The Mongols have a long history, starting with Genghis Khan, who left a deep historical trace in Central Asia. Although the collapse of the Chagatai Khanate led to the gradual assimilation of the Mongols into other peoples, in modern times there was still one ruler of Central Asia with Mongol ancestry, and that was Alim Khan, the last king of the Emirate of Bukhara.
His story allows us to re-understand the history and culture of Central Asia.
The marriage of the daughter of the last khan of the Astrakhan dynasty to the Mangit nobles allowed the Mangit to take control of the Emirate of Bukhara and become the rulers of the Khanate.
And this ancestor of the Mangit people is none other than Shamurad, the ancestor of Alim Khan. As for the origin of the Mangiet, historians generally believe that they originated from a tribe in Mongolia.
The eleventh emir of the Emirate of Bukhara, Ahad Khan, could not be the legitimate heir to the throne because the Mangit were not descendants of Genghis Khan. His son, Alim Khan, was born in the city of Bukhara in 1880 AD, where he spent his childhood and basic education.
However, the Emirate of Bukhara lost the war in 1873 and became a "protectorate" of the Tsar**. In order for his son to receive a better education, Ahad Khan decided to send Alim Khan to a military school in St. Petersburg.
There, Alim Khan learned the Russian language and became acquainted with many children of the ** nobility. This experience had a profound impact on Alim Khan's life and paved the way for him to become the twelfth emir of the Bukhara Khanate.
The young Alem Khan of the Emirate of Bukhara joined the Terek Cossack army in 1896 and became an adjutant. In this year, he returned to his homeland after completing his studies and became the crown prince of the Emirate of Bukhara.
At the age of thirty, his father died, he succeeded to the throne and was congratulated by Tsar Nicholas II. After Alim Khan succeeded to the throne, he was determined to make the Emirate of Bukhara strong.
The first thing he did when he took office was to rectify the corruption of the court, declaring that he and his entourage would no longer accept any gifts, and prohibiting ministers from accepting bribes.
The mausoleum of Alim Khan is located in Kabul and was once the symbol of the Emirate of Bukhara. However, neither Alim Khan nor his protectorate, the Tsar**, could prevent the decline of the Emirate of Bukhara.
In 1917, the October Revolution broke out, and the Tsar** collapsed, affecting the Emirate of Bukhara. Three years later, the Soviet Red Army captured the city of Bukhara, and Alim Khan fled with his family to Afghanistan, and the Emirate of Bukhara was destroyed.
Alim Khan spent the rest of his life in Afghanistan and died in 1944 with his body buried in Kabul. In his will, he asked for the epitaph to be written with the following words: