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FREEEAST TURKISTAN SYMPOSIUM13 F.O. 65-871; Memorandum, Simpla, 18 September1869.14 Ibid.15 Henze, Ibid., p. 17.16 Showers, Central Asian Question ; F.O. 65-870;F.O. 65-868, 13 January 1866.17 Showers, Central Asian Question, p.6.18 Showers, Ibid., s. 5; Letter from Mr. Aitchison,Secretary to Government of the Penjab, 4 th January1868, Par. 10, 13.19 Report of a Mission to Yarkand in 1873 underCommand of Sir T. D. Forsyth, Kalküta, 1875;D. Boulger, The Life Yakoob Beg, London, 1878,pp. 220-224; Saray, Türkistan Hanlıkları, p. 102.Johnson, Hayward, Shaw and other officers of theBritish Foreign Ministry in India paid unofficialvisits to Eastern Turkistan in the 1860s; W.Bosshard, “Politics and Trade in Central Asia”,J.R.C.A.S., 16, 1929, p. 439.20 Parliamentary Debates, III-225, 13 July 1875. Inreply to Sir John Hay’s inquiry as to whether thepolitical spy in Eastern Turkistan had been recalledor not, and the reason why he had been recallingif so, Lord George Hamilton stated that they hadreceived information from the Indian governmentand the government had recalled Sir Forsyth dueto the fact that region had been completed.21 “Forsyth Mission to Yarkand”, Times, 31 August1871; Henze, ibid., pp. 22-23.22 There are two points to be expressed concerningOwen Lattimore (“The Chinese as a DominantRace”, p. 285.), who described the Yakub Begadministration as “a first class bandit order” andothers, long years after Sir Forsyth, who providedthis information after close observation of theregion: Such descriptions were either an attemptto make this image public opinion in keeping withBritish policies or they were under heavy influenceof the propaganda and publications that wereaimed in this direction.Trotter, who took part in the agreement concludedin 1874, and what they observed on the road andin the cities, and their observations concerning thecourt procedures and the environment of YakubKhan, See. Colonel Sir Henry Trotter, “The AmirYakoub Khan and Eastern Turkistan in Mid-Nineteenth Century”, Journal of the Royal CentralAsiatic Studies, v. IV, 1917, pp. 94-112.25 Henze, Ibid., p. 24.26 B.O.A. İrâde Hâriciye, 15524; Arşiv Belgeleri, 82.27 B.O.A. İrâde Dâhiliye, 46753; Saray, TürkistanHanlıkları, p. 103.28 B.O.A., İrâde Dâhiliye, 16500; Arşiv Belgeleri 86.29 Henze, “Kaşgarya’da Büyük Oyun”, p. 25, 26.30 Eugene Schuyler, Türkistan Notes , pp. 325-326;Henze, Ibid., p. 29.31 The list of the royal letter, private gifts and medalsand the military aid is as follows: 4 officers, each ofwhom were experts in different fields, 6 cannonswith all the necessary equipment, 1,000 old and200 new carbines; B.O.A., İrâde Dâhiliye, 49054;Saray, Türkistan Hanlıkları, pp. 103-104.32 Saray, Ibid., p. 107.33 Cezmi Eraslan, Ibid., p. 118.34 Olaf Caroe, Soviet Empire, London, 1953, p.18.35 F.O. 17/825; Fraser to Derby, Peking, no. 180;mentioned in: Saray, Türkistan Hanlıkları, p. 106.36 Henze, Ibid., p. 32.37 Saray, Ibid., p. 108.38 Yusuf Halaçoğlu, Ibid., p. 541.39 İsa Yusuf Alptekin, Doğu Türkistan Davası,Istanbul, Marifet Yayınları, 1981, pp. 146-154.40 Onur Şükran, “Doğu Türkistan: UygurlarınBağımsızlık Mücadelesi”, Dünya Çatışma Bölgeleri,(ed.) Kemal İnat, et al…, Ankara: Nobel, 2004, pp.327-345.23 Henze, Ibid., p. 23.24 For the journey of the delegation that included306