Tashkent rebellion (1847)

This article is about the 1847 conflict. For the 1917 conflict, see Tashkent rebellion (1917). For the 1919 conflict, see Tashkent anti-Soviet revolt of 1919.

In 1847, there was a national uprising in Tashkent[1] against the Khanate of Kokand, which had ruled the city since 1810.[2]: 17  The governor, Aziz Parvonachi, was driven from the city, creating a vacuum in which various Kokand potentates vied for power.[2]: 17  The Khojas of Chinese Turkestan took advantage of the absence of Khan Muhammad Khudayar Khan on campaign in Tashkent to launch the Holy War of the Seven Khojas against the Qing dynasty.[3]

References

  1. ^ Viktor Dubovitskii and Khaydarbek Bababekov, "The Rise and Fall of the Kokand Khanate", in S. Frederick Starr, ed., Fergana Vally: The Heart of Central Asia (Taylor & Francis, 2011), p. 64.
  2. ^ a b Jeff Sahadeo, Russian Colonial Society in Tashkent, 1865–1923 (Indiana University Press, 2007).
  3. ^ Kwangmin Kim, Borderland Capitalism: Turkestan Produce, Qing Silver, and the Birth of an Eastern Market (Stanford University Press, 2016), p. 151.

Further reading

  • R. N. Nabiev, Tashkentskoe vosstanie 1847 g. i ego sotsial'noekonomischeskie predposylki, 1966.
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