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Bukhara, Uzbekistan

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    (circa 600 BC- )
    Area: 39.4 km²
    Population: 247,644 (2014)
    Name derived from the Sogdian word meaning 'place of good fortune'
    Previously referred to as Numijkat, Bumiskat, Madinat al-Sufriya, and Madinat al-Tujjar
    Center of the Naqshbandi Order of Sufis during its early Islamic era
    Capital of the Samanid Empire (892-999)
    Seat of the Khanate of Bukhara (1500-1785)
    Seat of the Emirate of Bukhara (1785-August 30, 1920)
    Annexed by Russia as a protectorate (May 20, 1868)
    Seat of the Bukharan People's Soviet Republic before annexation into the Soviet Union (October 8, 1920-February 17, 1925)
    Became part of independent Uzbekistan (August 31, 1991)

Why Bukhara, Uzbekistan might be annoying:

    It was destroyed by Genghis Khan and its population killed, conscripted, or enslaved when the Khwarezmian Empire killed Mongol envoys. (1220)
    It had long suffered from plagues because its water supply was often contaminated, so the Soviets had to drain most of its pools.
    Even though official sources cite Uzbeks as the majority of its inhabitants, observers and Western sources have claimed that Tajiks are the actual majority.
    Its Jewish community, one of the oldest in the world, has significantly declined due to persecution and emigration.
    When Persian-speaking refugees from Afghanistan and Tajikistan poured into both Bukhara and Samarkand, both cities witnessed campaigns for annexation into Tajikistan despite the lack of a common border with it.

Why Bukhara, Uzbekistan might not be annoying:

    It was a major center of trade, culture, education, and religion in the past.
    It also contains various historic landmarks owing to its rich history, such as the Lyab-i Hauz, Ismail Samani mausoleum, Po-i-Kalyan, Mir-i Arab Madrassa, Chashma-Ayub mausoleum, Ark of Bukhara, and Magoki Attori mosque.
    It was a stronghold for Manicheans and Nestorian Christians when they were persecuted under the Sassanian Empire.
    It witnessed rapid growth when natural gas was discovered nearby in the late 1950s.
    Its urban development is more orderly compared to Samarkand, another Uzbek city with an equally rich cultural heritage.

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