The Qïrghïz Baatïr and the Russian empire : a portrait of a local intermediary in Russian Central Asia /

The Qïrghïz Baatïr and the Russian empire : a portrait of a local intermediary in Russian Central Asia /

"In The Qïrghïz Baatïr and the Russian Empire Tetsu Akiyama gives a vivid description of the dynamism and dilemmas of empire-building in nomadic Central Asia from the mid-nineteenth to the early twentieth century, through reconstructing the biography of Shabdan Jantay uulu (ca. 1839-1912), a ch...

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Main Author: Akiyama, Tetsu (Professor) (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2021]
Series:Islamic area studies (Brill) ; v. 5.
Subjects:
Shabdan Zhantaĭ uulu, > 1839-1912.
1800-1899
Statesmen > Kyrgyzstan > Biography.
Statesmen > Asia, Central > Biography.
Kyrgyzstan > Politics and government > 19th century > Sources.
Kyrgyzstan > Foreign relations > Russia.
Russia > Foreign relations > Kyrgyzstan.
Biographies.
Sources.
Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • 1. A child of the Jookerchilik Zaman
  • 2. Between Qoqand and Russia
  • 3. Between ruling reform and military expansion
  • 4. Aristocrat or parasite
  • 5. On the frontline of the resettlement policy
  • 6. Growing relationship to Islam under Russian rule
  • Epilogue: Heading for ruin.

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