The Girl from Dabancheng (Chinese: 达坂城的姑娘; pinyin: Dá bǎnchéng de gūniáng), also known as "Qemberxan" (Uyghur: قەمبەرخان), is a popular Uyghur folk song...

Sayragul Sauytbay told the BBC as a teacher forced to work in the camps that "rape was common" and the guards "picked the girls and young women they wanted...

in China, unlike the Hui and Salar who are also mostly Muslim, generally do not oppose coeducation, however girls may be withdrawn from school earlier than...

D.C. by Uyghurs, Kazakhs, and other peoples from East Turkistan (Xinjiang). The ETGE claims to be the sole legitimate organization and a parliamentary-based...

1949. During the 1950s in China, ethnic tensions and repression of minority separatist movements led to a mass exodus from Xinjiang to the Kazakh SSR,...

(1570–1680), the son of Muhammad Sultan and the Khan of the Yarkent Khanate from 1609 until 1618 Kuraysh Sultan, the son of Yunus Khan and the ruler of the Yarkent...

running from the death of the Silk Road in AD 1600 until the present. In brief, Uyghur history is the story of a small nomadic tribe from the Altai Mountains...

culture which included both policemen and those from outside the camps who pay for time with the prettiest girls. CNN reported in February 2021 about a worker...

Archived from the original on 2018-12-03. Retrieved 2018-12-02. Roberts, Sean R. (2018-03-22). "The biopolitics of China's "war on terror" and the exclusion...

East fleeing from the Xinjiang conflict. Often Uyghurs who wished to migrate to Europe and the United States often choose Turkey as the transit point...

called the Tarim Basin "Yettishar," which means "Seven Cities," and even "Sekkizshahr", which means "Eight Cities" in Uyghur. Chinese dynasties from the Han...

Gansu Province, Wang published his first Xinjiang-inspired song, "The Girl from Dabancheng". He took up residence in northwestern China for more than 50 years...

representing the Uyghur movement in exile formed around the world from the 1980s to early 2000s but were disorganised and disunited. The World Uyghur...

/χ/) and laryngeal (glottal) (/ɦ/, /ʔ/) environments, e.g. qiz [qʰɤz] 'girl', qëtiq [qʰɤˈtɯq] 'yogurt', qeghez [qʰæˈʁæz] 'paper', qum [qʰʊm] 'sand',...

founded in 2004 by the Uyghur American Association, and have eight full-time staff. The project was founded with a grant from the National Endowment for...

waves. The first wave began in the late 19th century. Some Uyghurs from Kashgar came with the Dungans to the Ferghana Valley in the aftermath of the 1862–1877...

that formed there became the focal points of later, more permanent communities, as Uyghurs returning from their pilgrimage or from further studies at schools...

request from the World Uyghur Congress, which provided the initial evidence to the tribunal. A call for evidence was put out at the time of the tribunal's...

from Xinjiang, China, to the United States from the late 1980s onwards, with a significant number arriving after July 2009. Uyghurs' history in the United...

serving the Mongol court were sent to administer the city, then renamed Yanjing. These Uyghur nobles were from the Qocho Kingdom, which was formed in the Tarim...

with a supporting grant from the National Endowment for Democracy, the UAA founded the Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP) for the purpose of promoting improved...

of Texas at Arlington. p. 17. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2022-12-08. Retrieved 2022-12-07. The Tor Tajiks have Tajik customs but speak a variety...

bought a girl age 11 for 40 silk bolts in 731 from a Sogdian merchant. Five men swore that the girl was never free before enslavement, since the Tang Code...

the Chinese attacked the fort of 'Davanchi' (probably Dabancheng on the road from Urumchi to Turfan). Meanwhile, in mid-April Chang Yao marched from Hami...

unopposed. Dabancheng was destroyed by Liu's forces in April. Yaqub's subordinates defected to the Qing or fled as his forces started to fall apart. The oasis...

Autonomous Region and the provinces of Gansu and Qinghai. The most well-known route of the historic Silk Road ran through the territory from the east to its northwestern...