Holy War of the Seven Khojas

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Holy War of the Seven Khojas
Part of Āfāqī Khoja Holy War
Date1847
Location
Altishahr (Xinjiang)
Result Qing victory
Belligerents
Qing Dynasty Khoqand Khanate
Aqtāghlïq Khojas
Commanders and leaders
Daoguang Emperor
Yishan[1]



Holy War of the Seven Khojas (Chinese: 七和卓之亂) was a revolt against the Qing dynasty of China, which broke out in 1847 during the reign of the Daoguang Emperor. The revolt was led by seven Muslim leaders, including , , and . The rebels, backed by Kokand Khanate, attacked on Kashgar, Yarkand and Yangi Hisar. The revolt was unsuccessful, but it could in some ways be seen as the initial stages of the uprisings against Qing rule in Altishahr.[2][3][4]

References[]

  1. ^ 李國誠. "清末邊臣奕山及其邊務初探" (PDF) (in Chinese).
  2. ^ Scott C. Levi (2017). The Rise and Fall of Khoqand, 1709-1876: Central Asia in the Global Age. University of Pittsburgh Press. ISBN 9780822983217.
  3. ^ Joseph Kitagawa (2013). The Religious Traditions of Asia: Religion, History, and Culture. Routledge. p. 366. ISBN 9781136875908.
  4. ^ James Millward (1998). Beyond the Pass: Economy, Ethnicity, and Empire in Qing Central Asia, 1759-1864. Stanford University Press. p. 35. ISBN 9780804729338.
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