Uzbekistan: The sun sets on the domes of the Amir Alim Khan Madrassa, Bukhara. Emir Said Mir Mohammed Alim Khan Persian (3 January 1880 – 28 April 1944) was the last emir of the Manghit dynasty, the last ruling dynasty of the Emirate of Bukhara in Central Asia. Although Bukhara was a protectorate of the Russian Empire from 1873, the Emir presided over the internal affairs of his emirate as absolute monarch and reigned from 3 January 1911 to 30 August 1920. Bukhara was founded in 500 BCE in the area now called the Ark. However, the Bukhara oasis had been inhabited long before.

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