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• Turkistan (city)
  Turkistan is one of Kazakhstan's historic cities with an [[archaeological record]] dating back to the 4th century.<ref>{{cit {{Cities of Kazakhstan}}
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• Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi
  ...mausoleum was begun in 1389.<ref name=whs /> Timur imported builders from cities which he laid waste during his campaigns, including [[mosaic]]-workers from ...hese innovations were later implemented in the religious edifices of other cities.<ref name=whs /> However, the mausoleum was left unfinished, when Timur die
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• Nowruz
  ...rants that is enjoyed by people of several different faiths, but remains a holy day for Zoroastrians.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id ...tween 18th till 21 March. Kurds gather into fairgrounds mostly outside the cities to welcome spring. Women wear colored dresses and spangled head scarves and
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• Bahá'í Faith in Kazakhstan
  ...9 May 2008 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurl= no}}</ref> Bahá'í communities in 38 cities ceased to exist. ...dation Plan 1953-1963], Compiled by [[Hands of the Cause]] Residing in the Holy Land, page 95.</ref>
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• Dungan people
  ...tern Xinjiang). He talks about "the Tungani who had erected in the various cities of [[Hami City|Hami]]l, [[Barkol County|Barkul]], [[Qitai County|Guchen]], ...m|publisher=Stanford University Press |year=2004 |isbn=0-8047-4884-5|title=Holy war in China: the Muslim rebellion and state in Chinese Central Asia, 1864-
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• Jahangir Khoja
  ...gisar County|Yangihissar]], having Qing [[garrison]]s annihilated in these cities. This led to an increase in [[slavery in China]] due to Jahangir enslaving * Hodong, Kim, ''Holy War in China: The Muslim Rebellion and State in Chinese Central Asia, 1864-
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• History of Xinjiang
  ...e [[Tarim Basin]] in southern Xinjiang was [[Altishahr]], which means "six cities" in the Uyghur language. The region of Dzungaria in northern Xinjiang was n ...BN 90-04-08612-9.</ref><ref>Ahmed, S. Z. (2004), ''Chaghatai: the Fabulous Cities and People of the Silk Road'', West Conshokoken: Infinity Publishing, p. 61
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• Uyghurs
  ...[[Turfan]], [[Karasahr]] and [[Kashgar]]. The settled population of these cities later merged with incoming Turkic people such as the Uyghurs of Uyghur Khag
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• Sultan Said Khan
  ...urpan]]; and hardly involved eastern ''[[Tarim basin|Tangri Tagh]]'' oasis-cities, such as [[Kucha]], [[Karasahr|Karashahr]], [[Turpan]] and [[Kumul (city)|K ...ency in Aksu, denying nomad style of life, and as result Eastern Kashgaria cities, such as [[Aksu, Xinjiang|Aksu]], [[Uqturpan County|Uchturpan]], [[Baicheng
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• Aslan Maskhadov
  ...n side. In response, President Maskhadov declared a ''[[Ghazw|gazavat]]'' (holy war) to confront the approaching Russian army. Soon, [[martial law]] was de ...greed to withdraw from Grozny and continue to attack Russian forces in the cities and towns surrounding the city. Maskhadov was the first to withdraw becaus
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• Taraz
  ...0,100 (1999 Census), up 9% from 1989, making it one of the fastest-growing cities in the country, after [[Astana]] and [[Turkistan (city)|Turkistan]]. One of the oldest cities in Kazakhstan and in [[Transoxania]], build and populated by the ancient [[
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• Sayram (city)
  ...ed by BRILL, 1992. ISBN 90-04-09367-2</ref> and similarly among the oldest cities in [[Transoxania]].<ref name="autogenerated2004">Kazakhstan: Coming of Age. ...early [[plumbing]] system like the kinds found in [[Samarqand]] and other cities of the early [[Persian Empire|Persian]] empires.<ref name="autogenerated200
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• Verkhoturye
  ...ay Monastery (established in 1604) with the Cathedral of Exaltation of the Holy Cross (1905—1913), and Transfiguration Church (1821). In addition, the to {{Cities and towns in Sverdlovsk Oblast}}
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• Dzungaria
  ...continues to attract intraprovincial and interprovincial migration to its cities. In comparison to southern Xinjiang (''Nanjiang'', or the Tarim Basin), Dzu [[Ürümqi]], [[Yining (city)|Yining]] and [[Karamai]] are the main cities; other smaller [[oasis]] towns dot the piedmont areas.
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• Bayanaul National Park
  Bayanaul is a favorite tourist destination for the residents of nearby cities in central and northern Kazakhstan. The park has a large number of sanatori ...i tenge|tg]] as of 2007), one can see the main attractions of the park- a "holy cave", a "stone head", the rock "masculine dignity," and others. The most p
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• Silk Road
  ...dating from 1070 BCE have been found in [[Ancient Egypt]]. The Great Oasis cities of [[Central Asia]] played a crucial role in the effective functioning of t ...and Judith A. Lerner (eds), ''Silk Road Studies VII: Nomads, Traders, and Holy Men Along China's Silk Road'', 95–113, Turnhout: Brepols Publishers, ISBN
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• Sasanian Empire
  ...Christians who could exercise their faith freely under Sassanid rule. Two cities, [[Bishapur]] and [[Nishapur]], are named after him. He particularly favore ...II's death, Arabs from the north started to ravage and plunder the western cities of the empire, even attacking the province of Fars, the birthplace of the S
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