Battle of Irjar

Battle of Irjar
	Part of the Russian conquest of Bukhara
	; Theater of military operations
Date	May 20, 1866
Location	Irjar, a pass on the Syr Darya river, between Chinoz and Khujand
Result	Russian victory
Belligerents
Russian Empire	Emirate of Bukhara
Commanders and leaders
Dmitry Romanovsky	Muzaffar bin Nasrullah
Strength
3,000 men 14 infantry battalions; 5 Cossack Sotnias; 8 rocket launchers; 20 guns	approx 40,000 men 5,000 sarbaz; 35,000 horsemen;
Casualties and losses
12 wounded	1,000 killed and wounded

The Battle of Irjar was a battle between the Russian Empire and the Emirate of Bukhara on May 20, 1866, near Irjar, a narrow pass on the left bank of the Syr Darya river, between Chinoz and Khujand. It was fought between a Russian contingent commanded by Major Romanovsky against the Bukharans of Muzaffar bin Nasrullah.