Uyghurs - Wikipedia Sheng Shicai's introduction of the "Uighur" name for the Turkic people of Xinjiang was criticized and rejected by Turki intellectuals such as Pan-Turkist Jadids and East Turkestan independence activists Muhammad Amin Bughra (Mehmet Emin) and Masud Sabri They demanded the names "Türk" or "Türki" be used instead as the ethnonyms for their people
Uyghur | History, Language, China, Muslims | Britannica Uyghur family praying A Uyghur family praying at the grave of a loved one on the morning of the Corban Festival (Eid al-Adha) at a local shrine and cemetery in Turfan, Xinjiang, China, September 12, 2016
Who are the Uyghurs? - Uyghur American Association Who are the Uyghurs Uyghurs are an ethnically, culturally, and linguistically-distinct Turkic group indigenous to East Turkistan, a region encompassing 642,000 square miles in the present-day Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China
History of the Uyghur people - Wikipedia The Uighur troops served the Mongol war machine in Central Asia, China, and the Middle East Because they were one of the many highly developed nations under the Mongols, the Uighurs held high positions at the Mongol court