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  2. Uyghurs - Wikipedia

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    The Uighurs are the people whom old Russian travelers called "Sart" (a name they used for sedentary, Turkish-speaking Central Asians in general), while Western travelers called them Turki, in recognition of their language. The Chinese used to call them "Ch'an-t'ou" ('Turbaned Heads') but this term has been dropped, being considered derogatory ...

  3. History of the Uyghur people - Wikipedia

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    The Uighur troops served the Mongol war machine in Central Asia, China, and the Middle East. Because they were one of the many highly developed nations under the Mongols, the Uighurs held high positions at the Mongol court. Tata-tunga was the first scribe of Genghis Khan and mastermind behind the Uighur-Mongolian script that the Mongols used.

  4. Uyghur Americans - Wikipedia

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    As with other ethnic groups in the United States, Uyghur Americans also have several organizations. The most well-known organizations are: the Uyghur American Association, [5] a Washington D.C.–based advocacy organization which was established in 1998 by a group of Uyghur overseas activists to raise the public awareness of the Uyghur people

  5. Uyghur Khaganate - Wikipedia

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    On the ren-shen day of the fifth month of the first year of the Qianyuan reign [on March 29, 758 CE], The envoys from Hui-he [Uyghur Khaganate], Duo-yi-hai-a-bo and others, totaling eighty people, and an emir from the Black-robed Dashi [Abbasid Caliphate], Nao-wen and others, totaling eight people, come at the same time to pay a visit [to the ...

  6. Persecution of Uyghurs in China - Wikipedia

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    China collects genetic material from millions of Uyghurs. China uses facial recognition technology to sort people by ethnicity, and uses DNA to tell if an individual is a Uyghur. China has been accused of creating "technologies used for hunting people." [244] In 2017, security-related construction tripled in Xinjiang.

  7. List of Uyghurs - Wikipedia

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    Kutlug Bilge Qaghan (?–747), the first leader of the Uyghur Khaganate, the successor state to the Second Turkic Khaganate; Bayanchur Qaghan (713–759), the second leader of the Uyghur Khaganate

  8. Uyghur timeline - Wikipedia

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    He has a secret agreement to trade the Prince Kaozhou for Princess Tsienkien. The lack of honor to a guest outrages the common people. This period shows the beginning of class separation and the movement of Turkic nobility into the Chinese cultural sphere. 580 Shang Sun Arrives with Zhou Tsienkien and befriends Shetu

  9. Yugurs - Wikipedia

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    The Turkic-speaking Yugurs are considered to be the descendants of a group of Old Uyghurs who fled from Mongolia southwards to Gansu after the collapse of the Uyghur Khaganate in 840, where they established the prosperous Ganzhou Uyghur Kingdom (870-1036) with capital near present Zhangye at the base of the Qilian Mountains in the valley of the Ruo Shui.