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 | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 12 November 1864 | ||||||||
| 18 December 1877 | |||||||||
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| Today part of | China | ||||||||
| 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 Turkic 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. 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.