The Kara-Khanid Khanate was a Turkic dynasty that ruled in Transoxania in Central Asia, ruled by a dynasty known in literature as the Karakhanids, a royal titles with Kara Kağan being the most important Turkish title up till the end of the dynasty. By assimulating Islam in their original Turkic nomadic culture, the Kara-Khanid is left the most enduring cultural heritage among coexisting cultures in… Continue reading Karakhanids
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Kurmanjan Datka
Kurmanjan Datka (1811 - 1907) also known as "The Tsaritsa of Alai" or "The Queen of the South", was a stateswoman in Kyrgyzstan who acquiesced under duress to the annexation of that region to Russia. She is now a national heroine. See My Russia page for the story of the Russian Conquest of Central Asia. The… Continue reading Kurmanjan Datka