The Russian, British Chinese And Ottoman Rivalry In Turkestan, 2003

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

I - INTRODUCTION

II – THE RUSSIAN EXPANSION IN TURKESTAN AND CENTRAL ASIA

1) The Beginning of Russia's Southeast Expansion

2) Bariatinskii's Influence

3) Russia Advances and Occupies Khokand

4) Dealing with Bukhara

5) Appeals to Britain and Turkey

6) Capitulation and Consolidation

7) Russia' s Expansion Continued: Occupation of Khiva

8) Russia' s Establishment of the Trans-Caspian Military District in 1874 and Her Advance in Turkmenistan

9) The Russian Invasion of Turkmenistan

10) Conclusion

III- BRITISH POLICY IN CENTRAL ASIA

1) Britain Alarmed by Russia's Expansion in the Caucasus

2) Britain Defends Herat Against Russo-Persian Alliance

3) The First British Invasion of Afghanistan

4) Russia's Occupation of Turkestan Forced Britain to Form an Alliance with Afghanistan

5) The British Reaction to the Russian Advance in Turkmenistan

6) Britain's Second Invasion of Afghanistan

7) The End of the British-Russian Rivalry in Central Asia

8) Conclusion

IV - THE CHINESE EXPANSION IN EASTERN TURKESTAN

1) Eastern Turkestan: Historical Background

2) Khokand's Influence in Eastern Turkestan

3) The Rise of Yakub Khan and the Foundation of Independent East Turkestani State (or Amirade of Kashghar)

4) The British, Russian and Ottoman Interest in Eastern Turkestan

a) The British Interest in Eastern Turkestan

b) The Russian Interest in Eastern Turkestan

c) The Ottoman Interest in Eastern Turkestan

5) China's Expansionist Policy in Central Asia

6) General Tso Tsung -t'ang and Invasion of Eastern Turkestan

7) The sudden Dead of Yakub Khan and the Collapse of Kashghar Amirate

8) Conclusion

V - OTTOMAN POLICY IN TURKESTAN

1) The Earliest Phase of Turkish History

2) The Emigration of the Oghuz from Turkestan to the Middle East

3) The Rise of the Uzbek Khanates in Turkestan

4) The Ottoman Policy Toward the Uzbek Khanates

5) Russia's Expension to the Southeast Creates Anxiety Among the Ottomans and Uzbek Khanates

6) The Ottoman Empire and Eastern Turkestan

7) Conclusion

VI - APPENDIX

VII - BIBLIOGRAPHY

VIII – INDEX