Mohammed Alim Khan, the last Emir of Bukhara, 1911. Artist: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky

Mohammed Alim Khan, the last Emir of Bukhara, 1911. Artist: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky

2-481-368 - © Fine Art Images/Heritage Images

Mohammed Alim Khan, the last Emir of Bukhara, 1911. The Emirate of Bukhara was established in 1785. Mohammed Alim Khan (1880-1944) claimed to be a direct descendant of Ghengis Khan. He ruled Bukhara as an absolute monarch from 1911 until 1920, when Bukhara was taken by the Red Army during the Russian Civil War. He died in exile in Kabul, Afghanistan. Found in the collection of the Library of Congress, Washington DC.


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People Information

Creator
  1. Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky, attributed to: Russian: Photographer
Subject
  1. Mohammed Alim Khan: Mongol: Emir of Bukhara

Medium
  1. Photograph

Picture Type
  1. Portrait

Category Hierarchy

People Royalty

Lifestyle & Leisure Fashion & Dress

Artistic Representations Portraits


Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 4495x3886
File Size : 51,175kb


Aliases

  1. 37293
  1. 1044
  1. 0750000630
  1. 2-481-368
  1. 2481368
  1. 37293

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