Taranchi
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Taranchi is a term denoting the Turkic-speaking, Muslim, sedentary population living in oases around the Tarim Basin in today's Xinjiang, China.
"The chief Taranchi mosque in Kuldja" (now Yining), from Henry Lansdell's 1885 book describing his visit there in 1882
Dungan Revolt (1862–1877)
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The Dungan Revolt, also known as the Tongzhi Hui Revolt, was a war fought in 19th-century western China, mostly during the reign of the Tongzhi Emperor of the Qing dynasty. The term sometimes includes
Battle of the Wei River, painting of the Imperial Qing Court.
Coinage of Rashidin Khoja. Kucha mint. Dually dated AH 1281 and RY 2 (AD 1864). Obverse legend: Said Ghazi Rashidin Khan. Ithneen in Arabic. Reverse: Zarb dar al-sultanat Kuqa, 1281 in Arabic
Yakub Beg's Dungan and Han Chinese taifurchi (gunners) take part in shooting exercises.
Ruins of the Theater in Chuguchak, painting by Vereshchagin (1869–70)