Jahangir Khoja
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Jahanghir Khoja[1], Jāhangīr Khwāja[2], or Jihangir Khoja (Chinese: 张格尔, Zhangge'er) was a member of the influential East Turkestan Āfāqī khoja clan, who managed to wrest Kashgaria from the Qing empire power for a few years in the 1820s.
The Rebellion had broke in May, 1826 when Jahangir Khoja managed to flee to Kashgar from Kokand (where he was held in prison according secret agreement between Kokand Khanate and Qing dynasty China, concerning Appak khoja descendants ), taking opportunity of earthquake, that destroyed most towns in Ferghana Valley. After appearing in Kashgar with only several hundreds men, he quickly increased his force by volunteers and after several months he collected under his banner about 200,000 troops, overthrowing Qing Power in Kashgar, Yarkand, Khotan and Yangi-Hisar. Nevertheless, China managed to mobilize " all forces of Empire, that were put into motion " and by September, 1827 collected in Aksu 70,000 army, that in January,1228 moved against Jahangir Khoja. During one month his forces were defeated, he was captured, delivered to Beijing and executed.
Footnotes
- ^ Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, article on Kashgar
- ^ Kim (2003)
Literature
- Kim Hodong, "Holy War in China: The Muslim Rebellion and State in Chinese Central Asia, 1864-1877". Stanford University Press (March 2004). ISBN 0804748845. (Searchable text available on Amazon.com)
- G. Grum-Grzimajlo, Eastern Turkestan Template:Ru icon in Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
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