The actual size of the Uyghur population, particularly in China, has been the subject of some dispute. Official figures released by Chinese authoriti…
Read moreDiscovery of well-preserved Tarim mummies of a people European in appearance indicates the migration of a European-looking people into the Tarim area…
Read moreThe history of the Uyghur people, as with the ethnic origin of the people, is a matter of contention between Uyghur nationalists and the Chinese auth…
Read moreThroughout its history the term Uyghur has had an increasingly expansive definition. Initially signifying only a small coalition of Tiele tribes in…
Read moreThe Uyghurs alternately spelled Uighurs, Uygurs, or Uigurs, are a Turkic-speaking minority ethnic group originating from and culturally affili…
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