Turkestan

E333302

historical region

Turkestan is a historical region in Central Asia traditionally inhabited by various Turkic peoples and spanning parts of modern-day China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and neighboring areas.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
Turkestan canonical	11
Russian Turkestan	6
Turkistan Region	3
Turkestan region	2
East Turkestan	1
Greater Turkestan (in a broad sense)	1
Soviet Central Asia	1
Tartary	1
Western Turkestan	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical region ⓘ historical region ⓘ historical region ⓘ
borderedBy	Altai Mountains ⓘ Caspian Sea ⓘ Hindu Kush ⓘ Tien Shan ⓘ surface form: Tian Shan
contains	Ferghana Valley ⓘ surface form: Fergana Valley Karakum Desert ⓘ Kyzylkum Desert ⓘ Tarim Basin ⓘ
crossedBy	Amu Darya ⓘ Ili River ⓘ Syr Darya ⓘ
hasSubregion	Xinjiang ⓘ surface form: Eastern Turkestan Turkestan self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Western Turkestan
historicalLanguageFamily	Iranian languages ⓘ Turkic languages ⓘ
historicallyAssociatedWith	Silk Road routes ⓘ surface form: Silk Road
historicallyInhabitedBy	Kazakhs ⓘ Kyrgyz people ⓘ surface form: Kyrgyz Sarts ⓘ Tajiks ⓘ Tatars ⓘ Turkmens ⓘ Uyghurs ⓘ Uzbeks ⓘ
historicallyRuledBy	Khanate of Bukhara ⓘ surface form: Bukhara Emirate Khanate of Khiva ⓘ Kokand Khanate ⓘ surface form: Khanate of Kokand Mongol Empire ⓘ Qing dynasty ⓘ Russian Empire ⓘ Timurid dynasty ⓘ surface form: Timurid Empire
locatedIn	Central Asia ⓘ China ⓘ Xinjiang ⓘ
majorReligion	Islam ⓘ
partiallyIn	Afghanistan ⓘ China ⓘ Iran ⓘ Kazakhstan ⓘ Kyrgyzstan ⓘ Pakistan ⓘ Tajikistan ⓘ Turkmenistan ⓘ Uzbekistan ⓘ
traditionalInhabitants	Turkic peoples ⓘ

Referenced by (27)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Uyghurs → historicalRegion → Turkestan ⓘ

Tashkent → historicalRegion → Turkestan ⓘ

Ahmet Yesevi → region → Turkestan ⓘ

News from Tartary → hasTitleWord → Turkestan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tartary

Sogdians → diasporaPresence → Turkestan ⓘ

Aksu → historicalRegion → Turkestan ⓘ

this entity surface form: East Turkestan

Russian conquest of Central Asia → location → Turkestan ⓘ

Kyzylorda Region → borderedBy → Turkestan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Turkistan Region

Ersari → culturalRegion → Turkestan ⓘ

Saryk → culturalRegion → Turkestan ⓘ

Turkestan desert region → locatedIn → Turkestan ⓘ

South Kazakhstan Region → historicalRegion → Turkestan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Turkistan Region

Transcaspia → partOf → Turkestan ⓘ