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Imam Quli Khan

Type Figure Region Khanate of Bukhara Time 1582–1644 Also known as Imam Quli Khan、Imam Quli Khan of Bukhara、امام قلی خان、Emāmqolī Khān

Third khan of the Janid dynasty of the Khanate of Bukhara (born 1582, died in Mecca 1644);…

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  1. 1611–1641Bukhara · Bukhara RegionRuled for over thirty years, consolidating order in Transoxiana; exchanged envoys with the Safavid Shah Abbas I in 1618–1619. In his later years his eyesight failed, yet he continued to manage khanate affairs until his abdication.
  2. 1642–1644Mecca · Mecca ProvinceIn 1642 he ceded the khanate to his brother Nadir Muhammad Khan and set out on hajj to the Hejaz. En route he visited the Safavid court, where the painter Mu'in Musavvir portrayed him. He died in Mecca in 1644 and was buried in Medina.

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