SON and GRANDSON

The son of the Emir of Bukhara Said-Alim-Khan, Major-General Shakhmurad Olimov (if you define nationality by his father, then - Mangyt, a Mongolian tribe, his father was descended from Genghis Khan). After the defeat of the Emirate of Bukhara and the flight of the emir to Afghanistan, he was brought up in Soviet Russia, as a teenager he went to study in Germany, spoke German. Nowhere was it possible to find the date of birth and death, approximately - 1910. He studied at the military school and at the Military Engineering Academy. Kuibyshev. He wrote a letter of renunciation from his father around 1929-1930, which is quite understandable, since Said Alim Khan remained an opponent of the Soviet regime and welcomed Hitler's invasion.

Shakhmurad Olimov - a participant in the Second World War, lost his leg after being wounded, taught at the Kuibyshev Academy, rose to the rank of major general. He died in Moscow, the exact date of death has not yet been established.

GRANDFATHER

Emir of Bukhara Seid-Abdul-Ahad Khan

Most Crimeans will respond to the words “Emir of Bukhara” in the same way: this is from the famous book by Leonid Solovyov about the eternal wanderer and mocker Khoja Nasreddin! That's right, but the writer sculpted the image of a greedy and cruel ruler from a whole dynasty of rulers of Bukhara, and what were the last of them really like? Historians, having heard the same question, will certainly clarify which particular emir was meant, and with the name of Seid-Abdul-Ahad-khan they will immediately respond: what a worthy man he was, famous for his generosity and kindness. And how much he loved Crimea and how much he did for him ...

Incredible Ruler

For almost a decade and a half in a row, since the end of the 19th century, the newspapers of the peninsula with enviable constancy noted the Emir of Bukhara in their correspondence. Either they wrote about his next arrival to the South Shore, then the name of the emir appeared in the list of honorary members of various charitable societies, then in a note about helping the poor, fire victims or starving, there was a mention of a generous donation from the ruler of noble Bukhara.

Seid-Abdul-Ahad-khan ascended the throne of Bukhara very young, he was 26 years old, and his reign began unexpectedly for both subjects and courtiers, accustomed to the iron hand of the previous ruler. The new emir abolished torture, abolished slavery and terrible underground prisons-zindans, narrowed down the range of executions - and by that time there were quite a few of them, many were long and painful. It was from this moment that money literally poured into Bukhara: many Russian industrialists became interested in deposits of copper, iron, and gold. The new ruler supported the development of banks, built a railway, a telegraph. For a conservative and little responsive to everything new in Asia, everything that the Emir of Bukhara did seemed incredible.

Stars over the peninsula

Unlike many of his predecessors, the Emir of Bukhara was easy-going, he often traveled to Moscow, St. Petersburg, Tiflis, Kyiv, Odessa, and then ended up in the Crimea and from 1893 spent every summer in Yalta. He also visited Sevastopol and Bakhchisarai.

This is how the Crimean newspapers described Seyid-Abdul-Ahad-Khan: “The Emir is taller than average, he looks no more than 45 years old. Very well built. Has a pleasant chest baritone voice; big black eyes shine from under his snow-white turban, and his chin is decorated with a small full beard. Good rider. Possesses extraordinary physical strength ... ".

The Emir of Bukhara was very fond of rewarding even for minor services or just a person he liked. It is not surprising that when he regularly began to run into Yalta, many prominent citizens were able to sparkle with the orders of the Golden Star of Bukhara, which the emir generously handed out. One of the most curious stories associated with such an award occurred in the Yusupov family. They often visited the Emir of Bukhara in Yalta, and he visited them several times in Koreiz. During one of these visits, a representative of the younger generation, Felix Yusupov, decided to demonstrate a Parisian novelty for pranks: cigars were served on a dish, and when the emir and his retinue began to smoke them, the tobacco suddenly caught fire and ... began to shoot firework stars. The scandal was terrible - not only because the honored guest was in a ridiculous position, at first, both the guests and the family, who did not know about the draw, decided that an attempt had been made on the ruler of Bukhara. But a few days later, the Emir of Bukhara himself celebrated reconciliation with Yusupov Jr. ... awarding him with an order with diamonds and rubies.

The ruler of Bukhara often visited Livadia when the imperial family came there, as well as in Suuk-Su, with Olga Mikhailovna Solovieva. This place of magical beauty (now it is part of the children's camp "Artek"), the Emir of Bukhara was simply subdued. He even wanted to buy it and offered the hostess 4 million rubles for the dacha - huge money for those times, but Olga Solovyova did not agree to part with Suuk-Su.

It is not surprising that, having fallen in love with the southern coast of Crimea, the Emir of Bukhara decided to build his own palace here. He managed to buy a plot in Yalta, where a garden was laid out and a magnificent building was built (later it became one of the buildings of the sanatorium for the sailors of the Black Sea Fleet). Interestingly, at first it was planned to give an order for construction to the famous Nikolai Krasnov, thanks to whom the South Coast was decorated with many architectural gems. In the funds of the Alupka Palace-Museum, two sketches and estimates for them, made by Krasnov for the Emir of Bukhara, have been preserved. One is an Italian villa, the second is an oriental palace with lancet windows and oriental ornaments. But either the Bukhara ruler did not like both options, or he wanted to support the city architect of Yalta Tarasov, whom he knew well, but the latter began to build the palace. The building with domes, towers and pavilions really adorned Yalta, the emir himself called the estate "Dilkiso", which means "charming" in translation.

The palace survived both its illustrious lord and the chaos of the Civil War, in which many estates did not survive, the Nazis burned it during the retreat in 1944, but nevertheless this memory of the Emir of Bukhara was preserved in Yalta.

Street named after Seid-Abdul-Ahad Khan

Becoming a seasonal resident of Yalta, Seid-Abdul-Ahad-khan immediately became interested in the social life of the city: he was a member of the Society for Assistance to Inadequate Pupils and Students of Yalta Gymnasiums, donated money to the Society for Assistance to Poor Tatars of the South Shore, was interested in preserving the antiquities of Crimea, was several times participant of livestock exhibitions. The fact is that the high position did not prevent the emir of Bukhara from being an expert in sheep breeding, his herds of astrakhan sheep were the best in his homeland, he personally traded astrakhan, supplying about a third of the products to the world market.

In 1910, with his own money, he built a city free hospital for visiting patients. It was a very generous gift to the city, in a large two-story house there were laboratories, rooms for employees, surgical and gynecological rooms, a reception room for a hundred people. On the eve of the opening of the hospital, he once again paid a visit to the family of Nicholas II in Livadia to ask the highest permission to name the hospital after Tsarevich Alexei. For many years, the Emir of Bukhara was a kind of symbol of generosity for Yalta, for his services to the city he was elected an honorary citizen and even one of the streets was named after him.

By the way, many other cities, not only in the Crimea, had something to thank the Emir of Bukhara for - in St. Petersburg, for example, he built the Cathedral Mosque, which cost him half a million rubles.

Emir of Bukhara Seyid Abdul-Ahad Khan at the celebration of laying the foundation of a mosque in St. Petersburg on February 3, 1910. Next to the emir is the head of the Muslim clergy, Akhun G. Bayazitov. Photograph by K. Bull.

Cathedral mosque in St. Petersburg (modern view)

During the Russo-Japanese War of 1905, Seid-Abdul-Ahad-Khan donated one million gold rubles for the construction of a warship, which was called the Emir of Bukhara.

The life of this ship was turbulent, but short-lived: during the revolution, the crew went over to the side of the Bolsheviks, then fought in the Caspian Sea (by that time it was renamed Yakov Sverdlov) and in 1925 was cut into metal.

Last of the dynasty

The Emir of Bukhara Seid-Abdul-Ahad-Khan visited the Crimea for the last time shortly before his death, he died in December 1910: a long kidney disease, which had tormented him in recent years, nevertheless put an end to his interesting and active life . The Niva magazine for 1911 published an obituary and a telegram to the Russian emperor from the new Emir of Bukhara, Mir-Alim, one of the sons of the deceased. He thanks for the condolences “on the death of my parent and the signs of the most merciful goodwill shown to me” and promises to follow the path of his father’s undertakings.

Alas, several years of the reign of the last Emir of Bukhara were not the best for his state: the mechanisms of many innovations, launched by his father, were spinning by inertia. And the ruler himself was not very inclined to patronize progress and the sciences. About the years of his reign, few testimonies of contemporaries have been preserved, and they do not draw him from the best side: they commemorate laziness and indifference, as well as excessive craving for earthly pleasures. Rumor attributed to him a harem of 350 concubines, who were brought from all over the country.

The US Library of Congress has a collection of color photographs by the famous photographer Prokudin-Gorsky: in the early 1900s, he traveled all over Russia, from the Far East to Central Asia, to capture his empire on glass photographic plates. Among these photographs there is also a ceremonial portrait of Mir-Alim, the Emir of Bukhara, in a blue silk robe with flowers, with a saber, and a golden belt.

Mir-Alim

In the face - paternal features, but without the subtlety and spirituality that the former ruler had. He does not yet know that he will become the last of the emirs of Bukhara and will spend most of his life in exile, will live by the grace of the Afghan emir and die in a foreign country. He still has time to ask that the following words be carved on the gravestone:

Emir without a homeland is pathetic

and insignificant

A beggar who died at home -

truly emir.

Maybe he then remembered his father, who left a good memory of himself not only at home.

FATHER

Emir of Bukhara SAYID AMIR ALIM-KHAN

Seyyid Mir Muhammad Alim Khan, the last emir of Bukhara, who ruled until the capture of Bukhara by the Red Army on September 2, 1920, was a representative of the Uzbek dynasty of the Turkic clan Mangyt.

Although Bukhara had the status of a vassal state of the Russian Empire, Alim Khan managed the internal affairs of his state as an absolute monarch.

In January 1893, when Mir-Alim was thirteen years old, he and his father arrived in St. Petersburg, where he was appointed to study at the elite imperial higher military educational institution - the Nikolaev Cadet Corps.

Emperor Alexander III approved Mir-Alim as the heir to the throne and personally determined the program of his education, promising Adullahad Khan that his son would be brought up in accordance with the norms of Islam. Mir-Alim studied in St. Petersburg until the summer of 1896 under the supervision of Osman-bek guard-begi and personal tutor Colonel Demin.

In 1896, he returned, having received in Russia confirmation of the status of the Crown Prince of Bukhara.

Two years later, he took the post of governor of Nasef, having stayed in it for twelve years. He ruled the northern province of Carmina for the next two years, until the death of his father in 1910. In 1910, Emperor Nicholas II granted the Khan the title of Highness. In 1911 he was promoted to the retinue of His Imperial Majesty major general.

Sayyid Alim Khan took the throne of his father on December 4, 1910. The very next year after accession to the throne, Alim Khan received from Emperor Nicholas II the rank of major general of the tsarist army and the court rank of aide-de-camp, and at the end of 1915 he was promoted to lieutenant general and adjutant general. In September 1916 he was awarded one of the highest Russian awards - the Order of Alexander Nevsky. He owned property in Russia: dachas-palaces in the Crimea, Kislovodsk, Zheleznovodsk, houses in St. Petersburg. On March 11, 1913, at the Russian Foreign Ministry, and on June 14, 1914, at a meeting of the State Duma of Russia, the issue of reforming the administrative structure of the Bukhara Khanate and its annexation to Russia was raised. However, Nicholas II rejected these proposals.

The beginning of the reign was promising: he announced that he did not accept gifts, and categorically forbade officials and officials to take bribes from the people and use taxes for personal gain. However, over time, the situation has changed. As a result of intrigues, the reformists lost and were sent to Moscow and Kazan , and Alim Khan continued to rule in the traditional style, strengthening the dynasty.

Among the famous people who were surrounded by the emir until the spring of 1917 was one of the first Uzbek generals of the tsarist army of Russia, Mir Khaidar Mirbadalev.

With the money of the Emir of Bukhara in St. Petersburg, the St. Petersburg Cathedral Mosque and the House of the Emir of Bukhara were built.

Kamennoostrovsky prospect, house 44b is known as the House of the Emir of Bukhara

It was built in 1913 according to the project of S. S. Krichinsky for the emir of Bukhara Seid-Mir-Alim-khan. It consists of a facade building, two courtyards and side wings connecting them. The facade is lined with natural stone. On the side of the avenue, it is lined with yellowish-white Shishim marble, mined near Zlatoust.

House of the Emir of Bukhara (courtyard)

Until mid-March 1917, the 1st machine-gun reserve regiment of the Petrograd garrison, which actively participated in the February Revolution, was located in this house. S. S. Krichinsky lived in apt. 4 of this house in 1917-1923.

House architect Stepan Krichinsky

On December 30, 1915, Alim Khan was promoted to lieutenant general in the Terek Cossack army and appointed adjutant general.

The seizure of power in Russia by the Bolsheviks in 1917 allowed Alim Khan to declare full sovereignty and annul the 1873 treaty on the protectorate of Russia. On March 23, 1918, Alim Khan signed a peace treaty with the RSFSR. However, realizing the military threat of the Bolsheviks, he began to intensively strengthen the Bukhara army. For this, Russian and Turkish officers who had combat experience were involved. Turkish and Afghan "volunteers" formed infantry and cavalry regiments. Alim Khan made two military mobilizations, authorized the production of edged weapons and cartridges. By August 1920, the emirate's army numbered up to 60,000 fighters, including 15,000 infantry, 35,000 cavalry, 55 guns, and several dozen machine guns. Nevertheless, as a result of the Bukhara "revolution", ensured by the invasion of the Soviet troops of the Turkfront under the command of Frunze into the Emirate, the emir's army was defeated. On September 2, 1920, units of the Red Army of the RSFSR occupied Bukhara and Sayyid Alim Khan was overthrown from the throne. The Bukhara People's Soviet Republic (1920-1924) was proclaimed on the territory of Bukhara.

From September 1920 to February 1921, Alim Khan was on the territory of Eastern Bukhara, trying to organize a counteroffensive against the Soviets. Sayyid Alim Khan managed to gather significant military forces in the regions of Kulyab, Gissar and Dushanbe. In mid-November 1920, his troops advanced to the west and occupied Baysun, Derbend and Sherabad. By the end of 1920 beginning of 1921. the military forces of Sayyid Alim Khan reached 10 thousand people. The detachments of Ibrahim-bek, based in the Lokay region, joined the army of Alim Khan.

On the basis of an agreement between the Bukhara Republic and the RSFSR, a special Gissar military expedition was organized against Alim Khan, as a result of which his forces were defeated and he was forced to flee to Afghanistan.

At first, Alim Khan stopped in Khanabad, and in May 1921 he arrived in Kabul. The Emir of Afghanistan, who had an agreement with the RSFSR, assigned Alim Khan the status of an honorary prisoner with an annual allocation of funds for his maintenance.

In exile, he traded astrakhan fur, supported the Basmachi, almost went blind in old age, his bank accounts were blocked at the insistence of the USSR authorities.

He was awarded the orders of St. Alexander Nevsky and St. Vladimir (in the above color photograph on the emir's robe, the star of this order with the motto "Benefit, honor and glory" is clearly visible).

Seyid Alim Khan, 1911, color photograph by S. M. Prokudin-Gorsky

Numerous offspring (about 300 people) are scattered around the world: they live in the USA, Turkey, Germany, Afghanistan and other countries.

Three of his sons remained on Soviet territory. Two of them, Sultanmurad and Rakhim, were later killed, and the third, Shahmurad, publicly renounced his father in 1929,adopted the surname Olimov. Served in the Red Army, participated in Great Patriotic War(on which he lost his leg), in the 1960s he taught atmilitary academy.

Reveal the secret of the name ALIMKHAN(in Latin transliteration ALIMHAN) looking at the results of the calculation in the numerological magic of numbers. You will discover hidden talents and unknown desires. Perhaps you do not understand them, but you feel that you do not know something about yourself and your loved ones.

The first letter A of the name ALIMKHAN tells about the character

Unity of tenderness and... aggressiveness. People whose name begins with this letter are leaders in love. But they must be constantly nourished by incentives and impressions, the routine in relationships is not for them, otherwise "going to the side" is possible. The same can happen under the influence of their inherent egoism, so they need to cultivate tolerance and attention to their partner.

Characteristic features of the name ALIMKHAN

• power
• comfort
• impressionability
• peacefulness
• subtle spirituality
• artistry
• great resourcefulness
• logics
• pettiness
• diligence
• shyness
• pedantry
• industriousness
• interest in health
• sharp mind
• creative ambitions
• law-abiding
• inconstancy of feelings
• sexual problems

ALIMKHAN: the number of interaction with the world "5"

A person who is under the influence of the vibrations of the five remains elusive and incomprehensible even to those who are close to him for a long time. Almost all of his actions are driven by the desire for independence and freedom; There is only one way to keep the "five" - ​​to let him go to all four sides: in this case, there is a chance that he will still someday return. Charming, easily won sympathy, sweet and friendly people of the five rarely become attached to someone seriously; emotional dependence is as difficult for them as any other. Among the priorities of the “five” is the opportunity to travel around the world, see different countries, and not be limited either in terms of travel or in its cost. The stories of such travelers about their experiences are unusually bright and colorful, but devoid of exaggeration and very useful; which is why A's often make a living by sharing their own experiences.

They are excellent writers and journalists, they know how to convey shades of mood with the help of words and make a good description, and therefore they are often in demand not only in the press, but also on the radio. The horizons of the "five" are very wide, but marital and family relationships rarely fall into the scope of their interests - here the people of the five cannot be considered either experts or more or less worthy of respect as specialists. Any problem in their personal lives can become an insurmountable obstacle for them; the ability to understand another person, to respect his interests and desires, is not enough for many “A”s.

Five people are great at avoiding problems, but they don't like to solve them, usually leaving others to deal with everyday difficulties. The whole life of the “five” is a great journey in search of a new and equally long escape from difficulties, monotony, routine, duties and responsibilities. A person of the five is capable of deep emotional attachments, but they rarely bring him happiness, sometimes becoming a burden and preventing him from achieving his goal. The Pyaterochnik will only benefit if he learns to separate the main from the secondary and understands what is better to give up so as not to burden himself.

Throughout their lives, A's learn the lessons of tolerance, understanding, and perseverance. The faster they become excellent students in these difficult disciplines, the better. If it is not possible to learn from what is happening, such a person becomes unrestrained, angry and unable to restrain his emotions and conduct a constructive dialogue.

ALIMKHAN: the number of spiritual aspirations "3"

The three have an ambiguous influence on their wards: they can be friendly and arrogant, compliant and uncompromising, sociable and closed. They like to be in sight, they love comfort, but they definitely cannot be called stable, so their behavior always remains extremely unpredictable.

Those born under the sign of the three equally listen to the voice of the heart and mind, and in adulthood they carry a baggage of invaluable experience and worldly wisdom. Accustomed to being guided in everything by the arguments of reason, the threesomes are completely incapable of sympathy, but among their acquaintances there are many vulnerable, impressionable and even unbalanced people.

Those under the influence of the three can succeed in any profession, but still prefer areas that can give stability. They are well versed in people, they can draw a psychological portrait of everyone and easily find a way out of even the most difficult situations. C students feel very comfortable in a secular society, they know how to keep up a conversation, they have not only oratorical skills, but also the ability to listen to others. They love friendly gatherings, and if they take up the organization of a holiday, they do it better than any professional.

In the sphere of personal relationships, strange as it may seem, people of the trio regularly encounter problems. They seem callous and indifferent, are not inclined to show positive traits of their character and are rarely themselves. Such a person may well be known as a cunning liar and hypocrite, since his desire to embellish the truth sometimes knows no bounds. He is not used to sharing his thoughts and desires with his soulmate, but at the same time he lives in a castle in the air built by himself.

One born under the influence of the three always finds his place under the sun. He likes to tell people about his successes, often greatly exaggerating reality. Many consider this person to be an ordinary braggart, but at the same time they do not judge him too harshly, because he is not without charm. In addition, the C student gladly makes gifts, is attentive to those in need, and often participates in charity.

ALIMKHAN: number of true features "2"

People born under the influence of the deuce are gladly accepted in any company. Moving towards their goal, they definitely will not go over their heads, will not indulge in intrigues and will not break the rules. They are more interested in finding a compromise or giving in to an opponent than trying to impose their own point of view. People of the deuce with diligence perform any business, for them there is no insignificant work.

Losers are indispensable workers: they not only unquestioningly obey their superiors and avoid conflicts, but also strive to establish informal relationships in the team. These people are friendly and sociable, they easily adapt to a new company and are able to keep up a conversation even with uncommunicative guests.

A person under the influence of a deuce has a bright charisma. He is self-confident, uses his charm without embarrassment and can turn from a sweet dreamer into a cunning manipulator, although he quickly repents and loses interest in deceit. The loser feels most comfortable when demonstrating the best traits of his character: taking care of friends and loved ones, helping those in need, showing himself as a wonderful spouse and parent.

These people do not like to break the rules, since harshness and aggressiveness are completely uncharacteristic of them. However, they will not blindly obey either, since they always have their own point of view on ongoing events, although they are in no hurry to share it with others.

Those born under the influence of the deuce do not always manage to cope with difficulties, they are nervous if they realize that the efforts made have been in vain. However, they prefer not to accumulate negativity in themselves, but to strive towards new dreams and goals.

Dreaming of the general well-being, people of the deuce, as a rule, begin with their own family. It cannot be said that everything is easy for them, but these tireless workaholics know how to enjoy even the smallest things. An ideal family, stable income, true friends - this is what brings real happiness to a loser.

Seyid Alim Khan - Biography Seyid Mir Muhammad Alim Khan (uzb. Said Mir Muhammad Olimxon; January 3, 1880 - May 5, 1944) - the last emir of Bukhara, who ruled before the capture of Bukhara by the Red Army on September 2, 1920, a representative of the Uzbek dynasty of the Turkic clan Mangyt . Although Bukhara had the status of a vassal state of the Russian Empire, Alim Khan managed the internal affairs of his state as an absolute monarch. At the age of thirteen, Alim Khan was sent by his father Abdulahad Khan to St. Petersburg for three years to study the science of government and military affairs. In 1896, he returned, having received in Russia confirmation of the status of the Crown Prince of Bukhara. Two years later, he took the post of governor of Nasef, having stayed in it for twelve years. He ruled the northern province of Carmina for the next two years, until the death of his father in 1910. In 1910, Emperor Nicholas II granted the Khan the title of Highness. In 1911 he was promoted to the retinue of His Imperial Majesty major general. He ascended the throne in 1910. The beginning of the reign was promising: he announced that he did not accept gifts, and categorically forbade officials and officials to take bribes from the people and use taxes for personal gain. However, over time, the situation has changed. As a result of the intrigues, the supporters of the reforms lost and were sent to Moscow and Kazan, and Alim Khan continued to rule in the traditional style, strengthening the dynasty. Among the famous people who were surrounded by the emir until the spring of 1917 was one of the first Uzbek generals of the tsarist army of Russia, Mir Khaidar Mirbadalev. With the money of the Emir of Bukhara in St. Petersburg, the St. Petersburg Cathedral Mosque and the House of the Emir of Bukhara were built. On December 30, 1915, he was promoted to lieutenant general in the Terek Cossack army and appointed adjutant general. When the Red Army occupied Bukhara, he fled to the east of the Emirate of Bukhara and then to Afghanistan. In exile, he traded astrakhan fur, supported the Basmachi, almost went blind in old age, his bank accounts were blocked at the insistence of the USSR authorities. Died in Kabul. He was awarded the orders of St. Alexander Nevsky and St. Vladimir (in the above color photograph on the emir's robe, the star of this order with the motto "Benefit, honor and glory" is clearly visible). Numerous offspring (about 300 people) are scattered around the world: they live in the USA, Turkey, Germany, Afghanistan and other countries. One of the sons of the Emir of Bukhara Shahmurad (he took the surname Olimov) renounced his father in 1929. Served in the Red Army, participated in the Great Patriotic War (where he lost his leg), taught at the Frunze Military Academy in the 1960s

Sayyid Mir Muhammad Alim Khan(Persian; Uzbek Said Mir Muhammad Olimxon; January 3, 1880, Bukhara, Emirate of Bukhara - May 5, 1944, Kabul, Kingdom of Afghanistan) - the last emir of the Emirate of Bukhara, who ruled until the capture of Bukhara by the Red Army on September 2, 1920, a representative of the Uzbek dynasty of the Turkic clan Mangyt.

Although the Emirate of Bukhara had the status of a vassal state of the Russian Empire since 1868, Alim Khan managed the internal affairs of his state as an absolute monarch.

Biography

Seyid Mir Muhammad Alim Khan was born on January 3, 1880 in the capital of the Bukhara Emirate - Bukhara. His father was Emir Seyid Abdulahad Khan, who ruled the Emirate of Bukhara in 1885-1910. Grandfather - Sayyid Muzaffaruddin Bahadur Khan, Emir of the Emirate of Bukhara in 1860-1885.

In 1893, at the age of thirteen, Alim Khan was sent by his father Seid Abdulahad Khan to St. Petersburg for three years to study the science of government and military affairs. He received his general education in the Nikolaev Cadet Corps. On April 23, 1896, he was promoted to cornet with enrollment in the Terek Cossack Host. In the same year he returned to the Emirate of Bukhara, having received confirmation of the status of the crown prince of Bukhara in Russia.

Two years later, he took the post of governor of Nasef (now Karshi), having stayed in it for twelve years. For the next two years, he ruled the northern province of Karmana (the current territory of the Karmana fog of the Navoi province of Uzbekistan and its environs), until the death of his father in 1910. In 1910, the Russian Emperor Nicholas II granted the Khan the title of Highness. In 1911 he was promoted to the retinue of His Imperial Majesty major general.

Solemnly ascended the throne in 1910. The beginning of the reign was promising: he announced that he did not accept gifts, and categorically forbade officials and officials to take bribes from the people and use taxes for personal gain. However, over time, the situation has changed. As a result of intrigues, the supporters of democratic reforms were defeated and exiled to Moscow and Kazan, while Alim Khan continued to rule in the traditional style, strengthening the dynasty and power.

Among the famous people who were surrounded by the emir until the spring of 1917 was one of the first Uzbek generals of the tsarist army of Russia, Mir Khaidar Mirbadalev.

With the money of the Emir of Bukhara in St. Petersburg, the St. Petersburg Cathedral Mosque and the House of the Emir of Bukhara were built. On December 30, 1915, he was promoted to lieutenant general in the Terek Cossack army and appointed adjutant general.

When the Red Army occupied Bukhara, he fled to the east of the Emirate of Bukhara, and then to the Kingdom of Afghanistan, where he received asylum.

In exile, he earned his living by trading astrakhan; according to some reports, he supported Basmachi. By old age he was almost blind, his bank accounts in the Russian State Bank were blocked at the insistence of the USSR authorities. According to some reports, the emir kept about 27 million gold rubles in this bank, and about 7 million more in private commercial banks in Russia. It is also known that in the summer of 1917, through the mediation of the Russian resident in Bukhara - Miller and the industrialist I. Stakheev, Emir Seyid Alim Khan deposited 150 million rubles in French and English banks. In the same way, another 32 million rubles were later transferred. He bequeathed to write on his grave: “Emir without a homeland is pathetic and insignificant. A beggar who died in his homeland is truly an emir. He died in Kabul on May 5, 1944.

He was awarded the orders of St. Alexander Nevsky and St. Vladimir (in the above color photograph on the emir's robe, the star of this order with the motto "Benefit, honor and glory" is clearly visible).

Descendants

Numerous offspring of the emir (about 300 people) are scattered around the world: they mainly live in the USA, Turkey, Germany, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran and other states.

One of the sons of the Emir of Bukhara Shahmurad (he took the surname Olimov) renounced his father in 1929. He served in the Red Army, participated in the Great Patriotic War (in which he lost his leg), was awarded the Order of the Red Banner, after the war he taught at the Military Engineering Academy named after V. V. Kuibyshev.

Awards

• Order of St. Stanislaus 1st class with diamonds (1901)
• Checker with Diamonds (1902)
• Order of St. Anne 1st class (1906)
• Order of St. Vladimir 2nd class (1910)
• Order of the White Eagle with Diamonds (1911)
• Portrait of an imp. Nicholas II with diamonds to wear on the chest (1913)
• Order of Saint Alexander Nevsky (1916)

the last emir of Bukhara, who ruled until the capture of Bukhara by the Bolsheviks on August 30, 1920, a representative of the Mangyt dynasty

Although Bukhara had the status of a vassal state of the Russian Empire, Alim Khan managed the internal affairs of his state as an absolute monarch.

At the age of thirteen, Alim Khan was sent by his father Abdulahad Khan to St. Petersburg for three years to study the science of government and military affairs. In 1896, he returned, having received in Russia confirmation of the status of the Crown Prince of Bukhara.

Two years later, he took the post of governor of Nasef, having stayed in it for twelve years. He ruled the northern province of Carmina for the next two years, until the death of his father in 1910. In 1911 he was promoted to the retinue of His Imperial Majesty major general.

He ascended the throne in 1910. The beginning of the reign was promising: he announced that he did not accept gifts, and categorically forbade officials and officials to take bribes from the people and use taxes for personal gain. However, over time, the situation has changed. As a result of the intrigues, the reformists lost and were exiled to Moscow and Kazan, and Alim Khan continued to rule in the traditional style, strengthening the dynasty.

Among the famous people who were surrounded by the emir until the spring of 1917, was one of the first Uzbek generals of the tsarist army of Russia Mirbadalev, Mir Khaidar Kasymovich.

With the money of the Emir of Bukhara in St. Petersburg, the St. Petersburg Cathedral Mosque and the House of the Emir of Bukhara were built. On December 30, 1915, he was promoted to lieutenant general in the Terek Cossack army and appointed adjutant general.

When the Bolsheviks occupied Bukhara, he fled to the east of the Emirate of Bukhara and then to Afghanistan. Died in Kabul.

He was awarded the Order of Alexander Nevsky. He was awarded the Order of St. Vladimir (in the given color photograph on the Emir's robe, the star of this order with the motto "Benefit, honor and glory" is clearly visible)

The son of the Emir of Bukhara Shahmurad (he took the surname Olimov) renounced his father in 1929. He served in the Red Army, in the 1960s he taught at the Frunze Military Academy.