The Emir of Bukhara Said Alim Khan was extremely ambitious. He gained confidence in the Russian Tsar Nicholas II, at his own expense he built a ship and a mosque on the Petrograd side of St. Petersburg.
Why did you kill people, Said?
Everyone knew that the emir was fantastically rich. But after his escape, no treasures were found. Their disappearance was explained as follows: they say, on the eve of their flight, the emir summoned the bodyguard of Kalupush and the dervish Davron, who developed a cunning plan.
The emir remained in Bukhara, while the treasure caravan set off for the Afghan border. But, apparently, he did not get there - the treasure was hidden somewhere near the border. Soon Kalupush returned, who reported on the fate of the cargo and the death of Davron, as well as everyone who took part in the burial of the treasure. Then the emir destroyed the last witness, and soon he himself fled to Afghanistan. There he lived out his life, periodically sending mercenaries to deliver treasures. But nothing came of it - the emir died in 1943.
Bukhara wealth addresses
According to legend, the treasure may be hidden on the Hissar ridge. It is there that 10 tons of gold supposedly lie, not counting precious stones!
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It is possible that the treasures were hidden on the way to Kashgar. The drivers buried them in a deserted area and indicated the wrong landmarks. In this case, no one will be able to find them.
But some believe that the emir sent two caravans to divert his eyes - one to the Hissar ridge, the other to Kashgar, and he took the treasures with the third caravan, with which he went to Kabul himself. Unlike the clumsy camel caravans, this was a light horse detachment. The emir did not take heavy gold, but took only remarkably large and expensive diamonds.
But there is another address where the treasure may be located. It sounds very exotic: Moscow, the Kremlin …
The treasures of the Bukhara Emir could indeed have been taken out by the Bolsheviks to their capital. In any case, not so long ago in Tajikistan they found an inventory of jewels confiscated from the Emir's palace in Bukhara and then handed over to the People's Commissariat of Turkestan … The inventory takes forty-eight pages of typewritten text and consists of 1193 storage units. Among the seized: 53 large diamonds, 39 large diamonds, 400 medium-sized diamonds and other jewelry. Only gold items without stones, gold scrap and ingots were seized 40 pounds (640 kg), and gold coins - almost 50 kg.
In addition, in the bags and chests of the emir, they found a lot of royal paper money, dressing gowns, skins, carpets and other items of clothing and interior design. And all this "treasure from the palace" was transported to Moscow under appropriate protection in the same bags and chests.
So, most likely, the treasures of the Bukhara Emir returned to their rightful owner - the working people.
Magazine: Mysteries of History No. 9, Nikolay Kotomkin
