Night interview with Yakub Beg, King of Kashgaria, 1868

Yakub Beg (1820 - May 16, 1877) was a Tajik adventurer who became head of the kingdom of Kashgaria. Download high resolution version (1304x865, 692 KB)Image from Robert Shaws 1871 book, Visits to High Tartary. ... Download high resolution version (1304x865, 692 KB)Image from Robert Shaws 1871 book, Visits to High Tartary. ... 1820 was a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... May 16 is the 136th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (137th in leap years). ... 1877 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Tajik may refer to: Tajiks, an ethnicity with dwellers in Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, and China The Tajik language, the official language of Tajikistan Tajik, one of the of the 56 nationalities officially recognized by the Peoples Republic of China. ... Kashgar is an oasis city located west of the Taklamakan desert, at the feet of the Tian Shan mountain range in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of the Peoples Republic of China (39°24’26” N. lat. ...

Yakub Beg was born in Pskente, Kokand (in today's Uzbekistan). Kokand (or Khokand or Kokhand or Quqon) is a city in eastern Uzbekistan, at the southwestern edge of the Fergana Valley. ...

Yakub Beg took advantage of anti-Chinese uprisings in what is now Xinjiang, in north-western China, to make himself the ruler of Kashgaria with its capital in Kashgar. He ruled at the height of The Great Game era when the British, Russian, and Chinese empires were all vying for Central Asia. Xinjiang (Chinese: 新疆; pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Hsin1-chiang1; Postal Pinyin: Sinkiang; literal meaning: New Frontier; Uyghur: ) Uyghurs Autonomous Region of the Peoples Republic of China (PRC), sometimes known as Chinese Turkestan, East Turkestan (Turkestan also spelled Turkistan) or Uyghuristan. ... Kashgar, (Uyghur: قەشقەر/K̢ǝxk̢ǝr; Chinese: 喀什; pinyin: ), is an oasis city in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of the Peoples Republic of China. ... The Great Game is a term, usually attributed to Arthur Connolly, used to describe the rivalry and strategic conflict between the British Empire and the Tsarist Russian Empire for supremacy in Central Asia. ...

Kashgaria extended from the capital Kashgar in south-western Xinjiang to Urumqi, Turfan, and Hami in central and eastern Xinjiang more than a thousand kilometers to the north-east. He ruled a majority of what was known at the time as Chinese Turkestan. Kashgar is an oasis city located west of the Taklamakan desert, at the feet of the Tian Shan mountain range in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of the Peoples Republic of China (39°24’26” N. lat. ... Xinjiang (Chinese: 新疆; pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Hsin1-chiang1; Postal Pinyin: Sinkiang; literal meaning: New Frontier; Uyghur: ) Uyghurs Autonomous Region of the Peoples Republic of China (PRC), sometimes known as Chinese Turkestan, East Turkestan (Turkestan also spelled Turkistan) or Uyghuristan. ... Ürümqi (Uyghur: ئۈرۈمچى; Uyghur Latin script: Ürümqi; Chinese: 烏魯木齊; Pinyin: Wūlǔmùqí; population about 1. ... Turfan (Uyghur: تۇرپان; Uyghur latin: Turpan; Modern Chinese 吐魯番, Pinyin: Tǔlǔfán; Ancient Chinese 高昌, Pinyin Gāochāng, Wade-Giles: Kao-chang) is an oasis city in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region of the Peoples Republic of China. ... Xinjiang (Chinese: 新疆; pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Hsin1-chiang1; Postal Pinyin: Sinkiang; literal meaning: New Frontier; Uyghur: ) Uyghurs Autonomous Region of the Peoples Republic of China (PRC), sometimes known as Chinese Turkestan, East Turkestan (Turkestan also spelled Turkistan) or Uyghuristan. ...

He was not particularly admired by his subjects, burdening them with heavy taxes and subjecting them to tyrannical rule. China eventually retook Kashgaria and, although no one knows exactly what happened to him, it was rumoured that he committed suicide or had a stroke.