Khokand

Khokand, once a khanate of Turkestan, extending east of 64° long. over the whole of the upper basin of the Jaxartes or Sir-Daria. But long previous to the commercial treaty between Russia and Khokand, in 1868, the khanate had been confined to an area of some 30,000 sq. m. In 1875 a rebellion against the khan, who was already practically a Russian vassal, led to Russian intervention. After a fierce struggle the immediate result was the annexation to Russia of all the territory of Khokand lying north of the Sir-Daria. Now the whole khanate forms the Russian government of Ferghana (q.v.), a name under which Khokand was famous throughout the East during the middle ages. The town of Khokand has 54,000 inhabitants.