From: "Nury Abdulhakim"
<kashgar@worldnet.att.net>
QUESTIONS ON HISTORY OF ET
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Hello Dibbley Dwane, You raised a very important question that we would like
to answer.Present day "Xinjiang " has always been the homeland
of Uyghurs since ancient times. The following historical evidence prove
this. The land which is called Xinjiang by the Chinese Government was
inhabited and ruled by the Saks, the Huns and the Turks at different times
of the history, who are the ancestors of Uyghurs. After the demise of Great(Kok)
Turk Empire that stretched from present day Mongolia to Black Sea, a new turkic
Nation appeared in the land from Mongolia to Aral Sea in 744 AD, which was
called Uyghur State. Although the name and the ruling class of the state
was different, the inhabitants of that land were the same. At that time
the present day Mongolia was the political center of Uyghurs and other
Turkic people. The inhabitants of Central Asia, which was part of that state,
were also Uyghurs and other Turkic people as well. In 840 AD, Uyghur
state was disintegrated because of the internal power struggle in the
Palace, widespread drought and deadly epidemic which claimed hundreds of
thousands of lives. Uyghurs were not chased out of their homeland, but
they simply moved their political and economic center from the east of the
state to the west. That is true that the king was chased by
the forces who were opposing him with the help of Kirgiz and other tribes. Most
of the people moved out because of epidemic, drought and civil war. After ten
years, The Uyghur State was disintegrated into three states. They were
Idikut Uyghur Kingdom that was centered around Turpan, Karahanidin Kingdom that
centered around Kashgar, and Kansu Uyghur Kingdom centered around Hexi Corridor.
Pantekin, the first king of the Idikut Uyghur State was the younger brother of
the former Uyghur States'King. The movement of the people at that time was
merely an internal migration. There are plenty of historical evidence to
the above mentioned history. The great Uyghur scholar, Mahmud
Kashgari, who lived in the 11th century, claimed in his famous Turkic Language
Dictionary that the Alip Artunga (Afrapsiyap) who was the King of Saks and
who fought Alexander the Great in Central Asia is his ancestor.
Also, he didn't even mention that Central Asia is the new home of Uyghurs.
I hope this is helpful.You are more than welcome to raise any further
question on this matter.