THE PARTICIPATION OF THE PEOPLES OF CENTRAL ASIA IN THE MILITARY-POLITICAL LIFE OF THE KOKAND KHANATE

Abstract

This article discusses the issue of determining the level of participation of various ethnic groups, including Tajiks, in the study of the early period of the history of the Kokand Khanate. The works of historians of the Kokand Khanate were referred to. The works of a number of authors, such as P. P. Ivanov, V. Nalivkin, were used effectively in writing the article. Information about the military reforms of Olimkhan, the first of the rulers of the Kokand Khanate, is provided. The reforms carried out in the country during the reign of Umarkhan, the most stable and prosperous period in the history of the Kokand state, are studied. The article also studies the issue of the participation of the peoples of Central Asia, in particular the Tajiks and Kyrgyz peoples, in the political and military life of the Kokand Khanate. Research has been conducted on the connection between the rise of Kokand as a state and its formation with the names of three rulers of the first half of the 19th century - Olimkhan, Umarkhan and Muhammad Alikhan.