Charklik

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Uyghur چاقىلىق (chaqiliq).

Proper noun

Charklik

1. Ruoqiang
   • 1912, Aurel Stein, Ruins of Desert Cathay Personal Narrative of Exploration in Central Asia and Westernmost China‎^[1], volume 1, page 319:

     They were accustomed to take small caravans with Indian goods from Khotan via Charklik to Karashahr and on to Turfan in the north-east, and had found Charchan a convenient half-way station on their ventures.

   • 1937, Peter Fleming, News from Tartary: A Journey from Peking to Kashmir‎^[2], Jonathan Cape, page 200:

     On the last evening a man came in on foot with a little news; there had been fighting between Charklik and Cherchen, but that was now thought to be over, leaving the Tungans in control of both oases.

   • 1997, Peter Neville-Hadley, China: the Silk Routes (Cadogan Guides)‎^[3], Globe Pequot Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 309:

     Korla (see p.260) is 483km, ¥35.50 ($4.50) and 15 hours away, the road much the same as that between Charchan and Charklik, and subject to interruption by substantial amounts of sand.

   • 2008, “Xinjiang”, in The Silk Road (Insight Guides)‎^[4], 1st edition, Apa Publications, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 178, column 2:

     Once again the route crosses the high Altun Shan, with the horizon to the left dominated by the 6,062-metre (19,890ft) Yusupalik Tagh (“Yusuf Ali Mountains”), before descending via narrow valleys and generally dry river beds to the small settlement of Yandaxkak and, ultimately, to the isolated — but very welcome — oasis of Charklik.