Murad Beg Khan was briefly the Khan of

Kokand Kokand ( ) is a city in Fergana Region in eastern Uzbekistan, at the southwestern edge of the Fergana Valley. Administratively, Kokand is a district-level city, that includes the urban-type settlement Muqimiy. The population of Kokand was ap ...

in 1845, after he killed Shir Ali Khan.

Biography

Murad Beg was a son of Alim Khan, who had ruled the

Khanate of Kokand The Khanate of Kokand was a Central Asian polity in the Fergana Valley centred on the city of Kokand between 1709 and 1876. It was ruled by the Ming tribe of Uzbeks. Its territory is today divided between Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, a ...

between 1801 and 1810. As a result of a conspiracy by the anti-

Kipchak Kipchak may refer to: * Kipchaks, a medieval Turkic people * Kipchak languages, a Turkic language group * Kipchak language, an extinct Turkic language of the Kipchak group * Kipchak Khanate or Golden Horde * Kipchak Mosque, a mosque in the villa ...

party, the Kokand Khan Shir Ali Khan was executed in 1845 and Murad Beg Khan, son of the famous Kokand khan Alim Khan, was declared the new ruler of the Kokand Khanate. Murad Bey appealed to the Khan of Bukhara for help, and occupied Kokand without much resistance. The leader of the Kipchaks, mingbashi (general) Musulmonqul, who was absent with the army, collecting taxes from the Kyrgyz, reacted immediately. Musulmonqul returned from the territory of the Kyrgyz with the army and recovered the city with the support of the citizens of Kokand, which were very hostile towards the Khan of Bukhara, Having reigned for only 11 days, Murad Khan was killed by Musulmonqul. He then brought Muhammad Khudayar, the 14 year old son of Shir Ali Khan, from

Namangan Namangan is a district-level city in eastern Uzbekistan. It is the administrative, economic, and cultural center of Namangan Region. Namangan is located in the northern edge of the Fergana Valley, less than 30 km from the Kyrgyzstan border ...

to Kokand, where he was declared Khan with Musulmonqul as

regent In a monarchy, a regent () is a person appointed to govern a state because the actual monarch is a minor, absent, incapacitated or unable to discharge their powers and duties, or the throne is vacant and a new monarch has not yet been dete ...

, and was also married to Musulmonqul's daughter.

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References

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{{Khans of Kokand 1810s births 1845 deaths 19th-century monarchs in Asia 19th-century murdered monarchs Khans of Kokand People from Kokand