Yettishar
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Yettishar (Chagatai: ; ; ), also known as Kashgaria or the Kashgar Emirate, was a Turkic state in Xinjiang that existed from 1864 to 1877, during the Dungan Revolt against the Qing dynasty. It was an Islamic monarchy ruled by Yakub Beg, a Kokandi who secured power in Kashgar (later made Yettishar's capital) through a series of military and political manoeuvres. Yettishar's eponymous seven cities were Kashgar, Khotan, Yarkand, Yengisar, Aksu, Kucha, and Korla.
Key facts
- Chinese.s
- 哲德沙尔汗国
- Chinese.t
- 哲德沙爾汗國
- Former country.conventional_long_name
- Yettishar
- Former country.government_type
- Islamic absolute monarchy
- Former country.year_start
- 1864
- Former country.year_end
- 1877
- Former country.date_start
- 12 November
- Former country.event_end
- Qing reconquest of Xinjiang
- Former country.date_end
- 18 December
- Former country.image_flag
- Flag of the Ottoman Empire (eight pointed star).svg
- Former country.flag
- Flag of East Turkestan#History
- Former country.flag_type
- Flag (1873–1877)
- Former country.image_map
- Dungan Revolt Map.png
- Former country.image_map_caption
- Map of the Dungan Revolt
- Former country.capital
- Kashgar
- Former country.status
- Vassal of the Ottoman Empire (1873–1877)
- Former country.religion
- Sunni Islam
- Former country.leader1
- Ghazi Khatib Khoja
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Background
- Yakub Beg
- Downfall
- Death of Yakub Beg
- Notes
- References
Yettishar (Chagatai: ; ; ), also known as Kashgaria or the Kashgar Emirate, was a Turkic state in Xinjiang that existed from 1864 to 1877, during the Dungan Revolt against the Qing dynasty. It was an Islamic monarchy ruled by Yakub Beg, a Kokandi who secured power in Kashgar (later made Yettishar's capital) through a series of military and political manoeuvres. Yettishar's eponymous seven cities were Kashgar, Khotan, Yarkand, Yengisar, Aksu, Kucha, and Korla.
In 1873, the Ottoman Empire recognised Yettishar as a vassal state and Yakub Beg as its emir. The Ottoman flag flew over Kashgar from 1873 to 1877.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Yettishar” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.