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The final Uzbek state, the Khanate of Khiva, had historically proven to be especially challenging for would-be Russian conquerors. Aside from Bekovich-Cherkassky’s disastrous 1717 campaign, an attempt in 1839 at installing a Russophile khan was also unsuccessful. In 1873, however, the circumstances could not be more different. The Khanate’s capital fell in June after a three-month campaign in which Russian officers were more concerned about their personal rivals than the enemy Khivans. Muhammad Rahim II, the Khan of Khiva, fled during the Russian advance to seek refuge among his Yomut allies. Upon the Russian capture of Khiva, the Khan reluctantly returned to his territory to enter negotiations. He agreed to end the Khivan slave trade and bequeath all military and foreign relations decisions to the Tsar. Muhammad Rahim II, a renowned patron of the arts, thus signed away the independence of the Khanate of Khiva. Perhaps it is fitting: the first target of Russian aggression that offered the fiercest resistance fell quietly and unceremoniously, with the stroke of a poet’s pen.
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The final Uzbek state, the Khanate of Khiva, had historically proven to be especially challenging for would-be Russian conquerors. Aside from Bekovich-Cherkassky’s disastrous 1717 campaign, an attempt in 1839 at installing a Russophile khan was also unsuccessful. In 1873, however, the circumstances could not be more different. The Khanate’s capital fell in June after a three-month campaign in which Russian officers were more concerned about their personal rivals than the enemy Khivans. Muhammad Rahim II, the Khan of Khiva, fled during the Russian advance to seek refuge among his Yomut allies. Upon the Russian capture of Khiva, the Khan reluctantly returned to his territory to enter negotiations. He agreed to end the Khivan slave trade and bequeath all military and foreign relations decisions to the Tsar. Muhammad Rahim II, a renowned patron of the arts, thus signed away the independence of the Khanate of Khiva. Perhaps it is fitting: the first target of Russian aggression that offered the fiercest resistance fell quietly and unceremoniously, with the stroke of a poet’s pen.
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