The Dongxiang people are a Mongolic people and one of 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China. Half of the population live in Dongxiang Autonomous County, Linxia Prefecture, Gansu Province, China. The rest are divided over Hezheng County, Linxia City, Lanzhou, Dingxi and Ningxia. According to the 2010 census, their population numbers 621,500, although research has found that the number is inflated due to Hui identifying themselves as Dongxiang for the census, in order to benefit from minority policies.
A Dongxiang student in school
A Dongxiang Muslim elder with long beard & other Muslims. Hezhou (Linxia), Gansu, 1934.
Muslims at the mosque with a minaret and market, Dongxiang County, Gansu, 1934.
Sart is a name for the settled inhabitants of Central Asia which has had shifting meanings over the centuries.
Two Sart men and two Sart boys posed outside, in front of wall, in the early 20th century.
Sart woman wearing a paranja (Samarkand, between 1905 and 1915)