspect, with its mosques, madrassas \/ madrasahs (Muslim theological schools), flat-roofed houses of sun-dried bricks, and remains of covered bazaars. Among important buildings are the Ismail Samani Mausoleum (9th\u201310th century); the Kalan minaret (1127<\/span>) and mosque; the Ulugbek (1417<\/span>), Kukeldash (16th<\/span> century), Abd al-Aziz Khan (1652<\/span>), and Mir-Arab (1536<\/span>) madrassas; and the Ark, the city fortress, which is the oldest structure in Bukhara. The city\u2019s economy is based on a number of food and light industrial undertakings, including a large works processing Karakul lambs\u2019 fleece. Bukhara\u2019s importance has grown also because it is the largest city in a natural gas region. Certain traditional handicrafts, such as gold embroidery and metalworking, are still practiced. Tourism also contributes to the local economy. The city is the seat of Bukhara State University (founded 1930<\/span>); there are also medical and light industry institutes there. Cultural amenities include a theatre and a museum.<\/p>\n

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  Introduction Bukhara (Uzbek: Buxoro, Russian: \u0411\u0443\u0445\u0430\u0440\u0430), also spelled as Bukhoro and Bokhara, from the Soghdian – “lucky place”, is the capital of the Bukhara Province (viloyat) of Uzbekistan. The nation’s fifth-largest city, it has a population of 237,900 (1999 census estimate).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":[],"categories":[9],"tags":[18,11],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/uzbekintour.com\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/uzbekintour.com\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/uzbekintour.com\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/uzbekintour.com\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/uzbekintour.com\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"http:\/\/uzbekintour.com\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":95,"href":"http:\/\/uzbekintour.com\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83\/revisions\/95"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/uzbekintour.com\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/uzbekintour.com\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/uzbekintour.com\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}