Muhammad Yaqub Bek was a Khoqandi ruler of Yettishar during his invasion of Xinjiang from 1865 to 1877.
22 Facts About Yaqub Beg
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In English-language literature, the name Yaqub Beg has been spelt as Yakub Beg, Yakoob Beg or Ya`qub Beg.
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Ya`qub is an Arabic analogue of Jacob, and Yaqub Beg is a Turkic noble title.
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Yaqub Beg's forefathers had lived in the mountainous part of Karategin before moving to Dehbid, near Samarkand.
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Yaqub Beg's father, Pur Muhhammad, was born in Samarkand and completed his education in Khojent, later working as a qadi at Piskent.
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Yakub Yaqub Beg was born in the town of Pskente, in the Khanate of Kokand.
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However, Yaqub Beg quickly became bored and returned to Piskent where he obtained a minor job under the general Ghadai Bai.
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Yaqub Beg later worked under the governor of Khojent, Muhhammad Karim Khaska.
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In 1847, Nar Muhhammad succeeded Kashka as governor of Tashkent, and Yaqub Beg was appointed as Yaqub Beg of Chinaz.
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Yaqub Beg was involved in the complex factional shifts of the Khanate of Kokand.
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Yaqub Beg was recalled back to Tashkent where he was promoted to the rank of military officer with the title of Baturbashi.
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The Kyrgyz, or Kazakh Sadic Yaqub Beg, entered Kashgar but were unable to take the citadel and were sent to Tashkent as a Khoja to become ruler.
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Yaqub Beg joined by Yakub Beg, left Kokand with 68 men, and crossed the border of China in January 1865.
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Sadic Yaqub Beg, defeated by Yakub Yaqub Beg, was driven beyond the mountains.
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Yaqub Beg next besieged the Chinese at Yangi Hissar for 40 days and massacred the garrison.
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Sadic Yaqub Beg reappeared, was defeated, and talked into becoming an ally.
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Yaqub Beg was confined for 18 months, exiled to Tibet, and later found his way to Kokand.
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The Tarim Basin was conquered by Yaqub Beg acting as a Khoqandi foreigner and not as a local.
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Yaqub Beg entered into relations and signed treaties with the Russian Empire and Great Britain, but failed in trying to get their support for his invasion.
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Yaqub Beg was given the title of "Athalik Ghazi, Champion Father of the Faithful" by the Amir of Bokhara in 1866.
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Yaqub Beg makes an appearance in the second half of George Macdonald Fraser's novel Flashman at the Charge.
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Bolum, which praised the Sharia implemented by Yaqub Beg and cited him as an upholder of Jihad, attacking the Qing.