Kashgar
كاشغر
A city in far western China on the Silk Road; it became an Islamic centre after the conversion of the Qarakhanid khans in the tenth century CE.
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islam.museum contributors. “Kashgar”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/kashgar/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-12.