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200 Tengas / Tingov
| Issuer | Emirate of Bukhara, Treasury |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Currency | Tenge (1918-1920) |
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| Obverse description | Printed on coarse cotton fabric in red-orange ink, the obverse is organised around a central cartouche with a cusped ogival frame enclosing two lines of Arabic-script text, surmounted by a crescent-and-sun vignette. Four circular medallions with Arabic inscriptions are arranged symmetrically around the central cartouche, and the denomination '200' appears in the upper right corner alongside further Arabic lettering. The lower register carries four smaller lobed panels with additional inscriptions, the whole composition printed by a simple letterpress technique on the undyed fabric ground. |
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| Obverse lettering | ٢٠٠ |
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Bukhara's 1918 treasury notes were produced locally on cotton fabric rather than paper — a direct consequence of the trade disruptions that had severed the emirate from outside supply chains during the revolutionary upheaval across Russian Central Asia. The choice of cotton was practical, not ceremonial; Bukhara sat in one of the world's great cotton-producing regions, and the material was simply what was available.
The emirate itself was abolished two years later when Red Army forces under Mikhail Frunze stormed Bukhara in September 1920, ending Alim Khan's rule. These fabric notes effectively represent the last independent monetary output of a Central Asian khanate.