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* ] (2009). ''Empires of the Silk Road: A History of Central Eurasia from the Bronze Age to the Present''. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-13589-2.
* ] (2009). ''Empires of the Silk Road: A History of Central Eurasia from the Bronze Age to the Present''. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-13589-2.
* Area map http://www.maplandia.com/china/xinjiang-uygur/jimsar/jimsar/
The city Jimsar is located at 43°59'N, 89°4'East, it is a location of the Uyghur ancient southern capital Beshbalyk (Turkic Main City), that became the Uyghur main capital after a disastrous results of the Kirgiz Kaganate attack on the Uyghur northern capital Karabalgasun (Khanbalyk). After the attack, a significant part of the Uyghur Kaganate population fled to the area of the present Jimsar County and Tarim Basin in general.
C. Beckwith, "Empires of the Silk Road: A History of Central Eurasia from the Bronze Age to the Present", Princeton University Press, 2009, pp. 148, 159
References
Beckwith, Christopher I. (2009). Empires of the Silk Road: A History of Central Eurasia from the Bronze Age to the Present. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-13589-2.
