Muhammad Malla Beg Khan

Khan of Kokand

Muhammad Mallya Beg Khan
Khan of Kokand
Reign	1858 — 1862
Predecessor	Muhammad Khudayar Khan
Successor	Shah Murad Khan
Born	c. 1812 Kokand
Died	1862 Kokand
Father	Murad Beg Khan

Muhammad Mallya Beg Khan, also known as Malla-Khan, was the Khan of Kokand from 1858 to 1862; he was the son of Murad Beg Khan and the stepbrother of Khudayar Khan.^[1] He was assassinated in 1862 and succeeded by his seventeen-year-old stepbrother Shah Murad Khan, who ruled for only several days until Muhammad Khudayar Khan came back to power.^[2]

During his rule the land of the present-day city of Bishkek was annexed to the Khanate and expanded construction projects on the Chu River. His regent Alimqul controlled many affairs of the Khanate and was to some extent its de facto ruler.^[3]

In 1859 the Russians occupied Fort Julek, which according to Russian governor-general of Orenburg, was to protect Fort Perovski; In 1861 they rebuilt the fortress and demolished the Yani Kurgan fortress. As Kokand gradually expanded their dominion North into the area occupied by Kazakhs subject and to Tokmak, and others that had already occupied, relations with Russia further deteriorated into an all out war.^[1]^[3]

Dissatisfaction with high taxes and Alimqul's hostility towards the population of Kokand led to Mallakhan's overthrow and replacement by Shah Murad Khan.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b Howorth, Henry (1880). History of the Mongols, from the 9th to the 19th Century. Part II division II. The so-called Tartars of Russia and Central Asia. Londres: Longmans, Green and Co. ISBN 978-1402177712.
^ Bosworth CE The new Islamic dynasties. A chronological and genealogical manual. NY, 1996. P. 295
^ ^a ^b ^c OʻzME. Birinchi jild. Tashkent, 2000