Alimqul is instrumental in sending Buzurg Khan…

Once established as Kashgar's ruler, Buzurg and Yaqub send Alimqul an ambassador, Mir Baba, with rich gifts.

Alimqul, born into a family of a Kyrgyz-Kipchak beys in Buchun Bitkan near Kokand ca. 1833, had studied in madrasahs in Andijan and Kokand, earning the title of mullah, and for a while had served as the bey of Qurghan Tepa, near Andijan.

In 1858, Alimqul had helped Malla Beg (Malla Bek) overthrow his brother Khudayar Khan by bringing the Kyrgyz over to Malla Beg's side.

Malla Beg, upon seizing the Kokandian khan's throne in November 1858, had rewarded Alimqul with several successive promotions.

In 1860, already governor of Marghilan, Alimqul had been in charge of a large Kokandian force that had defeated invaders from the Emirate of Bukhara.

An active participant in the struggle for power that ensued after the death of Malla Beg in a February, 1862, coup, Alimqul had soon succeeded in thwarting Bukhara's attempt to bring Khudayar Khan back to power.

Not being of royal blood himself, Alimqul had elevated Malla Beg's minor son, Sultan Sayyid Khan, as a titulary khan, and rules the country himself as the commander in chief of the military (Amir-i Lashkar).