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[[File:Chinese Turkestan with caravan and rifle (1901) (14594951057).jpg|thumb|A 1901 map showing the areas around Chinese Turkestan.]] |
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'''Chinese Turkestan''', also spelled '''Chinese Turkistan''',<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y9lwAAAAMAAJ |title=A Short History of Chinese Turkistan |publisher=Centre of Central Asian Studies, University of Kashmir |year=1981 }}</ref> is a geographical term or [[historical region]] corresponding to the region of the [[Tarim Basin]] in [[Southern Xinjiang]] (south of the [[Tian Shan]] mountain range) or [[Xinjiang]] as a whole<ref name="revisited">{{cite journal |title=The Great Game Revisited: Three Empires Collide in Chinese Turkestan (Xinjiang) |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/24537108 |journal=Europe-Asia Studies |jstor=24537108 |access-date=September 19, 2023 |last1=Share |first1=Michael B. |date=2015 |volume=67 |issue=7 |pages=1102–1129 |doi=10.1080/09668136.2015.1067075 |s2cid=153350010 }}</ref><ref name="xinjiang">{{cite |
'''Chinese Turkestan''', also spelled '''Chinese Turkistan''',<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y9lwAAAAMAAJ |title=A Short History of Chinese Turkistan |publisher=Centre of Central Asian Studies, University of Kashmir |year=1981 }}</ref> is a geographical term or [[historical region]] corresponding to the region of the [[Tarim Basin]] in [[Southern Xinjiang]] (south of the [[Tian Shan]] mountain range) or [[Xinjiang]] as a whole<ref name="revisited">{{cite journal |title=The Great Game Revisited: Three Empires Collide in Chinese Turkestan (Xinjiang) |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/24537108 |journal=Europe-Asia Studies |jstor=24537108 |access-date=September 19, 2023 |last1=Share |first1=Michael B. |date=2015 |volume=67 |issue=7 |pages=1102–1129 |doi=10.1080/09668136.2015.1067075 |s2cid=153350010 }}</ref><ref name="xinjiang">{{cite news |title=Xinjiang – China's new territory or East Turkestan? |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/voices/xinjiang-chinas-new-territory-or-east-turkestan/ |website=The Times of India |access-date=August 22, 2023 |last1=Sinha |first1=Dilip }}</ref> which was under the rule of the [[Qing dynasty]] of China. It is considered a part of the [[Chinese Tartary]] that covered the [[Inner Asia]]n regions ruled by the Qing dynasty. The Europeans commonly used this term especially during the period of the Qing dynasty to denote the division of [[Turkestan]] into territories controlled by the Chinese and the Russians, with the latter controlling [[Russian Turkestan]] in the west. |
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==Etymology== |
==Etymology== |
Chinese Turkestan, also spelled Chinese Turkistan,[1] is a geographical term or historical region corresponding to the region of the Tarim BasininSouthern Xinjiang (south of the Tian Shan mountain range) or Xinjiang as a whole[2][3] which was under the rule of the Qing dynasty of China. It is considered a part of the Chinese Tartary that covered the Inner Asian regions ruled by the Qing dynasty. The Europeans commonly used this term especially during the period of the Qing dynasty to denote the division of Turkestan into territories controlled by the Chinese and the Russians, with the latter controlling Russian Turkestan in the west.
Eastern Central Asia was historically referred to as the Western Regions under the control of the Han dynasty and Tang dynasty of China. Over the course of the history the Turkic people Uzbeks and Uyghurs conquered the Persian-speaking Tajiks and established several small principalities in Central Asia, giving their name Turkestan (or Turkistan). They then ruled over the region (later fell under the overlordship of the Mongols including the Chagatai Khanate and the Dzungar Khanate) until they were subjugated by the Chinese Qing dynasty during the final phase of the Dzungar–Qing Wars in the 1750s. Thence the European name of Chinese Turkestan (or Chinese Turkistan),[4] similar to the name Russian Turkestan which was controlled by the Russian Empire and Afghan Turkestan in northern Afghanistan.[5][6]
The term “Chinese Turkestan” or “Chinese Turkistan” was commonly used by Europeans during the period of the Qing dynasty to specifically refer to the region (as a part of Chinese Tartary that was ruled by Qing China), while the Chinese often called this region Tian Shan Nan Lu (Chinese: 天山南路), meaning the area in Xinjiang south of the Tian Shan Mountains. The term "Chinese Turkestan" (or "Chinese Turkistan") can also refer to Xinjiang as a whole in some sources,[2][3] and the term was also sometimes used by Qing officials in English-language writings. It gradually lost popularity in the 20th century worldwide after the fall of the Qing dynasty, although it was still being used in various publications during the eras when the Republic of China and the People's Republic of China ruled the region.[7][8] During the 20th century, Uyghur separatists and their supporters used East Turkestan as an appellation for the whole of Xinjiang (Dzungaria and Southern Xinjiang) or for a future independent state in present-day Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, whereas others typically use the name "Xinjiang" to refer to the autonomous region of China. As a result, the term "Chinese Turkestan" (or "Chinese Turkistan") has largely been replaced by other terms nowadays, although it retains a certain degree of relevance.[9]
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