Yakub Beg

Yakub Beg

▪ Tajik adventurer
born 1820, Pskente, Kokand [now in Uzbekistan]
died May 16, 1877, Korla [now in the Uygur Autonomous Region of Xinjiang, China]

      Tajik adventurer who entered northwestern China in 1864 and through a series of military and political maneuvers took advantage of the anti-Chinese uprisings of its Muslim inhabitants to establish himself as head of the kingdom of Kashgaria (centred at Kashgar). Expanding northward in the area of present-day Xinjiang, he attracted the attention of the Ottoman sultan, who made Yakub the emir of Kashgaria.

      During the turmoil, the Russians occupied parts of Chinese Turkistan and Xinjiang and then encouraged Yakub to sign a commercial treaty in 1872. The following year, the British—to ensure a buffer zone between India and the southward-expanding Russian Empire—signed a similar treaty with Kashgaria. Those two treaties, in effect, gave Kashgaria international recognition.

      But the Chinese, who had been occupied with rebellions and invasions in other parts of their empire, then decided to take decisive action against Yakub. An army under the noted Chinese scholar-general Zuo Zongtang (1812–85) advanced rapidly westward toward Kashgaria. On May 16, 1877, with the fall of Yakub's capital city of Turfan, the kingdom of Kashgaria came to an end, and Yakub committed suicide.

* * *


Universalium. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем решить контрольную работу

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Yakub Beg — Yakub Beg, s. Jakub Beg …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Yakub Celebi — Yakub Çelebi Sommaire 1 Histoire 2 Littérature 3 Lien interne 4 Bibliographie (en français) // …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Yakub Celebi — (13¿? Kosovo Polje, 1389), cuyo nombre también se encuentra como Yakoub, Yacoub o Jacob, era un príncipe otomano, uno de los hijos del sultán Murad I. El título Celebi, equivalente a Señor, era el correspondiente a todos los hijos del Sultán, así …   Wikipedia Español

  • Yakub Çelebi — Yakub (13?? 1389), que l on trouve aussi sous les graphies Yakoub, Yacoub, Jacob, était l un des quatre fils de Murad Ier, les trois autres étant Bayézid Ier, Savci (ou Saoudji) et Ibrahim. Il eut également deux sœurs, Nefise Hatun et Sultan (ou… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Yaqub Beg — Muhammad Yaqub Beg, from the 1898 book by N.Veselovsky Born 1820 Pskent, Khanate of Kokand Died May 30, 1877( …   Wikipedia

  • Jakub Beg — in einem Buch von 1898 Nächtliches Gespräch mit Jakub Beg von Kashgarien, 1868 Jakub Bek (oft auch Jakub Beg, eigentlich Jakub Mohammedbek Badaulet …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Dungan revolt (1862–1877) — Dungan revolt Yakub Bek Date 1862 1877 Location …   Wikipedia

  • Nikolai Przhevalsky — Przhevalsky redirects here. For the inhabited localities in Russia, see Przhevalsky (inhabited locality). Nikolai Mikhaylovich Przhevalsky Born April 12, 1839(1839 04 12) Smolensk Died November 1, 1888 …   Wikipedia

  • History of Xinjiang — The known history of Xinjiang dates back to the 2nd millennium BC. Throughout history many empires have controlled some or all of this vast area, including the Xiongnu, Han, Göktürks, Tang, Turkic Uyghurs, and Mongols. The region was conquered by …   Wikipedia

  • Kashgar — Infobox Settlement official name = Kashgar other name = native name = قەشقەر unicode|K̡ǝxk̡ǝr 喀什 nickname = settlement type = motto = imagesize = image caption = Kashgar is an oasis city in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of the People s… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”