200 Tengas / Tingov

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Reverse description	The reverse, likewise printed on cotton fabric in red-orange letterpress ink, presents a more open layout with a large central lobed vignette containing Arabic text, flanked by a crescent-and-sun device in the upper right quadrant. Six circular medallions of varying sizes, each bearing Arabic inscriptions, are distributed across the field, with two additional rectangular or arched panels in the left register. A signature or manuscript panel appears beneath the left arch, completing the handcrafted character of this emergency issue.
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Comments	Bukhara's 1918 treasury notes were produced locally on cotton fabric rather than paper — a direct consequence of the trade disruptions that had severed the emirate from outside supply chains during the revolutionary upheaval across Russian Central Asia. The choice of cotton was practical, not ceremonial; Bukhara sat in one of the world's great cotton-producing regions, and the material was simply what was available. The emirate itself was abolished two years later when Red Army forces under Mikhail Frunze stormed Bukhara in September 1920, ending Alim Khan's rule. These fabric notes effectively represent the last independent monetary output of a Central Asian khanate.