The Last Ruler of Bukhara

Learn about the final days of the Emirate of Bukhara, led by the troublesome ruler Emir Sayyid Khan.

Music used:
"Ibn Al Noor" by Kevin MacLeod

Sources used:
Jewish Virtual Library
"The Sands of Oxus" by Sadriddin Aini
Voice of America News
Wikipedia

[ordinary_magician]

That photo is from 1911 but yet it’s more higher quality than all UFO spotted videos

[MMTT]

He is the funny guy from Turkestan in every hoi4 mod

[theguystealingyourinternet]

He was also the last ruler that can be traced dynastically from Genghis Khan
edit: this is apparently incorrect

[medio-litro]

You're not the only person who loves that photo.

[AnonymousFreakYT]

I love Produkin-Gorsky's photos. The "digital remastering" of them is just incredible. Strange to think such vibrant and clear pictures were taken before World War I!

[Solon]

You forgot to mention that he claimed direct patrilineal descent from Genghis Khan, the last hereditary monarch to ever do so.

[DiamnD_]

Oh my god they made the guy from Kaiserreich into a real thing

[notgoddhoward]

The drip this man has is beyond this world.

[Domnom]

It's always fascinating learning about stories that we don't really get in history class. Like, in class when we talk about the Bolshevik revolution, the civil war is mostly glazed over as "the white army was disorganized and the red army won". It is really intriguing to see a little bit of the central Asian perspective, one not often seen in many history books at least here in America, on such an important period in history.

[taringator]

I am kinda ashamed that I only knew him from hoi4...

[TSmith-yycc]

Where did men's fashion go so wrong? I feel like it's time to bring this back lads.

[musofir]

Wow. I'm impressed. I've been following this chanel for over a year and impressed by many videos but this one takes the top for me. I lived in Tajikistan for two years and got to know the Country as well as Uzbekistan very well. I've been to Bukhara a few times and loved to visit the Ark, the Amir's fortress. As well as seeing the Palace of the Stars and Moon, a beautiful place with roaming Peacocks, their symbol of royalty. I heard about the stories of the two British men who were imprisoned in the Bug Pit and how horrible the torture was. And as for this Amir, the last descendant of Genghais Khan to hold the title "Khan", was actually an ancestor of my best friend from Tajikistan. After the Bolsheviks kicked the Amir out of Bukhara, he fled to a small town name Hisor (somtimes spelled Gisar) and stayed there until the Bolsheviks kicked him out, then fleeing to Kabul. The Bukharans did fight the Bolsheviks a bit, but it was an uphill fight. Even the Basmachi couldn't beat the Red Army. You've done a great job in this video, and I personally would love to see more topics about the Emirates of Bukhara and Khiva, and Central Asia as a whole since this is a region not commonly spoken about. Thank you for showing people about a history that they may not have known about.

[Lord_Engine]

I did a project on the Prokudin-Gorsky photos in college. The portraits in the collection are pretty phenomenal. I always did wonder about the story of the Bukharan emir. Thanks for this.

[TastyBaldEagle]

I read he fled with his daughter in 1920. She would have to be at least 101 years old if she were still alive, and I couldn't find anything after 2002 about her. She probably died in obscurity.

[theanonymousmrgrape]

“Since the official language was Persian, he would be whipped for speaking in Tajik.”
That’s a remarkably extreme policy enforcement considering Tajik is a dialect of Persian.

[gavriloprincip]

Hey, nice to see a video about a city in my home country! Please do visit Uzbekistan - we are a great place to visit for history geeks

[spencersholden]

Wait this guy was the last descendant of Genghis Khan to be a monarch! From 1206 to 1918 a khan had ruled in some form over Asia.

[themediabros]

Great video! Keep up the amazing work! 👍

[oscararc]

That photo is kind of bizarre. Like, modern technology (for that time) is able to capture the last expression of a bygone age or kings and emirs.

[andatwsk]

When you're on the mod In the name of the Tsar, Kaiserreich, etc