The Sacred Routes Of Uyghur History

For 250 years the Turkic Muslims of Tibet, who call themselves Uyghurs today, have cultivated a sense of history and identity that challenges Beijing’s national narrative. The roots of this history run deeper than recent conflicts, Rian Thum says, to a time when manuscripts and pilgrimage along the Silk Road dominated understandings of the past.

• | Author: Rian Thum
• | Publisher: Harvard University Press
• | Publication Date: Oct 01, 2014
• | Number of Pages: 336 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 0674598555
• | ISBN-13: 9780674598553