England and Kashgar State Relations (1870-1874)
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XIX. Century, Eastern Turkestan, Yakub Beg, Britain, RussiaAbstract
Shortly after being established, Kashgar state attracted the attention of Britain and Russia. Where Russia took a negative stance against Kashgar state as it was afraid its commercial interests in the region would be damaged and worried that this would set a bad example to the Turkish Khanates in West Turkestan that it had already occupied, Britain approached it positively as it wanted to take advantage of its commercial possibilities and use it as a buffer between India and Russia. Yakub Bey, on the other hand, tried to protect the State’s existence by using Britain as a trumpcard especially against the threat of the Russians. In this article, Yakub Beg’s diplomatic relations with Britain between 1870-1874 are discussed, and the effect of these relations on Kashgar State is studied.
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2020-12-30
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England and Kashgar State Relations (1870-1874). (2020). FSM Scholarly Studies Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, 16, 173-199. https://dergi.fsm.edu.tr/index.php/ia/article/view/987
