Under Solomon's Throne: Uzbek Visions of Renewal in Osh

Index

269 index Note: page numbers in italics refer to figures. Abu-Lughod, Janet, 203n17, 226n3, 231n9 adab (etiquette, moral conduct), 126, 231n4, 238n23 adir (hilly region), new mahallas on, 94–99, 102, 106 Adolat (Uzbekistani political organization), 55–56 Afghanistan: Uzbekistan and, 169–70; war in, 210n27, 213n12 agriculture, 79, 92; decline of, 193, 235n5; idyllic image of Uzbekistan’s, 154–55; ill-effects of reforms on, 24, 70, 153–54; Kyrgyz selling products at bazaar, 25, 30; in land use trade-offs, 23–24, 51, 93, 97–99, 101; mismanagement of as moral failure, 153–54, 156–58, 228n16; state’s relations with farmers and, 33, 156; urban life interwoven with, 83–85, 92 air routes, 215n19, 223n20; lack of service to Osh, 48, 53–54, 216n26 Aitmatov, Chingiz, 55–56, 171 Akaev, Askar (president of Kyrgyzstan), 67–68, 70, 205n31, 216n27; commitment to fairness as multiethnic state, 54, 203n21; influence on media, 221n62; minimalist authoritarianism of, 66, 221n64; moderate nationalism of, 171–72; Osh Uzbeks’ disdain for, 49, 150, 170, 237n18 Ak-Buura River, 26, 77, 79, 223n20 Aktilek (Kyrgyz region of Osh), 91–94, 96, 234n24 Andijan, Uzbekistan, 53–54, 56, 190, 236n9, 240n4 Andijan events of 2005, 69, 220n61, 240n8; disillusionment with Karimov following, 44, 152, 191, 194; uprising following, 56, 240n7 anthropology, role of, 17 apartment neighborhoods, 7, 138, 234n24; built from modular housing units, 89, 90; economic activities in, 27–28; 270 index apartment neighborhoods (continued), land for, 24, 51; need for high density of, 81, 88–89, 101–2; Uzbeks rejecting, 94, 101–2, 106, 125 appearance, of Osh, 20–21, 37 architecture, 77, 82, 101 ariks (water canals), 90, 130–32 arms trafficking, 48, 209n23 arts, 82, 194 authoritarianism, 149, 166; Karimov’s, 44; Kyrgyzstan’s minimalist, 66, 221n64 autonomy, Osh’s, 55–56, 204n23 Babur (first Mughal emperor), 82, 190 Babur House, on Solomon Mountain, 37 Bachelard, Gaston, 105, 230n1 Bahtiyor (Osh Uzbek interlocutor), 67, 83–84, 98–99, 137–39 Bakiev, Kurmanbeck (president of Kyrgyzstan), 67, 203n21, 213n9, 221n62, 237n22; disappointment in, 70, 175, 237n22; riots erupting after ouster of, 7–8 “Batken Crisis” (1999), 213n12 Batyrov, Kadyrjan (Botirov, Qodirjon), 54, 217n35 bazaars, 26–27, 29, 29, 32, 77, 101, 108, 192; destroyed in riots, 30, 89, 207n4; ethnic division of business at, 25, 29–30, 230n28; growth of, 14, 25, 30–31, 33–34, 207n4; growth of Zapadnyi and Anar, 89; at Kara-Suu, 191, 240n6; Mansurovs’ stalls at, 121–22; micro-districts built by, 88–89; organization of, 26–27, 229n27; relations among sellers at, 25–26, 28; sources of goods in, 34–35; symbolizing idiom of exchange, 42; unemployment spurring, 25, 30–31; Uzbekistanis visiting Kyrgyzstan’s, 193, 236n11, 240n6 Bektan (Osh Uzbek interlocutor), 131–32 Bhutto, Benazir, 37 billiard rooms, 34, 121 Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, 45, 51, 71; routes to Osh from, 48, 53–54, 159–60 border, Kyrgyzstan/Uzbekistan, 52, 213n9; busyness of crossings, 45–47, 191–93; difference between sides of, 46–47; effects of closing, 24, 236n9; lack of significance under Soviets, 45–46; Uzbekistani control of, 11–13, 46–49, 53, 55–59, 159, 213nn5–6, 215n18. See also Do’stlik border crossing borders, in Central Asia, 65, 225n40; effects on economic development, 53, 223n17; inherited from Soviet socialist republics, 50–51, 223n17; lack of significance under Soviets, 45–46; Soviet Union drawing, 64, 214n15; tangle of, 215nn22–23 boundaries, of Osh, 79; ethnic populations affected by, 89, 91–94, 204n22 Bourdieu, Pierre, 145, 234n30, 235n31 Brick Factory, 92 Brubaker, Rogers, 55 buses: Do’stlik border crossing closed to, 46–49; Mezon on, 60–64; to Tashkent, 45–46, 46; traveling through Fergana Valley, 53 businesses, Osh Uzbeks’: destroyed in riots of 2010, 8, 106; in mahallas, 7, 87, 92, 202n10 Calvino, Italo, 20 capitalism, 13, 18–19; Kyrgyzstan’s liberalization and, 65–66, 150, 153; Kyrgyzstan’s “wild,” 156–59, 162, 175,193-94; need to prepare for, 151, 161–63; Osh Uzbeks’ caution about, 33, 150, 153, 159; Uzbekistan’s slow development of, 69, 72, 150 caretaking/stewardship, 188; khan responsible for, 152–53; Osh Uzbeks’ praise for Karimov’s, 155–56, 162–63; state responsible for, 153–54, 181 Castoriadis, Cornelius, 204n27 censorship, in Uzbekistan, 69 Central Asia, 15, 185, 203n18, 205n33, 208n12, 211n33, 227n8; effects of borders and checkpoints in, 103, 160–61, 209n18, 215nn22–23; global status of, 65, 167; internal connectivity of, 51–54; layers of history in, 16–17; Mannerheim’s survey of, 36–37; nation...