Tarikh-I Hamidi - A Late-Qing Uyghur History

The Tarikh-i ¿amidi is an epic and tragic history that chronicles a mass rebellion by the Muslims of Xinjiang against the China-based Qing empire from its beginnings in 1864 to the Qing reconquest of 1877 and its aftermath.

List of contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Terminology
Preface
Prolegomenon
The First Epic
The Second Epic
Description of Moghulistan
Notes
Bibliography
Index of People
Index of Places

About the author

Mullah Musa b. Mullah ʿIsa Khoja Sayrami (1836–1917) was an intellectual, writer, and political figure in the region known as Xinjiang or East Turkestan. His works of scholarship and poetry hold an esteemed place in the Uyghur canon.

Eric Schluessel is an associate professor of history and international affairs at the George Washington University. He is the author of Land of Strangers: The Civilizing Project in Qing Central Asia (Columbia, 2020).

Summary

The Tarikh-i ?amidi is an epic and tragic history that chronicles a mass rebellion by the Muslims of Xinjiang against the China-based Qing empire from its beginnings in 1864 to the Qing reconquest of 1877 and its aftermath.

Product details

• Authors: Musa Sayrami
• Assisted by: Eric Schluessel (Translation)
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.07.2023
• EAN: 9780231210027
• ISBN: 978-0-231-21002-7
• No. of pages: 520
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > History; China, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / General, HISTORY / Asia / China, HISTORY / Asia / Central Asia, Central Asia, Asian History, Anthologies: general, Anthologies (non-poetry), history; China; Uyghurs; Xinjiang