Today in the ARB: @davidchaffetz reviews “The Khan and the Unicorn: Mongol Empire and Qing Knowledge in the Making of World History” by Matthew V Mosca @HarvardUPLondon@Harvard_Press https://t.co/wElgleqQbz
Ethnic Kazakh troops of the National Revolutionary Army during the 'Beitashan Incident' in Xinjiang Province, 1947.
The Mongolians, supported by the Soviets, were repeatedly repulsed by KMT's Hui and Kazakh soldiers.
This picture also serves as the cover for one of the best books I've read about Chinese & Central Asian history
From 1911-1949, Xinjiang became de facto independent, coming under the control of various strong men, invaded by Muslim armies, and eventually a Soviet satellite state
Kate Saunders: Return of the Bogd Lama: Developments in Mongolia.
- Sacred Authority and State Power: The Dalai Lama Institution in a Global Context
https://t.co/AI0BPubary
Liping Wang: The Imperial Creation of Ethnicity: Chinese Policies and the Ethnic Turn in Inner Mongolian Politics, 1900-1930 (Inner Asia Book Series, 15)
Publisher: Brill
Print length: 248 pages
ISBN-10: 9004511636
ISBN-13: 978-9004511637