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1⁄32 Tenga - Muhammad Alim Khan bin Abdul-Ahad
| Issuer | Emirate of Bukhara |
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| Year | 1911-1915 |
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| Currency | Tenga (1801-1920) |
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| Obverse description | Central field bears the Arabic inscription 'Fulus Bukhara' in a bold, somewhat crude script characteristic of Bukharan hammered coinage. The mint name and denomination reference are rendered in flowing Arabic calligraphy occupying the majority of the flan. The date, expressed in the Islamic Hijri calendar, appears within or adjacent to the legend. The overall design is unframed, with the inscription filling the irregular round flan to its edges. Strike and centering are typical of the hand-struck fabric associated with this emission. |
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| Reverse script | Arabic |
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Muhammad Alim Khan was the last Emir of Bukhara, ruling from 1910 until the Bolshevik-backed Red Army forced his flight to Afghanistan in 1920. These small copper tangas were struck during a period of mounting Russian imperial pressure — the Emirate had been a Russian protectorate since 1873, and Alim Khan's room to maneuver financially or politically was narrow. The fractional copper coinage served the bazaar trade that remained the economic backbone of the khanate's internal commerce.
The Bukharan monetary system retained its own denominations and minting prerogatives even under the protectorate arrangement, a concession Russia allowed largely to avoid the administrative cost of absorbing it directly.