Kazakh Khanates between the Russian and Qing Empires

Jin Noda, Ph.D. is Associate Professor at the Waseda Insitute for Advanced Study, Tokyo, Japan. He has published many works on the history of Central Eurasia, including A Collection of Documents from the Kazakh Sultans to the Qing Dynasty (2010).

• AcknowledgementsNotes on Transliteration and SourcesAbbreviationsList of IllustrationsPreface: The Kazakh Khanates’ Place within the Central Eurasian WorldThe History of the Kazakh Steppe and the Kazakh KhanatesThemes to Be AddressedMethodology and SignificanceOutline of ContentDescription of Historical SourcesPart One: The ‘Kazakh Khanates’ and the History of the International Relations in Central Asia1Reexamining the Kazakh Khanates’ ‘Foreign Relations in the East’A History of Research Regarding the Kazakh KhanatesA History of Research Regarding the Kazakh-Qing ConnectionHistorical Relations between the Kazakh Steppe and Xinjiang: An analysis based on accounts in Tavārīḫ-i Ḫamsa-yi Šarqī, written by the Tatar imam Qurbān ‘Alī2The Impact of Russian Advances into Central Asia on Kazakh-Russian RelationsThe Petition for Russian Subject Status and an Oath on the QuranThe Kazakh Title of “Khan”Establishment of the 1822 Regulation within the Middle JuzPart Two: The Foundations of Kazakh-Qing Relations3The Problem of Kazakh Subjection and the Russian-Qing Relationship in Central AsiaThe Jungars and Central Asia within Russian-Qing RelationsThe Toši Mission’s Proposals (1731) and Russia-Qing NegotiationsThe Russian-Qing Negotiations of 1756–1758 Regarding Central Asia4The Differing Nature of the Three Kazakh Juz and the Three “Bu” (Sections) Mentioned in Qing Historical SourcesEighteenth and Nineteenth Century Kazakh Social Structure as Described within Qing Historical SourcesThe Meaning of the Term “Hasake” within Qing Historical RecordsRelations between the three Kazakh Juz and the Qing EmpireThe Three Sections in the View of the Kazakhs5Titles of Kazakh Sultans Bestowed by the Qing Empire: The 1824 Case of Sultan GhubaidullaQing Titles for the KazakhsSultan Ghubaidulla and his Han TitleTitles for Kazakhs ThereafterPart Three: Russo-Qing Relations and the Fate of the Kazakh Khanates6Kazakh Participation in the Russo-Chinese Trade of Central AsiaThe Kyakhta Trade and Russo-Qing Trade throughout Western SiberiaRussian and Qing Trading PoliciesIntermediary Role of the Kazakhs in Russo-Qing TradeChanges in the Structure of Trade7The Transformation of the Russian-Qing Relationship and the Dissolution of the Kazakh KhanatesFrontier Rule by the Two Empires: The Western Siberian Governor-General and the Ili Military GovernorThe Role of the Kazakh Steppe within Russian-Qing RelationsThe Sultans in TransitionFriction Regarding the Annexation of the Great Juz and Establishment of the 1851 Treaty of Commerce between Russia and the Qing DynastyConclusionList of Chinese CharactersBibliographyIndex