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...akastan]]. Not to be confused with the [[Sakha]], the endonym of the Yakut people of Siberia. For other uses, see [[Saka (disambiguation)]].}} ...ticular branch of the "[[Sarmatians|Scytho-Sarmatian family]]" originating from nomadic Iranian peoples of the northwestern steppe in [[Eurasia]].<ref name

[[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.

'''Dr. Nur Luke''' was an [[Uyghur language|Uyghur]] Bible translator from [[Hotan]] who converted to Christianity.<ref>{{cite book|author=Ildikó Bellér-Han [[Category:Converts to Protestantism from Islam]]

| nationality=[[Uighur people|Uighur]] ...d Kirghiz forces during the [[Battle of Kashgar (1934)]] against the [[Hui people|Chinese Muslim]] [[36th Division (National Revolutionary Army)]]. The Chine

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

| nationality=[[Uighur people|Uighur]] ...otecting him. He was killed in 1934 at [[Yarkant County|Yarkand]] by [[Hui people|Chinese Muslim]] troops under general [[Ma Zhancang]]. All of Abdullah's fi

...|Monument of Kurban Tulum's meeting with [[Mao Zedong]] in Unity Square, [[Hotan]], China]] .../photostream/ Kurban Tulum and Chairman Mao Zedong Monument, Unity Square, Hotan, Xinjiang, China]</ref><ref>[http://baike.baidu.com/view/1903870.htm Kurban

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...nty]], [[Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region]]. He joined the work force in [[Hotan]] in 1952, and the [[Communist Party of China]] in 1953. ...Vice-Chairman of the Xinjiang Autonomous Regional Revolutionary Committee. From 1979 to 1985 he was the Chairman (Governor) of Xinjiang. In 1988 he became

|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

|strength2=Aq taghlik Afaqiyya Turkic Muslim followers<br/>[[Dolan people]]{{sfn|Bellér-Hann|2008|pages=21 ff.}} ...uddin) unsuccessfully tried to invade [[Kashgar]] and regain [[Altishahr]] from the [[Qing dynasty]].

...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