Yakub Beg of Yettishar
| Yakub Beg | |||||||||
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| Champion Father of the Faithful (اتالیق غازی) | |||||||||
| Emir of Yettishar | |||||||||
| Reign | 1865–1877 | ||||||||
| Predecessor | Ghazi Khatib Khoja | ||||||||
| Successor | Emirate abolished | ||||||||
| Born | 1820 Piskent, Kokand (present-day Uzbekistan) | ||||||||
| Died | May 1877 (aged 56–57) Korla, Yettishar (present-day China) | ||||||||
| Religion | Sunni Islam | ||||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||||
| Chinese | 穆罕默德·雅霍甫伯克 | ||||||||
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| Alternative Chinese name | |||||||||
| Chinese | 阿古柏(·帕夏) | ||||||||
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| Uyghur name | |||||||||
| Uyghur | مۇھەممەت ياقۇپ بېك | ||||||||
| Persian name | |||||||||
| Persian | محمد یعقوب بیگ | ||||||||
| Uzbek name | |||||||||
| Uzbek | Ёқуб Бек / Yoqub Bek | ||||||||
Muhammad Yakub Beg (c. 1820 – 30 May 1877), later known as Yakub Padishah, was the Kokandi ruler of Yettishar (Kashgaria), a state he established in Xinjiang from 1865 to 1877. He was recognized as Emir of Yettishar by the Ottoman Empire and held the title of "Champion Father of the Faithful".