After a number of successful military operations he managed to establish himself as the rebels' supreme commander, and turned their disorganized forces into a small but well-drilled army.

Due to this, the Bolshevik leadership decided to allocate over 1.5 million rubles for the transportation of thousands of Soviet soldiers to Bukhara.

The resistance movement was already widespread in Turkestan, posing a real threat to Soviet power, which had initially been maintained through severe repressive measures.

To make things worst, Ibrahim Bek attacked Enver Pasha's troops from two sides in the Lokai Valley, in June 1922, inflicting significant damage on them.

In the ensuing battle, the Basmachi detachment was completely destroyed, and Enver Pasha himself was killed when he tried a last ditch effort of cavalry charge against enemy lines.