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Brief History of the Uyghers |
 | | In 751, a Chinese army was disastrously defeated at the battle of Talas River by the Arabs, Tibetans, and the Uygurs. |
 | | The Kanchou (Ganzhou) Uygur Kingdom, which was established in today's Kansu province of China, in 850, never became a major power, but the Chinese had great respect for it as seen from the Chinese court praise Kanchou (Ganzhou) Uygur King when an Uygur and a Tibetan ambassador visited the Chinese capital in 911. |
 | | The Uygurs also emerged as teachers of the royal family, governors in China, ambassadors in Rome, today's' Istanbul, and Bagdat, scholars in Tebriz and officers in the army 33. |
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