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	China in 1997 (16 Kashgar)
		In the late 17th century, the mongol Djungar khans, who were allied to the Tibetans and had adopted Lamaism, conquered Kashgaria, Turfan and Hami previously held by the Muslim Khodja and attempted to unify the Mongols against manchu China.
		Today, Kashgar is best known by the travelling public for its famous market held in the eastern suburbs on Sundays when 100 000 people come from God knows where to trade.
		Kashgar's Sunday Market is really huge, you can't loiter if you want to see all of it in one day.
	berclo.net /page97/97en-china-16.html (504 words)

	Saudi Aramco World : Kashgar: China’s Western Doorway (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Kashgar is a city with a long and complicated history, located between mountain and steppe, oasis and desert, East and West, at a natural intersection of ancient pathways leading from the capitals of Rome, Persia, Mongolia and China.
		The regularity of the caravan trade between the oases of Marv, Balkh, Bukhara, Samarkand, Kashgar, Turpan, and Khotan with the distant European and Asian capitals placed Kashgar in a central role as economic broker and cultural mediator, and the Uighurs' far-flung kingdom flourished until the coming of the Mongols in the 12th century.
		By 1957, Kashgar was a key city of the newly formed Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, and the government of the People's Republic of China sought to further integrate the region through national education, telecommunications, and political development.
	www.saudiaramcoworld.com /issue/200106/kashgar-china.s.western.doorway.htm (1457 words)

	Kashgar - LoveToKnow 1911 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		A curious street sight in Kashgar is presented by the hawkers of meat pies, pastry and sweetmeats, which they trundle about on hand-barrows just as their counterparts do in Europe; while the knife-grinder's cart, and the vegetable seller with his tray or basket on his head, recall exactly similar itinerant traders further west.
		The earliest authentic mention of Kashgar is during the second period of ascendancy of the Han dynasty, when the Chinese conquered the Hiungnu, Yutien (Khotan), Sulei (Kashgar), and a group of states in the Tarim basin almost up to the foot of the Tian Shan mountains.
		Kashgar passed through a troublous time, and in 1514, on the invasion of the Khan Sultan Said, was destroyed by Mirza Ababakar, who with the aid of ten thousand men built the new fort with massive defences higher up on the banks of the Tuman.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /K/KA/KASHGAR.htm (1516 words)

	China Travel Service - China Travel Guide
		Kashgar Prefecture, 141,600 kilometers in total area, lies between latitude 350 to 408 north and longitude 730 to 797 east in the southern part of Xinjiang.
		The annual mean temperature in Kashgar is 11.7, with the lowest temperature of -24.4 in January and the hottest 40.1 in July.
		Kashgar was one of the four important towns in Anxi at the time; thus it was made the seat of the Shule Superintendent's Office.
	www.landingchina.com /city_guide/Xijiang/Kashgar.htm (429 words)

	Kashgar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		An embassy sent during the reign of Wencheng Di (452-466) from the king of Kashgar presented a supposed sacred relic of the Buddha; a dress which was incombustible.
		Kashgar passed through a troublous time, and in 1514, on the invasion of the Khan Sultan Said, was destroyed by Mirza Ababakar, who with the aid of ten thousand men built the new fort with massive defences higher up on the banks of the Tuman river.
		The Chinese continued to hold Kashgar, with sundry interruptions from Muslim revolts - one of the most serious occurring in 1827, when the territory was invaded and the city taken by Jahanghir Khoja; Chang-lung, however, the Chinese general of Ili, recovered possession of Kashgar and the other revolted cities in 1828.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kashgar (3663 words)

	Night Train To The Roof of the World
		Determined to try the official way first, I made it all the way to the ticket window, only to be informed by the glassy-eyed bureaucrat near the end of her work shift, and with studied economy of emotion, that the next available seats were for a train two weeks hence.
		Although controlled by neither, Kashgar was the one diplomatic outpost that happened to be situated between the two and so it was a center of intrigue, diplomatic and military gamesmanship, and, on a few occasions, brinkmanship.
		The Sunday Kashgar Bazaar sprawls for several square miles on the edge of town and is an unstoppable monster.
	www.kashgarbazaar.com /nighttrain.htm (6153 words)

	Saudi Aramco World : Kashgar: China’s Western Doorway (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Kashgar is a city with a long and complicated history, located between mountain and steppe, oasis and desert, East and West, at a natural intersection of ancient pathways leading from the capitals of Rome, Persia, Mongolia and China.
		The regularity of the caravan trade between the oases of Marv, Balkh, Bukhara, Samarkand, Kashgar, Turpan, and Khotan with the distant European and Asian capitals placed Kashgar in a central role as economic broker and cultural mediator, and the Uighurs' far-flung kingdom flourished until the coming of the Mongols in the 12th century.
		By 1957, Kashgar was a key city of the newly formed Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, and the government of the People's Republic of China sought to further integrate the region through national education, telecommunications, and political development.
	saudiaramcoworld.com /issue/200106/kashgar-china.s.western.doorway.htm (1457 words)

	Xinjiang Kashgar
		Kashgar's importance derives from its stratehic position at the foot of the Pamir Mountains, commanding access to the high glacial passes of the Silk Road routes into Central Asia, India and Persia.
		Kashgar is 141,600 square kiolmeters in total area and between latitude 35 20 to 40 18 north and longitude 73 20 to 79 57 east in the sourthen part of Xinjiang, is contiguous with the Taklimakan Desert on its east and borders Kyrgyzstan,Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India to its west and southwest respectively.
		Kashgar Prefecture has 415,620 hectares of cultivated land, 1.33 million hectares of reclaimable l-and and 2.26 million hectares of pastureland, of which 239,467 hectares is first rate.
	www.silkroadcn.com /Kashgar.htm (3120 words)

	Kashgar - China-related Topics KA-KD - China-Related Topics
		The earliest authentic mention of Kashgar is during the Former Han, when the Chinese conquered the XiongnuHiungnu, Yutien (Khotan), Sulei (Kashgar), and a group of states in the Tarim basin almost up to the foot of the Tian Shan mountains.
		Kashgar and the other cities of the Tarim Basin remained under Yakub Beg's rule until 1877, when he died and the Chinese regained possession.
		A curious street sight in Kashgar is presented by the hawkers of meat pies, pastry and sweetmeats, which they trundle about on hand-harrows just as their counterparts do in Europe; while the knife-grinder's cart, and the vegetable seller with his tray or basket on his head, recall exactly similar itinerant traders further west.
	www.famouschinese.com /virtual/Kashgar (4016 words)

	Kashgar, Kashi, Kaxqar
		Kashgar was called Shule in ancient times and has a history of more than two thousand years.
		Kashgar was one of the four important towns in Anxi at the time; thus it was made the seat of the Shule Superintendent's Office.
		During the reign of the Qing Dynasty Emperor Qianlong, Kashgar became the seat of government of the Kashgar Councilor of the Qing government.
	www.cnhomestay.com /city/cityguides/kashgar.htm (1195 words)

	The Silk Road
		Kashgar lies 1,300 metres high on the bank of Tuman river in the middle of an irrigation oasis with cotton and agricultural cultivation.
		Kashgar only became Chinese around 200 BC, then again during the Tang period and finally during the period of the Qing emperors.
		Kashgar is the furthest away form the sea of all the big towns and it is closer to Moscow, Islamabad, Delhi, Kabul and Teheran than to Beijing.
	www.regit.com /regitour/china/intplace/silkroad.htm (814 words)

	Kashgar Tour and Travel : Short city tour of Kashgar
		Short city tour of Kashgar, one or two day tour tour of kashgar.
		Today We will visit Kashgar's lively markets, which attract thousands of people from the far corners of the region.
		Today we will explore Kashgar's old quarter, home to a fascinating mix of ethnicities - Uygurs, Tajiks, Kyrgyz and Uzbeks.
	www.muztagh.com /package/kashgar-tour.htm (174 words)

	KASHGAR - Online Information article about KASHGAR
		ancient Kashgar, which once covered a large extent of country on both sides of the Tuman, and the walls of which even now are 12 feet wide at the See also:
		Kashgar passed through a troublous time, and in 1514, on the invasion of the Khan Sultan Said, was destroyed by Mirza Ababakar, who with the aid of ten thousand men built the new fort with massive defences higher up on the See also:
		The Chinese continued to hold Kashgar, with sundry interruptions from Mahommedan revolts—one of the most serious occurring in 1827, when the territory was invaded and the city taken by Jahanghir Khoja; Chang-See also:
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /JUN_KHA/KASHGAR.html (2136 words)

	Kashgar, China
		Kashgar, the most westerly town in China, is predominantly inhabited by Uigurs and is heavily influenced by Islam.
		Kashgar was founded over 2100 years ago by Huns, Indoscyths, Uigurs and other ethnic groups.
		The muslim tomb of Abakh Hoja in Kashgar.
	www.planetware.com /china/kashgar-chn-xj-k.htm (185 words)

	Kashgar - an oasis in the Gobi desert (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Kashgar - an oasis in the Gobi desert
		Kashgar is the biggest oasis in the Gobi desert in Xinjiang.
		The charm of Kashgar is simply to stay in the lovely Seman Hotel, eat at the restaurant opposite and wander about in the oasis town and its environs.
	www.travelblog.org /Asia/China/Xinjiang/Kashgar/blog-23216.html (1564 words)

	Sokol Tours: Destinations: China: Kashgar
		Kashgar city (northwest) with population about 200,000 is surely one of the most exotic cities of the world.
		In fact, this region (the Tarim Basin, including Kashgar and the oasis towns of Yarkand and Khotan on the southern branch of the Silk Road and Kucha and Turfan on the northern branch) has not been Chinese for most of its history.
		If you have few extra hours and interest, drive outside of Kashgar city to see Abakh Hoja Mausoleum, a beautiful 17th century building containing many tombs of religious leaders and members of a rich Muslim family, which are very similar to tombs found in Konya, Turkey.
	www.sokoltours.com /destination.phtml?m=356 (326 words)

	kashgar travel information ,Silk Road Tour Information
		The majority of the people in Kashgar are Uyghurs who still wear their traditional costumes and lead a centuries old way of life.
		Other sights in Kashgar include the 15th century Id Kakh Mosque, the largest in China which sometime attracts up to 10,000 worshipers and the Abakh Hoja Mausoleum, also known as the Mausoleum of the Fragrant Concubine.
		In the 17th century, Abakh Hoja was the ruler of Kashgar and 5 generations of his family are also buried here including his granddaughter Iparhan who was known as the Fragrant Concubine of the Chinese Emperor Qinanlong.
	www.silkroute.cn /kashgar.htm (334 words)

	Kashgar-Atush
		Kashgar is oasis city in the Uyghur Region of.
		Kashgar lies at the far western end of the Tarim Basin, in a fertile oasis of loess (silt deposited by the wind) and alluvial soils watered by the Kashgar River and by a series of wells.
		Kashgar is located in the southwestern part of Uyghur Region, and has a history of more than 2000 years.
	uyghur.50megs.com /catalog.html (932 words)

	Exploring Kashgar (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		I was in Kashgar in May 1995, travelling via the famed Karakoram highway from Pakistan.
		Kashgar is no longer the medieval or wild west town described in her book but it is still a place of great interest especially if one is familiar with the volatile history of the region.
		Having read the book, it brought the old Kashgar to life for me in a region that is undergoing tremendous change.
	www.lib.nus.edu.sg /linus/98jan/kashgar.html (404 words)

	TIMEasia.com \| Visions of China: Kashgar \| 9/27/99
		Kashgar is an ageless town, hewn out of legend and peopled by faces as weathered as the surrounding mountains.
		At the turn of this century it was the Russians and the British who used Kashgar as a base to spy on each other from their grand consulates in the town center.
		At its heart, Kashgar remains a huge bazaar, a trading point along the ancient Silk Road that even today brings in hordes--on camels, horses, donkeys and rusted old buses--for the weekend street market.
	www.time.com /time/asia/magazine/99/0927/kashgar.html (1162 words)

	Kashgar's magical Sunday market
		And more than mere marketplace, Kashgar's amazing bazaar is an anything-goes civic center where you can have your hair cut, watch a boxing exhibition, even test-drive a donkey or horse.
		The fear was that modern commodities would pour into Kashgar along with passengers, thereby yanking this ancient land into the present.
		Reaching Kashgar nowadays is a breeze, but the fabric of the city still seems cut from a cloth all its own.
	www.gluckman.com /Kashgar.html (1439 words)

	The Kashgar Experience, circa 2004 » TravelBlog Archive » Warsaw to Bangkok
		Kashgar is by all accounts a very rapidly changing town.
		The Chinese influence on Kashgar was lamented by a few locals that I spoke to.
		The wealth of Kashgar has increased, yes, he said, but the wealth of the Uyghurs has not.
	blogs.bootsnall.com /WriterJosh/?p=21 (1768 words)

	Kashgar China, Kashgar Travel Guide, Xinjiang Guide
		The majority of the people in Kashgar are Uighurs who still wear their traditional costumes and lead a centuries old way of life.
		The mosque, built in 1442, lies in the heart of Kashgar and dominates Id Kah Square, a large square surrounded by bazaars in the old city of Kashgar.
		The tomb is commonly known among Chinese as the Tomb of Xiangfei, tomb known as the Xiang Fei (Fragrant Concubine) Tomb is in memory of Abakh Khoja's grand-daughter, Iparhan.
	www.discoverchinatours.com /cityguide/kashgar.asp (731 words)

	local flavor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		snacks in kashgar are the highlights of the chinese cuisine with local characteristics.
		snacks in kashgar are excellent in workmanship, simple in design, but rich in nutrition.
		roast lamb is one of the most special dishes in kashgar.
	www.xj.cei.gov.cn /xjzye/sksyw.html (472 words)

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