People's Republic of China, Xinjiang Province, Kashgar, the Uighur capital, centre of regional trade and culture for two millennia: the Abakh Hoja M

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People's Republic of China, Xinjiang Province, Kashgar, the Uighur capital, centre of regional trade and culture for two millennia: the Abakh Hoja Mausoleum, one of China's most important Islamic shrines, was built ca. 1640 as the tomb of Muhammad Yusuf, but also used my his more famous son, Abakh Hoja plus 72 later family members.

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Keywords: ancient, architecture, asian, cosmopolitan, glazed-tiles, han, heritage, historic, islam, kingdom, middle, minarets, muslim, oasis-city, picturesque, road, silk, tradition, uighur