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Altishahr

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Altishahr

  1. (historical) The Tarim Basin region.

Usage notes edit

Used in the 18th and 19th centuries. American scholar Rian Thum suggested using the term rather than Uyghuristan, Xinjiang and East Turkestan.[1]

References edit

  1. ^ https://bitterwinter.org/Vocabulary/xinjiang/
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