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Nadir Muhammad Khan

Type Figure Region Bukhara Khanate Time c. 1600–1651 Also known as Muhammad Beg Khan、Nadir Muhammad Khan

17th-century ruler of Central Asia's Bukhara Khanate, a member of the Janid (Astrakhanid) dynasty.…

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  1. 1630–1642Balkh · Balkh ProvinceLong administered Balkh under his brother Imam Quli Khan, accumulating administrative and military experience. After his brother abdicated in 1642, he succeeded as khan of Bukhara and attempted to strengthen centralization.
  2. 1642–1650Bukhara · Bukhara RegionReigned 1642–1645; his reforms angered the Uzbek nobility, and in 1645 he was replaced by his son Abdul Aziz. He later went into exile and sought aid from the Safavid Abbas II, traveling in person to Isfahan for an audience in 1647, an event later depicted in the murals of the Chehel Sotoun palace.

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