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  Kokand :: History, monuments and pictures of Kokand
Kokand is 228 km southeast of Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan, 115 km west of Andijan, and 88 km west of the city of Fergana.
Kokand was destroyed by the Mongols in the 13
Kokand was the major religious center of the Fergana Valley under the khans.
www.orexca.com /kokand_uzbekistan.shtml   (400 words)

  
  Kokand - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kokand (or Khokand or Kokhand or Quqon or Коканд) is a city in Fergana Province in eastern Uzbekistan, at the southwestern edge of the Fergana Valley.
Kokand is 228 km southeast of Tashkent, 115 km west of Andijan, and 88 km west of Fergana.
Kokand is on the crossroads of the ancient trade routes, at the junction of two main routes into the Fergana Valley, one leading northwest over the mountains to Tashkent, and the other west through Khujand.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kokand   (450 words)

  
 KOKAND   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Kokand is a city in eastern Uzbekistan, at the southwestern edge of the Fergana Valley.
Kokand was the major religious center of the Fergana Valley under the khans.
Kokand is 228 km southeast of Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan, 115 km west of Andijan, and 88 km west of the city of Fergana.
www.yotor.org /wiki/en/ko/Kokand.htm   (314 words)

  
 Kokand Summary
Kokand (alternative spellings: Khokand, Khoqand; Uzbek: Quqon; Russian: Коканд; Persian/Chagatai: خوقند) is a city in Fergana Province in eastern Uzbekistan, at the southwestern edge of the Fergana Valley.
Kokand is 228 km southeast of Tashkent, 115 km west of Andijan, and 88 km west of Fergana.
Kokand is on the crossroads of the ancient trade routes, at the junction of two main routes into the Fergana Valley, one leading northwest over the mountains to Tashkent, and the other west through Khujand.
www.bookrags.com /Kokand   (840 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Kokand (CIS And Baltic Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
Kokand or Khokand[both: kukAnt´] Pronunciation Key, city (1991 pop.
Important since the 10th cent., Kokand became the capital of an Uzbek khanate which became independent of the emirate of Bukhara in the middle of the 18th cent.
Kokand was taken by the Russians in 1876 and became part of Russian Turkistan.
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/K/Kokand.html   (210 words)

  
 Khanate of Kokand - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Khanate of Kokand is a formar state in Asia that existed from 1709–1876 within the territory of modern Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan.
Omar’s son, Mohammed Ali (Madali Khan) ascended to the throne in 1821 at the age of 12.
The Khanate of Kokand was declared abolished, and incorporated into the Fergana Province of Russian Turkistan.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Khanate_of_Kokand   (547 words)

  
 Kokand - TheBestLinks.com - Bishkek, Bolshevik, India, Mongols, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Kokand (or Khokand or Kokhand or Quqon) is a city in eastern Uzbekistan, at the southwestern edge of the Fergana Valley.
In 1740 it became the capital of an Uzbek khanate (the khanate of Kokand) that reached as far as Qyzylorda to the west and Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, to the northeast.
Kokand sits at the junction of two main routes into the Fergana Valley, one leading northwest over the mountains to Tashkent, and the other west through Khujand (Tajikistan).
www.thebestlinks.com /Kokand.html   (370 words)

  
 Traditional culture and folklore of Uzbekistan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The rules and techniques of the art were developed and perfected over a period of many centuries, and although mainly eighteenth century embossed work can be seen in the museums, the style of their design is close to the traditions of embossing of the previous centuries.
The Kokand chasers preferred a relatively shallow but sharp chasing technique, and the Kokand and Margilan islimi vegetable pattern was very refined and extremely intricate in its small elements.
An essential role in the development of the Kokand school of metal chasing at the end of the nineteenth to the beginning of the twentieth centuries was played by the Ataullaev family of chasers, consisting of six brothers.
intangiblenet.freenet.uz /en/uzb/uzb3211.htm   (4114 words)

  
 Ferghana Valley. The serenade of Golden Valley. Ferghana Andijan Namangan Kokand --- Sairam Tourism
In 1876, after Kokand khanate had been annexed to Russian empire, in 12 kilometres from Margilan there was built a town which got the name New Margilan and which became the center of Fergana Region.
In 18-19th centuries it was the capital of powerful Kokand khanate, the state that dominated most of the territory of modern Uzbekistan and contiguous states.
In the violent history of Kokand the Khudoyar-khan palace that has been preserved to the present time, was the ruler's seventh mansion-house within only one and a half centuries.
www.sairamtour.com /uzbekistan/uz_05_07.html   (1920 words)

  
 FANTASIA -> Uzbekistan -> Cities -> Kokand   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The town of Kokand placed in west part of Fergana valley is one of the oldest towns in Uzbekistan.
In 1709 Kokand became the capital of Kokand khanate - the biggest khanate of the time.
In ancient time Kokand was the 2nd religious centre in the area after Bukhara.
www.fantasticasia.net /?p=326   (207 words)

  
 Savage and Soldier Online
Finally in 1870, with Kokand and Bokhara humbled, Kaufman reported to his superiors that military action against the Khivans was necessary.
A gazavat, or holy war, was proclaimed by Kokand's new leaders and messengers and agents were sent into the villages and towns around Khojend and Kuraminsk to raise those populations in revolt against the Russians.
Although Kokand was non-existent and Khiva and Bokhara were truncated protectoraates, the wild tribesmen of the Turcomen remained unvanquished in their oasis and wasteland home north of the Persian frontier.
www.savageandsoldier.com /articles/asia/CentralAsia2.html   (5685 words)

  
 Ferghana   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Kokand – one of the most famous cities in Uzbekistan, formerly the capital of the powerful Kokand Khanate which once dominated the whole Ferghana Valley.
Kokand was the second biggest city after Tashkent and its population outnumbered all other regional centers.
Fate of Nadira-wife of the Kokand ruler and poet Umarkhan Amiri-was tragic: she was executed by the order of Nasrullah, the Bukhara Emir.
www.reko.uz /reko_tourism/fergana/fergana.html   (416 words)

  
 Alumni Advisory Council   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Kokand city is situated in the western part of Ferghana valley and it was its capital from 1709 to 1876.
From 1845 to 1876 just before the annexationof the Kokand Khanate to Russia, Hudoyar-khan was the ruler of the state and he lost his position four times and won it back.
Kokand Khanate is known in the history for 170 years.
aacfer.freenet.uz /culture.html   (3407 words)

  
 The Silk Road: Tashkent & Kokand in the Ferghana Valley
Kokand is a renowned Silk Road city and one of the three Central Asian khanates.
By the 18th century, Kokand of Ferghana Valley had become one of the three khanates of Central Asia, whose frontiers stretched as north as Bishkek, the present-day capital of Kyrgyzstan.
Flag of the Kokand's Provisional Autonomous Government of Turkestan, established in 1917 by Mustafa Chokayaev.
weecheng.com /silk/uz-kokand/kokand1.htm   (815 words)

  
 Varorud.org - Information & Analitics Agency   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The clergy of the Ferghana Valley having gathered in 1842 in Kokand adopted fetva at their congress (anjuman) and announced a murder of a Mangit warrior to be a God-pleasing matter.
In a word, the clergy and medrese pupils of Kokand and of the Ferghana Valley upon the whole were a powerful propellant having an active sway over political authorities.
Beginning with Kokand mullahs who found their refuge in Eastern Bukhara in the 20-30-ies, through ishans and hojis who supported disfavored Islamic intellectuals in the 50-60-ies the Islamic law outlook continued to be evolving in various forms, reformations inclusive.
www.varorud.org /english/analitics/society/society240903.html   (1539 words)

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