The Qїrghїz Baatïr and the Russian Empire : A Portrait of a Local Intermediary in Russian Central Asia /

In The Qїrghїz Baatïr and the Russian Empire Tetsu Akiyama gives a vivid description of the dynamism and dilemmas of empire-building in nomadic Central Asia from the mid-nineteenth to the early twentieth century, through reconstructing the biography of Shabdan Jantay uulu (ca. 1839-1912), a chieftai...

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Main Author: Akiyama, Tetsu (Author)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden; Boston : BRILL, 2021.

Series: Islamic Area Studies ; 05.
Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2021, ISBN: 9789004441286.

Subjects:

Diplomatic relations.

Statesmen > Asia, Central > Biography.

Statesmen > Kyrgyzstan > Biography.

Kyrgyzstan > Foreign relations > Russia.