Yettishar
Yettishar | |||||||||
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| 1864–1877 | |||||||||
Map of the Dungan Revolt | |||||||||
| Status | Vassal of the Ottoman Empire (1873–1877) | ||||||||
| Capital | Kashgar | ||||||||
| Religion | Sunni Islam | ||||||||
| Government | Islamic absolute monarchy | ||||||||
| Emir | |||||||||
• 1864–1865 | Ghazi Khatib Khoja | ||||||||
• 1865–1877 | Yakub Beg | ||||||||
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• Established | 12 November 1864 | ||||||||
| 18 December 1877 | |||||||||
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| Today part of | China | ||||||||
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| Yettishar | |||||||
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| Uyghur name | |||||||
| Uyghur | يەتتەشەھەر خانلىقى | ||||||
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| Chinese name | |||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 哲德沙爾汗國 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 哲德沙尔汗国 | ||||||
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| Chagatay name | |||||||
| Chagatay | یته شهر خانلیگی | ||||||
Yettishar (Chagatai: یته شهر; Uyghur: يەتتەشەھەر; lit. 'Seven Cities' or 'Heptapolis'), also known as Kashgaria or the Kashgar Emirate, was a Uyghur state in Xinjiang that existed from 1864 to 1877, during the Dungan Revolt against the Qing dynasty. It was an Islamic monarchy ruled by Yakub Beg, a Kokandi who secured power in Kashgar (later made Yettishar's capital) through a series of military and political manoeuvres. Yettishar's eponymous seven cities were Kashgar, Khotan, Yarkand, Yengisar, Aksu, Kucha, and Korla.
In 1873, the Ottoman Empire recognised Yettishar as a vassal state and Yakub Beg as its emir.: 152–153 The Ottoman flag flew over Kashgar from 1873 to 1877.
On 18 December 1877, the Qing army entered Kashgar and brought the state to an end.