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Altishahr
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Altishahr
Altishahr
(
Traditional spelling
: آلتی شهر;
Uyghur Latin alphabet
: Altä-shähär,
Modern Uyghur alphabet
: ئالتە شەھەر) is a historical name for the
Tarim Basin
region used in the 18th and 19th centuries. The term means the "six cities" in
Turkic languages
and refers to oasis towns along the rim of the Tarim, in what is now southern
Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
of
China
.
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