The Qїrghїz Baatïr and the Russian empire : : a portrait of a local intermediary in Russian Central Asia / / Tetsu Akiyama.

"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...

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Superior document:Islamic Area Studies ; Volume 5
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Place / Publishing House:Leiden : : Brill,, [2021]
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
Series:Islamic area studies (Brill) ; v. 5.
Physical Description:1 online resource (158 pages)
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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.