Kamalov A. Birth of Uyghur National History in Semirech'ye. Näzärγoja Abdusemätov and His Historical Works // Oriеnte Moderno. No. 96. 2016. P. 181—196.
The article discusses the birth of a national historical discourse in Central Asia at the
turn of the 20th century with special reference to the Taranchi Turks of Russian
Semirech’ye (Zhetissu)
Taranchi intellectual Näzärγoja Abdusemätov (d. 1951)
among the Taranchi Turks, an ethnic group who settled in the Semirech’ye
oblast of the Russian Empire in late 19th century, became involved in debates on
nations and national history organized on the pages of the Tatar newspapers and journals
in the Volga region of Russia. Näzärγoja Abdusemätov’s published work Ili
Taranchi Türklirining tarihi (‘History of the Taranchi Turks of Ili’)
attention as part of an examination of the evolution of the author’s ideas about an
Uyghur nation.
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