A Central Asian khanate in the historic Khorezm region that persisted from the 16th century until Soviet abolition in 1920, surviving as both an independent state and a Russian protectorate.
Conquered and made a Russian protectorate in 1873 CE following the Khivan Campaign, when Russian forces under General von Kaufman defeated Muhammad Rahim Khan II; it was abolished as the Khorezm People's Soviet Republic in 1920 CE.
The atlas holds 4 border frames for Khanate of Khiva — the shape you scrub through changes in 1511 · 1565 · 1625 · 1675.
Best general context for Central Asian khanates in the 16th–19th centuries.
Soucek's survey of Inner Asia charts the Khorezm/Khiva khanate through its independence and Russian-protectorate phases up to the Soviet abolition the blurb describes.