Afaq Khoja Mausoleum

Afaq Khoja Mausoleum
Uyghur name
Uyghurئاپاق خوجا مازار
Transcriptions
Latin YëziqiApaq Xoja Mazar
Chinese name
Chinese阿巴和加麻札
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinĀbā Héjiā mázhá
Persian name
Persianمزار آفاق خواجه

The Afaq Khoja Mausoleum is a mausoleum in Xinjiang, China; it is the holiest Muslim site in the region. It is located some 5 km northeast from the centre of Kashgar,[1] in Haohan Village (浩罕村; Ayziret in Uyghur),[2] which has is also known as Yaghdu.[1] The shrine is heavily patronized by sightseers and has been designated as a tourist attraction by Chinese officials.[3][4][5]

  1. ^ a b Fletcher, Joseph F. (1978), "Ch'ing Inner Asia", in Twitchett, Denis Crispin; Fairbank, John King (eds.), The Cambridge history of China, Volume 10, Part 1, Cambridge University Press, pp. 35–106, ISBN 0-521-21447-5, archived from the original on 2017-01-09, retrieved 2016-09-21, page 75.
  2. ^ Display board at the site
  3. ^ Rian Thum (13 October 2014). The Sacred Routes of Uyghur History. Harvard University Press. pp. 233–. ISBN 978-0-674-59855-3. Archived from the original on 9 January 2017. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  4. ^ Michael Dillon (1 August 2014). Xinjiang and the Expansion of Chinese Communist Power: Kashgar in the Early Twentieth Century. Routledge. pp. 11–. ISBN 978-1-317-64721-8. Archived from the original on 9 January 2017. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
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