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Turkistan

تركستان

The lands of the Turks in and beyond Transoxiana, from Farghana to the Chinese frontier.

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Region
Persia & Central Asia
Identifiers
WikidataGeoNames

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Home of
Abdurreshid Ibrahim· Abu Sa'id ibn Khudabanda· Sultan al-Mu'ayyad Shaykh· al-Zayn al-Hafizi, the physician· Ali-Hajji of Akusha· Ali Mitayev· Ogedei ibn Genghis Khan
Place of death of
Tauke Khan
Burial place of
Tauke Khan

People and things also explored

Sultan al-Mu'ayyad Mosque, Cairo· The acclamation of the caliph al-Musta'in as sultan· Choban· Genghis Khan· Guyuk Khan· Jochi (Tushi) ibn Genghis Khan· Oljeitu· Sarim al-Din Ibrahim b. al-Mu'ayyad

Sources

  • Wikidata
  • GeoNames gazetteer
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islam.museum contributors. “Turkistan”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/turkistan/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-09.

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