The Life of Yakoob Beg; Athalik Ghazi, and Badaulet; Ameer of Kashgar

The Life of Yakoob Beg; Athalik Ghazi, and Badaulet; Ameer of Kashgar is by Demetrius Charles Boulger, a member of the Royal Asiatic Society, with a map and appendix. The preface says the account attempts to trace the career of a soldier of fortune who, without birth, power, or even any great amount of genius, constructed an independent rule in Central Asia, and maintained it against many adversaries during the space of twelve years. The text says Kucha fell, that the triumph was perhaps not too dearly purchased, and that the Russians were advancing both in Khokand and in the district of Vernoe to the west of Kuldja.

Before Yakoob Beg returned to regulate events in the western portion of his dominions, he had the satisfaction of receiving the submission humbly tendered by the ruling bodies of Karashar, Turfan, Hamil, and Urumtsi. The text asks what the result will be now that the three great Asiatic Powers have converged upon a point, and what the mutual relations have been between England, Russia, and China.