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Frog in the Well -- Portraits of Japan by Watanabe Kazan, 1793--1841
Musa Sayrami
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Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: AB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
The Tarikh-i Ḥamidi is an epic and tragic history from the region of Xinjiang in northwest China, the homeland of the Muslim-majority Uyghur people. Written in the early twentieth century, it 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. Its author, Musa Sayrami, was an eyewitness to and participant in the rebellion, and he later became a servant to the state that arose from it: an emirate led by the Central Asian military commander Yaʿqub Beg.
Sayrami documents the ... Read more
The Tarikh-i Ḥamidi is an epic and tragic history from the region of Xinjiang in northwest China, the homeland of the Muslim-majority Uyghur people. Written in the early twentieth century, it 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. Its author, Musa Sayrami, was an eyewitness to and participant in the rebellion, and he later became a servant to the state that arose from it: an emirate led by the Central Asian military commander Yaʿqub Beg.
Sayrami documents the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2020
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Number of Pages
520
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231210034
SKU
V9780231210034
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About Musa Sayrami
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 ... Read more
Reviews for Frog in the Well -- Portraits of Japan by Watanabe Kazan, 1793--1841
Sayrami provides a gripping tale of political upheaval and military campaigns in mid-nineteenth-century East Turkestan: a firsthand account of shifting alliances and betrayal, bloody rebellions and massacres in a region where different empires collide. This brilliantly readable translation and insightful commentary is essential reading for those wishing to understand the region better.
Rachel Harris, SOAS With flawless mastery of ... Read more
Rachel Harris, SOAS With flawless mastery of ... Read more