'Seven Cities' or 'Heptapolis'), also known as Kashgaria[4] or the Kashgar Emirate, [5] was a Turkic state in Xinjiang that existed from 1864 to 1877, during the Dungan Revolt against the …

For over 2,000 years, Kashgar was a strategically important oasis on the Silk Road between China, the Middle East, and Europe. It is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the …

Often referred to as Kashgaria, from its principal urban centre, Kashgar (Kashi), the region is characterized by small oasis settlements lying between the desert and the surrounding ranges, …

The history of Kashgar begins in the first millennium BC, when the tribes of Yuezhi, Usuns and Sakas were roaming around the vast expanses of the Taklamakan Desert and the piedmont …

Kashgar, oasis city, western Uygur Autonomous Region of Xinjiang, far western China. Kashgar lies at the western end of the Tarim Basin, in a fertile oasis of loess (silt deposited by the wind) …

Kashgaria : eastern or Chinese Turkistan : historical and geographical sketch of the country, its military strength, industries, and trade / by A.N. Kuropatkin ...

Aug 15, 2007 · Kashgaria, eastern or Chinese Turkistan; historical and geographical sketch of the country, its military strength, industries, and trade by Kuropatkin, Aleksiei Nikolaevich, 1848 …

Sep 2, 2019 · Since thousands of years, known and unknown cultures have set foot on the oasis of Kashgaria. They were mainly from the Persian language family- Saka, Tokharians, Wusun, …

Kashgaria, held by the self-proclaimed Emir Yakub Beg, was captured by Russian-backed Chinese troops and became a virtual Russian protectorate.

Kashgaria was a name common to some portion of Eastern Turkestan before the 1860s. Eastern Turkestan lies between the southern slopes of the Thian Shan mountains and the Kuen-lun …