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Yettishar
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Also known as Kashgaria, Kashgar Khanate

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

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Instance of
Emirate
Continent
Asia
Capital
Kashgar
Official language
Uyghur
Area
1400000
Form of government
monarchy
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native label
يەتتەشەھەر خانلىقى
inception
1864-00-00
dissolved, abolished or demolished date
1877-00-00

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Encyclopedic overview

6 sections
Contents
  • 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.

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