Alim Khan ( uz, Olimxon; kk, Álim Narbotauly; ky, Алим хан) was the Khan of Kokand . He became Khan after the death of his father

Narbuta Bey Narbuta Bek was the Khan of Kokand from . He was the grandson of Abdul Karim Bek his only successor of not killed by Irdana Bek in a coup for power. He had three sons: Alim, Umar, and Shahrukh. His son Alim succeeded him as khan until he was ov ...

Policies as Khan

Alim continued his father's policies of expanding the Khanate, personally leading the military operation for the annexation of Ura-Trepe in 1806, but due to strong resistance the city had to be annexed again on multiple occasions. Alim also initiated an extensive campaign of military reforms, which included hiring mercenary Tajik forces. Alim took over Tashkent from Yunus Khoja, a feat his father Narbuta had attempted but failed. Kurama, containing the cities of Oratippe, Jizzak, and Khojend were annexed; the independent state originally under the control of a Kyrgyz sultan containing the cities of

Shymkent Shymkent (; Шымкент, Şymkent), known until 1993 as Chimkent ( uz, Çımkent, چىمكېنت; Yañalif: Çimkent ()); russian: Чимкент, translit=Chimkent (), is a city in Kazakhstan. It is near the border with Uzbekistan. It is one ...

Turkestan Turkestan, also spelled Turkistan ( fa, ترکستان, Torkestân, lit=Land of the Turks), is a historical region in Central Asia corresponding to the regions of Transoxiana and Xinjiang. Overview Known as Turan to the Persians, western Turk ...

and Sayram, were captured and absorbed into the Khanate, but like Ura-Trepe resisted several times and were later re-annexed by Umar Khan. A war broke out between

Karakalpaks The Karakalpaks or Qaraqalpaqs (; kaa, Qaraqalpaqlar, Қарақалпақлар, قاراقلپقلر), are a Turkic ethnic group native to Karakalpakstan in Northwestern Uzbekistan. During the 18th century, they settled in the lower reach ...

and Kokandian settlers along the Syr Darya river, leading to the expulsion of the Karakalpaks to Khiva. Alim's strict control of the Khanate and numerous unpopular military campaigns, including an unexplained massacre of a Kazakh village in winter, fragmented his army and led to his death at the hands of his brother.V. Nalivkin. Краткая история Кокандского ханства, Kazan, 1886

Overthrow

In a plot to remove Alim as Khan, Umar announced to Alim's forces that Alim had been killed and appointed a new governor of Tashkent, causing confusion among the 300 remaining troops loyal to Alim who then withdrew their forces from the edge of the Chirchiq river and headed Southeast to the city of Kokand. When forces that had sworn allegiance to Umar took control of Tashkent they declared Umar to be the Khan, while Alim spoke to his council to reconvene the troops loyal to him. Alim appointed his son to be the governor of Tashkent. With only twenty remaining loyal soldiers, Alim was advised to travel to Khodjend to meet reinforcements of 4,000 troops but did not. When he insisted on heading to the city of Kokand, 17 of the 20 remaining soldiers abandoned him; he was then fatally shot by a member of the Umar Khan faction when he got stuck in with his horse in the sand. Alim's son was treated with hostility as governor and was captured by the Umar's forces shortly after his father's death.

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