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|subdivision_type = [[Countries of the world|Country]] |subdivision_type1 = [[Provinces of Kazakhstan|Province]]

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The instrument shares some of its characteristics with the [[komuz]] and [[dutar]]. ...azy Sagyrbayuly|Kurmangazy]], who had a great influence on the development of Kazakh musical culture, including music for the dombra; his musical composi

...continent]], [[Southeast Asia]], [[Central Asia]], [[Middle East]], [[Horn of Africa]], [[North Africa]], :''This article is about the food. For the place in ancient Syria sometimes called Samosa, see [[Samosata]]''

| country = [[Afghan cuisine|Afghanistan]], [[Armenian cuisine|Armenia]], [[Azerbaijani cuisine|Azerbaijan]], [[Pale ...sour milk]] by forming it and letting it dry. It can be made in a variety of forms, including rolled into balls, sliced into strips, and formed into chu

...Asia borders4.png|thumb|250px|Map of '''Central Asia''' showing three sets of possible [[Eurasia]]n boundaries for the region]] ...(1918–1991). Central Asian SSRs declared independence in 1991. In terms of area, it is nearly synonymous with [[Russian Turkestan]], the name for the

...an Islamic form.<ref>The Middle East: 2,000 Years of History from the Rise of Christianity to the Present Day (pgs. 81–82) – Bernard Lewis</ref> ...]], in the region of Khorasan (made up of parts of present-day [[Iran]], [[Afghanistan]], [[Tajikistan]], [[Turkmenistan]], and [[Uzbekistan]]). The Tahirid capit

|conflict=Conquest of the Western Turks *Dissolution of the Western Turkic Khaganate

|event_pre = Fall of [[Liao dynasty]] ...age|Old Uyghur]]<ref>Rene Grousset, ''The Empire of the Steppes: A History of Central Asia'', (Rutgers University Press, 1991), 165.</ref>{{sfn|Janhunen|

...]]. Not to be confused with the [[Sakha]], the endonym of the Yakut people of Siberia. For other uses, see [[Saka (disambiguation)]].}} ...s the [[Han dynasty|Han]] and [[Tang dynasty|Tang]] dynasties of [[History of China|Imperial China]].

|event_start = [[Battle of Hormozdgān]] ...t1 = [[Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628|Climactic Roman–Persian War of 602-628]]

| authority = [[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|1758]] ...cally endangered</ref> Their name comes from the ancient historical region of [[Bactria]].<ref name="netindustries">{{cite web|url=http://science.jrank.o

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| photo_caption = Satellite photograph of the Dzungarian Gate, the pale, [[fault-line]]d valley running between [[Lak | map_caption = The Dzungarian Gate in Kazakhstan on the border of China.

...azakh population would be 1.1 million. Using the CIA estimate of the share of Kazakhs (3%), the total Kazakh population in Uzbekistan would be 0.8 millio ...стан%20в%20цифрах/демо6.pdf National Statistical Committee of Kyrgyzstan. National Census 2009] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org

...]|Demographics of Uzbekistan|a list of notable people from Uzbekistan|List of Uzbeks}} | region2 = {{flag|Afghanistan}}

[[File:Xinjiang Space View.jpg|thumb|400px|A satellite view of the Xinjiang region]] ...na-Xinjiang.png|thumb|200px|Xinjiang's location in the [[People's Republic of China]]]]

|office= [[First East Turkestan Republic|Emir of the First East Turkestan Republic]] ...[[National Assembly (Republic of China)|National Assembly of the Republic of China]] from Xinjiang province

|region1={{flagcountry|People's Republic of China}}<br/> <small>([[Xinjiang|Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region]])</small ...0%20&n_page=5 State statistics committee of Ukraine - National composition of population, 2001 census] (Ukrainian)</ref>

...not banned, it certainly experienced a sharp decline due to reduced number of playing horses under the [[Taliban]] regime. Traditionally, games could las ...e Buzkashi.jpg|thumb|right|450px|Game of buzkashi in [[Mazar-i-Sharif]], [[Afghanistan]]]]