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In 453 Kashgar sent envoys to present tribute (Weishu, ch. 5), and again in 455. An embassy sent during the reign of Wencheng Di (452–466) from the king of Kashgar presented a supposed sacred relic of the Buddha; a dress which was incombustible. In 507 Kashgar, is said to have sent envoys in both the 9th and 10th months (Weishu, ch. 8).
The name comes from the Iranian languages Persian and Sogdian samar "stone, rock" and kand "fort, town." [12] In this respect, Samarkand shares the same meaning as the name of the Uzbek capital Tashkent, with tash-being the Turkic term for "stone" and -kent the Turkic analogue of kand borrowed from Iranian languages.
Kashgar (Uyghur: ... Merv and Samarkand, ... the Chinese government designated Kashgar a "city of historical and cultural significance". [citation needed] Kashgar and ...
From 1212, the Kara-Khanids in Samarkand were conquered by the Kwarazmians. Soon however, Khwarezmia was invaded by the early Mongol Empire and its ruler Genghis Khan destroyed the once vibrant cities of Bukhara and Samarkand. [82] However, in 1370, Samarkand saw a revival as the capital of the Timurid Empire.
The first capital of the Karakhanids was established in the city of Balasagun in the Chu River Valley and later moved to Kashgar. During the Kara-Khanid period, mosques, schools, bridges, and caravansarais were constructed in the cities. Kashgar, Bukhara, and Samarkand became centers of
The prince was later released but he was killed in Kashgar by rebels in 1211, effectively ending the Eastern Kara-Khanid. [75] In 1214, the rebels in Kashgar surrendered to Kuchlug, who had usurped the Kara-Khitai throne. [75] In 1218, Kuchlug was killed by the Mongol army. Some of the Kara-Khitai's eastern vassals including Eastern Kara ...
Mughal general Mirza Muhammad Haidar Dughlat, a member of ruling family in Kashgar, invaded Kashmir in c. 1540 CE on behalf of emperor Humayun. [47] [59] Persecution of Shias, Shafi'is and Sufis and instigation by Suri kings led to a revolt which overthrew Dughlat's rule in Kashmir. [60] [59]
806 - Led by Rafi ibn al-Layth, Samarkand revolted against Ali ibn Isa ibn Mahan, Governor of Khurasan due to his oppressive taxation. [4] 819 - Samanid rule of Samarkand begins. Nuh ibn Asad was appointed authority over the city of Samarkand by Caliph Al-Ma'mun's governor of Khurasan, Ghassan ibn 'Abbad, as a reward for his support against the ...