Andijon uprising
The Andijon Uprising was an uprising in the city of Andijon in what is now Uzbekistan against the rule of Tsarist Russia that took place on May 17, 1898 .
course
Starting position
The uprising was led by Sheikh Muhammad Ali , a member of the Naqshbandiya Sufi order . His aim was to restore the Kokand Khanate , which had been annexed by the Russian Empire in 1876. With the support of the Naqshbandiya Order, Muhammad Ali succeeded in building up a large following in the Ferghana Valley , which consisted in particular of leading personalities from the pre-Russian era, many of whom had lost their positions under Russian rule.
revolt
Muhammad Ali declared Holy War in May 1898 and marched with 2,000 men on the city of Andijon in eastern Uzbekistan, which was part of the Khanate of Kokand for a long time before it was captured by Russian troops in 1876. At the same time, allied troops led to the cities of Osh and Marghilan . Muhammad Ali hoped to be able to induce the population of Samarkand and Tashkent to revolt through military successes and to be able to build a new khanate after the expulsion of the Russian occupiers. But after initial victories on the march on Andijon, the rebels under Ali were stopped by the 20th Russian Border Battalion before Andijon.
consequences
Of the 2,000 insurgents, the majority of whom were Kyrgyz , 546 were brought to justice, 356 of them exiled to Siberia for forced labor , including the famous Kyrgyz poet Toktogul Satylganov . Muhammad Ali and five of his lieutenants were hanged. Russian rule over the Central Asian areas continued.
Individual evidence
- ^ Uzbekistan - History . In: Encyclopedia Britannica . ( britannica.com [accessed October 15, 2018]).
- ^ Edward A. Allworth (Ed.): Central Asia, 130 Years of Russian Dominance: A Historical Overview . Duke University Press.
- ↑ FANTASIA -> Kyrgyzstan -> Outstanding people -> Toktogul Satylganov. October 19, 2005, accessed October 15, 2018 .