This article provides information about the trip to Bukhara and the impressions of the British diplomat Alexander Burns, who played an important role in the political struggles that took place in Central Asia in the 1930s. His work “Travels of Bukhara”, enriched with historical events and geographical notes, is also analyzed. In particular, the article examines the political and religious activities, state administration, and patronage of science of the Emir of Bukhara Haidar in Burns’s image.

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