Editing Qarshi (section)

==History==
Originally the [[Sogdiana|Sogdian]] city of '''Nakhshab''' (which could be possibly named '''[[Eucratideia]]''' during the rule of [[Greco-Bactrian Kingdom]]<ref>The Encyclopaedia Metropolitana: Or Universal Dictionary of Knowledge, Volume 23, edited by Edward Smedley, Hugh James Rose, Henry John Rose, 1923, page 260.</ref>), and the [[Islamic]] Uzbek (Turkic) city of '''Nasaf''', and the [[Chagatai Khanate|Chagatay]] city of '''Qarshi''' (pronounced ''Kharsh''), Qarshi was the second city of the [[Emirate of Bukhara]]. It is in the center of a fertile [[oasis]] that produces [[wheat]], [[cotton]], and [[silk]] and was a stop on the 11-day [[Camel train|caravan]] route between [[Balkh]] and [[Bukhara]]. The Mongol [[Chagatai Khanate|Chagataid]] khans [[Kebek]] and [[Qazan Khan ibn Yasaur|Qazan]] built palaces here on the site of [[Chinggis Khaan]]'s summer pasture.<ref>{{harvtxt|Grousset|1970|pp=341–342}} states that both khans used Qarshi as a capital</ref> In 1364, [[Timur]] also built a fortified palace with moats in what is now the southern part of the city. The modern name "Qarshi" means fort.

Qarshi developed steadily from the 14th century. During the Sheyban dynasty the town grew violently (16th century). It was the second largest town of Bukhara Khanate in the 18th century. During these centuries much of the city's magnificent architectural monuments were built.[https://samarkandtours.com/uzbekistan/karshi/]<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Karshi, Uzbekistan|url=https://samarkandtours.com/uzbekistan/karshi/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=January 29, 2021|website=}}</ref> With the decline of [[Shahrisabz]] in the 18th century, Qarshi grew in importance, and was the seat of the Crown Prince to the Emirate of Bukhara. The city had a double set of walls, 10 [[caravanserai]]s and 4 [[madrassahs]] during this time. By 1868, the [[Russians]] had annexed the [[Zarafshan]] Valley, and in 1873, the treaty turning Bukhara into a Russian [[protectorate]] was signed in Qarshi, much to the dismay of the Emir's son, Abdul Malik, who took to the hills in rebellion.

In the early 1970s, the first section of a major [[irrigation]] project was completed to divert water from the [[Amu Darya]] River in [[Turkmenistan]] eastward into Uzbekistan in order to irrigate the land surrounding Qarshi.  Almost all of these irrigated lands around Qarshi are planted with [[cotton]].