The Jizzakh uprising and the consequences of the events of 1916

(Dates are given in the Old Style, Julian calendar.) According to the textbook, the people of Jizzakh mostly grew grain; the giving of their land to resettled people, rising taxes and the lists for labour service increased discontent. 11 thousand men were set from Jizzakh uyezd. On 5 July the first disturbances began, and people demanded cancellation of the decree and an end to drawing up lists. The uprising was led by Nazirkhoja Eshon and Abdurahmon jevachi. On 13 July craftsmen led by Damin kulol demanded the list from the village elder; the list had been made up mostly of poor families. When the elder refused to hand it over and insulted the people, the rebels, armed with hoes and sticks, set off toward the new town. On 13 July they damaged railway stations and telegraph lines; on 14 July Abdurahmon jevachi held a meeting at his home and it was agreed to gather at Kuyaboshi. The government sent a force of about two and a half thousand men under Colonel Ivanov (13 companies of soldiers, 2 artillery units, Cossack detachments); according to the textbook, martial law was declared in Turkestan on 18 July (some sources say 17 July). The force took Jizzakh, Zomin and Sangzor; Abdurahmon jevachi fought with 600 men on 20–21 July and was defeated. According to the textbook the leaders were captured and sentenced to death, villages that had risen were burned, additional punitive detachments arrived on 26–27 July, 3 thousand people were arrested and some residents were driven from their homes into the desert.