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FROM CARAVAN TRADE TO IMPERIAL CUSTOMS CONTROL: THE TRANSFORMATION OF BUKHARA–KHIVA COMMERCIAL RELATIONS UNDER RUSSIAN IMPERIAL INFLUENCE, 1868–1895

Kamol Ruziyevich Avlayev ,

Abstract

This article analyzes the transformation of commercial relations between the Bukhara Emirate and the Khiva Khanate under Russian imperial influence from 1868 to 1895. The study focuses on the transition from the traditional caravan-market model of inter-khanate trade to a system increasingly regulated by Russian imperial customs policy. The article argues that Russian influence did not merely change the political status of Bukhara and Khiva; it gradually transformed the legal, fiscal and institutional mechanisms of regional trade. Special attention is paid to the consequences of the 1868 and 1873 treaties, the protectorate status of Bukhara and Khiva, the persistence of local customs practices, the problem of contraband, and the incorporation of both political entities into the Russian customs frontier in 1894–1895.

Keywords

Bukhara Emirate, Khiva Khanate, caravan trade, Russian Empire, customs frontier, protectorate, customs policy, regional trade, economic dependence, Central Asia.

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Avlayev, K. R. . (2026). FROM CARAVAN TRADE TO IMPERIAL CUSTOMS CONTROL: THE TRANSFORMATION OF BUKHARA–KHIVA COMMERCIAL RELATIONS UNDER RUSSIAN IMPERIAL INFLUENCE, 1868–1895. Oriental Journal of History, Politics and Law, 6(05), 815–826. https://doi.org/10.37547/supsci-ojhpl-06-05-87