Passage to Kashgar: People, Roads, and Commodities

Hermann Kreutzmann

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Page Range:: 47–62

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004704367_004

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In my contribution I draw the attention to the once forbidden oasis of Kashgar that has emerged to be a focal hub in the contemporary Belt and Road Initiative. During the second half of the 19th century British and Russian consulates were established in Kashgar; the respective consuls tried to protect their empires’ claims, to enable the smooth exchange of goods and drugs, and to interfere with infrastructure development such as the opening-up and military support by road improvement in a colonial manner. Exemplary are two cases: Safdar Ali Khan, the ruler of the neighbouring Hunza microstate, tried to avoid British interference in his realm and subsequently lost the battle for autonomy in 1891. He fled and took exile in Kashgaria, and his fate and treatment is demonstrating hegemonial relations by super powers of their time during the ‘Great Game’. The second case are British-Chinese road building plans for support of Guomindang forces during World War II that were the blueprints for the subsequent construction of the Pak-China Friendship Highway. Looking back on developments between mid-19th and mid-20th century allows a hint towards path-dependency and interruptive events that have shaped the Kashgar oasis.

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Pamirian Crossroads and Beyond

Human Geography and Geopolitics

丛编： Iran and the Caucasus Monographs, 卷： 3

ISBN:: 9789004704367

出版社:: Brill

印刷出版日期:: 30 Jul 2024

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