Event

Book talk cosponsored with the Department of History

The Tarikh-i Ḥamidi is an epic and tragic history of the region of Xinjiang in northwest China, the homeland of the Muslim-majority Uyghur people. Written in the early twentieth century, it chronicles a mass rebellion by the Muslims of Xinjiang against the China-based Qing empire from its beginnings in 1864 to the Qing reconquest of 1877 and its aftermath. Its author, Musa Sayrami, was an eyewitness to and participant in the rebellion, and he later became a servant to the state that arose from it: an emirate led by the Central Asian military commander Yaqub Beg.

There will also be a follow-up graduate student session the next day on Friday, January 26th, from 1:30-3pm in Williams 844 (EALC Conference Room) on the theme of "Teaching and Researching Uyghur History in the US." Food will be provided at this event.