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    Turkistan (Kazakh: Түркістан / Türkıstan [tʉrkɘ̆sˈtɑn]) is a city and the administrative center of Turkistan Region of Kazakhstan, near the Syr Darya river...
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  • peoples. Turkestan or Turkistan may also refer to: Turkistan Region, a province in Kazakhstan Turkistan (city), its administrative capital Russian Turkestan...
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    The East Turkistan Government in Exile (abbreviated as ETGE or ETGIE), officially the Government in Exile of the Republic of East Turkistan, is a political...
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    339 (1999 Census results). Its capital is Turkistan, formerly Shymkent until 2018. Other cities in Turkistan include Sayram, Kentau, Arys, Shardara, Zhetisai...
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    Turkestan (redirect from Turkistan)
    Turkestan, also spelled Turkistan (from Persian: ترکستان, romanized: Torkestân, lit. 'land of the Turks'), is a historical region in Central Asia corresponding...
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    Chinese Turkestan, also spelled Chinese Turkistan, is a geographical term or historical region corresponding to the region of the Tarim Basin in Southern...
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    East Turkestan or East Turkistan (Uyghur: شەرقىي تۈركىستان, ULY: Sherqiy Türkistan, UKY: Шәрқий Туркистан), also called Uyghuristan (ئۇيغۇرىستان, Уйғуристан)...
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    the payment of money. The second edition of the Turkistan Islamic Party's magazine Islamic Turkistan contained an article on Buddhism, and described the...
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  • known as Türkistan International Airport (IATA: HSA, ICAO: UAIT), is a new greenfield international airport that serves the city of Türkistan (as a replacement...
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    position to Abdul Khaliq Ghijduwani under Hamadani's advice and moved to Turkistan City in order to spread Islam in Turkestan. Ahmad Yasawi made considerable...
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  • weaknesses and conflicts in the empire, besieging and plundering the richest cities, while putting its citizens to the sword in one of the bloodiest wars in...
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    Almaty Shymkent Karaganda Pavlodar Oskemen Semey Aktobe Kostanay Aktau Turkistan Baikonur "Population of the Republic of Kazakhstan by gender and type...
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  • a local Ghurid leader, Qutb al-Din Muhammad, who had taken refuge in the city of Ghazni after having a quarrel with his brother Sayf al-Din Suri. In revenge...
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    routes crossed through Central Asia, leading to the rise of prosperous trade cities. acting as a crossroads for the movement of people, goods, and ideas between...
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  • of Oghuz Turks. He led his clan to the banks of the Syr Darya river, near city of Jend, where they converted to Islam in 985. Khwarezm, administered by...
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  • Republic or East Turkistan Republic (ETR) may refer to the: First East Turkestan Republic (1933–1934), Islamic republic centered around the city of Kashgar...
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    (Kaundiny, Kundina) and the city of Ozeno (Ozene, Ujjain) and the city of Zageda (Saketa) and the city of Kozambo (Kausambi) and the city of Palabotro (Pataliputra)...
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    attacks including bombings by the Turkistan Islamic Party killed dozens of people. By May 2012, two-thirds of the old city had been demolished. According...
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    Boralday Sawran Shilikty Steppe Geoglyphs Sumbe Talapty Settlement Turkistan (city) Urpek Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi Araltobe kurgan Kyrgyzstan Aigyr-Zhal...
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    urban civilization of about one million people, living in walled cities under small city kings or magistrates. Daxia was an affluent country with rich markets...
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    of Gobustan District) Bangladesh: Gulistan Kazakhstan: Turkistan (city) (capital of Turkistan Region) Russia: Bashkortostan, Dagestan, Tatarstan Turkey:...
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    Balasagun (category Sogdian cities)
    city in modern-day Kyrgyzstan, located in the Chüy Valley between Bishkek and the Issyk-Kul lake. Located along the Silk Road, the ruins of the city were...
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  • des peintures de Samarkand" Karev, Yury (2013). Turko-Mongol rulers, cities and city life. Leiden: Brill. pp. 114–115. ISBN 978-9004257009. The ceramics...
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  • the Khangai Mountains, Otuken) (Chinese: 龍城; Mongolian: Luut; lit. "Dragon City") became the annual meeting place and served as the Xiongnu capital. The...
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    Ghurid sultan Ala al-Din Husayn. The Ghaznavids retook Ghazni, but lost the city to the Ghuzz Turks who in turn lost it to Muhammad of Ghor. In response,...
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    remnants of a castle and three mausoleums, is all that remains of the ancient city of Balasagun, which was established by the Karakhanids at the end of the...
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    staunch Sunnism, invaded Khorasan and killed Mohammad Shibani outside the city of Merv in 1510. Khorasan and Khwarazm were conquered by Iran and Samarqand...
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    Funde der Ersten Königlich Preussischen Expedition nach Turfan in Ost-Turkistan Archived 2016-12-04 at the Wayback Machine. Berlin: Dietrich Reimer (Ernst...
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    settlements had developed into city-states, overshadowed by nomadic peoples to the north and Chinese empires to the east. These cities, the largest of which was...
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    Millward 2007, pp. 22–24. Altbuddhistische Kultstätten in Chinesisch-Turkistan: vol. 1. pp. 87 ff / p. 93 (Color Image). Grünwedel, Albert (1920). Alt-Kutscha...
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