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SINKIANG: Ya'qub Beg, rebel, 1865-1877, AV tilla (3.33g), Kashgar, AH1292//[12]93

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SINKIANG: Ya'qub Beg, rebel, 1865-1877, AV tilla (3.33g), Kashgar, AH1292//[12]93
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SINKIANG: Ya'qub Beg, rebel, 1865-1877, AV tilla (3.33g), Kashgar, AH1292//[12]93, A-M3090, Cr-37-2.6., both sides in segmented circle, looped on the obverse, Very Fine to Extremely Fine, R.

Ya'qub Beg was born in the town of Piskent, in the Khanate of Kokand. By 1865 Ya'qub Beg had become the commander-in-chief of the army of Kokand. Taking advantage of the Hui uprising in China's Sinkiang province, he captured Kashgar and Yarkand from the Chinese and gradually took control of most of the region, including Aksu, Kucha, and other cities in 1867. He made himself the ruler of Kashgaria with its capital in Kashgar. At about this time he received the title of Atalik Ghazi ("Champion Father"), by which he is sometimes known. His manner of death is unclear. Contemporaneous sources claim either he died after a short illness, committed suicide, was poisoned, or was assassinated by the Qing government in April or May of 1877.