ON THE HISTORY OF THE UZBEK PRINCIPALITIES OF SOUTH TURKESTAN IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE 19TH CENTURY

Abstract

fter the Ashtar Khanate in Bukhara fell into crisis, the Mangid dynasty came to

power. During the period of dynastic change, the Uzbek principalities in South Turkestan, which

were subordinate to the Bukhara Khanate, were conquered by the Afghan state founded by Ahmad

Shah Durrani, which arose at the same time as the Mangid dynasty. After the death of Ahmad Shah

Durrani, the Uzbek principalities were officially considered dependent on Kabul, but in practice

they gained independence. In the Bukhara Emirate, Shah Murad tried to establish some internal

order and integrate the principalities of South Turkestan into the Bukhara Emirate. During the

reign of his successors, Emir Haidar and Emir Nasrullah, some principalities obeyed the Bukhara

Emirate. However, with the rise to power of Dost Muhammad Khan, a Barakzai, in Afghanistan,

struggles for centralization began.