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The Uyghurs, [note 2] alternatively spelled Uighurs, [25] [26] [27] Uygurs or Uigurs, are a Turkic ethnic group originating from and culturally affiliated with the general region of Central and East Asia. The Uyghurs are recognized as the titular nationality of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in Northwest China.
The history of the Uyghur people extends over more than two millennia and can be divided into four distinct phases: Pre-Imperial (300 BC – AD 630), Imperial (AD 630–840), Idiqut (AD 840–1200), and Mongol (AD 1209–1600), with perhaps a fifth modern phase running from the death of the Silk Road in AD 1600 until the present.
Uyghurs are a Turkic ethnic group native to Xinjiang. They are distinct from the Han Chinese, the predominant ethnic group in China. [40] Uyghurs are the second-largest predominantly Muslim ethnicity in China, after the Hui, and Sunni Islam is an important aspect of Uyghur identity. [40]
For some Uyghur Americans, worries over detained family members loom over Biden-Xi summit. Megan Lebowitz. Updated November 19, 2023 at 6:01 PM. WASHINGTON — In the lead-up to the meeting ...
Mansur Arslan Khan (1017–1024), the son of Ali Arslan. Muhammad Toghan Khan (1024–1026), the son of Hasan b. Sulayman. Yusuf Qadir Khan (1026–1032), the son of Hasan b. Sulayman. Ebu Shuca Sulayman (1034–1042) Böritigin (1040–1068) Nasr Shams al-Mulk (1068–1080), married Aisha, the daughter of Alp Arslan.
The OHCHR Assessment of human rights concerns in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China is a report published on 31 August 2022 by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) concerning the treatment of Uyghurs and other largely Muslim groups in China.
Reports of Uyghurs living or studying abroad being detained upon return to Xinjiang are common, which is thought to be connected to the re-education camps. Many living abroad have gone for years without being able to contact their family members still in Xinjiang, who may be detainees. [195] [196]: 1:23
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.