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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