Yakub Beg
Muhammad Yakub Beg (Persian محمد یعقوب بیگ) (c. 1820 – 30 May 1877) was the Kokandi ruler of Yettishar (Kashgaria), a Turkic state he established during his invasion of Xinjiang from 1865 to 1877. He was recognized as Emir of Yettishar by the Ottoman Empire and held the title of "Champion Father of the Faithful".
| Yakub Beg | |||||||||
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| Champion Father of the Faithful (Persian قهرمان پدر وفادار) | |||||||||
| Emir of Yettishar | |||||||||
| Reign | 1865–1877 | ||||||||
| Born | 1820 Piskent, Kokand (present-day Uzbekistan) | ||||||||
| Died | May 1877 (aged 56–57) Korla, Yettishar (present-day China) | ||||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||||
| Chinese | 穆罕默德·雅霍甫伯克 | ||||||||
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| Chinese | 阿古柏(·帕夏) | ||||||||
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| Uyghur name | |||||||||
| Uyghur | مۇھەممەت ياقۇپ بېك | ||||||||
| Persian name | |||||||||
| Persian | محمد یعقوب بیگ | ||||||||
| Uzbek name | |||||||||
| Uzbek | Ёқуб Бек / Yoqub Bek | ||||||||
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