New Qĭaŋ era

Main Article: History of Khusqaikama

After the reunification of Khusqaikama by king Teterikasy (保鷆) of Cekentyryŋ, who died in the final battle, in 1557 (see reunification of 1557), his 7-year old son Rumfuu (侖鶹) became king of the country named 'Qĭaŋ' (鴈) again in reference to the Old Qĭaŋ era and in honor of king Iitaŋ, who founded the previous Qĭaŋ dynasty.

king Rumfuu, the Japanese, and Qĭancĭeŋ

King Rumfuu spent the first 10 years of his reign in monasteries and schools, while his mother and a regent together ruled the country. When he was 17 years old, he visited his mother and the regent had a feast prepared. Rumfuu was ill, however, which spared him from a horrible death because the food was poisoned. His mother and a few other guests died within hours after the 'feast', but Rumfuu escaped to the house of one of his former teachers, a high-level bureaucrat and adherent of Caxamiśrakĭaŭ. That same night the regent was arrested. Rumfuu, perhaps under the influence of his former teacher, re-enstated the Iitaŋ Code and consequently forbade the immediate execution of the regent intended by the arresting officers. The regent was never tried, however, because he died in prison; suicide was the official cause of death, but assassination has always been suspected.

In 1593 Toyotomi Hideyoshi (Japan) attacked Khusqaikama. In tradition, Rumfuu immediately surrendered, but because he did not trust Hideyoshi he fled to a monastery in the mountains. Hideyoshi appointed a [wikipedia:Daimyo|Daimyō]] as governor of the new Japanese province, but did not get actively involved in Khusqaikama, and neither was the Daimyō particularly active. In practice the same bureaucrats were still in power, and thanks to the network of monks and bureaucrats there still was contact with Rumfuu. In 1598 Hideyoshi died, and the Daimyō was removed. For a while Rumfuu was criticized for 'cowardice', but he replied that thanks to his 'cowardice' there was no war and no lives were lost.

In 1602, partially because the recent Japanese conquest, but also because of the historical weakness of the coastal areas, king Rumfuu founded the new capital Qĭancĭeŋ (鴈城, 'capital of Qĭaŋ') in a remote and easily defended part of Cekentyryŋ. In the next two-and-a-half century little happened. Agriculture and the population continued to grow, and still there where occasional refugees and exiles from China and Japan, but it was mostly a rather stable period. Perhaps partly because of the conservatism inherent in the Iitaŋ Code.

foreign relations

In 1664 Khusqaikama/Qĭaŋ made itself a vassal of (then) powerful Qing China, mostly with the purpose of keeping foreigners away. That was not too difficult anyway because there was not that much of interest at the islands. The Portuguese visited a few times in the 16th century, but after the closure of Japan, Portugal lost interest, and the Dutch were the only European nation who occasionally visited a Khusqaian harbour.

Weakened Qing China signed the Treaty of Aigun with Russia in 1858, giving up all claims of land in the far north of the Qing empire. While Khusqaikama was not part of the Qing empire, but merely a vassal state, Russia interpreted this treaty as a legitimation for the occupation of the islands in 1862. The country did not become part of the Russian empire, however, and the New Qĭaŋ dynasty stayed officially in power, although real power rested in the hands of Russian 'advisors'.

kings of New Qĭaŋ

• Rumfuu (侖鶹): *1550 c1557 †1614
• Rifyy (理鶹): *1579 c1614 †1645
• Ricaxa (理鷹): *1600 c1645 †1648
• Iitancaxa (豪鷹): *1623 c1648 †1699
• Rikamëŋ (理鷗): *1651 c1699 †1708
• Risaraq (理道): *1672 c1708 †1761
• Tirii (晰懿): *1708 c1761 †1768
• Saśtärsaraq (哲道): *1732 c1768 †1772
• Ŋecesaraq (光道): *1759 c1772 †1811
• Ŭeifyy (崴鶹): *1775 c1811 †1824
• Cĭesaraq (喆道): *1799 c1824 †1861
• Ŭeikaa (崴梟): *1818 c1861 †1864

(*=birth, c=crowning, †=death)