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What happened in Kashgar during the Muslim Rebellion of the 1860s?

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Mosque in Kashgar, Xinjiang, China, with a large dome and four tall minarets decorated with colorful green, blue, and yellow tiles. — Kashgar A mosque in Kashgar, Xinjiang, China.

During the Muslim Rebellion of the 1860s, Kashgar became a center of this uprising. A Tajik adventurer from Khokand named Yakub Beg seized the opportunity to invade Kashgaria in 1865 and established his own power there. This rebellion spread from Shaanxi and Gansu to East Turkistan, including Kashgar. The rebellion in this region lasted for 15 years. Yakub Beg eventually became the Muslim general who established his capital in Kashgar.1234