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Central Asia in 1750

This map shows the 18 states and peoples the data has for Central Asia in that year.

Map of Central Asia in 1750 with 18 states and peoples
Borders: Cliopatria, Seshat Global History Databank (CC BY 4.0). Coarse outlines: check and adjust them for your story.

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States and peoples in Central Asia in 1750

Largest first, by area on this map.

  • Kazakh Khanate
  • Dzungar Khanate
  • Russian Empire
  • Afsharid Iran
  • Qing Dynasty
  • Khanate of Khiva
  • Tibet
  • Khanate of Bukhara
  • Khanate of Kokand
  • Khanates of the Caucasus
  • Kalmyk Khanate
  • Durrani Empire
  • Ottoman Empire
  • Kingdom of Kakheti
  • Zand Dynasty
  • Kingdom of Georgia
  • Astrakhan Khanate
  • Mughal Empire

New on the map since 1725

Afsharid Iran · Khanates of the Caucasus · Durrani Empire · Zand Dynasty

Gone from the map by 1775

Dzungar Khanate · Afsharid Iran · Kalmyk Khanate · Kingdom of Kakheti · Astrakhan Khanate · Mughal Empire

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Central Asia in other years

Other regions in 1750

The outlines are coarse and follow the Cliopatria dataset: borders before modern surveys are estimates, and a blank area means the data has no state on record there, not that nobody lived there. A state that changed hands during the year can appear together with its successor.