| 单词 | Turkestan |
| 例句 | You’ll be transported to New York, London, France, Cuba, Poland, Russia, Turkestan; you’ll weep at the shocking randomness by which lives are suddenly torn apart. Children in a World Gone Mad: 5 Kids’ Books Set During World War II 2020-08-28T04:00:00Z Banned in Uzbekistan for 27 years, it grips like a thriller and tells the tale of 19th-century Turkestan, the Great Game and Soviet-era Tashkent. A backpacker’s guide to Uzbekistan: a one-month itinerary 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z He later travelled to the Pamirs and Russian Turkestan, Kashmir and the Karakorum. My hero: Charles Howard Bury by Wade Davis 2012-11-23T22:55:03Z They spend the remainder of the war in Turkestan, foreign pariahs on the verge of starvation. Children in a World Gone Mad: 5 Kids’ Books Set During World War II 2020-08-28T04:00:00Z That afternoon the strolling couple encounter David’s college friend, Andrew, a sophisticated gadabout and ladies’ man who is immediately smitten with the human tidal wave from Turkestan. ‘Sea of Glass’: A 1955 masterpiece you’ve probably never heard of 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z The crescent moon and star symbol of Islam features on many national flags, besides being used by groups China says want to set up an independent state called East Turkestan. China bans beards, veils from Xinjiang city's buses in security bid 2014-08-06T04:00:00Z Ethnically Uighur, Mamat left China at age 12 after an uprising in the region of East Turkestan, where most of Mamat’s extended family still lives. Suppressing an Onrush of Toxic Thoughts Might Improve Your Mental Health 2023-09-20T04:00:00Z In California, Turkestan cockroaches are a relatively recent introduction and, you guessed it, are considered invasive. How to identify cockroach type and deal with them 2023-07-20T04:00:00Z At its height, the Ghaznavid Empire encompassed a vast swath of central Asia and included parts of modern Iran, Afghanistan, and the historical region of Turkestan. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z These include the Pakistani Taliban and a nebulous militant group claiming to represent the Uyghur ethnic group in China’s Xinjiang region, called the East Turkestan Islamic Movement. Reluctant critic China urges Afghan changes on women’s roles 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z From a Russian jail in Turkestan to a ghetto in Shanghai, “The World and All That It Holds” runs along the wire of Pinto’s tenuous hope. Review | ‘The World and All That It Holds’ lives up to its sweeping title 2023-01-17T05:00:00Z The head of the NGO group East Turkestan New Generation Movement, Abdusselam Teklimakan, said the report came late, while Uyghurs were year after year worrying about the fate of their loved ones in Xinjiang. Uyghurs in Turkey disappointed by UN report on China's Xinjiang 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z The largest of these deserts are the Gobi Desert in northern China and southern Mongolia, the Taklimakan Desert in western China, the Turkestan Desert, and the Great Basin Desert of the United States. Environmental Biology 2018-09-06T00:00:00Z There have been reports that members of the Uighur’s East Turkestan movement, which is demanding an independent homeland in northwest China, have been in Afghanistan. China’s foreign minister makes surprise stop in Kabul 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z The design on the skis used Saturday seemingly represented East Turkestan, the region home to Uyghurs. Ryoyu Kobayashi wins normal hill competition at Olympics 2022-02-06T05:00:00Z The design on the skis used Saturday seemed to recognize East Turkestan, the region that is home to Uyghurs. Turkish ski jumper İpcioğlu mum on Uyghur statement 2022-02-06T05:00:00Z Many protesters, gathered on Istanbul's waterfront, waved the blue-and-white flags of the independence movement of East Turkestan, a group Beijing says threatens the stability of its far western region of Xinjiang. Uyghurs in Turkey call for boycott as Beijing Games begin 2022-02-04T05:00:00Z This area is part of the Turkestan desert, which is the fourth largest desert in the world; it is produced from a rain shadow effect by Afghanistan’s high mountains to the south. Environmental Biology 2018-09-06T00:00:00Z They cluster in two Istanbul neighborhoods, Sefakoy and Zeytinburnu, where the sky-blue flag with a white crescent moon and star of East Turkestan hangs proudly in shop windows. As Beijing Olympics begin, exiled Uyghurs fight for families oppressed in China 2022-02-02T05:00:00Z The Uyghur movement had briefly carved out a nominally independent state, the second East Turkestan Republic, in northern Xinjiang in 1944. A Uyghur gets death sentence, as China bans once OK’d books 2022-01-31T05:00:00Z According to the TV channel, airlines will resume domestic flights to the cities of Shymkent, Turkestan and Atyrau, as well as flights to Moscow and Dubai, starting from 3 p.m. Kazakhstan’s president ordered use of lethal force on ‘terrorists’ 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z Some waved the blue-and-white flags of the independence movement of East Turkestan, a group Beijing says threatens the stability of its far western region of Xinjiang. Uyghurs in Turkey file criminal complaint against Chinese officials 2022-01-04T05:00:00Z China has since promised aid to the neighbouring country, while demanding the Taliban crack down on the East Turkestan Islamic Movement, a group Beijing says threatens stability in the western region of Xinjiang. Senior Chinese diplomat to meet Taliban interim gov't on Qatar trip 2021-10-25T04:00:00Z Most of the Uyghur militants belong to the East Turkestan Islamic Movement, which has found a safe haven in the border regions of Pakistan and Afghanistan for decades. Taliban say they won’t work with US to contain Islamic State 2021-10-09T04:00:00Z The only country that really wants him is China, which considers him a terrorist because of his advocacy of independence for his home region of Xinjiang, which he calls Turkestan. Freed From Guantánamo, but Still in Limbo 15 Years Later 2021-09-26T04:00:00Z The officials said the fighters belonged to the East Turkestan Islamic Movement, a separatist organization that Beijing has held responsible for a series of terrorist attacks in China since the late 1990s. Afghan Uyghurs Fear Deportation as Taliban Cozy Up to China 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z After the Sept. 11 attacks, the United States designated the East Turkestan Islamic Movement as a terrorist organization, in part to cultivate China’s support for American efforts in the “war on terror.” China Criticized the Afghan War. Now It Worries About the Withdrawal. 2021-07-15T04:00:00Z Some waved the blue-and-white flags of the independence movement of East Turkestan, the name by which it refers to Xinjiang. Uighur Muslims protest in Turkey as Chinese foreign minister visits 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z The exiles call Xinjiang “East Turkestan”, and the group uses a different spelling for the word Uighur. Uighur exiles urge Blinken to demand China close Xinjiang camps 2021-03-18T04:00:00Z “If Turkestan ever gets independence, it will be because of America,” Mr. Qassim said. Freed From Guantánamo, but Still in Limbo 15 Years Later 2021-09-26T04:00:00Z The United States removed the East Turkestan Islamic Movement from its list of terrorist groups during the Trump administration, angering Beijing. Afghan Uyghurs Fear Deportation as Taliban Cozy Up to China 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z Around her, the 1,000-strong crowd held up photos of missing relatives and waved the blue-and-white flags of the independence movement of East Turkestan, the name by which the movement refers to Xinjiang. Looming China extradition deal worries Uighurs in Turkey 2021-03-08T05:00:00Z The official flag of the former East Turkestan Republic, which existed on the territory of the modern Xinjiang Uighur autonomous region from 1933 to 1949. ‘Nobody wants this job now’: the gentle leaders of China's Uighur exiles – in pictures 2021-02-22T05:00:00Z To many Uighurs, Xinjiang is known as East Turkestan, a name shared by two short-lived independent republics that existed before the Communist takeover. China’s Oppression of Muslims in Xinjiang, Explained 2021-01-20T05:00:00Z In the photo, she was smiling, a miniature East Turkestan flag in her hand, a flag the Chinese government had banned. How I survived a Chinese 're-education' camp for Uighurs 2021-01-12T05:00:00Z The hackers put up the flag of East Turkestan, an emblem banned in China and generally used as a symbol of independence for the Uighurs, a Turkic Muslim minority group. A Second Chinese Coronavirus Vaccine Is Said to Be Effective 2021-01-07T05:00:00Z The complaint was submitted in July on behalf of the Government of East Turkestan in Exile and the East Turkestan National Awakening Movement. ICC asks for more evidence on Uighur genocide claims 2020-12-11T05:00:00Z Allium karataviense, the 10-inch-tall Turkestan onion, provides its own backdrop: wide, gray-green foliage that handsomely sets off its pale lilac, spherical flower. Yes, It’s Already Time to Buy Bulbs for Fall Planting 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z This name carries negative connotations for most Uyghurs who privately refer to it “East Turkestan.” Who are the Uyghurs, China's Islamic minority? 2020-04-28T04:00:00Z Human rights groups refer to the region as Chinese-occupied East Turkestan. MIT cancels China AI firm contract over human rights concerns 2020-04-24T04:00:00Z The East Turkestan arm is dripping with blood. Rugby star latest to criticise China over Uighurs 2019-12-23T05:00:00Z Some refer to their homeland — an expanse of deserts, mountains and ancient oasis towns — not by its official Chinese name but as East Turkestan, the name of two short-lived Uighur republics. They Built a Homeland Far From China’s Grip. Now They’re Afraid. 2019-12-21T05:00:00Z His reference to Xinjiang as East Turkestan, a name for the region used by advocates of self-rule for Uighurs, made matters worse for many Chinese. An Arsenal Star Criticized China’s Detention Camps. Fury Soon Followed. 2019-12-14T05:00:00Z Several protesters shouted into bullhorns, advocating East Turkestan’s independence from China. A Corner of Washington, United by the Nationals (and Blue Sharks) 2019-10-26T04:00:00Z One instrument of repression is the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps , or Bingtuan, which was established by Mao Zedong in 1954, soon after China annexed East Turkestan, as the Central Asian region was then called. Opinion | China’s repression of the Uighurs began 10 years ago. Now their survival is at stake. 2019-07-04T04:00:00Z Arkan, 30, said that she was from Turkestan, a term used to describe parts of Central Asia and Muslim areas of western China, and that she was recently displaced from Baghouz. The Islamic State’s refugees are facing a humanitarian calamity 2019-04-02T04:00:00Z “East Turkestan,” Yapcan interjected, using the name for the independent homeland that he and others envision. Uighur dissident in Turkey fights effort to extradite him to China 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z In the 1990s, a Uighur separatist group, calling itself the East Turkestan Independence Movement, rose in Afghanistan under the protection of the Taliban and threatened attacks against China. In Central Asia’s forbidding highlands, a quiet newcomer: Chinese troops 2019-02-18T05:00:00Z “This is Turkestan, not China. Chinese don’t learn our language, and many of us don’t learn theirs. Even on a personal level, relations are bad,” one young Uighur man told me. Opinion | Why China Is Brutally Suppressing Muslims 2018-09-16T04:00:00Z Some of Xinjiang’s 11 million Uighurs still seek an independent homeland they call East Turkestan in the oil-rich region. China’s Uighur Camps Swell as Beijing Widens the Dragnet 2018-08-17T04:00:00Z Gresback said that in addition to the Taliban, the U.S.-led military coalition in Afghanistan has targeted the East Turkestan Islamic Movement in the operation. In a new wave of the Afghanistan air war, the U.S. strikes a little-known militant group 2018-02-06T05:00:00Z Chinese authorities say he helped found the East Turkestan Islamic Movement, a group calling for an armed struggle against Beijing. Uighur dissident in Turkey fights effort to extradite him to China 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z According to the memo, Mr. Saidakhmetov was born along the old Silk Road in the “backwater city” of Turkestan, Kazakhstan. One Brooklyn Man’s Lonely Journey to Jihad 2018-01-03T05:00:00Z “He also used his position as a lecturer to entice and coerce some people to form a group to promote and participate in East Turkestan separatist forces’ activities.” To Beijing’s dismay, jailed Uighur scholar wins human rights award 2016-10-11T04:00:00Z The Uighur display is dominated by illustrated diagrams on the East Turkestan Independence Movement and World Uighur Congress — groups that are banned in China. 'We need to be clear-eyed and vigilant': A look inside China's national spy museum 2016-09-24T04:00:00Z One of the studies found none with former jihadist experience and the other found four, with two listing experience in Pakistan, one in Afghanistan and one in Xinjiang, which Uighur separatists call East Turkestan. China Terror Claims Bolstered by New Evidence 2016-07-25T04:00:00Z The government blames the unrest on Islamist militants who want to establish an independent state called East Turkestan for minority Uighurs, a mostly Muslim people who speak a Turkic language and hail from Xinjiang. China's Xinjiang wants more mingling of ethnic groups 2016-01-31T05:00:00Z After that, he rarely saw his father, usually, the memo says, roaming drunk on Turkestan’s streets. One Brooklyn Man’s Lonely Journey to Jihad 2018-01-03T05:00:00Z Uighurs in Xinjiang, which is sometimes called East Turkestan, have long complained about repression and discrimination at the hands of the Chinese government. To Beijing’s dismay, jailed Uighur scholar wins human rights award 2016-10-11T04:00:00Z Beijing insists that all resistance to its rule in Xinjiang is directed by foreign terrorist organizations, especially the East Turkestan Islamic Movement. Beijing, Xinjiang and the Press 2015-12-29T05:00:00Z In the early 20th century, Uighurs proclaimed an independent republic called East Turkestan but, like Tibet to its south, the vast region was absorbed into the People’s Republic. The Men and Women Who Fight China's 'Anti-Terrorist' War 2015-11-23T05:00:00Z The Global Times reported a Chinese official as saying that he belonged to the East Turkestan Islamic Movement, a small Islamist separatist group said to be active in Xinjiang province in western China. Bangkok's Erawan Shrine bomb: One suspect 'is Chinese' - BBC News 2015-09-09T04:00:00Z Decades ago, Uighurs pushing for an independent East Turkestan — as many Uighurs call their homeland in Xinjiang — began doing advocacy work from Turkey. Ethnic Tensions in Xinjiang Complicate China-Turkey Ties 2015-07-28T04:00:00Z Under "nationality", it says "East Turkestan", the name Uighur activists and their Turkish supporters give for their Chinese-ruled homeland. Turkish help for Uighur refugees looms over Erdogan visit to Beijing 2015-07-27T04:00:00Z Turkey’s ties with China also were strained recently over the issue of East Turkestan and Beijing’s assimilation policies aimed at Muslim Uighurs in China’s Xingjian Uighur Autonomous Region who are also of Turkic origin. Turkey Needs to Drop Its Dead-End Foreign Policy 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z Some Uighurs want to break away from China and form an independent East Turkestan, and some of them engage in sporadic, deadly attacks against the authorities. Deadly Clash Between Police and Ethnic Uighurs Reported in Xinjiang Region of China 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z A military operation was launched by the Pakistani Army in North Waziristan last June against the Taliban, also aimed at the Turkestan group, an action designed to please China. China’s President Heads to Pakistan With Billions in Infrastructure Aid 2015-04-19T04:00:00Z Among the accounts removed were those purporting to belong to state agencies, state media organizations and the East Turkestan Islamic Movement, said the CAC. China censorship sweep deletes more than 60,000 Internet accounts 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z Two large flags hang from one of the top floors, one the red Turkish flag, the other the blue flag of East Turkestan. Turkish help for Uighur refugees looms over Erdogan visit to Beijing 2015-07-27T04:00:00Z In the 20th century, even the Russians dabbled here from just over the border in Soviet Central Asia, supporting Uigher claims for an independent state of East Turkestan. Xinjiang: Has the crackdown worked? 2014-12-08T05:00:00Z Beijing blames the East Turkestan Islamic Movement for most of the violent attacks involving Uighurs. 22 Sentenced to Prison in Ethnically Split Chinese Region of Xinjiang 2014-11-11T05:00:00Z In the 1930s, Uighur leaders in the ancient Silk Road entrepôt of Kashgar declared the first of two short-lived East Turkestan Republics. The Politics of Pop in China's Xinjiang Region 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z The group, known as the East Turkestan Islamic Movement or Turkestan Islamic Party, is made up of radical Uighurs who want to establish an Islamic state in Xinjiang. China sees jihadist inspiration coming from abroad by way of the Web The government blames violence in Xinjiang and across the country on Muslim militants, who it says want to establish an independent state called East Turkestan. Uighur academic held on separatism charges in China kept in shackles 2014-09-16T04:00:00Z East Turkestan is another name for China's far western province of Xinjiang, home to a Muslim, Turkic-speaking ethnic minority known as Uighurs. China airing details about suspects in terrorist attacks 2014-09-15T04:00:00Z Chinese officials often attribute attacks in Xinjiang to Uighur separatists, accusing them of seeking to establish an independent state called East Turkestan. China executes Tiananmen attackers 2014-08-24T04:00:00Z Many want greater independence for the land they call East Turkestan. In the Shadow of Beijing's Rule: Uighur Life in the Ancient City of Kashgar 2014-08-06T04:00:00Z Chinese news outlets say the unrest was coordinated by extremists with links to an extremist groups called the East Turkestan Islamic Movement, and that banners calling for jihad were found at the scene. China Now Says Almost 100 Were Killed in Xinjiang Violence 2014-08-04T04:00:00Z In its report on Sunday, Tianshan identified a local man in Yarkand who it said colluded with a shadowy separatist group, the East Turkestan Islamic Movement, to spread videos advocating religious extremism. China Says Nearly 100 Are Killed in Week of Unrest in Xinjiang 2014-08-03T04:00:00Z Some Uighurs advocate an independent homeland called East Turkestan. 32 Terrorist Groups Smashed in Xinjiang, China Says 2014-06-23T04:00:00Z Many Uighurs say they face discrimination, and some call for an independent Uighur state to be carved from in Xinjiang and called East Turkestan. China: Police Kill 13 in Attack in Xinjiang Region 2014-06-20T04:00:00Z The attack was part of a new surge in violence attributed to Uighurs, some of whom want to establish an independent East Turkestan. Three Sentenced to Death Over Tiananmen Attack 2014-06-16T04:00:00Z Beijing warns that separatist groups in Xinjiang are seeking to form their own state called East Turkestan. China busts 23 'terror, religious extremism' groups: Xinhua 2014-05-26T04:00:00Z Pakistan’s Dawn newspaper quoted a security official as saying the raid targeted strongholds of the East Turkestan Islamic Movement, whose members include militants from Uzbekistan and Xinjiang. Cars plow into shoppers, hurling bombs, killing 31 in China’s Xinjiang One official said that the targets included a hide-out run by the East Turkestan Islamic Movement, a Uighur Muslim separatist group from northwest China’s Xinjiang province. Pakistani forces' attack on militants keeps up into the evening 2014-05-21T04:00:00Z Uighur independence activists, whom the Chinese government calls “splittists,” want to set up a country called East Turkestan in Xinjiang. Attack in Xinjiang Kills 31 and Injures 94 2014-05-21T04:00:00Z Beijing also says it faces a real threat from militant Islamists in Xinjiang who want an independent state called East Turkestan. China's defense minister urges tighter security on southern border 2014-05-12T15:06:36Z Some Uighurs, a mostly Muslim, Turkic-speaking people, yearn to establish an independent East Turkestan. Sinosphere Blog: Q & A: Nicholas Bequelin on Why Tensions Are Rising in Xinjiang and Beyond 2014-05-02T13:07:51Z The government blames the violence in Xinjiang on Islamist militants and separatists who want to establish an independent state called East Turkestan in the far western region. China's president warns against growing threats to national security 2014-04-26T13:12:00Z In a rare but brief interview, Abdullah Mansour, leader of the rebel Turkestan Islamic Party, said it was his holy duty to fight the Chinese. From his Pakistan hideout, Uighur leader vows revenge on China 2014-03-14T11:23:58Z Yet yesterday and today, the Pakistani military carried out attacks against militants in North Waziristan, with one security official saying a Uighur-led group, the East Turkestan Islamic Movement, was the target. Attack in Xinjiang Kills 31 and Injures 94 2014-05-21T04:00:00Z Uighurs often complain of discrimination by Han, and some Uighurs say they want an independent state called East Turkestan to be established in the region of Xinjiang. Chinese Governor Signals Crackdown on Separatists 2014-03-07T00:50:48Z The Chinese authorities said the attack was the work of the East Turkestan Islamic Movement, a militant Uighur group. Kashgar Journal: China Remodels an Ancient Silk Road City, and an Ethnic Rift Widens 2014-03-06T02:40:38Z Beijing says it faces a real threat from militant Islamists in Xinjiang who want an independent state called East Turkestan. China says station attackers wanted to carry out jihad abroad 2014-03-05T09:28:01Z "We have a message to China that East Turkestan people and other Muslims have woken up. They cannot suppress us and Islam any more. Muslims will take revenge." From his Pakistan hideout, Uighur leader vows revenge on China 2014-03-14T11:23:58Z Days later, officials announced that the attackers were part of a murky overseas terrorist organization, the East Turkestan Islamic Movement, and the matter quickly faded. Chinese Officials Seek to Shift Attention From Rampage 2014-03-05T04:20:26Z China says it is battling separatists who want to turn Xinjiang into an independent state called East Turkestan. Uighur leader fears China's 'iron fist' after knife attack 2014-03-04T19:21:35Z Police found banners bearing slogans for an independent East Turkestan near the scene of Saturday's attack, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang said at a briefing on Monday. China train station attack risks driving ethnic wedge deeper 2014-03-03T14:16:09Z The Uighur narrative tells of an ancient land called East Turkestan, part of which they say was briefly independent last century before Chinese troops marched in. Terror Attack in China Blamed on Separatist Muslim Uighurs 2014-03-02T12:35:19Z Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang said the three were members of the separatist East Turkestan Islamic Movement, which Beijing labels a terrorist group. China denounces U.S. for sending Uighur 'terrorists' to Slovakia 2014-01-02T20:24:58Z Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang said the three were members of the separatist East Turkestan Islamic Movement, which Beijing labels a terror group. China denounces U.S. for sending Uighur 'terrorists' to Slovakia 2014-01-02T08:49:40Z She added: "If the situation goes on like this, more and more atrocities like this will happen in East Turkestan." Uighur leader fears China's 'iron fist' after knife attack 2014-03-04T19:21:35Z The East Turkestan Islamic Movement - which claimed responsibility for the Tiananmen incident - is a major separatist force, the official Xinhua news agency said. China train station attack risks driving ethnic wedge deeper 2014-03-03T14:16:09Z China’s security czar said that the crash was the work of the East Turkestan Islamic Movement and state media reported that separatist banners were found inside the SUV. Terror Attack in China Blamed on Separatist Muslim Uighurs 2014-03-02T12:35:19Z East Turkestan is what many Uighurs call Xinjiang. Q&A: East Turkestan Islamic Movement 2013-11-01T11:04:49Z The United Nations and U.S. placed the East Turkestan Islamic Movement on lists of terrorist organizations after the September 11, 2001 attacks. China security chief blames separatists for Tiananmen attack 2013-11-01T04:03:13Z "We see the desperation not only in East Turkestan but in Tibet and other parts of China as well," she said. Uighur leader questions China's account of Tiananmen attack 2013-10-31T00:12:20Z FSB Chief Alexander Bortnikov has warned that the Islamic Group of Turkestan is just as dangerous as Al Qaeda, however, some security analysts say its aims and reach are poorly understood. Russia says detained senior Islamist militant who planned Moscow region attack 2013-06-07T07:07:56Z Muslim hardliners there want to establish an independent state called East Turkestan. Chinese court jails woman for bomb hoax on Xinjiang: bound plane 2013-01-09T15:39:27Z It is said to want to establish an independent "East Turkestan" in China. Q&A: East Turkestan Islamic Movement 2013-11-01T11:04:49Z China dislikes the Taliban because of their close relations with the East Turkestan group, but deals with the Taliban on a pragmatic basis, he wrote. China Signals Interest in Afghanistan After NATO Leaves 2012-06-08T15:38:39Z East Turkestan is the name Uighurs call the vast, resource-rich Xinjiang region that borders Afghanistan, Pakistan and the former Soviet Central Asian republics. Uighur leader questions China's account of Tiananmen attack 2013-10-31T00:12:20Z The valley leads to a group of passes across the Paropamisus into Turkestan, of which the Zirmast is perhaps the best known. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" 2012-04-14T02:00:23.707Z The Salmonidae are entirely absent from the waters of the Himalaya proper, of Tibet and of Turkestan east of the Terektag. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" 2012-04-04T02:00:56.447Z In ancient times it was a vantage point of much importance and commanded one of the chief routes between Turkestan and India. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" 2012-03-25T02:00:05.717Z That year authorities say the East Turkestan Islamic Movement, a group the U.S. China's Xinjiang Region Hit by Renewed Violence 2012-02-29T07:35:36Z I don't believe there is any kind of organized extremist Islamic movement operating in East Turkestan. Uighur leader questions China's account of Tiananmen attack 2013-10-31T00:12:20Z The intense cold which usually accompanies these sudden northern blizzards of Herat and Turkestan is a further source of danger. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" 2012-04-14T02:00:23.707Z And we were simultaneously deprived both of Turkestan and American cotton. Dictatorship vs. Democracy (Terrorism and Communism) 2012-02-27T03:00:14.477Z Formerly Hunza was the more prominent of the two, because it held possession of the passes leading to the Pamirs, and could plunder the caravans on their way between Turkestan and India. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" 2012-02-24T03:00:27.173Z Early in the eleventh century the bulk of the Turkish nation, under its leader Tongrol Bek, moving out from Turkestan, swept down upon Persia. The Roman Empire in the Light of Prophecy The Rise, Progress, and End of the Fourth World-empire 2012-02-01T03:00:10.887Z In Tibet and Chinese Turkestan; being the record of three years' exploration. Select List of Books ... Relating to the Far East 2012-01-12T03:00:14.110Z The same is true of parts of Turkestan and Lebanon. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" 2012-01-11T03:00:20.463Z Haibak derives its importance from its position on the main line of communication between Kabul and Afghan Turkestan. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" 2011-12-26T03:00:11.613Z One of these routes passed through the Black Sea, and across the Caspian Sea to Turkestan to those strange and romantic ancient cities, Bokhara and Samarkand. A History of the Philippines 2011-12-12T03:00:36.870Z So far as swamps are concerned, few are of larger size than those of Seistan in Persia, Lop Nor in Chinese Turkestan, and certain others in the midst of the Asiatic deserts. Climatic Changes Their Nature and Causes 2011-10-28T02:00:24.840Z At the age of twenty-two he became tutor in a Turkish family in Constantinople, and later he travelled through Asia Minor, Armenia, Persia, Turkestan, Bokhara, Samarkand and the regions of the Oxus. Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ 2011-10-14T02:00:24.730Z It continued subject to the Mongols, sometimes to the house of Hulagu in Persia, and sometimes to that of Jagatai in Turkestan. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 8 "Germany" to "Gibson, William" 2011-10-05T02:00:17.763Z In Turkestan the newly discovered Tokharian language, an Aryan tongue of the western division, seems to have persisted down to the ninth century. The Rising Tide of Color Against White World-Supremacy 2011-09-13T02:00:33.070Z From Asia Minor and Turkestan, the Chionodoxas, and many bulbous Irises and Fritillarias have been introduced. Beautiful Bulbous Plants For the Open Air 2011-09-10T02:00:24.197Z Many of these are described in Explorations in Turkestan, The Pulse of Asia, and Palestine and Its Transformation. Climatic Changes Their Nature and Causes 2011-10-28T02:00:24.840Z The Turkestan Islamic Party appears to be a separate organization, although some analysts say the two may be related. In Video, Militant Group Claims Attacks in Western China 2011-09-08T12:38:33Z After Jenghiz Khan had extinguished the power of his family in Turkestan, Jelaluddin defeated the army sent against him by the Mongol at Parwan, north of Kabul. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 8 "Germany" to "Gibson, William" 2011-10-05T02:00:17.763Z By this document Russia recognized Japan’s paramountcy over the bulk of China, while Japan recognized Russia’s special interests in China’s Western dependencies, Mongolia and Turkestan. The Rising Tide of Color Against White World-Supremacy 2011-09-13T02:00:33.070Z I. Kolpakowskyanum is a rare and little known species from Turkestan. Beautiful Bulbous Plants For the Open Air 2011-09-10T02:00:24.197Z Some of them are even more remarkable for their dryness than is Niya, a site in the Tarim Desert of Chinese Turkestan. Climatic Changes Their Nature and Causes 2011-10-28T02:00:24.840Z They are obtained from the young of the numerous herds of wild horses that roam over the plains of Turkestan. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" 2011-08-15T02:00:28.473Z Beijing says separatists work with al Qaeda or militants among other Turkic ethnic groups in ex-Soviet Central Asia over the border to seek an independent state called East Turkestan. Land seizures in China's Kashgar fuel anger among Uighurs 2011-08-09T09:06:15Z Both Mongolia and Chinese Turkestan, though largely desert, contain within their vast areas enough fertile land to support many millions of Chinese peasants as soon as modern roads and railways are built. The Rising Tide of Color Against White World-Supremacy 2011-09-13T02:00:33.070Z In May, the deputy minister of public security, Meng Hongwei, said there were signs that Uighur "East Turkestan terrorists" were returning from central Asia to China, the Xinhua news agency reported. Analysis: Far west attacks expose violence's homegrown roots 2011-08-04T08:57:55Z When the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991 and the Muslim Central Asian states gained their independence, the dormant Eastern Turkestan independence movement in Xinjiang was stirred into a revival. The real culprit? 2011-08-03T09:24:26Z Authorities also broadly suggested that the 2008 attack was the work of the East Turkestan Islamic Movement. China Blames Foreign-Trained Separatists for Attacks in Xinjiang 2011-08-01T11:30:51Z In 1868 he travelled through Turkestan, the district of the lower Syr-Darya and Samarkand; and shortly after his return he set out for Khokand, where he visited a large portion of territory till then unknown. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" 2011-06-19T02:00:16.580Z Turkestan and China border it on the south, and Tibet almost touches it, not quite. The Slayer Of souls 2011-06-01T02:00:26.487Z Uighur separatists often call their homeland East Turkestan. Analysis: Far west attacks expose violence's homegrown roots 2011-08-04T08:57:55Z Overseas groups actively promote the idea of an independent Eastern Turkestan, but there is no evidence linking them directly with violence inside Xinjiang. The real culprit? 2011-08-03T09:24:26Z The Grand Duke was a parallel, in position only, to the Duke of Connaught, for he was an uncle of the Tsar, and he was Governor of Turkestan. A Prisoner in Turkey 2011-05-28T02:00:23.023Z At home, the Chinese government remains wary of the Islamist terrorism practiced by Muslim Uighurs agitating for an independent East Turkestan in Xinjiang. Has America miscalculated in Pakistan? 2011-05-24T17:01:00Z Excavations in Russian Turkestan and Chinese Turkestan have revealed traces of ancient culture centres dating back beyond 2000 B.C. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar 2011-04-14T02:00:59.373Z The centre of their power seems to have oscillated between Karakoram and Turfan in Eastern Turkestan, the extensive ruins of which have been explored by D. A. Klements, Sven Hedin and M. A. Stein. Man, Past and Present 2011-03-28T02:00:29.283Z They became a weapon against the dwindling power of the Mongolian nomads, first in Turkestan and then across Siberia as far as the Amur. A Short History of the World 2011-03-04T03:01:03.147Z These Great Russians gradually succeeded in enlarging their borders, until their territory stretched to the Crimea and Turkestan on the south and south-east, to Manchuria in the far east, and to Germany in the west. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 2 (of 10) From the Battle of Mons to the Fall of Antwerp. 2011-02-19T03:01:10.063Z The use of embroidery in Asia—especially in India, China, Turkestan and Persia—dates back to very early times. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" 2011-02-06T03:00:53.093Z She wishes to rid herself of your presence, so she may continue with the jewels to Chinese Turkestan; and the other reason.... Caravans By Night A Romance of India 2011-01-03T03:01:02.370Z The Karens The kinship of the Kakhyens with the still more numerous Karens is now generally accepted, and it is no longer found necessary to bring the latter all the way from Turkestan. Man, Past and Present 2011-03-28T02:00:29.283Z He then turned westward and conquered Western Turkestan, Persia, Armenia, India down to Lahore, and South Russia as far as Kieff. A Short History of the World 2011-03-04T03:01:03.147Z According to the cable, al Qaeda’s second in command, Ayman al-Zawahiri, assigned former East Turkestan terrorists to target attacks on Olympic facilities and landmarks. WikiLeaks: Terrorists Targeted Hong Kong During Olympics 2010-12-07T01:33:00Z In Turkestan, and especially at Bokhara, excellent embroideries have been, and are, produced, some patterns being of a bold floral type, and others conventionalized into hooked and serrated outlines. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" 2011-02-06T03:00:53.093Z Many Uighurs call Xinjiang their homeland, and some want an independent state there called East Turkestan. Chinese Separatists Tied to Norway Bomb Plot 2010-07-10T00:38:00Z "The breaking up of this large terrorist group once again proves that the East Turkestan Islamic Movement is the major terror threat facing China at present and henceforward," Wu said. China says breaks up "terrorist" cell in Xinjiang 2010-06-24T08:43:00Z China, now under the Han dynasty, which had replaced the Ts’in dynasty at the death of Shi-Hwang-ti, had extended its power across Tibet and over the high mountain passes of the Pamirs into western Turkestan. A Short History of the World 2011-03-04T03:01:03.147Z In the first step the Chinese would withdraw from their colonies, and these colonies include Tibet and East Turkestan. 2010-02-04T22:40:00Z The spokesman, Ma Zhaoxu, repeated China's position that the two Uighurs were members of the East Turkestan Islamic Movement, a group listed by the UN as a terrorist group. 2010-02-04T09:44:00Z Its eastern part is nearly conterminous with south Mongolia, its western forms Chinese or eastern Turkestan. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" Exile groups and many Uighurs, a Muslim people native to the region, refer to Xinjiang as East Turkestan. China says breaks up "terrorist" cell in Xinjiang 2010-06-24T08:43:00Z Some drifted north-eastward and eastward over the mountain passes down into western Turkestan. A Short History of the World 2011-03-04T03:01:03.147Z About 1220 Genghis Khan, an independent Mongol chief, made himself master of Central Asia, conquered Northern China, overran Turkestan, Afghanistan, and Persia; his successors took Bagdad and abolished the caliphate. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli The fishing is very productive, the fish being exported to Turkestan, Merv and Russia. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" The portion of Asia which lies between the Arctic Ocean and the mountainous belt bounding Manchuria, Mongolia and Turkestan on the north is Siberia. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" The East Turkestan Islamic Movement is listed by the United Nations as a terrorist organization with links to al Qaeda. China says breaks up "terrorist" cell in Xinjiang 2010-06-24T08:43:00Z Every summer these Ephthalites pastured in western Turkestan, every autumn they came down through the passes to terrorize India. A Short History of the World 2011-03-04T03:01:03.147Z Asia, Central, a designation loosely given to the regions in the centre of Asia east of the Caspian, also called Turkestan, and formerly Tartary. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli The Chinese conquest of Jungaria and Eastern Turkestan having become an accomplished fact, what did the new rulers do to justify their forcible interference in Central Asia? The Life of Yakoob Beg Athalik Ghazi, and Badaulet; Ameer of Kashgar Exact surveys in Russia, based upon triangulation, extend as far east as Chinese Turkestan in longitude about 75� E. of Greenwich. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" The steppes above Turkestan, which I visited last, are milder in climate than those of Akmolinsk. Russian Life To-day He established himself in Western Turkestan, assumed the title of Grand Khan in 1369, and conquered from Syria to Delhi. A Short History of the World 2011-03-04T03:01:03.147Z The most important of these lands are Afghanistan, Chinese Turkestan, Tibet, and Russian Turkestan. The Call of the World or, Every Man's Supreme Opportunity There can be no doubt that the Chinese triumph has been thorough, and that it will be many years before the people of Eastern Turkestan will have again the heart to rebel against their authority. The Life of Yakoob Beg Athalik Ghazi, and Badaulet; Ameer of Kashgar Asia is divided laterally along the parallel of 40� north by a depression which, beginning on the east of the desert of Gobi, extends westwards through Mongolia to Chinese Turkestan. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" It is absent apparently from many parts of Central Asia, but it appears again farther south in Palestine, Syria, Persia, Turkestan, and Tibet. The History of the European Fauna One of the consequences of the first great sweep of Mongol conquest in the thirteenth century was to drive a certain tribe of Turks, the Ottoman Turks, out of Turkestan into Asia Minor. A Short History of the World 2011-03-04T03:01:03.147Z A friend of mine has just sent me some nice fellows from Bokhara and Turkestan. Plashers Mead A Novel The army of Eastern Turkestan was as widely different from all previous Chinese armies in Central Asia as it well could be; and in all essentials closely resembled that of an European power. The Life of Yakoob Beg Athalik Ghazi, and Badaulet; Ameer of Kashgar Between the Russian Pamirs and Chinese Turkestan the rugged line of the Sarikol range intervenes, the actual dividing line being still indefinite. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" F. cœlebs—the common Chaffinch—occurs in Europe, while its range extends eastward to Western Siberia, Persia, and Turkestan. The History of the European Fauna The conquest of all Persia followed, and the Moslem Empire pushed far into Western Turkestan and eastward until it met the Chinese. A Short History of the World 2011-03-04T03:01:03.147Z Except by association and classification they have no resemblance to the Turkestan or any other division. The Oriental Rug A Monograph on Eastern Rugs and Carpets, Saddle-Bags, Mats & Pillows, with a Consideration of Kinds and Classes, Types, Borders, Figures, Dyes, Symbols, etc. Together with Some Practical Advice to Collectors. But the fact remains clear, that all the dreams of Yakoob Beg of founding a personal dynasty in Eastern Turkestan are now dispelled beyond all prospect of realization. The Life of Yakoob Beg Athalik Ghazi, and Badaulet; Ameer of Kashgar Stein and Captain C. G. Rawling, who have increased our knowledge of ancient fields of industry and commerce in Turkestan and Tibet. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" R. Alberti.—A native of Turkestan, where it was discovered by M. Albert Regel not many years ago. Trees and Shrubs for English Gardens In Central Asia the Turkish peoples had taken root in what is now Western Turkestan, and Persia already employed many Turkish officials and Turkish mercenaries. A Short History of the World 2011-03-04T03:01:03.147Z Most of the rugs of commerce in this country come from Persia, Turkey, Asia Minor, Turkestan, the southern part of Russia, Afghanistan, and Beluchistan; a few also from India. The Oriental Rug A Monograph on Eastern Rugs and Carpets, Saddle-Bags, Mats & Pillows, with a Consideration of Kinds and Classes, Types, Borders, Figures, Dyes, Symbols, etc. Together with Some Practical Advice to Collectors. The occupation of Afghanistan by England, or even a partial occupation of it as is very probable, would seriously weaken Russian prestige in Western Turkestan. The Life of Yakoob Beg Athalik Ghazi, and Badaulet; Ameer of Kashgar The great highland plateau which stretches from the Himalaya northwards to Chinese Turkestan, and from the frontier of Kashmir eastwards to China, has now been defined with comparative geographical exactness. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" In the southern provinces of Asiatic Russia, along the borders of the Caspian, and through the whole of Turkestan, it is the language of the people. Lectures on The Science of Language Large parts of these regions, stretching between South Russia and Turkestan into Manchuria, were and are regions of exceptional climatic insecurity. A Short History of the World 2011-03-04T03:01:03.147Z Thibet, Turkestan, Muscovy, Siam, Cochin China, Tonking, and Corea, acknowledged the supremacy of the Grand Khan of the Tartars, and faithfully paid him tribute. Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6. Volume 1 [of 2] But after all, as we have just said, the Kuldja question is not the only one suggested by the appearance of the Chinese in Eastern Turkestan. The Life of Yakoob Beg Athalik Ghazi, and Badaulet; Ameer of Kashgar On the north the Chinese Turkestan explorations are now brought into survey connexion with Kashmir and India. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" He had crossed the Turkestan deserts, helped to survey the Cape to Cairo railway, led armies in China and South America, and explored the recesses of the Sahara. The Blind Lion of the Congo At that time north Persia and western Turkestan and south Arabia were all more fertile than they are now, and there are traces of very early communities in these regions. A Short History of the World 2011-03-04T03:01:03.147Z Other species of the genus are found in central and eastern Europe and as far east as Turkestan. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" Both travellers were for a time detained in a sort of honourable confinement in Kashgar, but all ended happily, and the first two English explorers of Eastern Turkestan returned in perfect safety to Ladakh. The Life of Yakoob Beg Athalik Ghazi, and Badaulet; Ameer of Kashgar Coincident with the demarcation of Russian boundaries in Turkestan was that of northern Afghanistan. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" Russia.—Some cotton is produced in European Russia in the southern Caucasus, but Turkestan in central Asia is by far the 267 more important source of Russian-grown cotton. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 5 "Cosway" to "Coucy" In Eastern Turkestan there are still fair, blue-eyed Nordic tribes, but now they speak Mongolian tongues. A Short History of the World 2011-03-04T03:01:03.147Z Travellers, from the time of Marco Polo, who relates its observance in Chinese Turkestan, have found the custom to prevail in China, India, Borneo, Siam, Africa and the Americas. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" It may well be that some future generation may recur to this career with interest as marking the only real break in the Chinese domination in Eastern Turkestan. The Life of Yakoob Beg Athalik Ghazi, and Badaulet; Ameer of Kashgar He treated me in private as he had treated the women captured in Turkestan or sold as slaves in Persia. A House-Party Don Gesualdo and A Rainy June In 1879 the rank of General was conferred upon him and he was appointed to command the Turkestan rifle brigade in Central Asia. McClure's Magazine, Vol. XXXI, No. 4, August 1908 Bokhara rugs are made in mountainous districts of Turkestan, and have never been successfully imitated, because the dyes used are made from a plant grown only in that district. Hand-Loom Weaving A Manual for School and Home The power of his arms had added Eastern Turkestan to the Chinese empire, a region which it continues to hold to-day. Historic Tales, Vol. 12 (of 15) The Romance of Reality But before following the forward movement of the Chinese it is necessary to say something of the internal disturbances in Eastern Turkestan, more especially of the rivalry of Beg Bacha and Hakim Khan for supremacy. The Life of Yakoob Beg Athalik Ghazi, and Badaulet; Ameer of Kashgar In addition to several million Chinese settlers in Manchuria, and smaller numbers in Mongolia, Turkestan and Tibet, it was estimated in 1908 that there were over 9,000,000 Chinese resident beyond the empire. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" Here was the art of the East—of China, Persia, and Turkestan—being revealed to us by European scholars, and they went on messing about with English choir-stalls and sanctuary-rings. Pot-Boilers According to the latest issue of the Turkestan ‘Gazette,’ the telegraph-line from Peking has been brought as far west as the city of Kashgar. Across Asia on a Bicycle Joe had been scheduled to observe some of the combat taking place in Chinese Turkestan with nomad rebels. Frigid Fracas The character which the brothers Michell gave Little Bokhara, or Eastern Turkestan, expressed a fact, which long deterred any traveller from attempting to explore it. The Life of Yakoob Beg Athalik Ghazi, and Badaulet; Ameer of Kashgar Under his rule Tibet was added to the empire, which extended from the Siberian frontier to Cochin-China, and from the China Sea to Turkestan. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" The chapter on Turkestan is by a converted Moslem; and the two chapters on the Yemen and the Central Soudan are by medical missionaries. Our Moslem Sisters A Cry of Need from Lands of Darkness Interpreted by Those Who Heard It Permission to enter Turkestan is by no means easily obtained, as is well understood by the student of Russian policy in central Asia. Across Asia on a Bicycle The same features are observed in the Devonian of the Kougnetsk basin, and in Turkestan. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 3 "Destructors" to "Diameter" The British Government agree to levy no duty on goods transmitted in bond through British India to Eastern Turkestan or to the territories of His Highness the Maharaja. The Life of Yakoob Beg Athalik Ghazi, and Badaulet; Ameer of Kashgar He marched an army into Hi, which he converted into a Chinese province, and he afterwards added eastern Turkestan to the empire. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" In eastern Turkestan the Chinese officials as well as the soldiers and the merchants had been killed by the Mohammedans; only a few escaped death by accepting Islam. Our Moslem Sisters A Cry of Need from Lands of Darkness Interpreted by Those Who Heard It For a long time he was called the “Doctor Tanner of Turkestan.” Across Asia on a Bicycle The late recovery of the province of Yunnan in China proper, and of Chinese Turkestan in Central Asia, after crushing defeats and years of alienation, affords notable instances of this tenacity of purpose. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, September 1879 In Eastern Turkestan the rivalry of races has become less bitter, and in nothing is this better manifested than in the fact that there a man is described by his native town. The Life of Yakoob Beg Athalik Ghazi, and Badaulet; Ameer of Kashgar The Chinese are a colonizing race, and in Manchuria, Mongolia and Turkestan they have brought several districts under cultivation. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" In due time he put the Prince aside and founded a kingdom of his own, which included the whole of eastern Turkestan. Our Moslem Sisters A Cry of Need from Lands of Darkness Interpreted by Those Who Heard It To secure us against this inconvenience, and to gain some special attention, a letter was obtained from the overseer of the Turkestan post and telegraph district. Across Asia on a Bicycle In what once was Independent Turkestan, his armies overran one Khanate after the other, thus coming nearer and nearer to India from the north-west. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, September 1879 The Chinese army in Eastern Turkestan was mainly recruited from among these tribes, who became distinguished from the Tungani by their religion and fidelity. The Life of Yakoob Beg Athalik Ghazi, and Badaulet; Ameer of Kashgar The formation of the Transcaspian Railway cannot but have an important influence upon the cotton-growing industry in Turkestan, running as it does through the very heart of the best land in the country. The Story of the Cotton Plant In its centre is the square of the bazaar, where the merchants of India, China, Turkestan, Kachmyr and Thibet, come to exchange their products for the Thibetan gold. The Unknown Life of Jesus Christ The Original Text of Nicolas Notovitch's 1887 Discovery Its commander, General Samsonoff, had won laurels in Manchuria, and had acquired considerable military reputation as a commander in Turkestan and as a member of the general staff. The Story of the Great War, Volume II (of VIII) History of the European War from Official Sources Witness the order given by General Kaufmann, the pampered tool of Alexander II., in these Turkestan campaigns:—"Kill all; spare no age, or sex!" The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, September 1879 Eastern Turkestan is one of the worst-watered regions in the world. The Life of Yakoob Beg Athalik Ghazi, and Badaulet; Ameer of Kashgar The governor of this town offered to deliver up the fugitive prince to the Khân of Turkestan. Les Parsis Thence I directed my peregrinations as my curiosity impelled me, until I arrived in Ladak, whence I intended returning to Russia by way of Karakoroum and Chinese Turkestan. The Unknown Life of Jesus Christ The Original Text of Nicolas Notovitch's 1887 Discovery Considerable crops are also grown in East India and Egypt, and lesser quantities come from the Caucasus, Turkestan, China, Brazil, Argentine, Peru and Africa. Bremen Cotton Exchange 1872/1922 Pickers in Delta Field Russian cotton, so-called, is really grown largely in Turkestan though a small amount is produced in the Southern Caucasus. The Fabric of Civilization A Short Survey of the Cotton Industry in the United States The family of Bughra Khan was now firmly established as rulers of Eastern Turkestan, and their limits were almost identical with those of the late Yakoob Beg. The Life of Yakoob Beg Athalik Ghazi, and Badaulet; Ameer of Kashgar It was supposed for many years that it inhabited only America, but not long ago similar deer were discovered in China, Manchuria, Korea, Mongolia, Siberia, and Turkestan, where undoubtedly the American species originated. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' Prince Kushluk remained for many years in Turkestan and in the countries adjoining it. Genghis Khan, Makers of History Series Caravans from across Turkestan bring us silks from Cathay. The Saracen: Land of the Infidel Most of the jade of the variety nephrite that is obtained to-day comes from several of the provinces of China or from Siberia or from Turkestan. A Text-Book of Precious Stones for Jewelers and the Gem-Loving Public Yarkand, about eighty miles as the crow flies, and 120 by road, to the south-east of Kashgar, is still the most populous of all the cities of Eastern Turkestan. The Life of Yakoob Beg Athalik Ghazi, and Badaulet; Ameer of Kashgar Mongols in half a dozen different tribal dresses, Tibetan pilgrims, Manchu Tartars, or camel drivers from far Turkestan drank and ate and gambled with Chinese from civilized Peking. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' It seems that the tribe over which Idikut ruled was tributary to Turkestan, and that Gurkhan had an officer stationed in Idikut's country whose business it was to collect and remit the tribute. Genghis Khan, Makers of History Series Horace felt as a life-prisoner, suddenly set free from the loathsomest dungeon in Turkestan, might feel on greeting again the day and life's sweet activities. The Art of Disappearing A just retaliation might be urged for the invasion of Turkestan, or the Eastern Tartary. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07 So we have the strange picture before us, of the three great doctrines of the earth flourishing side by side in Eastern Turkestan in the fourteenth century. The Life of Yakoob Beg Athalik Ghazi, and Badaulet; Ameer of Kashgar Its remains lie in a valley of the Hazara country, on the chief road from Kabul towards Turkestan, and immediately at the northern foot of that prolongation of the Indian Caucasus now called Koh-i-Baba. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" The name of the officer who had the general charge of the collection of the taxes in Idikut's territory for Gurkhan, King of Turkestan, was, as has already been said, Shuwakem. Genghis Khan, Makers of History Series Beyond that was the whole length of Turkestan and the six-hundred-mile breadth of the Himalaya to be crossed before I should reach India. The Heart of Nature or, The Quest for Natural Beauty He invaded Turkestan, Kiptchak, Russia, Hindustan, Syria, Anatolia, Armenia, and Georgia, without a hope or a desire of preserving those distant provinces. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07 It may be well, therefore, before narrating that event and the causes which immediately produced it, to consider the chief lessons taught us by the history of Eastern Turkestan, as revealed in the preceding pages. The Life of Yakoob Beg Athalik Ghazi, and Badaulet; Ameer of Kashgar The town is garrisoned by a few hundred kasidars, the regular troops of Afghan Turkestan being cantoned at Takhtapul, near Mazar-i-Sharif. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" Beyond his western limits lay Turkestan and other countries governed by the Mohammedans. Genghis Khan, Makers of History Series On the North it is bounded by Turkestan, East by India, South by Beloochistan, and West by Persia. The Lost Ten Tribes, and 1882 The only other debatable field in Asia is that vast area which we call China, comprising China proper, Manchuria, Mongolia, Tibet and Eastern Turkestan. Pan-Islam It is now time for us to relate how they fared in Eastern Turkestan. The Life of Yakoob Beg Athalik Ghazi, and Badaulet; Ameer of Kashgar Our approach to it was first announced by heaps of cotton-bales, bound in striped camel's-hair cloth, which had found their way hither from the distant valleys of Turkestan and the warm plains of Bukharia. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 87, January, 1865 Besides, the three persons whom he appointed were natives of Turkestan, and they were, of course, well acquainted with the language of the country and with the country itself. Genghis Khan, Makers of History Series His conclusion is that China is not the original home of walnuts but imported from Persia via two routes, the earlier by Chinese Turkestan and little later by Tibet. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 13th Annual Meeting Rochester, N.Y. September, 7, 8 and 9, 1922 Moslem propaganda is spread by traders and others working from centres of Islamic learning outside Chinese territory, such as Bokhara and Samarkand in Russian Turkestan, and Cabul, the Afghan capital. Pan-Islam The Chinese were on several occasions, as we have seen, threatened in Eastern Turkestan by the pretensions of the Khojas, and the secret or open machinations of Khokand. The Life of Yakoob Beg Athalik Ghazi, and Badaulet; Ameer of Kashgar Then came wondrous stuffs from the looms of Turkestan and Cashmere, turquoises from the Upper Oxus, and glittering strings of Siberian topaz and amethyst, side by side with Nuremberg toys, Lyons silks, and Sheffield cutlery. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 87, January, 1865 For ages Turkestan remained a land of mystery. Historic Tales, Vol. 8 (of 15) The Romance of Reality A network of railways covers the grain-growing districts; trunk lines, mainly for strategic purposes, extend through Russian Turkestan to the Chinese border. Commercial Geography A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges They also call for ample funds to attack Islam on its own ground in Russian Turkestan, as it is permeating Christian Russia. Pan-Islam Two factions were playing the parts of Montagu and Capulet in Eastern Turkestan in the earlier years of the seventeenth century. The Life of Yakoob Beg Athalik Ghazi, and Badaulet; Ameer of Kashgar After seventeen days' march they reached the Lake of Lobnor in Turkestan. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part I. The Exploration of the World South of the Kirghis steppes lies another great and important territory, known as Central Asia, or Turkestan. Historic Tales, Vol. 8 (of 15) The Romance of Reality The camel of Turkestan, however, furnishes a silky textile that is much used. Commercial Geography A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges The Grass was halfway across Asia, lapping the High Pamirs from the south and from the north, digesting Korea, Manchuria, Mongolia, thrusting runners into Turkestan—and still no progress made against it. Greener Than You Think Kanghi was too prudent to jeopardize his recently consolidated state by expeditions either into Jungaria or Turkestan; and was quite satisfied with the respect shown to his empire by the Eleuthian princes of those regions. The Life of Yakoob Beg Athalik Ghazi, and Badaulet; Ameer of Kashgar When the monks left Kito, they were obliged to cross the Hindoo-Koosh mountains, lying between Turkestan and the Gandhara, the cold being so intense that one of their party sank under it. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part I. The Exploration of the World The road is being extended over the oases, and will in the end bring all Turkestan under its control. Historic Tales, Vol. 8 (of 15) The Romance of Reality The first application of Bolshevism to an Eastern people was in Russian Turkestan. The New World of Islam In fact, when he made his "tourist" jaunts to the Black Sea region, to the Urals, to Turkestan, to Siberia, he was able to have her assigned to the whole trip with him. Revolution The Chinese authority was re-established without difficulty in the three cities, and peace settled down over Eastern Turkestan. The Life of Yakoob Beg Athalik Ghazi, and Badaulet; Ameer of Kashgar The Turkestan variety was introduced for dry, cold regions, but does not produce much seed. Crops and Methods for Soil Improvement Sven Hedin had not long returned from his great travels through eastern Turkestan and Tibet when Nansen was preparing for his great journey northwards. A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole Early in 1920, however, the Soviet Government considered Turkestan ripe for the "Social Revolution." The New World of Islam The tradition is that China brought her civilization around the north of Tibet, from Mongolia, the primitive habitat being Mesopotamia, or possibly the oases of Turkestan. The Hindu-Arabic Numerals The Tajiks are Persian in their origin, and consequently of the Aryan stock, in contradistinction to the Turk or Tartar ruling class in Western Turkestan. The Life of Yakoob Beg Athalik Ghazi, and Badaulet; Ameer of Kashgar He delighted in the rhythmic movement of the line and the display of a transcendent harmony and elegance of proportion such as are seen in the frescoes of Eastern Turkestan. Chinese Painters A Critical Study Still farther east, in the extreme north-eastern angle of Ladákh and the Kashmiri states, a third route to Turkestan has been opened. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, September, 1878 Besides these racially Chinese Moslems, another centre of Mohammedan population is found in the Chinese dependency of Eastern or Chinese Turkestan, inhabited by Turkish stocks and conquered by the Chinese only in the eighteenth century. The New World of Islam It had already permeated the Himalaya territory, had reached eastern Turkestan, and had probably gone thence to China. The Hindu-Arabic Numerals The inhabitants of the little known regions now variously known as Jungaria and Eastern Turkestan were, until recent years, considered to be of pure Tartar origin, and consequently members of the Turanian family. The Life of Yakoob Beg Athalik Ghazi, and Badaulet; Ameer of Kashgar Thence it spread to the byways of Eastern Turkestan. Chinese Painters A Critical Study The balance oscillated toward the good when, in the fifteenth century, Zein-ul-Abdin introduced the Tibetan goat and the weavers of Turkestan, and originated the manufacture of the famous shawls. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, September, 1878 The Turkestan rebels found an able leader, one Yakub Beg, and for some years both Turkestan and Yunnan were virtually independent. The New World of Islam When ancient prospectors from the South exploited the rivers of Turkestan for alluvial gold and fresh water pearls, incidentally they also collected pebbles of jade for the purpose of making seals. The Evolution of the Dragon None of these, however, possess any political importance except those who inhabit the country north of Gobi and between Eastern Turkestan and China, and the chief of these are the Khalkas. The Life of Yakoob Beg Athalik Ghazi, and Badaulet; Ameer of Kashgar Letters were exchanged between him and General Kaufmann--the Russian viceroy in Turkestan--and the latter gave him the warmest promises of support, if he would ally himself with Russia. For Name and Fame Or Through Afghan Passes And by the overland northern route from Peking, by painful and dangerous stages through Turkestan to Yarkand, Bokhara, and Tabriz came the products of China and Persia,—silks and fabrics, rich tapestries and priceless rugs. Beginnings of the American People Finally, there were the ominous examples of Sovietized Turkestan and Azerbaidjan. The New World of Islam One outcome of this jade-fishing in Turkestan was the transference of the credit of life-giving to jade. The Evolution of the Dragon He, on succeeding to the throne, openly owned his conversion to Islam, and in a few years he was gradually imitated by all the leading chiefs of Turkestan. The Life of Yakoob Beg Athalik Ghazi, and Badaulet; Ameer of Kashgar South of Eastern Turkestan lies the huge upheaval of the earth's crust which is called Tibet. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People Its 162d Infantry Division was composed of troops from Turkestan and the Caucasus, and its 5th SS Panzer Division had segregated Scandinavian, Dutch, and Flemish regiments. Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965 The national principle was supreme; so it was the design to conquer Turkestan, the cradle of Turkish power and glory. The New World of Islam In addition to these, such strains as the Turkestan, the Rhenish, the Minnesota and Sand Lucerne have been introduced. Clovers and How to Grow Them The Khokandian policy had always been, however, to maintain their interests intact in Eastern Turkestan, and to weaken in every possible way the credit of the Chinese. The Life of Yakoob Beg Athalik Ghazi, and Badaulet; Ameer of Kashgar Fortunately I had provided myself with two packages of blue Chinese silken material in Turkestan, and a length of that is a substitute for silver of all kinds. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People It also occurs in Sind, and more abundantly west of the Indus river, in Baluchistan, extending into Persia and Turkestan, as far north as north latitude 48°. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon In Asia beyond the Caspian, the southern boundary of the empire remains vague; the advance into the Turcoman Steppes and Afghan Turkestan, and on the Pamir plateau is still in progress. Russia As Seen and Described by Famous Writers In Turkestan and other places it will grow under conditions so dry as to forbid the vigorous growth of many hardy grasses. Clovers and How to Grow Them These were the last Khitay troops who surrendered to the new conquerors, and with them every vestige of Chinese authority disappeared from every part of Jungaria and Eastern Turkestan. The Life of Yakoob Beg Athalik Ghazi, and Badaulet; Ameer of Kashgar It was a great contrast to the fine camel caravans of Persia and Turkestan, for it marched like a regiment in separate detachments of thirty or forty yaks each. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People For instance, consider how many a thousand assemblages—religious, political and literary—have been organized in India, Persia, Turkestan, Chinese countries and, in a word, in every part of Asia. Tablets of Abdul-Baha Abbas An approximately settled frontier-line begins only farther east, where the Russian and Chinese empires meet on the borders of eastern Turkestan, Mongolia and Manchuria. Russia As Seen and Described by Famous Writers Other varieties, as the Turkestan, for instance, will endure lower temperatures and more exposure than the clovers named. Clovers and How to Grow Them The Seyyid Yakoob Khan was of the best lineage in Turkestan, and it is very possible that until the year 1867 he regarded his uncle with a considerable amount of indifference. The Life of Yakoob Beg Athalik Ghazi, and Badaulet; Ameer of Kashgar The caravan was large, for I had sixteen Mohammedan servants from Eastern Turkestan, two Russian and two Buriat Cossacks, and a Mongolian Lama from Urga. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People The men of this Turkestan regiment are said to be extraordinarily brave men. Field Hospital and Flying Column Being the Journal of an English Nursing Sister in Belgium & Russia Bokhara, bounded on the north by Russian Turkestan, was once the most famous state of Central Asia. Russia As Seen and Described by Famous Writers The Turkestan variety was introduced by the United States Department of Agriculture during recent years. Clovers and How to Grow Them Such was the career of the ill-fated, but ambitious, Amursana, who was the immediate cause of the introduction of Chinese power into Eastern Turkestan. The Life of Yakoob Beg Athalik Ghazi, and Badaulet; Ameer of Kashgar There lived the nomads of Eastern Turkestan and Mongolia, savage, brave, and warlike horsemen. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People A huge log fire burning on the open hearth lighted up the dark faces of the two Turkestan soldiers who were standing on guard at the door. Field Hospital and Flying Column Being the Journal of an English Nursing Sister in Belgium & Russia Trains are running at a reasonable speed to Turkestan, and I saw cotton from there being loaded on to Volga steamers. The Practice and Theory of Bolshevism He has been into Tibet and all over Turkestan and Persia. The Half-Hearted Until Yakoob Beg achieved complete success in his enterprise in Eastern Turkestan he was considered by Khokandians of high rank a simple adventurer. The Life of Yakoob Beg Athalik Ghazi, and Badaulet; Ameer of Kashgar The "Middle Kingdom" is China proper, but the "Son of Heaven" also rules over four dependencies, Eastern Turkestan, Mongolia, Manchuria, and Tibet. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People But the Tibetans sometimes combined with the Arabs, who had conquered Turkestan, to close them and in 763 they actually sacked Chang An. Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 Turkestan, early civilization of and the Sumerian, 5. Myths of Babylonia and Assyria We want to get all the sport we can, and if possible to cross the mountains into Turkestan. The Half-Hearted Yakoob Beg had, however, succeeded in throwing cold water on the enthusiastic preparations that were being made for exploiting Eastern Turkestan, and his mode of doing so had been quite original and characteristic. The Life of Yakoob Beg Athalik Ghazi, and Badaulet; Ameer of Kashgar The part which is called Turkestan extends between Eastern Turkestan and the Caspian Sea, the Kirghiz Steppe, Afghanistan, and Persia. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People The dome is set upon a rectangular base disposed in three stories and this arrangement is said to characterize all the stupas of Turkestan as well as those of the Kabul valley and adjacent regions. Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 At Anau in Russian Turkestan, where excavations were conducted by the Pumpelly expedition, abundant traces were found of an archaic and forgotten civilization reaching back to the Late Stone Age. Myths of Babylonia and Assyria Thin, twisting paths led up to it, and before, on the more clement slopes, some fields of grain were tilled as our Aryan forefathers tilled the soil on the plains of Turkestan. The Half-Hearted During these two years there had been continual disturbances and fighting in Western Turkestan. The Life of Yakoob Beg Athalik Ghazi, and Badaulet; Ameer of Kashgar Two railway lines cross Turkestan, one from the Kirghiz Steppe to Tashkent, the other from the Caspian Sea to Tashkent and Ferghana. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People The fragments found in Turkestan recommend a particular form of meditation. Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 2 Merv had become a Russian possession, and Turkestan was in direct communication by rail and steamer with St. Petersburg. Forty-one years in India From Subaltern To Commander-In-Chief For a while I managed a cotton factory in Turkestan and later I went to open some mines further in the country. World's War Events Volume 3 Beginning with the departure of the first American destroyers for service abroad in April, 1917, and closing with the treaties of peace in 1919. A new avenue for commerce had been opened up, and Eastern Turkestan might, after all, prove the true gateway to the marts of Bokhara and Kuldja. The Life of Yakoob Beg Athalik Ghazi, and Badaulet; Ameer of Kashgar I have crossed Turkestan many times by rail, in tarantass, and on horseback. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People Fragments of a shorter and apparently earlier recension of the Lotus have been discovered in E. Turkestan. Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 2 He referred to the increased facilities of communication which would be the result of the recent proposal to bring Turkestan into direct communication, vi� the Caspian, with the Caucasus and St. Petersburg. Forty-one years in India From Subaltern To Commander-In-Chief My own band of companies was soon thoroughly broken up and dispersed from Turkestan and the Caucasus to Tobolsk and Irkutsk. World's War Events Volume 3 Beginning with the departure of the first American destroyers for service abroad in April, 1917, and closing with the treaties of peace in 1919. They have conquered Eastern Turkestan without us—in fact, despite of our moral opposition; and they will retain it if they can by their own right arms. The Life of Yakoob Beg Athalik Ghazi, and Badaulet; Ameer of Kashgar He was an expert yak-hunter, and used to sell the hides to merchants of Eastern Turkestan to be made into saddles and boots. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People Fragments of the Sanskrit text have also been found in Turkestan. Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 2 Your Highness's letter of the 28th Ramazan, with the enclosures from Herat and Turkestan, reached me last night. Forty-one years in India From Subaltern To Commander-In-Chief The present inhabitants of Turkestan connect those forms which have remained near the original home with the races of Mongolian origin that live farther to the westward, like the Turks of Asia. The Doctrine of Evolution Its Basis and Its Scope The merchants of Djety-Shahr shall enjoy the same privilege in the towns of Turkestan. The Life of Yakoob Beg Athalik Ghazi, and Badaulet; Ameer of Kashgar When we come to Persia or Turkestan we shall often see a caravan leader leave his camels in the middle of the march, spread out his prayer-mat on the ground, and recite his prayers. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People Through this pass alone can armies proceed from Armenia, Media, and Persia eastward, or from Turkestan, Khorasan, and Afghanistan into the more western parts of Asia. The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 6. (of 7): Parthia The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations. But the Amir asked us to mention, what I have hitherto forgotten, that there are in Turkestan 24 regiments of Infantry, 6 of Cavalry, and 56 guns. Forty-one years in India From Subaltern To Commander-In-Chief The "rubies" of the poet's time were frequently ruby spinels, or the so-called "balas rubies" from Badakshan, in Afghan Turkestan. Shakespeare and Precious Stones Treating of the Known References of Precious Stones in Shakespeare's Works, with Comments as to the Origin of His Material, the Knowledge of the Poet Concerning Precious Stones, and References as to Where the Precious Stones of His Time Came from In the meanwhile Russia had broken ground more firmly in Eastern Turkestan. The Life of Yakoob Beg Athalik Ghazi, and Badaulet; Ameer of Kashgar In Eastern Turkestan it is the practice to catch the scorpion which has stung a man and crush him into a paste, which is laid over the puncture made by the sting. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People On the north the Himalaya Mountains separate it from China, Thibet, and Turkestan; but some of these countries are called by various names, as Chinese Tartary, Mongolia, Eastern Turkestan, and so on. Across India Or, Live Boys in the Far East This is another reason why the advance of the British force should be delayed, in order that the Amir may have time to gain over the Herat and Turkestan troops. Forty-one years in India From Subaltern To Commander-In-Chief Then there's a spider named Kara-Kurt, who lives in Turkestan; and, though he is no bigger than a finger-nail, he can jump several feet. St. Nicholas, Vol. 5, No. 5, March, 1878 On the stage of Asiatic politics there is another Yakoob Khan, who is, by descent, a Khan, and possesses qualities not less eminent than did his namesake in Eastern Turkestan. The Life of Yakoob Beg Athalik Ghazi, and Badaulet; Ameer of Kashgar Within this ring of mountains, at the very heart of the great continent of Asia, lies this lowland of Eastern Turkestan, like a Tibetan sheepfold enclosed by enormous walls of rock. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People Fragments of the Sutta-nipâta have been found in Turkestan but it is not clear to what Pitaka it was considered to belong. Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 1 I have given instructions that, until my return, every letter of yours which they receive at Turkestan should be forwarded to the capital. Forty-one years in India From Subaltern To Commander-In-Chief Politically Turkestan is not Mongolia, but Tamerlane, though born there, was a Mongol. The Awakening of China A delay of two months in the heart of Eastern Turkestan must have strained the resources of the Chinese very much, and might have ruined their whole enterprise. The Life of Yakoob Beg Athalik Ghazi, and Badaulet; Ameer of Kashgar In September, 1899, I was again at this village with a large caravan and many servants, my plan on this occasion being to travel through the whole of Eastern Turkestan by water. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People Strange to say, he came from Russian Turkestan. The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.) In one of my last conversations with Yakub Khan, he advised me 'not to lose sight of Herat and Turkestan.' Forty-one years in India From Subaltern To Commander-In-Chief At different epochs peoples called Turks and Huns have wandered over the Mongolian plateau, and Mongols have swept over Turkestan. The Awakening of China We have now to consider whether the Russian Government was justified in assuming so confidently that it had secured the permanent friendship of the Mahomedan ruler of Eastern Turkestan. The Life of Yakoob Beg Athalik Ghazi, and Badaulet; Ameer of Kashgar This is the margin of the great sandy desert which occupies all the interior of Eastern Turkestan. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People The warlike designs of Kaufmann and his officials in Turkestan received a check, though not so promptly as was consistent with strict neutrality. The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.) And when one speaks of the Outer Dominions—Mongolia, Tibet, Turkestan—for these hundreds of miles it is necessary to substitute thousands, and add thereto difficulties of terrain which would have disheartened even Roman Generals. The Fight For The Republic in China In the Turkestan of to-day the majority of the people follow the prophet of Mecca. The Awakening of China Their intelligence was often completely false, it was always vague and exaggerated, but it, at all events, told us whether peace or war, satisfaction or dissatisfaction, was the existing circumstance in Eastern Turkestan. The Life of Yakoob Beg Athalik Ghazi, and Badaulet; Ameer of Kashgar Ferghana is the most fruitful part of Turkestan and lies between mountains in its eastern portion. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People With only 100 followers he forded the Oxus and, early in 1880, began to gather around him a band in Afghan Turkestan. The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.) As early as the seventh Page 80 century the Syrian Christians who followed the views of Nestorius began spreading them eastward, founding sees in Persia and Turkestan, and ultimately spreading as far as Pekin. The Story of Geographical Discovery How the World Became Known Turkestan is overrun by the Mongols, who capture Bokhara and Samarkand. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 06 (From Barbarossa to Dante) The fall of Manas struck a blow that resounded throughout Central Asia, and at the intelligence a panic spread among all the peoples of Chinese Turkestan and Jungaria. The Life of Yakoob Beg Athalik Ghazi, and Badaulet; Ameer of Kashgar The greater part of Eastern Turkestan is occupied by the desert called Takla-makan, the most terrible and dangerous in the world. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People But at his side stood a general, fresh from triumphs in Turkestan, who had begged to be allowed to come as volunteer or aide-de-camp. The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.) Wastes as dreary and desolate as the steppes of Central Russia or the deserts of Turkestan sometimes stretched away to the horizon on either side of the track. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama The medley of tongues and products due to the united contributions of Northern Siberia, China and Turkestan is hardly to be paralleled elsewhere on the globe. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 099, March, 1876 Even that vacillation will scarcely destroy all the claim that his bold defiance and consistent opposition to all Russian pretensions to supremacy over Eastern Turkestan gives him to our respectful and admiring consideration. The Life of Yakoob Beg Athalik Ghazi, and Badaulet; Ameer of Kashgar We are now on the high road between India and Eastern Turkestan, the most elevated caravan route in the world. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People The northern district, sloping towards Turkestan, is inhabited mainly by Turkomans who have not yet given up their roving habits. The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.) "There will be no trouble about getting permission to go through Turkestan?" Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama The institution of the batsha is supposed to have come to Turkestan from Persia. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2 Sexual Inversion The Russian government resolved to avail themselves of this historical fact to pour into the ear of Khudayar Khan insidious counsels as to his claims as feudal lord over Eastern Turkestan. The Life of Yakoob Beg Athalik Ghazi, and Badaulet; Ameer of Kashgar There are ninety-nine stages and changes of horses between Orenburg and Tashkent, the capital of Russian Turkestan. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People Under Nicholas I. little territory was added except the Kuban coast on the Black Sea, Erivan to the south of Georgia, and part of the Kirghiz lands in Turkestan. The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.) Little do they suspect that concealed in a leathern money-belt beneath my clothes are one hundred Russian gold Imperials, the money obtained in Teheran for the journey through Turkestan and Siberia to the Pacific. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama Rivers of Turkestan which lose themselves in the deserts to the south of Bokhara. Matthew Arnold's Sohrab and Rustum and Other Poems He had several informal interviews with the governor of Turkestan, but he was not received by the Czar or any of the higher officials. The Life of Yakoob Beg Athalik Ghazi, and Badaulet; Ameer of Kashgar Zagetai is the name of the province which they inhabited in Great Tartary near Turkestan, and the nobles do not permit themselves to be called Moguls. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 06 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time The Russian pioneers, who early penetrated into Siberia or Turkestan, found it possible at a later time to use these children of the plain as a kind of protective belt against the warlike natives. The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.) Tartars were spread over central Asia, holding sway in Turkestan and Afghanistan. Medieval People A region of Turkestan, the seat of a powerful empire in the twelfth century, but now greatly reduced. Matthew Arnold's Sohrab and Rustum and Other Poems Hadji Torah's visit to this country, in June and July, 1877, when the Turko-Russian war had rendered the Eastern Question once more acute, revived our interest, which had been flagging, in Eastern Turkestan. The Life of Yakoob Beg Athalik Ghazi, and Badaulet; Ameer of Kashgar You have often heard me speak of my brother who was in Turkestan when the Russian Revolution burst upon the world. Rescuing the Czar Two authentic Diaries arranged and translated Faghfur seems to have been used as a proper name in Turkestan. The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2 Tartary, as a geographical expression of the Middle Ages, embraced a vast stretch of territory from the Dnieper, in Eastern Europe, to the Sea of Japan; but subsequently dwindled away to Chinese and Western Turkestan. The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge A city in the district of Serafshan, Turkestan, to the east of Bokhara; now a considerable commercial and manufacturing centre, and a centre of Mohammedan learning. Matthew Arnold's Sohrab and Rustum and Other Poems Then, according to the Turkestan Gazette, there ensued one of those atrocious deeds which have so often marked the history of Central Asian states. The Life of Yakoob Beg Athalik Ghazi, and Badaulet; Ameer of Kashgar The real 'Turkey' is Turkestan, and the real Turks are the Turcomans. The Balkans A History of Bulgaria—Serbia—Greece—Rumania—Turkey If that business in Turkestan comes off, I shall be able to wind up my affairs. Without Dogma Aral, The Sea of, a lake in Turkestan, 265 m. long and 145 broad, larger than the Irish Sea, 150 m. The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge A rude nomadic people of Mongolian-Tartar race found in northern Turkestan. Matthew Arnold's Sohrab and Rustum and Other Poems They persuaded themselves that to hand over Kuldja would be to give an impetus to every hostile element in Western Turkestan, as well as to lower their prestige generally throughout Asia. The Life of Yakoob Beg Athalik Ghazi, and Badaulet; Ameer of Kashgar Like the earlier Thu-Kiu, they were pushed out of Turkestan late in the tenth century to found a power in Persia. The Balkans A History of Bulgaria—Serbia—Greece—Rumania—Turkey Perhaps she too will shrug her shoulders at the memory of her girlish aspirations, and consider contracts in Turkestan better adapted to practical life. Without Dogma Three-fourths of the land-surface, with one-fourth of the population, lies in Asia, and is treated under Siberia, Turkestan, Caucasia, &c. The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge A lofty mountain range north of Cabool, which forms the boundary between Turkestan and Afghanistan. Matthew Arnold's Sohrab and Rustum and Other Poems Li Hung Chang's position is not so secure that he can dare to put himself in face of those who champion a national cause, as is the re-absorption of Chinese Turkestan. The Life of Yakoob Beg Athalik Ghazi, and Badaulet; Ameer of Kashgar Would the Moslems of India, Afghanistan, Turkestan, China, and Malaya take up arms for the Ottoman sultan as caliph? The Balkans A History of Bulgaria—Serbia—Greece—Rumania—Turkey My aunt writes that he left immediately after the sale for Baku, and intends to go as far as Turkestan. Without Dogma Almost before his friends knew that he had left he was heard of in Turkestan. The Man from Brodney's In Sumatra, in Turkestan, and in Tunis these military railroads have excited much interest, and have so fully established their value that this paper may confine itself to a short description. Scientific American Supplement, No. 446, July 19, 1884 It certainly extended through a larger portion of Chinese Turkestan than did any past native rule in Kashgar, the Chinese of course excepted. The Life of Yakoob Beg Athalik Ghazi, and Badaulet; Ameer of Kashgar After a few years of nomad life in the mountains of northern Turkestan, they were able to gain the collaboration of a few more tribes, and with them they then invaded western Turkestan. A History of China We are going East, and shall not be back for many months; we are going to visit the buried cities in Turkestan. The Lake Here I may add that in my travels in Turkestan I was attacked by a boa-constrictor, and, though I escaped with my life, it proceeded to swallow the Bactrian camel on which I was riding. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, March 26, 1919 We will cross Russia, Turkestan, and China, without leaving terra firma!’ The Adventures of a Special Correspondent Eastern Turkestan is, therefore, bounded on the north by the Tian Shan, and on the south the Karakoram Mountains form a no less satisfactory bulwark between it and Kohistan and Cashmerian Tibet. The Life of Yakoob Beg Athalik Ghazi, and Badaulet; Ameer of Kashgar The wars that followed, extending far into Turkestan and also involving its Turkish population together with the Dzungars, ended with the Chinese conquest of the whole of Mongolia and of parts of eastern Turkestan. A History of China If followed it will lead you through Turkestan and Persia to Constantinople and Moscow. Modern India The sultan disdained to pursue the fugitive Greeks; but he meditated the more glorious conquest of Turkestan, the original seat of the house of Seljuk. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 5 That is the only remembrance I retain of the Rome of Turkestan. The Adventures of a Special Correspondent In the first place, it may be as well to mention, that the religions of Christ, Buddha, and Mahomed, were equally tolerated in Eastern Turkestan during the greater part of this period. The Life of Yakoob Beg Athalik Ghazi, and Badaulet; Ameer of Kashgar Collapse of the Han dynasty The economic results of the Turkestan trade in this period were not so unfavourable as in the earlier Han period. A History of China The tother way is for to go from the city of Turkestan by Persia, and by that way be many journeys by desert. The Travels of Sir John Mandeville After the settlement of Persia and Syria, he marched at the head of innumerable armies to achieve the conquest of Turkestan, which had been undertaken by his father. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 5 During our crossing of Russian Turkestan he had maintained his incognito like a great personage in a foreign country; but now on the Chinese railways he resumed the rank which belonged to him. The Adventures of a Special Correspondent When the Chinese first conquered Eastern Turkestan they brought from Kashgar a large number of settlers, and placed them in the country round Ili. The Life of Yakoob Beg Athalik Ghazi, and Badaulet; Ameer of Kashgar It is bounded on the N. by Russian Turkestan, on the W. by Persia, and on the E. and S. by Kashmir and the independent tribes of the North-West Frontier of India and Baluchistan. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 It is officially reported in St. Petersburg that a force of Chinese soldiers and villagers surrounded the house of a Russian subject named Said Effendi, near Khotan, in Chinese Turkestan. The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu Northern Corea was conquered, and the bounds of the empire extended on the west as far as Russian Turkestan, In this period, there was a marked revival of learning and authorship. Outline of Universal History If Yarkand is not the administrative capital of eastern Turkestan, it is certainly the most important commercial city of the province. The Adventures of a Special Correspondent Information was obtained which convinced the General that the ex-Ameer was contemplating a flight toward Turkestan, and it was considered necessary to place him in close confinement. The Afghan Wars 1839-42 and 1878-80 The Herat province is largely Persian, while Afghan Turkestan is chiefly Usbeg; and in neither is the sentiment of loyalty to the central government very strong. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 In the angle formed by their intersection lies the cold and barren region of East Turkestan and Tibet, the height of which, in some places, is ten thousand feet above the sea. Early European History The broad lands which are now Afghanistan, Russian Turkestan, the Punjab, Scinde, and Beluchistan had been subdued by him in person and were being held by his governors and garrisons. The Ancient East The wars of Turkestan have not spared it. The Adventures of a Special Correspondent Surwar testified that the Sirdar had with him in Turkestan no Russian or Russian agent, and this was confirmed through other sources. The Afghan Wars 1839-42 and 1878-80 There are no glaciers now to be found in Afghan Turkestan; but evidences of their recent existence are abundant. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 From these mountains and plateaus the ground sinks gradually toward the north into the lowlands of West Turkestan and Siberia, toward the east and south into the plains of China and India. Early European History In Turkestan General Kaufmann had ordered a massacre of women and children, and Kaufmann, "loaded with favours by the Emperor Alexander, still ruled in Turkestan." The Life of the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles W. Dilke, Volume 1 The town being protected by its shelter of mountains, the breezes of the steppe cannot reach it, and it is one of the hottest places in Turkestan. The Adventures of a Special Correspondent On the 17th of March Lord Lytton telegraphed to the Secretary of State that he was in possession of 'authentic intelligence that the Sirdar was in Afghan Turkestan, having lately arrived there from Badakshan.' The Afghan Wars 1839-42 and 1878-80 There are five chief political divisions in the country—-namely, Kabul, Turkestan, Herat, Kandahar and Badakshan, each of which is ruled by a ``naib'' or governor, whom is directly responsible to the amir. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 Long marches and much hard fighting were necessary to subdue the tribes about the Caspian and the inhabitants of the countries now known as Afghanistan and Turkestan. Early European History This is the great trade route from the markets of Turkestan and Central Asia generally to Kabul and India. Afghanistan and the Anglo-Russian Dispute Northern Turkestan has frequently suffered from earthquake—the terrible experience of 1887 will not have been forgotten—and at Tachkend, as at Samarkand, I saw the traces of these commotions. The Adventures of a Special Correspondent The south wind sweeps up from Mongolia and Turkestan, and while it brings warmth to our frozen bones its blessing becomes a bit mixed with other things before we get them. With the "Die-Hards" in Siberia Kabul is linked with Afghan Turkestan and Badakshan by three main lines of communication across the Koh-i-Baba and the Hindu Kush. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 In your bazaars at summer-time you see traders from Turkestan and Tibet and Siberia, mingling with the Hindoo merchants from Delhi and Lahore. The Broken Road From a translation by Major Clarke, R.A., from Kotensko's "Turkestan," it appears that the horses accompanying Central Asian detachments are so considerable that the latter form, as it were, the escort of the former. Afghanistan and the Anglo-Russian Dispute Now the road through Turkestan joins the road through the Celestial Empire, and the ribbon of iron extends without interruption from the Caspian Sea to Pekin. The Adventures of a Special Correspondent The wild Yak bull is an enormous animal, and the people of Turkestan and North Tibet credit him with extraordinary strength. The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 Those exported to India are usually bred in Maimana and other places in Afghan Turkestan. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 And a few days later he started northwards for Turkestan. The Broken Road He is found in Turkestan, and is more highly prized than any other breed. Afghanistan and the Anglo-Russian Dispute But before telling me how this extraordinary work was accomplished, Major Noltitz reminded me of the facts which had gradually prepared the conquest of Turkestan and its definite incorporation with the Russian Empire. The Adventures of a Special Correspondent Their name is still applied to one of the tribes of the Uzbeks of Western Turkestan, whose body appears to have been made up of fractions of many of the Turk and Mongol tribes. The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 The latter fort took twelve years to build, and commands all the roads leading from the Oxus into Afghan Turkestan. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 He was thinking of the arid rocky borders of Turkestan, where flight would be easy and where capture would be most difficult. The Broken Road General Hamley says that England became particularly suspicious of Russia in 1867 when she absorbed Turkestan, and this feeling was intensified in 1878, while the Treaty of Berlin was still pending. Afghanistan and the Anglo-Russian Dispute And so I asked the major to give me some information regarding this town, which is the last of any importance in Russian Turkestan. The Adventures of a Special Correspondent In fact, the character seems to be generally applicable to the people of East Turkestan, but sorely kept down by the rigid Islam that is now enforced. The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 The general configuration of the Turkestan highlands has been already indicated. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 "You had better go first into Chinese Turkestan," he said. The Broken Road The fruitful valley and pass of Bamian lie on the road leading from Kabul to Turkestan. Afghanistan and the Anglo-Russian Dispute Although we are now in Chinese Turkestan, it will not be till we reach that town that we shall have our first experience of Chinese administration. The Adventures of a Special Correspondent And in this sense the word is still extant in Tibet, probably also in Eastern Turkestan, precisely in Marco's form, ARGON. The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 Beneath this Chul formation the older beds of the outer and Turkestan ranges dip and pass to an irregular outcrop near the banks of the Oxus. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 At length the emperor wrote to the king of the Tagazgaz in Turkestan, with whom he was in some degree allied by marriage, imploring his assistance to subdue the rebellion. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 01 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time The location of this city upon the principal thoroughfare between India, Persia, and Turkestan gives it a special importance in a military sense. Afghanistan and the Anglo-Russian Dispute Your architecture must be in stone or marble, and that is precisely what you do not get in Chinese Turkestan. The Adventures of a Special Correspondent It is of Syriac origin, undoubtedly introduced into Eastern Turkestan by the early Nestorian missions, probably in the 8th or 9th century. The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 The Christian army consisted of the feudatories of the kingdom of Jerusalem, numerous small contingents of European crusaders and the military orders, and contingents from Egypt, Turkestan, Syria and Mesopotamia fought under Saladin. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 To the west is the Caspian sea, to the north Kumania, and to the east Turkestan. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 01 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time It is the direct military route between Afghan Turkestan and the seat of the Afghan Government, but is not much used for trade. Afghanistan and the Anglo-Russian Dispute The population of Tachkend does not differ very much from that met with in other parts of Turkestan. The Adventures of a Special Correspondent The felt manufactured in this town not having enough consistency or solidity, we took Aksu felt, which is better than this of Khotan, though inferior to the felt of Russian Turkestan. The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 And if we cast a glance at the youngest of our borderlands—Turkestan—we shall find that here also the outlay occasioned by the political situation of the country has already become sharply outlined…. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 21 The Recent Days (1910-1914) Turkestan is bounded on the east by the empire of Tarsae, to the west by Khorasmin or Khuaresm, and to the south it extends to the desert which forms the northern frontier of India. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 01 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time At the congress of 1911 it was resolved that "immigration from the Caucasus and Turkestan must be promoted, land found for the immigrants, and the Christians hindered from acquiring real estate." Turkey: a Past and a Future Many times numbers of Celestials had been massacred in the revolts of the Turkestan chiefs, and the garrison had taken refuge in the fortress of Yanghi-Hissar. The Adventures of a Special Correspondent The Jade of Turkestan is largely derived from water-rolled boulders fished up by divers in the rivers of Khotan, but it is also got from mines in the valley of the Karákásh River. The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 Having conquered Eastern Turkestan, the Chinese next took steps for the recovery of Ili. China Abyssinia, Patagonia, Turkestan, the Caucasus, anywhere and everywhere. Three Soldiers In a part of the vast land called Turkestan there is a great lake named Balhkash, of which we visited the shores. Ayesha, the Return of She Kachgaria is Oriental Turkestan which is gradually being metamorphosed into Russian Turkestan. The Adventures of a Special Correspondent Europe and the Orient, even Arabia and Turkestan, have royal ways of travelling compared to Africa. How I Found Livingstone; travels, adventures, and discoveres in Central Africa, including an account of four months' residence with Dr. Livingstone, by Henry M. Stanley Turkestan and middle Asiatic Russia have a climate more like that of the Great Basin. Dry-Farming : a System of Agriculture for Countries under a Low Rainfall The monotonous levels of Turkestan include vast alluvial tracts now in process of building by the floods of the frequently shifting channels of the Oxus and other rivers of the region. The Elements of Geology He went through Bohemia, Poland, southern Russia, and the vast steppes of Turkestan, and found the Khan at Karakorum, in Mongolia. American Nation: a history — Volume 1: European Background of American History, 1300-1600 Khotan silks, cotton, felt, woolen carpets, cloth, are the principal articles in the markets, and these are exported beyond the frontier between Tachkend and Koulja, to the north of Oriental Turkestan. The Adventures of a Special Correspondent Here it had gradually won a vast stretch of territory, including the immense area of Siberia and the realms of the Caucasus and Turkestan. A History of the Nations and Empires Involved and a Study of the Events Culminating in the Great Conflict The hopeless and hideous bloodshed and wickedness of Algiers and Turkestan was stopped, and could only be stopped, when civilized nations in the shape of Russia and France took possession of them. Theodore Roosevelt; an Autobiography |
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