Person

Jura Beg

19th century · 19th century · Also known as Jurabek

Jura Beg was a beg of the Kenagas Uzbek tribe who, with Baba Beg, held Shahrisabz in the Qashqadarya valley independent of the Emirate of Bukhara in the mid-19th century. Russian forces took Shahrisabz in 1870 and handed it to Bukhara. Jura Beg later entered Russian service as a commander in Turkestan.

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