A report on Tang campaigns against Karasahr, Kashgar and Xinjiang

Map of the campaigns against the oasis states of the Tarim Basin, including the defeat of Karasahr
Kashgar in the Kushan Empire under Kanishka the Great
Dzungaria (Red) and the Tarim Basin or Altishahr (Blue)
Camels traversing the old silk road in 1992
Northern Xinjiang (Junggar Basin) (Yellow), Eastern Xinjiang- Turpan Depression (Turpan Prefecture and Hami Prefecture) (Red) and Altishahr/the Tarim Basin (Blue)
The Chinese Tang dynasty during its greatest extension, controlling large parts of Central Asia.
Physical map showing the separation of Dzungaria and the Tarim Basin (Altishahr) by the Tien Shan Mountains
Mosque entrance in old Kashgar
Map of Han Dynasty in 2 CE. Light blue is the Tarim Basin protectorate.
Kashgar road scene, 1870s
Old Uyghur/Yugur art from the Bezeklik murals
Kashgar (c. 1759)
The Tarim Basin in the 3rd century AD
Kalmyk Archer, Kashgar Army in the 1870s
A Sogdian man on a Bactrian camel. Sancai ceramic statuette, Tang dynasty
Night interview with Yakub Beg, King of Kashgaria, 1868
Mongol states from the 14th to the 17th centuries: the Northern Yuan dynasty, Four Oirat, Moghulistan and Kara Del
A view of the City of Kashgar in 1915
The Dzungar–Qing Wars, between the Qing Dynasty and the Dzungar Khanate
Colonel Mannerheim at the Russian Consulate in Kashgar, 1906
The Battle of Oroi-Jalatu in 1756, between the Manchu and Oirat armies
Sign marking previous Russian Consulate in Kashgar
The Qing Empire ca. 1820
Map of Kashgar (labeled as SU-FU (KASHGAR)) and surrounding region from the International Map of the World (1966)
Scene from the 1828 Qing campaign against rebels in Altishahr
Map including Kashgar (labeled as Kashi K'a-shih (Kashgar)) (DMA, 1983)
Yakub Beg, ruler of Yettishar
Cafe built on site of old British Consulate-General. Kashgar. 2011
19th-century Khotan Uyghurs in Yettishar
Kashgari Musicians in 1915
Kuomintang in Xinjiang, 1942
Kashgar market
Governor Sheng Shicai ruled from 1933 to 1944.
Woman on motorcycle. Kashgar. 2011
The Soviet-backed Second East Turkestan Republic encompassed Xinjiang's Ili, Tarbagatay and Altay districts.
Uyghur family with two calves for sale at Kashgar market.
Close to Karakoram Highway in Xinjiang.
Kashgar's Sunday market.
Pamir Mountains and Muztagh Ata.
Kashgar Airport
Taklamakan Desert
Kashgar railway station
Tianchi Lake
Map of the region including Kashgar (1893)
Black Irtysh river in Burqin County is a famous spot for sightseeing.
thumb|Downtown Kashgar. 2011
Kanas Lake
Id Kah Mosque
Largest cities and towns of Xinjiang
Kashgar minaret at night
Statue of Mao Zedong in Kashgar
The tomb of Afaq Khoja
Nur Bekri, Chairman of the Xinjiang Government between 2007 and 2015
Mosque next to the tomb of Afaq Khoja.
The distribution map of Xinjiang's GDP per person (2011)
Mao statue in the city square of Kashgar.
Ürümqi is a major industrial center within Xinjiang.
An old Kashgar city street.
Wind farm in Xinjiang
Sunday market in Khotan
Ürümqi Diwopu International Airport
Karakorum highway
This flag (Kök Bayraq) has become a symbol of the East Turkestan independence movement.
"Heroic Gesture of Bodhisattvathe Bodhisattva", example of 6th-7th-century terracotta Greco-Buddhist art (local populations were Buddhist) from Tumxuk, Xinjiang
Sogdian donors to the Buddha, 8th century fresco (with detail), Bezeklik, Eastern Tarim Basin
A mosque in Ürümqi
People engaging in snow sports by a statue of bodhisattva Guanyin in Wujiaqu
Christian Church in Hami
Catholic Church in Urumqi
Temple of the Great Buddha in Midong, Ürümqi
Taoist Temple of Fortune and Longevity at the Heavenly Lake of Tianshan in Fukang, Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture
Emin Minaret
Id Kah mosque in Kashgar, largest mosque in China
Erkin Tuniyaz, the incumbent Chairman of the Xinjiang Government

Kashgar (قەشقەر) or Kashi is an oasis city in the Tarim Basin region of Southern Xinjiang.

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The city-state, which later became part of Xinjiang), may have been known to its inhabitants by the Tocharian name Agni, which was rendered Yanqi in Chinese sources.

- Tang campaigns against Karasahr

In 632, the nearby oasis states Kashgar and Khotan surrendered to Chinese suzerainty, as did the kingdom of Yarkand in 635.

- Tang campaigns against Karasahr

Karakhoja was annexed in 640, Karashahr during campaigns in 644 and 648, and Kucha fell in 648.

- Kashgar

The nearby kingdom of Karasahr was captured by the Tang in 644, and the kingdom of Kucha was conquered in 649.

- Xinjiang

In the Kashgar region on 12 November 1933, the short-lived First East Turkestan Republic was self-proclaimed after debate about whether it should be called "East Turkestan" or "Uyghuristan".

- Xinjiang
Map of the campaigns against the oasis states of the Tarim Basin, including the defeat of Karasahr

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The Tarim Basin is the oval-shaped desert in Central Asia.

Tarim Basin

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Endorheic basin in Northwest China occupying an area of about 888,000 km2 and one of the largest basins in Northwest China.

Endorheic basin in Northwest China occupying an area of about 888,000 km2 and one of the largest basins in Northwest China.

The Tarim Basin is the oval-shaped desert in Central Asia.
Physical map showing the separation of Dzungaria and the Tarim Basin (Taklamakan) by the Tien Shan Mountains
Tarim basin ancient boats; they were used for burials
NASA landsat photo of the Tarim Basin
The Tarim Basin, 2008
Tarim Basin in the 3rd century
Tarim mummies, found in westernmost Xinjiang, within the Tarim Basin.
Fragmentary painting on silk of a woman playing the go boardgame, from the Astana Cemetery, Gaochang, c. 744 AD, during the late period of Tang Chinese rule (just before the An Lushan Rebellion)
Map of Taizong's campaigns against the Tarim Basin oasis states, allies of the Western Turks.
A document from Khotan written in Khotanese Saka, part of the Eastern Iranian branch of the Indo-European languages, listing the animals of the Chinese zodiac in the cycle of predictions for people born in that year; ink on paper, early 9th century
Uyghur princes from the Bezeklik Thousand Buddha Caves near Turpan, Kingdom of Qocho, 8th-9th centuries
An Islamic cemetery outside the Afaq Khoja Mausoleum in Kashgar
Subashi Buddhist temple ruins
Northern Xinjiang (Dzungar Basin) (yellow), Eastern Xinjiang - Turpan Depression (Turpan Prefecture and Hami Prefecture) (red), and the Tarim Basin (blue)
Uyghurs in Khotan
Fresco, with Hellenistic influences, from a stupa shrine, Miran
Painting of a Christian woman, Khocho (Gaochang), early period of Chinese Tang rule, 602–654 AD

Located in China's Xinjiang region, it is sometimes used synonymously to refer to the southern half of the province, or Nanjiang, as opposed to the northern half of the province known as Dzungaria or Beijiang.

The northern Tarim route ran from Kashgar over Aksu, Kucha, Korla, through the Iron Gate Pass, over Karasahr, Jiaohe, Turpan, Gaochang and Kumul to Anxi.

The nearby kingdom of Karasahr was captured by the Tang in 644 and the kingdom of Kucha was conquered in 649.

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This 17th-century map shows Cialis (Karashar) as of one of the cities in the chain stretching from Hiarcan to Sucieu
The Tarim Basin in the 3rd century, showing the so-called Tocharian and related states.
Soldiers from Karasahr, 8th century CE
Turkish dignitaries visiting king Varkhuman in Samarkand. One of them is labeled as coming from Argi (Karashahr in modern Xinjiang). Afrasiab mural, probably painted between 648 and 651 CE.
Kaidu River in Yanqi

Karasahr or Karashar (قاراشەھەر), which was originally known, in the Tocharian languages as Ārśi (or Arshi) and Agni or the Chinese derivative Yanqi, is an ancient town on the Silk Road and the capital of Yanqi Hui Autonomous County in the Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang.

In 644, during the Tang expansion into the Tarim Basin, Emperor Taizong of Tang launched a military campaign against Yanqi after the kingdom allied itself with the Turks.

In the early 17th century, the Portuguese Jesuit lay brother Bento de Góis visited the Tarim Basin on his way from India to China (via Kabul and Kashgar).