Yaqub Bek, Amir of Kashgaria, has entered…

Yaqub Bek, Amir of Kashgaria, has entered into relations and signed treaties with the Russian Empire and Great Britain, but he had failed in his attempts to their support against Qing China.

Kashgar and the other cities of the Tarim basin remain under Yakub Beg's rule until May 1877, when he dies at Korla and his state collapses as Kashgaria is reconquered by the forces of the Qing general Zuo Zongtang (also known as General Tso).