Cover illustration: photo by Tetsu Akiyama.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Akiyama, Tetsu (Professor), author.
Title: The QÑrghÑz BaatiÌr and the Russian empire : a portrait of a local intermediary in Russian Central Asia / by Tetsu Akiyama.
Description: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2021] | Series: Islamic area studies, 2214-6555 ; volume 5 | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2020058130 (print) | LCCN 2020058131(ebook) | ISBN 9789004436121 (hardback) | ISBN 9789004436138 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Shabdan ZhantaÄ uulu, 1839â1912. | StatesmenâKyrgyzstanâBiography. | StatesmenâAsia, CentralâBiography. | KyrgyzstanâPolitics and governmentâ19th centuryâSources. | KyrgyzstanâForeign relationsâRussia. | RussiaâForeign relationsâKyrgyzstan.
Classification: LCC DK918.846.S5 A39 2021 (print) | LCC DK918.846.S5 (ebook) | DDC 958.43/081092 [B]âdc23
LC record available at
LC ebook record available at
Typeface for the Latin, Greek, and Cyrillic scripts: âBrillâ. See and download:
ISSN 2214-6555
ISBN 978-90-04-43612-1 (hardback)
ISBN 978-90-04-43613-8 (e-book)
Copyright 2021 by Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Koninklijke Brill NV incorporates the imprints Brill, Brill Hes & De Graaf, Brill Nijhoff, Brill Rodopi, Brill Sense, Hotei Publishing, mentis Verlag, Verlag Ferdinand Schöningh and Wilhelm Fink Verlag.
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, translated, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior written permission from the publisher. Requests for re-use and/or translations must be addressed to Koninklijke Brill NV via brill.com or copyright.com.
This book is printed on acid-free paper and produced in a sustainable manner.