khanate of Kokand

…it became part of the khanate of Kokand, and in 1876 Andijon was captured by the Russians. In 1898 it was the scene of an abortive native rebellion against tsarist rule. Andijon is subject to frequent earth tremors and was leveled by an earthquake in 1902 that took more than…

The khans of Kokand ruled it from the late 18th century until it was taken by Russia in 1876.

…it became part of the khanate of Kokand and the centre of a political unit. Industry processing local agricultural raw materials, particularly cotton, began to develop after the Fergana Valley was annexed by Russia in 1876, and Namangan is now known for its food and other light industries. It is…

…became the capital of the khanate of Kokand. The khanate, centred on the Fergana Valley, enjoyed its greatest power in the first half of the 19th century, when it extended northward into present-day Kazakhstan. Under the khans Kokand was an important centre of trade and handicrafts as well as the…

…Muhammad ʿAli, the khan of Kokand; Bishkek (Pishpek), the future capital city of the Kyrgyz, was built by that khanate. Through these contacts, Islam was gradually adopted by the more-southern Kyrgyz, although it has remained merely a veneer on the national culture.

…on the Amu Darya), and Kokand (centred in the Fergana Valley in the east).