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The Andijan Uprising of 1898: Revolt Against Russian Rule
In 1898, a little-known rebellion in the Ferghana Valley shook Russian Turkestan. This episode unpacks the Andijan uprising led by Muhammad Ali Madali, a Sufi sheikh from the Naqshbandi order who rallied thousands against Tsarist policies. We explore the economic pressures of cotton monoculture, the religious and social ferment that fueled the revolt, and the brutal crackdown that followed. How did a Sufi sheikh mobilize peasants, artisans, and nomads? What role did the Jadid reformers play in the aftermath? And why did this revolt, though crushed, foreshadow the larger upheavals of 1916 and…
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