<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: IShimkent yasungulwa ngekhulu le-12 njenge-caravanserai ukuvikela idolobha eliseduze lokuhweba leSilk Road, iSayram, 10 km empumalanga. IShimkent yakhula yaba isikhungo sezimakethe sokuhwebelana phakathi kwabahambi baseTurkey nabaseSogdians ababehlala lapho. Labhujiswa izikhathi eziningana: nguGenghis Khan, amasosha avela kumaKhanate aseningizimu, nangokuhlasela kwabahambi. Ekuqaleni kwekhulu le-19, yaba yingxenye yeKhanate yaseKokand ngaphambi kokuba  <response>: yathunjwa amaRashiya ngo-1864. Yaqanjwa kabusha ngokuthi iChernyaev ngo-1914 futhi yaqanjwa kabusha ngokuthi Shymkent ngo-1924. Ngemva kokunqotshwa amaRashiya, iShymkent yayiyidolobha lokuhwebelana phakathi kwamaTurkey ahamba ngezinyawo namaTurkey ahlala endaweni eyodwa, futhi yayidume ngama-kumis ayo. 