Other notable attributes include fragments of original wall paintings in the mosque, alabaster stalactites (muqarnas ... for the mausoleum and adjacent buildings. The new town of Turkestan, which ...

Many Uighurs still identify their homeland by its previous name, East Turkestan. China claims that ... and women from wearing veils and dozens of mosques have also been demolished.

THE facilities afforded by extended railway communication to remote regions of eastern Asia have rendered it possible for the leisured tourist to travel safely, and with comparative comfort, from ...