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The Khivan Revolution refers to the events of 1917–1924, which led to the elimination of the Khanate of Khiva in 1920, the formation of the Khorezm People's Soviet Republic, the intervention of the Red Army, the mass armed resistance of the population (see Basmachi) and its suppression, the inclusion of the republic into the Soviet Union on 27 October 1924, as a separate union republic, the ...
Isfandiyar Khan, or Asfandiyar Khan (Turki and Persian: اسفندیار خان; 1871 – 1 October 1918), born Isfandiyar Jurji Bahadur, was the Khan of Khiva between September 1910 and 1 October 1918, the 53rd Khan of Khiva, and the 12th Khongirad ruler of the Uzbeks. [1] He was overthrown and executed by Junaid Khan in 1918.
This cause a wave of reactions from conservatives in the Khanate who allegedly managed to win Isfandiyar Khan to their side, convincing him that Islam Khodja was a threat to the Khan's power and the integrity of the state. [4] [5] In 1913, Isfandiyar Khan invited Islam Khodja to his palace and released him at night after the Isha prayer. On the ...
Isfandiyar also officially recognised Shaykh Pir Bakhsh as the rightful khadim (guardian) of Shah Jalal's dargah, a descendant of Haji Muhammad Yusuf who was the dargah's first guardian. [4] Isfandiyar granted land to Shah Kamal Estate of Durmut in Jamalpur. [2] Khan was succeeded by Syed Ibrahim Khan in 1665.
[9] [10] Project director Mitchell Stephens explains the judges' decision: Perhaps the most controversial work on our list is the seventh, John Reed's book, "Ten Days That Shook the World", reporting on the October revolution in Russia in 1917. Yes, as conservative critics have noted, Reed was a partisan. Yes, historians would do better.
The conflict created by Russia’s economic and political issues climaxed in the months prior to October 1905, also known as the Russian Revolution of 1905. [6] On 22 January 1905, peaceful protesters attempted to bring a petition to the Tsar, as was the tradition. [7]
Aga Khan Museum Page from the manuscript of Rostomiani, Georgian adaptation of Shahnameh Famous poets of Persia and the Persian tradition have praised and eulogized Ferdowsi. Many of them were heavily influenced by his writing and used his genre and stories to develop their own Persian epics, stories and poems: [ 36 ]
25 September — Gunmen attacked the offices of a Christian welfare organisation in Karachi killing 7. [169] 10 October: 2002 Pakistani general election, First general elections since the 1999 military coup held. 21 November: A 6.3 M w earthquake strikes northern Pakistan, leaving sixteen dead, forty injured, and more than 1,000 buildings ...