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1 Falus In the name of Abdulaziz, Kashgar
| Issuer | Kashgar Mint (Sinkiang Province) |
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| Year | 1873-1878 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse script | Arabic |
| Reverse lettering | ضرب كاشغر (Translation: Struck at Kashgar) Date varies: ١٢٩٠ / ١٢٩١ / ١٢٩٢ / ١٢٩٣ / ١٢٩٤ |
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Kashgar's copper coinage of this period was struck not under Chinese imperial authority but under Yaqub Beg, the Kokandi military commander who carved out the independent state of Yettishar across much of Chinese Turkestan from 1865. His administration invoked Ottoman suzerainty — Sultan Abdulaziz recognized him diplomatically in 1873 — and the mint output reflected that political alignment. The arrangement suited both parties: Yaqub Beg gained legitimacy against Qing pressure, the Ottomans gained a nominal vassal on Russia's flank.
The Qing reconquest under Zuo Zongtang ended Yettishar by 1877, Yaqub Beg dying under disputed circumstances that year.