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Central Asia in 1830

This map shows the 11 states and peoples the data has for Central Asia in that year.

Map of Central Asia in 1830 with 11 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 1830

Largest first, by area on this map.

  • Qing Dynasty
  • Russian Empire
  • Kazakh Khanate
  • Khanate of Khiva
  • Qajar Dynasty
  • Emirate of Afghanistan
  • Khanate of Kokand
  • Emirate of Bukhara
  • Sikh Empire
  • Caucasian Imamate
  • Ottoman Empire

New on the map since 1805

Emirate of Afghanistan · Caucasian Imamate

Gone from the map by 1855

Kazakh Khanate · Sikh Empire

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Central Asia in other years

Other regions in 1830

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.