Khiva-Bukhara War of 1806

In early 1806, Emir Haydar dispatched a Large Bukharan Army of 20,000 under Niyaz-Bek to march on Khiva.^[2] The two armies clashed near the lower Amu Darya, where the Bukharans inflicted a decisive defeat on the Khivans. Eltuzar Muhammad was killed during the retreat some reports claim he drowned while attempting to cross the river.^[4] The Khivan army scattered, and many nobles were captured or executed.

The defeat led to the collapse of Eltuzar's rule, and he was succeeded by his brother Mohammed Rahim Khan. However, Bukharan dominance proved short-lived. By 1811, Khiva under Muhammad Rahim Khan regained independence and reestablished authority over the Amu Darya delta. The war marked a temporary assertion of Bukharan power but ultimately deepened the rivalry between the two khanates.^[5]