Yarkant County (redirect from Yarkand County)
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...
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Look up Yarkand in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Yarkand, Yarkent, and Yarkant are spelling variants and may refer to: Yarkant County, a county and...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Yarkent Khanate (redirect from Yarkand Khanate)
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...
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Sultan Said Khan (redirect from Mamlakati Yarkand)
These lands included west and central Tarim oasis-cities, such as Khotan, Yarkand, Yangihisar, Kashgar, Aksu, and Uch Turpan; and hardly involved eastern...
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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...
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The Yarkand deer (Cervus hanglu yarkandensis), also known as the Tarim deer or Lop Nor stag, is a subspecies of the Central Asian red deer that is native...
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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...
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Eremias yarkandensis (redirect from Yarkand sandlizard)
Eremias yarkandensis (commonly known as the Yarkend racerunner or Yarkand sandlizard) is a species of lizard found in China and Kyrgyzstan. Eremias yarkandensis...
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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...
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..), 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...
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Phrynocephalus axillaris (redirect from Yarkand toad-headed agama)
Yarkand toad-headed agama (Phrynocephalus axillaris), is a species of agamid lizard found in Turkestan, Mongolia, and Tibet. Shi, L.; Wang, Y.; Guo, X...
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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...
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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...
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to Yarkand with offer to conclude an alliance against Shaybanids, result of negotiations is unknown. Muhammad Khan intensified relations of Yarkand Khanate...
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New 36th Division (section Battle of Yarkand)
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...
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Greater short-toed lark (redirect from Yarkand short-toed lark)
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...
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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...
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(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)...
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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...
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Shache Yarkant Airport (redirect from Yarkand Airport)
Shache Ye'erqiang Airport (IATA: QSZ, ICAO: ZWSC) is an airport that serves Yarkant County (Shache) in Kashgar Prefecture of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous...
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Ishakiyya of the Sufi order Naqshbandi khojagan, established themselves in Yarkand and became known as the Kara Taghliks, those of the "Black Mountains",...
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Shaw, uncle of Sir Francis Younghusband, was making a similar journey to Yarkand and Kashgar at the same time. Shaw seems to have resented Hayward's presence...
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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...
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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...
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Bangladesh – Sounagaora. China – Cattigara, Chengdu, Kaifeng, Kitai, Kunming, Yarkand. Europe – Aquileia, Athens, Augusta Treverorum (Trier), Gades (Cadiz),...
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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...
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