The archive of the Office of the Emir of Bukhara is included in the list of the UNESCO "Memory of the World" program. A collection of documents in several languages - Arabic, Persian, Russian and Turkish reveal the socio-economic life and political structure of the then Bukhara, islamnews reports with reference to the information service of the “Uzarkhiv” agency.

The extensive fund includes both documents related to the activities of the Chancellery itself, and reports from the central authorities from the localities, as well as letters and correspondence with the Russian Imperial Political Agency in Bukhara. The rare collection is kept in the National Archives of Uzbekistan.

Chronologically, it covers the period from the annexation of Bukhara to Russia until the fall of the emirate in 1920. Most of the documents were signed by the ruling emirs of Bukhara, as well as by specially authorized officials - sheikh-ul- islams (high officials on Islamic issues), muftis, judges and guards.

The Emirate of Bukhara is a state that existed from the middle of the 18th century to the 20s of the 20th century in Central Asia on the territory of modern Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan.

ORIENT news