ʽAbd al-Ahad Khan

Said ʽAbd al-Ahad Khan (Chagatai and Persian: سید عبد الاحد خان; 26 March 1859 – 3 January 1911) was the 7th emir of the Uzbek Manghit dynasty, the last ruling dynasty of the Emirate of Bukhara, which at the time was a part of the Russian Empire. He ascended to the title aged 26 upon the death of his father, Muzaffar bin Nasrullah, on 12 November 1885.

Said ʽAbd al-Ahad Khan
Abd al-Ahad in 1900/1901
Emir of Bukhara
Reign	12 November 1885 – 3 January 1911
Predecessor	Muzaffar bin Nasrullah
Successor	Sayyid Mir Muhammad Alim Khan
Born	26 March 1859 Karmana, Emirate of Bukhara (present-day Uzbekistan)
Died	3 January 1911 (aged 51)
Issue	Sayyid Mir Muhammad Alim Khan
House	Manghud dynasty
Father	Muzaffar bin Nasrullah

Reforms of ʽAbd al-Ahad Khan

Abd al-Ahad was educated at a Russian military school and obtained the rank of adjutant-general in the Russian army. He brought more Russian influence into Bukharan life. He made attempts at reforms but was frustrated by conservatives and in his later years took to drinking.^[1] He did abolish slavery in Bukhara, by fullfulling his father's promise to end slavery in Bukhara, upon his accession to the throne in 1885.^[2]

He married, and his eldest son, Sayyid Mir Muhammad Alim Khan, succeeded him after his death.