referred to as Yarkand in English, was the seat of an ancient Buddhist kingdom on the southern branch of the Silk Road and the Yarkand Khanate. The county...

The Yarkand River (or Yarkent River, Yeh-erh-ch'iang Ho) is a river in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of western China. It originates in the Siachen...

The Battle of Yarkand (Chinese: 葉爾羌戰役) consisted of a well-armed force of Hui was dispatched to Yarkand, where they entered the new city and aided its...

Look up Yarkand in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Yarkand, Yarkent, and Yarkant are spelling variants and may refer to: Yarkant County, a county and...

The Yarkent Khanate, also known as the Yarkand Khanate and the Kashghar Khanate, was a Sunni Muslim Turkic state ruled by the Mongol descendants of Chagatai...

The Yarkand deer (Cervus hanglu yarkandensis), also known as the Theenivs deer, Tarim deer, or Lop Nor stag, is a subspecies of the Central Asian red...

The Yarkand hare (Lepus yarkandensis) is a species of mammal in the family Leporidae. It has soft, straight, sandy brown dorsal pelage which has grayish-black...

These lands included west and central Tarim oasis-cities, such as Khotan, Yarkand, Yangihisar, Kashgar, Aksu, and Uch Turpan; and hardly involved eastern...

The Yarkand Massacre was an episode of violence that began on 28 July 2014 in Yarkant County, Kashgar Prefecture of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region...

him, and instead allied with the Kyrgyz to attack Yarkand, taking Akbash prisoner. The begs of Yarkand went to the Dzungars, who sent troops and ousted...

Yarkand toad-headed agama (Phrynocephalus axillaris), is a species of agamid lizard found in Turkestan, Mongolia, and Tibet. Shi, L.; Wang, Y.; Guo, X...

Eremias yarkandensis (commonly known as the Yarkend racerunner or Yarkand sandlizard) is a species of lizard found in China and Kyrgyzstan. Eremias yarkandensis...

..), and Yarkand, an ancient trading center of Sinkiang." He continues, "Leh is on a historic caravan route that leads not only to Yarkand in Sinkiang...

to Yarkand with offer to conclude an alliance against Shaybanids, result of negotiations is unknown. Muhammad Khan intensified relations of Yarkand Khanate...

Khan was a ruler of Kashgar and became a Great Khan or Chong Khan of the Yarkand Khanate after the death of his father Muhammad Khan in 1609, who was a...

of Sultan Said Khan. Died in 1560 in the age of 52. Abdul Karim Khan (Yarkand) 1560–1591, second son of Abdurashid Khan. Died in 1591 in the age of 63...

from Artush. They defeated Ma Hushan at Bachu, and moved to Kashgar and Yarkand. The New 36th Division retreated to Hotan, and when the Soviet Red Army...

edge of the Tibetan Plateau and on the north by the river valleys of the Yarkand and Karakash rivers beyond which lie the Kunlun Mountains. At the northwest...

300km 200miles Siachen glacier Yarkand Leh Karakoram Pass    The Karakoram Pass (Uyghur: قاراقۇرۇم ئېغىزى) is a 5,540 m or 18,176 ft mountain pass between...

Abdul Karim Khan was the ruler of Yarkand Khanate in what is now north-west China (Xinjiang) between 1560 and 1591. He was second son of Abdurashid Khan...

River, which flows into the Yarkand River during the rainy season about 37 kilometres (23 mi) upstream from the Yarkand's confluence with the Aksu. The...

Great Khan of Yarkand. This caused a civil war between a Little Khan , sitting in Turpan and a Great Khan , sitting in Yarkand of Yarkand Khanate. In 1636...

Hardware store. Yarkand....

Sketch of the Turki Language as Spoken in Eastern Turkistan (Kàshgar and Yarkand). Calcutta: Printed by J. W. Thomas, at the Baptist Mission Press. p. 13...

Shache Ye'erqiang Airport (IATA: QSZ, ICAO: ZWSC) is an airport that serves Yarkant County (Shache) in Kashgar Prefecture of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous...

Eastern short-toed lark (a name also used by the Asian short-toed lark) or Yarkand short-toed lark. Found from Ukraine and southern Russia to south-central...

Karakoram (from Indus River in the east to Yarkand River in the west) and the Hindu Kush mountains (from Yarkand River westwards) form its northern boundary...

Black Mountain school. After the death of a Black Mountain Khoja leader in Yarkand, Muhammad Yusuf Khoja moved to the area in attempts to gain followers and...

(in Aksu 1521–1533) 1533–1560, son of Sultan Said Khan Abdul Karim Khan (Yarkand) 1560–1591, eldest son of Abdurashid Khan Muhammad Khan (in Turfan 1588–1591)...

Ishakiyya of the Sufi order Naqshbandi khojagan, established themselves in Yarkand and became known as the Kara Taghliks, those of the "Black Mountains",...