Karasahr or Karashar (Uyghur: قاراشەھەر, romanized: Qarasheher), which was originally known in the Tocharian languages as Ārśi (or Arshi), Qarašähär, or Agni or the Chinese derivative Yanqi (Chinese: 焉耆; pinyin: Yānqí; Wade–Giles: Yen-ch'i), is an ancient town on the Silk Road and the capital of Yanqi Hui Autonomous County in the Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang.
As of the 2000 census[update] it had a population of 29,000,[1] growing to 31,773 people in 2006; 16,032 persons of which were Han, 7781 people Hui, 7154 people Uyghur, 628 Mongol and 178 other ethnicities and an agricultural population of 1078 people.
The town has a strategic location, being located on the Kaidu River (known in ancient times as the Liusha), China National Highway 314 and the Southern Xinjiang Railway and is an important material distribution center and regional business hub. The town administers ten communities.[1] It has a predominately Muslim population and contains many mosques.
Karasahr or Karashar (Uyghur: قاراشەھەر, romanized: Qarasheher), which was originally known in the Tocharian languages as Ārśi (or Arshi), Qarašähär, or...
against Karasahr (Chinese: 唐滅焉耆之戰) were two military campaigns sent by Emperor Taizong of the Tang dynasty against the Tarim Basin kingdom of Karasahr, a vassal...
campaigns were dispatched in the Western Regions against Gaochang in 640, Karasahr in 644 and 648, and Kucha in 648. The wars against the Western Turks continued...
kingdom of Karasahr in Xinjiang, a vassal of the Western Turkic Khaganate. The oasis state is conquered, and Western Turks sent to assist Karasahr are defeated...
viii. 370). The most ancient balls in Eurasia have been discovered in Karasahr, China and are 3000 years old. They were made of hair-filled leather. Among...
Western Turks. During his reign, Tang armies annexed Karakhoja in 640, Karasahr in 644, and Kucha in 648. Eventually, the Tang defeated and annexed the...
the suspicions of the nearby kingdom of Karasahr. Threatened by Chinese troops stationed in the region, Karasahr sided with the Western Turks. The Tang...
Xuanzang when he arrived in Kucha during the same year. Kucha supported Karasahr when the oasis state made a marriage alliance with the Western Turks and...
Western Regions Tang campaign against Karakhoja Tang campaign against Karasahr Tang invasion of Tibet Tang campaign against Kucha Tang campaign against...
caliphate 648 invasion of Karasahr by the Tang dynasty 645–668 invasion of Korea by the Tang dynasty 644 invasion of Karasahr by the Tang dynasty 642–711...
about 90 feet high. According to the Book of Zhou, compiled around 636, Karasahr was a small and poor country composed of several walled towns: Wedlock...
Western Regions Chen Mu (d. AD 75) was killed by allies of the Xiongnu in Karasahr and Kucha, the garrison at Hami was withdrawn. At the Battle of Ikh Bayan...
the Chinese empire established a military garrison at Wulei (west of Karasahr, in present Luntai County). The Chinese sought to control the Western Regions...
Basin. Samples of the language have been discovered at sites in Kucha and Karasahr, including many mural inscriptions. Mistakenly identifying the speakers...
Western Regions Tang campaign against Karakhoja Tang campaign against Karasahr Tang invasion of Tibet Tang campaign against Kucha Tang campaign against...
Western Regions Tang campaign against Karakhoja Tang campaign against Karasahr Tang invasion of Tibet Tang campaign against Kucha Tang campaign against...
Western Regions Tang campaign against Karakhoja Tang campaign against Karasahr Tang invasion of Tibet Tang campaign against Kucha Tang campaign against...
church built. Tang general Ashina She'er re-establishes Tang control of Karasahr, and leads a military campaign against the Tarim Basin kingdom of Kucha...
Tarim Basin during the 3rd century, connecting the territory of China with that of the Kushan Empire: Kashgar, Kucha, Khotan, Karasahr, Shanshan, Turfan....
Western Regions Tang campaign against Karakhoja Tang campaign against Karasahr Tang invasion of Tibet Tang campaign against Kucha Tang campaign against...
campaigns were dispatched in the Western Regions against Gaochang in 640, Karasahr in 644 and 648, and Kucha in 648. The wars against the Western Turks continued...
Western Regions Tang campaign against Karakhoja Tang campaign against Karasahr Tang invasion of Tibet Tang campaign against Kucha Tang campaign against...
Western Regions Tang campaign against Karakhoja Tang campaign against Karasahr Tang invasion of Tibet Tang campaign against Kucha Tang campaign against...