The Manchu tribe leaders had founded an efficient state in Manchuria and overthrew the Ming dynasty of China in 1644. They were the last steppe people who ruled the China proper and their rule had great influence on the formation of the modern China. They gradually expanded their power over Mongol tribes during the 17th century. The Manchu domination of Kashgar came more than a century after the conquest of China, and the court paid special attention to the region due to its strategic importance in Central Asia. The Manchu court examined the social, economic and administrative structures of the region immediately after the occupation in order to establish a new administrative system. The court integrated the local system into its imperial administration. The characteristics of the administrative system of Manchus in Kashgaria is analyzed in the paper. The Chinese sources are utilized during this analysis, such as Ch’ing Shi-lu, Hsi-yü T’u-chih and Hui-chiang T’ung-chih.
Konuralp Ercilasun (Thu,) studied this question.