ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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I - INTRODUCTION
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II – THE RUSSIAN EXPANSION IN TURKESTAN AND CENTRAL ASIA
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1) The Beginning of Russia’s Southeast Expansion
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2) Bariatinskii's Influence
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3) Russia Advances and Occupies Khokand
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4) Dealing with Bukhara
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5) Appeals to Britain and Turkey
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6) Capitulation and Consolidation
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7) Russia’ s Expansion Continued: Occupation of Khiva
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8) Russia’ s Establishment of the Trans-Caspian Military District in 1874 and Her Advance in Turkmenistan
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9) The Russian Invasion of Turkmenistan
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10) Conclusion
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III- BRITISH POLICY IN CENTRAL ASIA
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1) Britain Alarmed by Russia's Expansion in the Caucasus
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2) Britain Defends Herat Against Russo-Persian Alliance
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3) The First British Invasion of Afghanistan
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4) Russia’s Occupation of Turkestan Forced Britain to Form an Alliance with Afghanistan
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5) The British Reaction to the Russian Advance in Turkmenistan
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6) Britain's Second Invasion of Afghanistan
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7) The End of the British-Russian Rivalry in Central Asia
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8) Conclusion
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IV - THE CHINESE EXPANSION IN EASTERN TURKESTAN
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1) Eastern Turkestan: Historical Background
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2) Khokand's Influence in Eastern Turkestan
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3) The Rise of Yakub Khan and the Foundation of Independent East Turkestani State (or Amirade of Kashghar)
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4) The British, Russian and Ottoman Interest in Eastern Turkestan
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a) The British Interest in Eastern Turkestan
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b) The Russian Interest in Eastern Turkestan
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c) The Ottoman Interest in Eastern Turkestan
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5) China's Expansionist Policy in Central Asia
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6) General Tso Tsung -t'ang and Invasion of Eastern Turkestan
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7) The sudden Dead of Yakub Khan and the Collapse of Kashghar Amirate
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8) Conclusion
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V - OTTOMAN POLICY IN TURKESTAN
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1) The Earliest Phase of Turkish History
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2) The Emigration of the Oghuz from Turkestan to the Middle East
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3) The Rise of the Uzbek Khanates in Turkestan
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4) The Ottoman Policy Toward the Uzbek Khanates
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5) Russia's Expension to the Southeast Creates Anxiety Among the Ottomans and Uzbek Khanates
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6) The Ottoman Empire and Eastern Turkestan
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7) Conclusion
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VI - APPENDIX
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VII - BIBLIOGRAPHY
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VIII – INDEX
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