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Kashgar

كاشغر

A city in far western China on the Silk Road; it became an Islamic centre after the conversion of the Qarakhanid khans in the tenth century CE.

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China & East Asia
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Kashgar is a city at the far west of China on the Silk Road. It became an Islamic centre after the Qarakhanid khans embraced Islam in the tenth century CE. 1

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Place of death of
Ma Fuxing
Home of
Mahmut Muhiti· Sabit Damolla· Yakub Beg
Visited by
Shoqan Walikhanov

People and things also explored

Ma Shaowu· Ma Fuxing· Mahmut Muhiti· Sabit Damolla· Shoqan Walikhanov· Yakub Beg

Sources

  1. GeoNames gazetteer
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islam.museum contributors. “Kashgar”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/kashgar/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.

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Ma Shaowu

A Hui Muslim military commander (1874–1937) from Yunnan, a descendant of Ma Mingxin, founder of the Jahriyya, and a student of its leader Ma Yuanzhang, who was sent to Xinjiang to strengthen the Jahriyya menhuan, built its shrines, and governed the south of the province. In 1924 he shot Ma Fuxing on Yang Zengxin's orders and succeeded him as Daotai of Kashgar; he survived an assassination attempt in 1934 and was killed in Sheng Shicai's purge of 1937.