<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - IShimkent yasungulwa ngekhulu leshumi nambili njenge-caravanserai ukuvikela idolobha eliseduzane 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 ingxenye yeKhanate yaseKokand ngaphambi kokuba ithathwe amaRashiya  <response>: 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. 