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Uighuror UygurA Turkic-speaking people of Central Asia who live largely in northwestern China. About 8,000,000 Uighurs live in China today, and some 300,000 in Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan. They are among the oldest Turkic-speaking peoples of Central Asia, first mentioned in Chinese records from the 3rd century AD. In the 8th century they established a kingdom, which was overrun in 840. A Uighur confederacy (745–1209), established around the Tien Shan, was overthrown by the Mongols. This confederacy came to the aid of China's Tang dynasty during the An Lushan Rebellion. The Uighurs of that time professed a Manichaean faith. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Sabin Willett represents one such innocent client, Adel al Hakim, one of five innocent ethnic Uighurs (Chinese Muslims), detained at Guantanamo. 10) Second, due to the restrictions put in place by the Chinese government, Uighurs and other minority groups in Xinjiang do not have the kind of access that Central Asian Uighurs do to the international community of states, human rights organizations and international media. China's westernmost region, home to the ethnically Turkic Uighurs, is the site of an Islamic revival and the search for a distinct national identity. |
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