▁Al im ▁Khan , ▁who ▁initially ▁fav ored ▁modern ization ▁and ▁the ▁reform ists , ▁real ised ▁that ▁their ▁event ual ▁goals ▁included ▁no ▁place ▁for ▁either ▁him ▁or ▁his ▁descend ants ▁as ▁r ul ers . ▁Like ▁his ▁prede cess ors , ▁Al im ▁Khan ▁was ▁a ▁traditional ▁r uler . ▁He ▁to yed ▁with ▁the ▁idea ▁of ▁reform ▁as ▁a ▁tool ▁to ▁keep ▁the ▁cler gy ▁in ▁line , ▁and ▁only ▁as ▁long ▁as ▁he ▁saw ▁the ▁possibility ▁of ▁using ▁it ▁to ▁strength en ▁Mang h ud ▁rule . ▁ ▁One ▁of ▁the ▁most ▁important ▁T aj ik ▁writers , ▁S adr idd in ▁A yn iy , ▁wrote ▁v ivid ▁accounts ▁of ▁life ▁under ▁the ▁Em ir . ▁He ▁was ▁wh ipped ▁for ▁speaking ▁T aj ik ▁and ▁later ▁wrote ▁about ▁the ▁life ▁under ▁the ▁Em irs ▁in ▁the ▁B uk h ara ▁Exec ution ers ▁(" J all odon - i ▁B uk h ara "). ▁ ▁Al im ▁Khan ▁was ▁the ▁only ▁Mang h ud ▁r uler ▁to ▁add ▁the ▁title ▁of ▁C ali ph ▁to ▁his ▁name , ▁and ▁was ▁the ▁last ▁direct ▁desc endant ▁of ▁the ▁Mang hit ▁dynast y ▁to ▁serve ▁as ▁a ▁national ▁r uler . ▁ ▁In ▁March ▁ 1 9 1 8 ▁activ ists ▁of ▁the ▁Young ▁B uk har an ▁Mov ement ▁( Y osh ▁B ux or ol ik lar ) ▁▁ ▁informed ▁the ▁B ols he vik s ▁that ▁the ▁B uk h ari ans ▁were ▁ready ▁for ▁the