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Khanate of Khiva

1511–1920 state in Central Asia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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The Khanate of Khiva (Chagatay: خیوه خانلیگی, romanized: Khivâ Khânligi, Persian: خانات خیوه, romanized: Khânât-e Khiveh, Uzbek: Xiva xonligi, Turkmen: Hywa hanlygy, Russian: Хивинское ханство, romanized: Khivinskoye khanstvo) was a Central Asian polity[8] that existed in the historical region of Khwarezm in Central Asia from 1511 to 1920, except for a period of Afsharid occupation by Nader Shah between 1740 and 1746. Centred in the irrigated plains of the lower Amu Darya, south of the Aral Sea, with the capital in the city of Khiva. It covered present-day western Uzbekistan, southwestern Kazakhstan and much of Turkmenistan before the Russian arrival at the second half of the 19th century.

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Khanate of Khiva
خیوه خانلیگی (Chagatay)
Khivâ Khânligi
خانات خیوه (Persian)
Khânât-e Khiveh
1511–1920
Flag of Khiva
The Khanate of Khiva (bordered in red), c. 1700.[citation needed]
The Khanate of Khiva (bordered in red), c. 1700.[citation needed]
Status
CapitalKhiva
Common languages
Religion
Sunni Islam
GovernmentAbsolute hereditary monarchy
Khan 
 1511–1518
Ilbars I [ru] (first)
 1918–1920
Sayid Abdullah (last)
History 
 Established
1511
 Afsharid Iran conquest
1740
 Qungrad dynasty est.
1804
 Russian conquest
12 August 1873
 Disestablished
2 February 1920
Area
1911[5]67,521 km2 (26,070 sq mi)
Population
 1902[6]
700,000
 1908[7]
800,000
 1911[5]
550,000
Preceded by
Succeeded by
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Khorezm People's Soviet Republic Blank.png
Today part of
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In 1873, the Khanate of Khiva was greatly reduced in size and became a Russian protectorate. The other regional protectorate that lasted until the Revolution was the Emirate of Bukhara. Following the Russian Revolution of 1917, Khiva had a revolution too, and in 1920 the Khanate was replaced by the Khorezm People's Soviet Republic. In 1924, the area was formally incorporated into the Soviet Union and today it is largely a part of Karakalpakstan, Xorazm Region in Uzbekistan, and Daşoguz Region of Turkmenistan.

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