Uyghurs

The Fragrant Concubine (Chinese: 香妃; pinyin: Xiāng Fēi; Uyghur: ئىپارخان / Iparxan / Ипархан) is a figure in Chinese legend who was taken as a consort by the Qianlong Emperor of the Qing dynasty in the 18th century.

Rabban Bar Sauma (c. 1220–1294) (ܪܒܢ ܒܪ ܨܘܡܐ; IPA: [rɑbbɑn bɑrsˤɑuma]), also known as Rabban Ṣawma or Rabban Çauma, (Chinese: 拉賓掃務瑪; pinyin: lābīnsǎowùmǎ), was a Turkic/Chinese monk turned diplomat of the "Nestorian" Church of the East in China.

Kashgar is an oasis city in Xinjiang and is the westernmost Chinese city, located near the border with Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, and Pakistan.

Nur Bekri (Uyghur: نۇر بەكرى‎; born 9 August 1961) is a Chinese politician of Uyghur origin, currently serving as Dictator of the National Energy Administration.

The Uyghurs (/ˈwiːɡərz/; Uyghur: ئۇيغۇر, Уйғур‎, ULY: Uyghur  [ʔʊjˈʁʊː]; Old Turkic: ; Chinese: 维吾尔族; pinyin: Wéiwúěr zú) are a Turkic ethnic group living in Eastern and Central Asia.

Uyghurs in Kazakhstan form the country's 7th-largest ethnic group, according to the 1999 census.

The Xueyantuo (薛延陀) (Seyanto, Se-yanto, Se-Yanto) or Syr-Tardush were an ancient Tiele Turkic people and Turkic khanate in central/northern Asia who were at one point vassals of the Gokturks, later aligning with China's Tang Dynasty against the Eastern Gokturks.

The Göktürks, Celestial Turks, Blue Turks or Kok Turks (Old Turkic: Chinese: 突厥/تُكِئ; pinyin: Tūjué, Khotanese Saka Ttūrka, Ttrūka, Old Tibetan Drugu), were a nomadic confederation of Turkic peoples in medieval Inner Asia.

Hasan Mahsum, also known as Abu-Muhammad al-Turkestani and Ashan Sumut, was the leader of the East Turkestan Islamic Party, considered an Islamic terrorist organization by China and suspected of having ties with Al Qaeda.

Yulbars Khan (Uyghur: يۇلبارس خان‎ Uyghur: يۇلۋاس خان‎ (يولبارس خان) 'Tiger'; Chinese: 堯樂博斯; pinyin: Yáolèbósī or Chinese: 堯樂博士; pinyin: Yáolèbóshì; 1888-1971), courtesy name Jingfu (景福), was a Uighur warlord and Kuomintang general during the Chinese Civil War.

Western Yugur (Western Yugur: yoɣïr lar (Yugur speech) or yoɣïr śoz (Yugur word)) is the Turkic language spoken by the Yugur people.

The Yugurs (Chinese: 裕固族; pinyin: Yùgù Zú), or Yellow Uyghurs, as they are traditionally known, are one of China's 56 officially recognized nationalities, consisting of 13,719 persons according to the 2000 census.

The Old Uyghur language (simplified Chinese: 回鹘语; traditional Chinese: 回鶻語; pinyin: Huíhú yǔ) was a Turkic language which was spoken in the Kingdom of Qocho from the 9th–14th centuries and in Gansu.

Tömür Dawamat (Uyghur: تۆمۈر داۋامەت‎, ULY: Tömür Dawamet; Chinese: 铁木尔·达瓦买提; pinyin: Tiěmùěr Dáwǎmǎití; born June 1927 in Toksun, Xinjiang, China) was the chairman of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China from 1985 to 1993.

Muhammad Amin Bughra also Muḥammad Amīn Bughra (1901–1965) (Uyghur: مۇھەممەد ئىمىن بۇغرا‎) (محمد أمين بغرا), Муххамад Эмин Бугро, Chinese: 穆罕默德·伊敏; pinyin: Mùhǎnmòdé·Yīmǐn (sometimes known by his Turkish name Mehmet Emin Bugra) was a Turkic Muslim leader, who planned to set up an independent state, the First East Turkestan Republic.

Mullā Mūsa Sayrāmī (Uyghur: موللا مۇسا سەيرامى‎, ULY: Molla Musa Seyrami, Uzbek: Mulla Muso Sayramiy; 1836–1917) was a historian from Xinjiang, known for his account of the events in that region in the 19th century, in particular the Dungan Rebellion of 1864-1877.

Dilber Yunus (Uyghur: دىلبەر يۇنۇس‎, Chinese: 迪里拜尔·尤努斯, pinyin: Dílǐbàiěr Yóunǔsī; (October 2, 1958 - ). (Born in Kashgar, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China) is a lyric soprano with coloratura technique. She has been called the "Philomela of China," in reference to the Athenian King Pandion I's daughter, who, according to legend, turned into a nightingale.

Abudureyimu Ajiyiming (born 1943) is a Chinese politician and accountant.

Adel Noori is an Uyghur refugee best known for the more than seven years he was wrongly imprisoned in the Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.

Turghun Almas (Uyghur:تۇرغۇن ئالماس, simplified Chinese: 吐尔洪•阿力马斯) (30 October 1924 - 11 September 2001) was an Uyghur historian and poet born in Kashgar.

The Kumul Khanate was a semi-autonomous feudal Turkic khanate within the Qing dynasty and then the Republic of China until it was abolished by Xinjiang governor Jin Shuren in 1930.

Nur Ahmad Jan Bughra (d. April 16, 1934) (Uyghur: نۇر ئەخمەتجان بۇغرا‎), نور احمد جان بغرا, was an Uighur Emir of the First East Turkestan Republic.

Masud Sabri (1886–1952), also known as Masʿūd Ṣabrī (Uyghur: مەسئۇت سابرى‎), (مسعود صبري), (simplified Chinese: 麦斯武德·沙比尔; traditional Chinese: 麥斯武德·沙比爾; pinyin: Màisīwǔdé·Shābì'ěr), was a Uyghur political leader in Xinjiang and Governor of Xinjiang during the Ili Rebellion.

Zeydin Yusup, also known as Zeydin Kari, was the founder and leader of the East Turkestan Islamic Party, considered an separatist organization by China.

Gheni Batur (Cyrillic Uyghur: Ғени Батур) (1902 – 29 June 1981) is an Uyghur national hero.

Shohrat Zakir (Uyghur: شۆھرەت زاكىر‎; born August 1953), is a Chinese politician of Uyghur origin and, since December 2014, the Chairman of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, and the deputy party chief of Xinjiang.

Maqsud Shah (1864 - 1930) (Shah Mexsut, Chinese: 沙木胡索特) (Uyghur: مقصود شاه‎), was the Uyghur Jasagh Prince (Qinwang) of the Kumul from 1908 to 1930.

Abdul'ahat Abdulrixit (Uyghur: ئابلەت ئابدۇرىشىت‎; Chinese: 阿不来提·阿不都热西提; pinyin: Ābùláití Ābùdōurèxití; born March 1942), also known as Ablet Abdurishit, was the chairman of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China from 1993 to 2003.

Arken Abdulla (born July 8, 1978; Uyghur: ئەركىن ئابدۇللا; simplified Chinese: 艾尔肯•阿布都拉; traditional Chinese: 艾爾肯•阿布都拉; pinyin: Àiěrkěn Ābùdùlā) is an Uyhghur musician specializing in a fusion of music styles that integrates traditional Uyghur, world music, pop, and Spanish flamenco.

Isa Yusuf Alptekin or ʿĪsa Yūsuf Alptekin (Uyghur: ئەيسا يۈسۈپ ئالپتېكىن‎ (عيسى يوسف الپتگین) or (عيسى يوسف الپتكین) (Turkish:İsa Yusuf Alptekin )Айсабек Chinese: 艾萨·玉素甫·阿布甫泰肯; pinyin: Àisà Yùsùfŭ Ābùfŭtàikěn; 1901 – 17 December 1995), known in China as Ai Sha (Chinese: 艾沙伯克; pinyin: àishābókè), was a Uyghur political leader.

Dolkun Isa is an Uyghur democracy activist from the region of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region under the occupation of China, also known as East Turkestan.

Abdullah Bughra (died 1934) (Uyghur: ئابدۇللا بۇغرا‎), عبد الله بغرا, was a Uighur Emir of the First East Turkestan Republic.

Ismail Tiliwaldi (Uyghur: ئىسمائىل تىلىۋالدى‎; born October 29, 1944) is a retired Chinese politician of Uyghur heritage.

Isma'il Beg (Uyghur: إسماعيل بیگ‎), was an Uighur who dislodged Ma Zhancang's Chinese Muslim troops from Aksu on May 31, 1933.

Örkesh Dölet (Uyghur: ئۆركەش دۆلەت; alternatively transliterated Uerkesh Davlet), commonly known as Wu'erkaixi (from the Chinese spelling of his name: simplified Chinese: 吾尔开希; traditional Chinese: 吾爾開希; pinyin: Wú'ěrkāixī), is a Chinese dissident of Uyghur heritage known for his leading role during the Tiananmen protests of 1989.