POLITICAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTURE OF THE EMIRATE OF BUKHARA IN THE LATE XIX AND EARLY XX CENTURIES ON THE POPULATION AND ETHNOTOPONYMS

Аннотация

This article summarizes the researcher's views on the ethnic situation and political-administrative structure of the population of the Emirate of Bukhara living in the middle reaches of the Amu Darya in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It mainly deals with the administrative-territorial structure of the Emirate of Bukhara, its population, population structure, the territory where ethnic groups are located, and the language spoken. The author also emphasizes the importance of the middle reaches of the Amudarya in the study of the ethnic composition of the population of the Emirate of Bukhara and the issue of ethnotoponyms. During the period of study in the middle basin of the Amudarya, the majority of the population of the emirate was Turkic-speaking Uzbeks. The researcher tried to reveal the existence of Persian-speaking Tajiks on the basis of many scientific sources and historical records. The work is summarized. KEYWORDS Amudarya, aul, kelif, ersari, rabot, qarluq, qungirat, Uzbek, tajik, turkmen, mangit, chahor-juy, sart, tot, ethnos, amlok, xiroj, ethnotoponym