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| The city Jimsar is located at 43°59'N, 89°4'East, it is a location of the Uyghur ancient southern capital ] (Turkic ''Main City''), that became the Uyghur main capital after a disastrous results of the Kirgiz Kaganate attack on the Uyghur northern capital ] (''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. <ref>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</ref> | The city Jimsar is located at 43°59'N, 89°4'East, it is a location of the Uyghur ancient southern capital ] (Turkic ''Main City''), that became the Uyghur main capital after a disastrous results of the Kirgiz Kaganate attack on the Uyghur northern capital ] (''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. <ref>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</ref> | ||
| == History == | |||
| The name Beshbalik first appears in history in the description of the events of 713 in the ] Kul Tegin inscription.<ref>Bosworth, M.S.Asimov-History of Civilizations of Central Asia, Volume 4, Part 2, p.578</ref> | |||
| ==See also== | ==See also== | ||
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Jimsar County (Template:Ug) is a county in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and is under the administration of the Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture in the People's Republic of China. It contains an area of 8,149 km. According to the 2002 census, it has a population of 130,000.
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.
History
The name Beshbalik first appears in history in the description of the events of 713 in the Turkic Kul Tegin inscription.
See also
Notes
- 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
- Bosworth, M.S.Asimov-History of Civilizations of Central Asia, Volume 4, Part 2, p.578
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.
- Area map http://www.maplandia.com/china/xinjiang-uygur/jimsar/jimsar/
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43°59′N 89°04′E / 43.983°N 89.067°E / 43.983; 89.067
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