Traceing Yakub Beg’s rise from a Kokandi commander on the Syr Darya frontier to ruler of Yettishar in Kashgar, set against Russia’s 19th‑century advance into Central Asia and the Aral region. It links these events to George MacDonald Fraser’s Flashman at the Charge, where Yakub appears as a resistance leader raiding Fort Raim and Ak-Mechet.
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