# Feofar-Khan — Michael Strogoff character guide

> Feofar-Khan in Michael Strogoff by Jules Verne.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Feofar

**First appearance:** 0017-part-ii-i-a-tartar-camp

## Snapshot

The Emir of Bokhara, whose Tartar hordes pour across Siberia and turn a courier's errand into a war.

## Who they are

Feofar-Khan rules Bokhara and commands the invasion that has already made communication between Siberia and the empire nearly impossible by the time Michael Strogoff reaches the Volga. His advancing armies — and the renegade officers who serve him — transform the road to Irkutsk from a long journey into a gauntlet of sieges, ambushes, and shifting loyalties. He is the storm the whole novel moves against: distant, immense, and the reason a single courier's mission matters to an empire.

## Relationships

### [Ivan Ogareff](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/michael_strogoff_se/characters/ivan_ogareff)

_professional_

Feofar-Khan is the Tatar leader who allies with Ivan Ogareff for mutual military benefit.

### [Ivan Ogareff](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/michael_strogoff_se/characters/ivan_ogareff)

_professional_

Feofar-Khan is the Tatar leader who allies with Ivan Ogareff for mutual military benefit.

### [Ivan Ogareff](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/michael_strogoff_se/characters/ivan_ogareff)

_professional_

Feofar-Khan is the Tatar leader who allies with Ivan Ogareff for mutual military benefit.

## In the story

### [Provocation](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/michael_strogoff_se/chapters/part-i-xii-provocation)

His Tartar army is advancing, causing villages to be deserted and refugees to flee north.

### [Duty Before Everything](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/michael_strogoff_se/chapters/part-i-xiii-duty-before-everything)

Mentioned as the leader of the Tartar invaders; his scouts are approaching and committing atrocities.

### [The Marshes of the Baraba](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/michael_strogoff_se/chapters/part-i-xv-the-marshes-of-the-baraba)

The Tartar leader whose forces occupy Tomsk, posing a future threat to Michael's route.

### [A Final Effort](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/michael_strogoff_se/chapters/part-i-xvi-a-final-effort)

Mentioned as having entered Tomsk and commanded the army that devastated the region.

### [A Tartar Camp](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/michael_strogoff_se/chapters/part-ii-i-a-tartar-camp)

The Emir of Bukhara, whose camp is described; he remains isolated in his tent, not showing himself to the prisoners.

### [Correspondents in Trouble](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/michael_strogoff_se/chapters/part-ii-ii-correspondents-in-trouble)

The Emir who receives Ogareff's counsel and orders the headquarters moved to Tomsk.

### [IV: The Triumphal Entry](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/michael_strogoff_se/chapters/part-ii-iv-the-triumphal-entry)

Presides over the triumphal entry; consults the Koran to decide Michael's fate; pronounces the sentence of blindness.

### [Look While You May!](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/michael_strogoff_se/chapters/part-ii-v-look-while-you-may)

Orders Michael's blinding and presides over the execution.

### [The Passage of the Yenisey](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/michael_strogoff_se/chapters/part-ii-vii-the-passage-of-the-yenisey)

Mentioned as the Emir commanding the Tartar army, which now numbers 250,000 men after the battle of Tomsk.

### [In the Steppe](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/michael_strogoff_se/chapters/part-ii-ix-in-the-steppe)

His vanguard is advancing along the road to Irkutsk, forcing Michael to detour across the steppe.

### [X: Baikal and Angara](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/michael_strogoff_se/chapters/part-ii-x-baikal-and-angara)

The Emir whose troops have invested Irkutsk and who ordered Michael's blinding.

### [The Night of the Fifth of October](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/michael_strogoff_se/chapters/part-ii-xiv-the-night-of-the-fifth-of-october)

The Emir, in agreement with Ogareff's plan for the diversion and attack.

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