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...] [[Eurasian Steppe|steppe]] people mentioned in [[China|Chinese]] records from the 2nd century BC to the 5th century AD. ...Gansu as vassals of the Xiongnu. In 133-132 BC, the Wusun drove the Yuezhi from the Ili Valley and settled the area. They subsequently became close allies

...[Alat tribe|''Halach'' (''Kalach'')]] for the two-tribe composition, known from the Chinese, Arabic, and Turkic sources.<ref>Yu. Zuev, ''"Early Türks: Ske Etymology of the term ''Nushibi'' comes from the Turkic name for the "right wing" ''on shadapyt'', "nushibi" is a colloq

...], 1851), Russia would also open consulates in Suzhou ([[Jiuquan]]), and [[Turpan]]. In Kobdo ([[Khovd (city)|Khovd]]), Uliasutai ([[Uliastai]]), Hami ([[Kum ...ousands [[Dungans|Dungan]] ([[Hui people|Hui]]) and [[Taranchi]] ([[Uyghur people|Uyghur]]) families made use of the treaty to move to Russian-controlled ter

| Caption = Silk Road extending from [[Europe]] through [[Asia]]. Overland routes are red, and the maritime rout ...22, 2014, UNESCO designated 5,000&nbsp;km stretch of the Silk Road network from Central China to the Zhetsyu Region of [[Central Asia]] as a new World Heri

...ing the [[Eastern world|East]] and [[Western culture|West]] and stretching from the Korean peninsula<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.miho.or.jp/english/membe While the term is of modern coinage, the Silk Road derives its name from the lucrative trade in [[silk]] (and horses) carried out along its length,

...an]]. The valley of the Dzungarian Gate (yellow, given its elevation) runs from northwest to southeast through the mountain range that lies between the two ...''The Tarim Mummies: Ancient China and the Mystery of the Earliest Peoples from the West'', Thames & Hudson, 2000, p. 44</ref>

|11=[[Dzungar people|Zunghar]] Although geographically, historically, and ethnically distinct from the [[Turkic languages|Turkic]]-speaking [[Tarim Basin]] area, the [[Qing d

...[[mosque]] in Kazakhstan,<ref name="blair1992">The monumental inscriptions from early Islamic Iran and Transoxiana. By Sheila Blair. Published by BRILL, 19 ...is mention of a river, and a land or people called ''Sairima elis'', or '''people or land of/near Sayram'''.<ref name="nurazxan2003"/> Sayram would have been

...re sometimes still referred to by this name in Central Asian languages|Hui people}} |group = Dungan people 東干族

...(near present-day [[Urumqi]]), [[Gaochang|Kara-Khoja]] (near present-day [[Turpan]], known also as ''Idikut''-''Shahri'') and [[Kumul (city)|Kumul]] between ...ethnic groups, mostly of Mongolic, [[Turkic peoples|Turkic]] and [[Tibetan people|Tibetan]] origins.

...eriod in the cultural formation of the Uyghur nation, as they transitioned from a minor [[Turkic peoples|Turkic]] [[tribe]] to an empire. ! People

...chairmanship, he was a member of the [[Standing Committee of the National People's Congress]].<ref>[http://www.xinjiang.gov.cn/10013/10031/10000/2005/20037.

[[File:China-Xinjiang.png|thumb|200px|Xinjiang's location in the [[People's Republic of China]]]] ...y the Manchu-led [[Qing dynasty]] in 1759. Xinjiang is now a part of the [[People's Republic of China]], having been so since its founding year of 1949.

...of the Turkic ethnic group who today live primarily in the north-western [[People's Republic of China]]. ...Alaq|Akhmad Alach]] also known as Ahmed, Khan of Turpan during the [[Ming Turpan Border Wars]]

|nationality=[[Uyghur people|Uyghur]] ...essdate=2010-06-28}}</ref> According to some people, Ma restrained Yulbars from traveling to Nanking to ask the Kuomintang for help, Ma earlier had an agre

...i Tongjian]]'', vol. 53.</ref> was an [[Uyghur people|Uyghur]] [[khagan]] from 747 to 759 AD. His official titles were "''Ay Tengrida Qut Bolmish''" and " ...''Ghur'' ("the people"), i.e. " United people " or " free confederation of people (''Erkin Budun''), voluntarily bound into an alliance ".<ref>Element " Ghur

| nationality=[[Uighur people|Uighur]] ...Assembly (Republic of China)|National Assembly of the Republic of China]] from Xinjiang province

| nationality=[[Uighur people|Uighur]] ...o secede from China. In August 1933 his troops were attacked by the [[Hui people|Chinese Muslim]] [[36th Division (National Revolutionary Army)]] under Gene

...lic of Eastern Turkestan]]''' (or '''[[First East Turkestan Republic]]''') from early 1933 until the republic's defeat in 1934. ...rs, brothers Maksut and Mahmut Muhiti. After one year of studying, he left Turpan and went on the [[Hajj]] to [[Mecca]], adding to his name the title "[[Hajj

...of his diaries were published in [[Cologne|Koln]] in 1618. In 1605 envoy from [[Abbas I of Persia]] came to Yarkand with offer to conclude an alliance ag ...on the side of Muhammad Sultan and he was declared a Khan after returning from expedition, 3 months later of Abdul Karim Khan's death.<br />

...拉|t=艾爾肯•阿布都拉|p=Àiěrkěn Ābùdùlā}}) is an [[Uyghur people|Uyhghur]] musician<ref name="arkenmusic">{{cite web |url=http://arkenmusic. ...sic or textbooks to learn from, he would listen to a wide variety of music from around the Asian continent, and then learn to play the guitar by ear.<ref n

|region1={{flagcountry|People's Republic of China}}<br/> <small>([[Xinjiang|Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Re ...arily in the [[Xinjiang|Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region]] in [[China|the People's Republic of China]], where they are one of 55 [[Ethnic minorities in Chin

...n''' ruled the state of [[Yarkent County|Yarkand]] (''mamlakati Yarkand'') from September, 1514, to July, 1533. He was born in 1487 in [[Moghulistan]] and ...s refer to this ruler as '''Abusaid'''.<ref>"The Journey of Benedict Goës from Agra to Cathay" - [[Henry Yule]]'s translation of the relevant chapters of