khanate · Central Asia and the Steppe

Khanate of Kokand

1709 CE – 1876 CE · capital Kokand

An Uzbek khanate of the Ferghana valley that grew to rule Tashkent and the Kyrgyz and Kazakh steppes before Russia annexed it in 1876.

Origins

Around 1709 Shahrukh Bi, leader of the Ming Uzbek tribe, broke away from the Khanate of Bukhara and established a separate state in the eastern Ferghana valley. His successors built Kokand as their capital, and Narbuta Bi strengthened the state in the late 18th century.

Rule and society

Alim Khan, who took the title khan around 1800, created a standing army and conquered Tashkent in 1809. His brother and successor Umar Khan was a patron of poetry whose wife Nodira was a celebrated poet. The khanate controlled the trade routes to Kashgar and dominated Kyrgyz and Kazakh nomads, building forts such as Ak-Mechet on the Syr Darya. Rivalry between settled Sarts and nomadic Kipchaks caused civil wars.

Decline and legacy

Russia took Ak-Mechet in 1853 and Tashkent in 1865. After a revolt against the pro-Russian Khudayar Khan in 1875, General Skobelev crushed resistance and Russia annexed the khanate in 1876 as the Ferghana Oblast of the Turkestan Governorate-General.

Lineage

Khanate of Bukhara 1500 CE – 1785 CEKhanate of Kokand

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APA
The Epoch Institute. (2026). Khanate of Kokand. In The Epoch Institute States Register. https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/khanate-of-kokand
MLA
“Khanate of Kokand.” The Epoch Institute States Register, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/khanate-of-kokand. Accessed .
Chicago
The Epoch Institute. “Khanate of Kokand.” The Epoch Institute States Register. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/khanate-of-kokand.
Harvard
The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Khanate of Kokand’, The Epoch Institute States Register. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/khanate-of-kokand (Accessed: ).

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