Abstract
Numerous internecine conflicts devastated the economies of the Central Asian tribal confederation and of the Bukhara, Khiva and Kokand khanates. In this environment many tribal leaders turned to outside powers for support. In the eighteenth century several Kazakh and Turkoman clans negotiated trade and political treaties with the Russian Empire. In the meantime, some Kyrgyz tribes sent a number of delegations to the British, Chinese and Russian emperors asking for their help or protection. Yet, the Russian and British were initially slow to move into the region.
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Abazov, R. (2008). Russian Colonization of Central Asia. In: The Palgrave Concise Historical Atlas of Central Asia. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230610903_31
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