Uyghur History

Kashgar Prints (1892-1938)

Prints from the Swedish Mission in Kashgar The following bibliography is a list of literature produced by Swedish missionaries in Xinjiang, China, between the years 1892 and 1938. In those days it was common to denote the region as Eastern Turkestan. The Swedish missionaries, too, used this name. They called the region Östturkestan (Eastern Turkestan) and referred to the Turkic language spoken by the oasis dwellers in this region östturkiska/ostturkiska (Eastern Turki), which later developed into what is today known as modern Uyghur. Missionary work among the Turkic-speaking Muslim people was conducted at three missionary stations set up in Kashgar, Yarkand and Yengi-Hisar. Efforts focused on the Chinese population took place at a...


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Uyghur History (Collection)

  • Allworth, E. A. (1994). Modern Uzbeks from the 14th Century to the Present a Cultural History (Pdf)
  • Beller-Hann, I. (2008). Community Matters in Xinjiang 1880 1949 Towards a Historical Anthropology of the Uyghur Ildiko Beller Hann (Pdf)
  • Bellew, H. W. (1875). Kashmir and Kashghar a Narrative of the Journey of the Embassy to Kashghar in 1873 (Pdf)
  • Bergman, F. (1939). Archaeological Researches in Sinkiang (Pdf)
  • Brophy, D. (2016). Uyghur Nation Reform and Revolution (Pdf)

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 November 21, 2025 16 3376

Islam (Collected Studies)

  • Caksu, A. (2020). Islamophobia Chinese Style (Pdf)
  • Davis, E. V. W. (2008). Uyghur Muslim Ethnic Separatism in Xinjiang China (Pdf)
  • Dawut, R. (2002). Mazar Festivals of the Uyghurs Music Islam and the Chinese State (Pdf)
  • Dawut, R. (2009). Shrine Pilgrimage Among the Uighurs (Pdf)
  • Dawut, R. (2012). Desert Mazar in Context (Pdf)

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 November 21, 2025 11 1321

Buddhism (Collected Studies)

  • An Old Yakup A 2011 Uyghur Fragment Of The Lotus Sutra From The Krotkov Collection In St Petersburg (Pdf)
  • Kudara, K. (2002). The Buddhist Culture of the Old Uigur Peoples (Pdf)
  • Meinert, C. (2016). Transfer of Buddhism Across Central Asian Networks (Pdf)
  • Meinert, C. (2020). Buddhism in Central Asia I (Pdf)
  • Sultanova, R. (2011). From Shamanism to Sufism Women Islam and Culture in Central Asia (Pdf)

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 November 21, 2025 9 1976

Uyghur Women (Collected Studies)

  • Abramson, K. (2012). Gender Uyghur Identity and the Story of Nuzugum (Pdf)
  • Anderson, E. (2012). The Construction of Amannisa Khan As a Uyghur Musical Culture Hero (Pdf)
  • Atsiz, M. (2021). Kokturkce Ve Eski Uygurcada Kadin Ile Ilgili Kavramlar (Pdf)
  • Cui, Y. (2021). Becoming Uyghur Elites How Uyghur Women Egotiate Their Gendered Identities (Pdf)
  • Genc, Z. (2009). Uygurlarda Kadin (Pdf)

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 November 1, 2025 12 2899

Turkic History (Collection)

  • Allworth, E. A. (1994). Modern Uzbeks from the 14th Century to the Present a Cultural History (Pdf)
  • Bacque-Grammont, J. L. (1972). Turan Une Description Du Khanat De Khokand Vers 1832 (Pdf)
  • Barthold, W. (1928). Turkistan Down to the Mongol Invasion (Pdf)
  • Barthold, W. (1956). Four Studies Central Asia (Pdf)
  • Barthold, W. (1990). Mogol Istilasina Kadar Turkistan (Pdf)

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 September 14, 2025 21 2053

Geopolitics & Economics

  • Adriano, P. R. (2013). Violence Resistance in Xinjiang China (Pdf)
  • Baranovitch, N. (2003). From the Margins to the Centre the Uyghur Challenge in Beijing (Pdf)
  • Beller-Hann, I. (2014). On the Fringes of the Harmonious Society (Pdf)
  • Bovingdon, G. (2002). Uyghur Resistance to Han Rule in Xinjiang (Pdf)
  • Byler, D. T. (2018). Uyghur Dispossession Culture Work and Terror Capitalism in a Chinese Global City (Pdf)

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 November 21, 2024 7 681

Uyghur Identity (Collection)

  • Adriano, P. R. (2013). Violence Resistance in Xinjiang China (Pdf)
  • Baranovitch, N. (2003). From the Margins to the Centre the Uyghur Challenge in Beijing (Pdf)
  • Beller-Hann, I. (2014). On the Fringes of the Harmonious Society (Pdf)
  • Bergman, F. (1939). Archaeological Researches in Sinkiang (Pdf)
  • Bovingdon, G. (2002). Uyghur Resistance to Han Rule in Xinjiang (Pdf)

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 June 17, 2024 12 2608

Ildiko Beller-Hann (Collection)

  • Beller-Hann, I. (2001). Rivalry and Solidarity Among Uyghur Healers in Kazakhstan (Pdf)
  • Beller-Hann, I. (2008). Community Matters in Xinjiang 1880 1949 Towards a Historical Anthropology of the Uyghur Ildiko Beller Hann (Pdf)
  • Beller-Hann, I. (2014). On the Fringes of the Harmonious Society (Pdf)
  • Yildirim, I. (2017). Ildiko Beller Hann Kashgar Revisited Uyghur Studies in Memory of Ambassador Gunnar Jarring (Pdf)

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Ancient Texts and Languages of Ethnic Groups along the Silk Road

Ancient Texts and Languages of Ethnic Groups along the Silk Road
Johannes Reckel and Merle Schatz (Eds.)
Author: Saifulla Abdullaev, Nazgul Abdyrakmatova, Erkin Awghaly …
Published: Universitätsdrucke Göttingen, 2021
This work is protected by German Intellectual Property Right Law. It is also available as an Open Access version through the publisher’s homepage and the Göttingen University Catalogue (GUK) at the Göttingen State and University Library (https://www.sub.uni-goettingen.de).

ARTICLES:
1. Ancient Texts and Languages of Ethnic Groups along the Silk Road Introduction (Johannes Reckel and Merle Schatz)
2. Correlation of the Texts of Ancient Turks with Modern Folklore: ‘Kutadgu Bilik’ and ‘Nur Dastani’ (Saifulla Abdullaev)
3. Influence of the Great Silk Road on the Culture and Language of the Kyrgyz...

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