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Alexandria · MMXXVIExplicit colophon · 2026

Place · 1643 CE

Urgench

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in countryRussian Empire1721 CE
continentAsia
place of death ofBujugha Khan
place of death ofHasan Kuli Khan
birthplace ofMaryam Yakubova1931 CE
place of death ofOtajon Xudoyshukurov1944 CE
in countryRussian Republic1917 CE

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