Enver Pasha's campaign in Bukhara (1922)
| Enver Pasha's campaign in Bukhara | |||||||||
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| Part of the Basmachi movement | |||||||||
Territories under Enver Pasha's control or influence (1921–1922) | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| Basmachi movement | Russian SFSR | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
| Molla Abdul Kakhar | Fayzulla Xoʻjayev | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| 20,000 or 7,000 or 3,000 | Over 100,000 | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| Unknown | 17,000 dead | ||||||||
Enver Pasha's campaign in Bukhara or Enver Pasha's Bukhara campaign was a series of military engagements between the Basmachi movement, led by Enver Pasha and Molla Abduk Kakhar, and Soviet forces in former Emirate of Bukhara during April and May 1922. The campaign resulted in the Basmachi forces temporarily gaining control over much of Eastern and parts of Western Bukhara, challenging Soviet authority in the area. Despite initial successes, Soviet counteroffensives later that year continued to contest the region. The campaign formed part of the broader Basmachi Revolt against Soviet rule in Central Asia following the Russian Civil War.