Emir of Bukhara (Alim Khan)

Photo shows the Emir of Bukhara, Alim Khan (1880-1944), posing solemnly for his portrait, taken in 1911 shortly after his accession. As ruler of an autonomous city-state in Islamic Central Asia, the Emir presided over the internal affairs of his emirate as absolute monarch, although since the mid-1800s Bukhara had been a vassal state of the Russian Empire. With the establishment of Soviet power in Bukhara in 1920, the Emir fled to Afghanistan where he died in 1944. The Emir of Bukhara (Alim Khan), Bukhara — an early colour photograph by Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky, taken in 1911 (Bukhoro, Uzbekistan). Subjects: clothing & dress, bukhoro, uzbekistan, rulers, asia. Made with his three-exposure colour-separation method on a single glass plate; Prokudin-Gorskii Collection, Library of Congress.

The Emir of Bukhara (Alim Khan), Bukhara — an early colour photograph by Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky, taken in 1911 (Bukhoro, Uzbekistan).

Subjects: clothing & dress, bukhoro, uzbekistan, rulers, asia.

Made with his three-exposure colour-separation method on a single glass plate; Prokudin-Gorskii Collection, Library of Congress.

Original Russian caption: [Emir Bukharskii. Bukhara].