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Will this guy work?The Emir of Bukhara, Alim Khan (1880-1944)
The Russians fought with three Central Asian states: the Khiva Khanate, the Kokand Khanate and the Emirate of Bukhara. Of these states, only the Emirate of Bukhara had a regular army (which had an established uniform), the rest had only tribal militias. All militias wore a paramilitary national costume, and each tribe had its own characteristics in the costume. So these points must be taken into account if you want to create a more or less reliable army of one of the Central Asian states.I definitely recommend purchasing the book: Central Asia and the Himalayan Kingdoms (Armies of the Nineteenth Century: Asia) by Ian Heath. There is a relatively good description of the organization of the Central Asian armies. Though not without errors.Illustrations from this book:Bokharahttp://imtw.ru/uploads/imperiall/load/load1467039164_16.pnghttp://imtw.ru/uploads/imperiall/imgs/imp1467038773_1.pnghttp://imtw.ru/uploads/imperiall/load/load1467038821_2.pnghttp://imtw.ru/uploads/imperiall/load/load1467038845_3.pngKhivahttp://imtw.ru/uploads/imperiall/load/load1467039218_18.pnghttp://imtw.ru/uploads/imperiall/load/load1467038960_8_1.pnghttp://imtw.ru/uploads/imperiall/load/load1467038988_9_1.pngKhokandhttp://imtw.ru/uploads/imperiall/load/load1467039243_19.pnghttp://imtw.ru/uploads/imperiall/load/load1467039017_10.pnghttp://imtw.ru/uploads/imperiall/load/load1467039044_11.pngKazakhhttp://imtw.ru/uploads/imperiall/load/load1467039263_20.pnghttp://imtw.ru/uploads/imperiall/load/load1467039068_12_1.pnghttp://imtw.ru/uploads/imperiall/load/load1467039091_13.pngTurcomanhttp://imtw.ru/uploads/imperiall/load/load1467039286_21.pnghttp://imtw.ru/uploads/imperiall/load/load1467039115_14_1.pnghttp://imtw.ru/uploads/imperiall/load/load1467039141_15_1.pngI also recommend that you familiarize yourself with the paintings of the Russian artist Vereshchagin, who participated in one of the Central Asian campaigns of the Russian army. In his paintings you will see these armies in color.https://www.theapricity.com/forum/showthread.php?14566-Vasily-Vereschagin-Turkestan-CycleI produce figurines of Central Asian tribal warriors for the period of the Civil War in Russia (Basmachi). By replacing heads, you can get warriors from different tribes. But you will have to convert weapons to an earlier one in order to get figures suitable for this period (which, in my opinion, is not so difficult).http://siberia-miniatures.ru/index.php?cPath=41_39_51_156
I got this fort for my project. Now I have to get it painted. Mark