The Sacred Routes of Uyghur History

Nonfiction, History, Asian, China
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Author: Rian Thum ISBN: 9780674967021
Publisher: Harvard University Press Publication: October 13, 2014
Imprint: Harvard University Press Language: English
Author: Rian Thum
ISBN: 9780674967021
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication: October 13, 2014
Imprint: Harvard University Press
Language: English

For 250 years the Turkic Muslims of Tibet, who call themselves Uyghurs today, have cultivated a sense of history and identity that challenges Beijing’s national narrative. The roots of this history run deeper than recent conflicts, Rian Thum says, to a time when manuscripts and pilgrimage along the Silk Road dominated understandings of the past.

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For 250 years the Turkic Muslims of Tibet, who call themselves Uyghurs today, have cultivated a sense of history and identity that challenges Beijing’s national narrative. The roots of this history run deeper than recent conflicts, Rian Thum says, to a time when manuscripts and pilgrimage along the Silk Road dominated understandings of the past.

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